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Lackawanna County, PA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
Designated Market Area: Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazleton, PA
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Middle Suburbs

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2024 population: 216,859   ( 948 from 2020)
Land area: 459.0 square miles
Population density: 472.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:171,680 79.17% 4.7%
Black:8,8864.10% 25.7%
Indian:2570.12% 2.4%
Asian:7,7703.58% 15.4%
2+ races:3,9301.81% 16.3%
Hispanic:24,33611.22% 33.1%
Total non-White:45,17920.83% 26.5%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:8,512 9.9
Deaths:12,13914.1
Net Migration: 1,7842.1
Net Immigration: 2,8243.3
Change in White population:-8,510 -3.9
Change in Non-White pop.:9,458 4.4



Historical Presidential Election Results for Lackawanna County, PA

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +3,927 R +6,408 R + 5.6%
D -2,481
2024 vs. 2016 R +7,877 R +350 R + 0.8%
D +7,527
2020 vs. 2016 R +3,950 D +6,058 D + 4.9%
D +10,008
2024 vs. 2012 R +21,176 R +23,504 R + 24.8%
D -2,328
2016 vs. 2008 R +8,896 R +24,433 R + 22.6%
D -15,537
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 68% Kamala Harris (D) 59,510 50.9% Donald Trump (R) 56,261 48.1% 1,154 [+] 1.0% 116,925 -2 -2 1.66%
2020 67% Joe Biden (D) 61,991 53.6% Donald Trump* (R) 52,334 45.2% 1,370 [+] 1.2% 115,695 -3 -2 1.67%
2016 61% Hillary Clinton (D) 51,983 49.8% Donald Trump (R) 48,384 46.3% 4,037 [+] 3.9% 104,404 -2 0 1.69%
2012 58% Barack Obama* (D) 61,838 62.9% Mitt Romney (R) 35,085 35.7% 1,428 [+] 1.5% 98,351 -11 -12 1.71%
2008 64% Barack Obama (D) 67,520 62.2% John McCain (R) 39,488 36.4% 1,531 [+] 1.4% 108,539 -8 -9 1.80%
2004 63% John Kerry (D) 59,573 56.3% George W. Bush* (R) 44,766 42.3% 1,480 [+] 1.4% 105,819 -6 -8 1.83%
2000 58% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 57,471 59.6% George W. Bush (R) 35,096 36.4% 3,814 [+] 4.0% 96,381 -10 -11 1.96%
1996 49% Bill Clinton* (D) 46,377 56.1% Robert Dole (R) 26,930 32.6% 9,374 [+] 11.3% 82,681 -7 -8 1.83%
1992 56% Bill Clinton (D) 45,054 47.4% George Bush* (R) 33,443 35.2% 16,471 [+] 17.3% 94,968 -1 -2 1.91%
1988 52% Michael Dukakis (D) 45,591 51.4% George Bush (R) 42,083 47.4% 1,067 [+] 1.2% 88,741 -3 -6 1.96%
1984 55% Ronald Reagan* (R) 48,132 50.6% Walter Mondale (D) 45,851 48.2% 1,202 1.3% 95,185 -3 -8 1.96%
1980 55% Jimmy Carter* (D) 45,257 47.4% Ronald Reagan (R) 44,242 46.4% 5,948 [+] 6.2% 95,447 -3 -4 2.09%
1976 63% Jimmy Carter (D) 57,685 56.1% Gerald Ford* (R) 43,354 42.2% 1,758 [+] 1.7% 102,797 -6 -6 2.22%
1972 63% Richard Nixon* (R) 58,838 56.1% George McGovern (D) 45,465 43.4% 566 [+] 0.5% 104,869 -3 -5 2.28%
1968 76% Hubert Humphrey (D) 66,297 58.0% Richard Nixon (R) 44,388 38.8% 3,706 [+] 3.2% 114,391 -5 -5 2.41%
1964 79% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 88,131 73.7% Barry Goldwater (R) 31,272 26.2% 137 0.1% 119,540 -9 -12 2.48%
1960 86% John Kennedy (D) 80,098 61.7% Richard Nixon (R) 49,636 38.2% 49 0.0% 129,783 -10 -11 2.59%
1956 73% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 64,386 53.6% Adlai Stevenson (D) 55,741 46.4% 79 0.1% 120,206 -3 -4 2.63%
1952 74% Adlai Stevenson (D) 64,926 51.2% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 61,644 48.6% 147 0.1% 126,717 -4 -7 2.77%
1948 64% Harry Truman* (D) 64,495 57.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 46,283 41.4% 971 [+] 0.9% 111,749 -10 -4 2.99%
1944 57% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 59,190 55.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 47,261 44.3% 127 0.1% 106,578 -4 -2 2.81%
1940 64% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 71,343 56.3% Wendell Willkie (R) 54,931 43.4% 411 0.3% 126,685 -3 -1 3.11%
1936 73% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 80,585 60.2% Alf Landon (R) 51,186 38.3% 2,030 [+] 1.5% 133,801 -3 2 3.23%
1932 41% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 40,793 53.3% Herbert Hoover* (R) 34,632 45.2% 1,135 [+] 1.5% 76,560 -6 6 2.68%
1928 55% Al Smith (D) 52,665 53.1% Herbert Hoover (R) 46,510 46.9% 94 [+] 0.1% 99,269 -18 -11 3.15%
1924 36% Calvin Coolidge (R) 37,708 60.4% John Davis (D) 16,859 27.0% 7,834 [+] 12.6% 62,401 -5 6 2.91%
1920 40% Warren Harding (R) 40,593 60.6% James Cox (D) 24,581 36.7% 1,866 [+] 2.8% 67,040 -5 0 3.62%
1916 21% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 17,658 50.8% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 15,727 45.2% 1,373 [+] 4.0% 34,758 -3 5 2.68%
1912 21% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 15,199 46.2% Woodrow Wilson (D) 12,423 37.8% 5,261 [+] 16.0% 32,883 -11 -12 2.70%
1908 24% William Taft (R) 18,590 53.4% William J. Bryan (D) 15,451 44.4% 747 [+] 2.1% 34,788 -5 2 2.75%
1904 24% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 19,923 64.5% Alton Parker (D) 10,068 32.6% 876 [+] 2.8% 30,867 -3 8 2.50%
1900 29% William McKinley* (R) 16,763 51.6% William J. Bryan (D) 14,728 45.3% 1,019 [+] 3.1% 32,510 -9 0 2.77%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Lackawanna County, PA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 67% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 61,653 53.2% Dave McCormick (R) 51,944 44.8% 2,289 [+] 2.0% 115,886 -4 1.66%
2022 S3 52% John Fetterman (D) 50,489 56.8% Mehmet Oz (R) 36,534 41.1% 1,920 [+] 2.2% 88,943 -5 1.66%
2022 G 52% Josh Shapiro (D) 54,442 61.3% Doug Mastriano (R) 32,697 36.8% 1,704 [+] 1.9% 88,843 -5 1.66%
2018 S1 49% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 51,444 61.1% Lou Barletta (R) 31,922 37.9% 890 [+] 1.1% 84,256 -5 1.68%
2018 G 49% Tom Wolf* (D) 54,237 64.6% Scott Wagner (R) 28,616 34.1% 1,060 [+] 1.3% 83,913 -7 1.67%
2016 S3 59% Katie McGinty (D) 53,936 52.9% Pat Toomey* (R) 40,519 39.8% 7,455 [+] 7.3% 101,910 -9 1.68%
2014 G 35% Tom Wolf (D) 41,680 69.7% Tom Corbett* (R) 18,081 30.3% 0 0.0% 59,761 -15 1.71%
2012 S1 57% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 64,940 66.7% Tom Smith (R) 30,928 31.8% 1,543 [+] 1.6% 97,411 -13 1.73%
2010 S3 41% Joe Sestak (D) 41,327 59.8% Pat Toomey (R) 27,742 40.2% 0 0.0% 69,069 -11 1.74%
2010 G 41% Dan Onorato (D) 38,300 55.0% Tom Corbett (R) 31,342 45.0% 0 0.0% 69,642 -9 1.75%
2006 S1 46% Bob Casey, Jr. (D) 54,289 69.5% Rick Santorum* (R) 23,874 30.5% 0 0.0% 78,163 -11 1.92%
2006 G 46% Ed Rendell* (D) 56,966 73.0% Lynn Swann (R) 21,095 27.0% 0 0.0% 78,061 -13 1.91%
2004 S3 59% Arlen Specter* (R) 54,797 54.9% Joseph Hoeffel (D) 41,604 41.7% 3,335 [+] 3.3% 99,736 2 1.79%
2002 G 41% Ed Rendell (D) 40,206 58.2% Mike Fisher (R) 26,099 37.8% 2,756 [+] 4.0% 69,061 -7 1.93%
2000 S1 54% Ron Klink (D) 47,363 52.9% Rick Santorum* (R) 40,520 45.2% 1,710 [+] 1.9% 89,593 -7 1.89%
1998 S3 39% Arlen Specter* (R) 38,710 58.8% Bill Lloyd (D) 25,492 38.7% 1,665 [+] 2.5% 65,867 -3 2.23%
1998 G 39% Tom Ridge* (R) 35,039 53.0% Ivan Itkin (D) 25,297 38.2% 5,823 [+] 8.8% 66,159 -4 2.19%
1994 S1 39% Harris Wofford* (D) 38,967 58.4% Rick Santorum (R) 26,417 39.6% 1,321 [+] 2.0% 66,705 -10 1.90%
1994 G 42% Mark Singel (D) 36,014 51.1% Tom Ridge (R) 26,053 37.0% 8,343 [+] 11.8% 70,410 -8 1.96%
1992 S3 54% Lynn Yeakel (D) 45,349 49.2% Arlen Specter* (R) 44,009 47.7% 2,831 [+] 3.1% 92,189 -1 1.92%
1991 S1 42% Harris Wofford (D) 46,145 63.9% Richard Thornburgh (R) 26,030 36.1% 0 0.0% 72,175 -9 2.13%
1990 G 35% Robert Casey* (D) 49,282 81.8% Barbara Hafer (R) 10,941 18.2% 0 0.0% 60,223 -14 1.97%
1988 S1 47% John Heinz* (R) 54,732 67.5% Joseph Vignola (D) 25,093 31.0% 1,219 [+] 1.5% 81,044 1 1.86%
1986 S3 46% Arlen Specter* (R) 42,355 53.9% Bob Edgar (D) 35,815 45.6% 371 [+] 0.5% 78,541 -3 2.32%
1986 G 48% Robert Casey (D) 55,979 67.5% William Scranton III (R) 26,775 32.3% 140 [+] 0.2% 82,894 -16 2.45%
1982 S1 41% John Heinz* (R) 37,787 53.9% Cyril Wecht (D) 31,401 44.8% 898 [+] 1.3% 70,086 -5 1.94%
1982 G 43% Allen Ertel (D) 42,270 56.7% Richard Thornburgh* (R) 31,529 42.3% 704 [+] 0.9% 74,503 -9 2.02%
1980 S3 53% Pete Flaherty (D) 50,061 54.7% Arlen Specter (R) 40,179 43.9% 1,238 [+] 1.4% 91,478 -7 2.07%
1978 G 48% Richard Thornburgh (R) 43,558 54.9% Pete Flaherty (D) 35,411 44.7% 307 [+] 0.4% 79,276 2 2.12%
1976 S1 61% William Green (D) 55,327 55.6% John Heinz (R) 43,247 43.5% 863 [+] 0.9% 99,437 -9 2.19%
1974 S3 49% Richard Schweiker* (R) 43,851 54.3% Pete Flaherty (D) 36,636 45.3% 308 [+] 0.4% 80,795 1 2.32%
1974 G 50% Milton Shapp* (D) 47,212 56.7% Andrew Lewis (R) 35,666 42.9% 329 [+] 0.4% 83,207 -2 2.38%
1970 S1 59% Hugh Scott* (R) 46,475 51.0% William Sesler (D) 43,135 47.3% 1,542 [+] 1.7% 91,152 0 2.50%
1970 G 60% Milton Shapp (D) 50,493 53.8% Raymond Broderick (R) 42,404 45.1% 1,041 [+] 1.1% 93,938 3 2.54%
1968 S3 73% Joseph Clark* (D) 59,689 53.9% Richard Schweiker (R) 48,589 43.9% 2,527 [+] 2.3% 110,805 -8 2.40%
1966 G 71% Milton Shapp (D) 53,497 50.3% Raymond Shafer (R) 52,581 49.4% 327 [+] 0.3% 106,405 -3 2.63%
1964 S1 79% Genevieve Blatt (D) 66,887 56.2% Hugh Scott* (R) 51,973 43.7% 108 [+] 0.1% 118,968 -7 2.48%
1962 S3 82% Joseph Clark* (D) 68,390 55.6% James Van Zandt (R) 54,518 44.3% 71 [+] 0.1% 122,979 -4 2.81%
1962 G 82% Richardson Dilworth (D) 62,166 50.4% William Scranton (R) 61,120 49.5% 65 [+] 0.1% 123,351 -6 2.82%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Lackawanna County, PA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 64,779 56.0% Rob Bresnahan (R) 50,835 44.0% 0 0.0% 115,614
County Total for 2024-11-05:   115,614
2022-11-08 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 52,590 59.0% Jim Bognet (R) 36,483 41.0% 0 0.0% 89,073
County Total for 2022-11-08:   89,073
2020-11-03 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 66,974 58.8% Jim Bognet (R) 46,999 41.2% 0 0.0% 113,973
County Total for 2020-11-03:   113,973
2018-11-06 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 53,467 63.8% John Chrin (R) 30,361 36.2% 0 0.0% 83,828
County Total for 2018-11-06:   83,828
2016-11-08 PA10Tom Marino* (R) 18,101 57.4% Scott Molesevich (D) 13,440 42.6% 0 0.0% 31,541
2016-11-08 PA17Matt Cartwright* (D) 48,206 71.0% Matt Connolly (R) 19,673 29.0% 0 0.0% 67,879
County Total for 2016-11-08:   99,420
2014-11-04 PA10Tom Marino* (R) 9,554 49.6% Scott Brion (D) 7,617 39.5% 2,102 10.9% 19,273
2014-11-04 PA17Matt Cartwright* (D) 30,356 75.9% David Moylan (R) 9,642 24.1% 0 0.0% 39,998
County Total for 2014-11-04:   59,271
2012-11-06 PA10Tom Marino* (R) 15,351 52.4% Philip Scollo (D) 13,947 47.6% 0 0.0% 29,298
2012-11-06 PA17Matt Cartwright (D) 48,873 75.2% Laureen Cummings (R) 16,124 24.8% 0 0.0% 64,997
County Total for 2012-11-06:   94,295
2010-11-02 PA10Chris Carney* (D) 19,185 60.2% Tom Marino (R) 12,709 39.8% 0 0.0% 31,894
2010-11-02 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 21,874 58.5% Lou Barletta (R) 15,519 41.5% 0 0.0% 37,393
County Total for 2010-11-02:   69,287
2008-11-04 PA10Chris Carney* (D) 31,934 69.3% Chris Hackett (R) 14,155 30.7% 0 0.0% 46,089
2008-11-04 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 36,501 60.4% Lou Barletta (R) 23,899 39.6% 0 0.0% 60,400
County Total for 2008-11-04:   106,489
2006-11-07 PA10Chris Carney (D) 21,894 62.9% Don Sherwood* (R) 12,915 37.1% 0 0.0% 34,809
2006-11-07 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 35,240 82.3% Joseph Leonardi (R) 7,580 17.7% 0 0.0% 42,820
County Total for 2006-11-07:   77,629
2004-11-02 PA10Don Sherwood* (R) 25,166 95.8% Veronica Hannevig (Constitution) 1,100 4.2% 0 0.0% 26,266
2004-11-02 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 40,935 97.8% Kenneth Brenneman (Constitution) 937 2.2% 0 0.0% 41,872
County Total for 2004-11-02:   68,138
2002-11-05 PA10Don Sherwood* (R) 24,483 95.1% Kurt Shotko (Green) 1,252 4.9% 0 0.0% 25,735
2002-11-05 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 25,678 66.4% Lou Barletta (R) 12,410 32.1% 608 1.6% 38,696
County Total for 2002-11-05:   64,431
2000-11-07 PA10Patrick Casey (D) 57,627 61.8% Don Sherwood* (R) 35,676 38.2% 0 0.0% 93,303
County Total for 2000-11-07:   93,303
1996-11-05 PA10Joe McDade* (R) 49,708 60.6% Joe Cullen (D) 30,505 37.2% 1,771 2.2% 81,984
County Total for 1996-11-05:   81,984
1994-11-08 PA10Joe McDade* (R) 44,708 67.1% Daniel Schreffler (D) 21,145 31.7% 784 1.2% 66,637
County Total for 1994-11-08:   66,637
1992-11-03 PA10Joe McDade* (R) 79,852 93.7% Albert Smith (Libertarian) 5,382 6.3% 0 0.0% 85,234
County Total for 1992-11-03:   85,234
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Lackawanna County, PA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 148,161 52,182 35.2% 76,213 51.4% 19,766 13.3% Dem +24,031 Dem +16.2% 86%
2024 150,855 52,291 34.7% 79,146 52.5% 19,418 12.9% Dem +26,855 Dem +17.8% 88%
2022 146,202 47,606 32.6% 81,456 55.7% 17,140 11.7% Dem +33,850 Dem +23.2% 85%
2020 149,403 47,065 31.5% 85,969 57.5% 16,369 11.0% Dem +38,904 Dem +26.0% 87%
2018 143,603 42,382 29.5% 86,735 60.4% 14,486 10.1% Dem +44,353 Dem +30.9% 84%
2016 148,069 42,550 28.7% 91,018 61.5% 14,501 9.8% Dem +48,468 Dem +32.7% 86%
2014 146,655 38,263 26.1% 94,627 64.5% 13,765 9.4% Dem +56,364 Dem +38.4% 86%
2012 149,533 39,363 26.3% 97,000 64.9% 13,170 8.8% Dem +57,637 Dem +38.5% 88%
2010 146,389 38,305 26.2% 96,480 65.9% 11,604 7.9% Dem +58,175 Dem +39.7% 86%
2008 157,311 42,863 27.2% 102,308 65.0% 12,140 7.7% Dem +59,445 Dem +37.8% 93%
2006 148,292 43,888 29.6% 94,025 63.4% 10,379 7.0% Dem +50,137 Dem +33.8% 88%
2004 154,464 46,882 30.4% 96,804 62.7% 10,778 7.0% Dem +49,922 Dem +32.3% 92%
2002 145,526 44,231 30.4% 92,894 63.8% 8,401 5.8% Dem +48,663 Dem +33.4% 87%
2000 145,370 45,246 31.1% 92,065 63.3% 8,059 5.5% Dem +46,819 Dem +32.2% 87%
1998 136,491 40,970 30.0% 89,055 65.2% 6,466 4.7% Dem +48,085 Dem +35.2% 81%
1996 129,381 38,463 29.7% 85,436 66.0% 5,482 4.2% Dem +46,973 Dem +36.3% 77%
1994 119,622 35,109 29.3% 80,401 67.2% 4,112 3.4% Dem +45,292 Dem +37.9% 71%
1992 124,822 36,031 28.9% 84,720 67.9% 4,071 3.3% Dem +48,689 Dem +39.0% 73%
1990 120,447 34,671 28.8% 82,715 68.7% 3,061 2.5% Dem +48,044 Dem +39.9% 70%
1988 121,233 35,800 29.5% 82,174 67.8% 3,259 2.7% Dem +46,374 Dem +38.3% 71%
1986 122,477 36,634 29.9% 82,699 67.5% 3,144 2.6% Dem +46,065 Dem +37.6% 71%
1984 122,300 36,961 30.2% 82,252 67.3% 3,087 2.5% Dem +45,291 Dem +37.0% 71%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.