| 2000 Census: Summary of Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin | |||||||||||
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| One Race | |||||||||||
| Geographic Area | Total Population | Total Population Over 18 | Total One Race | White | Black or African American | American Indian and Alaska Native | Asian | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | Some other race | Two or more races | Hispanic or Latino (origin any race) |
| Pennsylvania | 12 281 054 | 9 358 833 | 12 138 830 | 10 484 203 | 1 224 612 | 18 348 | 219 813 | 3 417 | 188 437 | 142 224 | 394 088 |
| Lackawanna County | 213 295 | 166 868 | 211 882 | 206 160 | 2 793 | 185 | 1 602 | 22 | 1 120 | 1 413 | 2 958 |
| Abington township | 1 616 | 1 203 | 1 610 | 1 567 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| Archbald borough | 6 220 | 4 811 | 6 177 | 6 136 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 25 |
| Benton township | 1 881 | 1 413 | 1 870 | 1 861 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
| Blakely borough | 7 027 | 5 635 | 6 988 | 6 909 | 20 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 39 | 54 |
| Carbondale city | 9 804 | 7 539 | 9 753 | 9 662 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 122 |
| Carbondale township | 1 008 | 788 | 1 008 | 1 007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Clarks Green borough | 1 630 | 1 190 | 1 626 | 1 595 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Clarks Summit borough | 5 126 | 3 980 | 5 106 | 5 010 | 20 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 48 |
| Clifton township | 1 139 | 888 | 1 136 | 1 116 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Covington township | 1 994 | 1 493 | 1 983 | 1 960 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| Dalton borough | 1 294 | 953 | 1 289 | 1 283 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Dickson City borough | 6 205 | 4 973 | 6 180 | 6 132 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 52 |
| Dunmore borough | 14 018 | 11 095 | 13 967 | 13 801 | 69 | 8 | 62 | 2 | 25 | 51 | 123 |
| Elmhurst township | 838 | 694 | 838 | 837 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fell township | 2 331 | 1 901 | 2 319 | 2 293 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 18 |
| Glenburn township | 1 212 | 901 | 1 201 | 1 180 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| Greenfield township | 1 990 | 1 524 | 1 984 | 1 964 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Jefferson township | 3 592 | 2 714 | 3 572 | 3 545 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 14 |
| Jermyn borough | 2 287 | 1 766 | 2 284 | 2 252 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Jessup borough | 4 718 | 3 709 | 4 690 | 4 657 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 13 |
| La Plume township | 603 | 456 | 599 | 582 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Madison township | 2 542 | 1 845 | 2 530 | 2 509 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
| Mayfield borough | 1 756 | 1 405 | 1 753 | 1 746 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Moosic borough | 5 575 | 4 493 | 5 559 | 5 502 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Moscow borough | 1 883 | 1 311 | 1 878 | 1 863 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Newton township | 2 699 | 2 074 | 2 698 | 2 671 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| North Abington township | 782 | 587 | 773 | 748 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Old Forge borough | 8 798 | 7 060 | 8 773 | 8 711 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 30 |
| Olyphant borough | 4 978 | 3 945 | 4 953 | 4 903 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 27 |
| Ransom township | 1 429 | 1 083 | 1 427 | 1 418 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Roaring Brook township | 1 637 | 1 307 | 1 624 | 1 608 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Scott township | 4 931 | 3 774 | 4 909 | 4 850 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 35 |
| Scranton city | 76 415 | 60 538 | 75 597 | 71 480 | 2 304 | 85 | 823 | 15 | 890 | 818 | 1 999 |
| South Abington township | 8 638 | 6 366 | 8 586 | 8 313 | 63 | 3 | 195 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 94 |
| Spring Brook township | 2 367 | 1 799 | 2 356 | 2 337 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| Taylor borough | 6 475 | 5 087 | 6 460 | 6 367 | 22 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 41 |
| Thornhurst township | 798 | 598 | 784 | 774 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
| Throop borough | 4 010 | 3 167 | 3 994 | 3 969 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 30 |
| Vandling borough | 738 | 556 | 737 | 731 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| West Abington township | 311 | 247 | 311 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: US Census Bureau | Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center | ||||||||||