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Wayne County, Pennsylvania

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Population:

  • Total Population: 47,722
  • Males: 23,897
  • Females: 23,825

Ethnicity:

  • White: 45,764
  • Black/African American: 708
  • Hispanic: 720
  • Native American/Eskimo: 45
  • Asian: 182
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0
  • Other: 6
  • 2 or more: 297

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (42,585)
  2. Spanish (760)
  3. German (525)
  4. Italian (255)
  5. Polish (215)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 1,447

  1. Germany (344)
  2. United Kingdom (119)
  3. Italy (96)
  4. Poland (77)
  5. Canada (69)
  6. Ireland (49)
  7. Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (46)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Catholic Church (15,490)
  2. United Methodist Church, The (5,722)
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1,812)
  4. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (685)
  5. American Baptist Churches in the USA (503)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 15,891
    • Sensory: 1,456
    • Physical: 4,351
    • Mental: 2,215
    • Self-care: 1,307
    • Go outside home: 2,683
    • Employment: 3,462

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 255

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 18,350
    • Utility gas: 1,830
    • Bottled or LP gas: 2,394
    • Electricity: 3,381
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 8,674
    • Coal or Coke: 532
    • Wood: 1,468
    • Solar Energy: 11
    • Other fuel: 43
    • No fuel used: 17

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 36,468
    • No vehicle: 2,339
    • 1 or more vehicle: 34,129

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 138
    • No High School: 1,654
    • Some High School: 4,625
    • High School: 14,498
    • Some College: 5,649
    • Associate's Degree: 1,910
    • College Degree: 2,947
    • Master's Degree: 1,272
    • Professional Degree: 497
    • Doctoral Degree: 136

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 18,350
    • Owners with phone: 14,716
    • Owners without phone: 56
    • Renters with phone: 3,516
    • Renters without phone: 62

    10 closest counties:

    1. Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
    2. Pike County, Pennsylvania
    3. Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
    4. Monroe County, Pennsylvania
    5. Sullivan County, New York
    6. Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
    7. Delaware County, New York
    8. Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
    9. Carbon County, Pennsylvania
    10. Sussex County, New Jersey

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    18401, 18405, 18415, 18417, 18424, 18427, 18431, 18436, 18437, 18438, 18439, 18443, 18445, 18449, 18453, 18454, 18455, 18456, 18459, 18460, 18461, 18462, 18463, 18469, 18472, 18473

    Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:

    • WDNH-FM (95.3 FM) HONESDALE, PA
    • WYCY (105.3 FM) HONESDALE, PA
    • WPSN (1590 AM) HONESDALE, PA
    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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