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Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Borough
	A picture of PA 309 as it travels through Luzerne and the surrounding communities. Luzerne is pictured in the foreground.
	Location of Luzerne in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
	Luzerne Luzerne
	Coordinates: 41°17′02″N 75°53′34″W / 41.28389°N 75.89278°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Settled	1807
Incorporated	1882
Government
• Type	Borough Council
Area
• Total	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
• Land	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,711
• Density	3,834.51/sq mi (1,480.62/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	18709
Area code	570
FIPS code	42-45568
Website	luzerneborough.org

Luzerne is a borough located 5 miles (8 km) north of Wilkes Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The population was 2,703 at the time of the 2020 census.^[3]

History

The community was first settled in 1807. It was later incorporated as a borough in 1882. Like Luzerne County, the borough was named after Chevalier de la Luzerne, a French diplomat.^[4]

In the early twentieth century, coal mining and manufacturing were the main industries in the community. The borough had coal mines, a foundry, drill factories, flour and feed mills, a canning factory, and a silk mill.

Geography

Luzerne is located at 41°17′2″N 75°53′34″W / 41.28389°N 75.89278°W / 41.28389; -75.89278 (41.283780, -75.892890).^[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.69 square miles (1.8 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	2,398		—
1900	3,817		59.2%
1910	5,426		42.2%
1920	5,998		10.5%
1930	6,950		15.9%
1940	7,082		1.9%
1950	6,176		−12.8%
1960	5,118		−17.1%
1970	4,504		−12.0%
1980	3,703		−17.8%
1990	3,206		−13.4%
2000	2,952		−7.9%
2010	2,845		−3.6%
2020	2,703		−5.0%
2021 (est.)	2,710	^[3]	0.3%
Sources:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[2]

As of the census^[7] of 2000, there were 2,952 people, 1,410 households, and 767 families living in the borough.

The population density was 4,299.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,660.0/km²). There were 1,520 housing units at an average density of 2,213.7 per square mile (854.7/km²).

The racial makeup of the borough was 98.92% White, 0.34% African American, 0.07% Asian, 0.20% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.44% of the population.

There were 1,410 households, out of which 20.2% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 38.7% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.6% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 17.6% under the age of eighteen, 7.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 22.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-three years.

For every one hundred females there were 88.7 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 86.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $27,614, and the median income for a family was $37,730. Males had a median income of $27,054 compared with that of $21,250 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $16,217.

Roughly 6.8% of families and 11.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.