| 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 |
| Luzerne County | 319 250 | 252 184 | 317 435 | 308 476 | 5 408 | 285 | 1 860 | 47 | 1 359 | 1 815 | 3 713 |
| Ashley borough | 2 866 | 2 249 | 2 844 | 2 822 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 |
| Avoca borough | 2 851 | 2 246 | 2 847 | 2 830 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Bear Creek township | 2 580 | 2 019 | 2 570 | 2 551 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Bear Creek Village borough | 284 | 226 | 284 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Black Creek township | 2 132 | 1 655 | 2 130 | 2 114 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Buck township | 396 | 302 | 396 | 395 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler township | 7 166 | 5 479 | 7 124 | 6 642 | 406 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 42 | 128 |
| Conyngham borough | 1 958 | 1 488 | 1 952 | 1 907 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Conyngham township | 1 385 | 1 117 | 1 381 | 1 360 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Courtdale borough | 791 | 626 | 791 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas borough | 2 557 | 2 000 | 2 542 | 2 505 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 |
| Dallas township | 8 179 | 6 455 | 8 145 | 8 052 | 17 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 46 |
| Dennison township | 908 | 723 | 903 | 899 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Dorrance township | 2 109 | 1 562 | 2 096 | 2 093 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| Dupont borough | 2 719 | 2 287 | 2 712 | 2 698 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Duryea borough | 4 634 | 3 748 | 4 618 | 4 581 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 |
| Edwardsville borough | 4 984 | 3 852 | 4 932 | 4 756 | 128 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 52 | 59 |
| Exeter borough | 5 955 | 4 703 | 5 924 | 5 877 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 34 |
| Exeter township | 2 557 | 1 936 | 2 556 | 2 539 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Fairmount township | 1 226 | 931 | 1 220 | 1 198 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Fairview township | 3 995 | 2 844 | 3 969 | 3 842 | 33 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 42 |
| Forty Fort borough | 4 579 | 3 641 | 4 560 | 4 509 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 24 |
| Foster township | 3 323 | 2 675 | 3 314 | 3 261 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| Franklin township | 1 601 | 1 229 | 1 596 | 1 594 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Freeland borough | 3 643 | 2 852 | 3 634 | 3 590 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| Hanover township | 11 488 | 8 965 | 11 414 | 11 268 | 110 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 74 | 69 |
| Harveys Lake borough | 2 888 | 2 230 | 2 867 | 2 833 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 22 |
| Hazle township | 9 000 | 7 257 | 8 966 | 8 880 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 38 | 34 | 92 |
| Hazleton city | 23 329 | 18 422 | 23 122 | 22 092 | 192 | 38 | 152 | 3 | 645 | 207 | 1 132 |
| Hollenback township | 1 243 | 916 | 1 230 | 1 223 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Hughestown borough | 1 541 | 1 246 | 1 536 | 1 531 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Hunlock township | 2 568 | 1 957 | 2 553 | 2 538 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Huntington township | 2 104 | 1 614 | 2 083 | 2 068 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 |
| Jackson township | 4 453 | 3 820 | 4 421 | 3 251 | 1 098 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 32 | 185 |
| Jeddo borough | 144 | 105 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jenkins township | 4 584 | 3 667 | 4 563 | 4 537 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 23 |
| Kingston borough | 13 855 | 11 124 | 13 786 | 13 417 | 106 | 10 | 212 | 1 | 40 | 69 | 111 |
| Kingston township | 7 145 | 5 365 | 7 117 | 7 070 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 27 |
| Laflin borough | 1 502 | 1 194 | 1 495 | 1 436 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Lake township | 2 110 | 1 612 | 2 106 | 2 093 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Larksville borough | 4 694 | 3 594 | 4 678 | 4 644 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| Laurel Run borough | 723 | 583 | 722 | 719 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lehman township | 3 206 | 2 473 | 3 194 | 3 153 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| Luzerne borough | 2 952 | 2 431 | 2 938 | 2 920 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| Nanticoke city | 10 955 | 8 799 | 10 915 | 10 828 | 30 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 49 |
| Nescopeck borough | 1 528 | 1 190 | 1 522 | 1 501 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| Nescopeck township | 1 096 | 833 | 1 089 | 1 076 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| New Columbus borough | 215 | 161 | 215 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Newport township | 5 006 | 4 199 | 4 991 | 4 514 | 429 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 115 |
| Nuangola borough | 671 | 528 | 671 | 669 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Penn Lake Park borough | 269 | 218 | 269 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Pittston city | 8 104 | 6 345 | 8 076 | 7 973 | 55 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 55 |
| Pittston township | 3 450 | 2 728 | 3 436 | 3 421 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| Plains township | 10 906 | 8 982 | 10 876 | 10 724 | 52 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 56 |
| Plymouth borough | 6 507 | 4 997 | 6 485 | 6 405 | 49 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 52 |
| Plymouth township | 2 097 | 1 641 | 2 087 | 2 080 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| Pringle borough | 991 | 796 | 990 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Rice township | 2 460 | 1 803 | 2 449 | 2 378 | 12 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 41 |
| Ross township | 2 742 | 2 063 | 2 724 | 2 721 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 |
| Salem township | 4 269 | 3 326 | 4 255 | 4 210 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| Shickshinny borough | 959 | 751 | 951 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Slocum township | 1 112 | 868 | 1 109 | 1 099 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Sugarloaf township | 3 652 | 2 926 | 3 639 | 3 580 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| Sugar Notch borough | 1 023 | 824 | 1 019 | 1 017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Swoyersville borough | 5 157 | 4 201 | 5 137 | 5 117 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 8 |
| Union township | 2 100 | 1 590 | 2 095 | 2 085 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Warrior Run borough | 624 | 483 | 620 | 617 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| West Hazleton borough | 3 542 | 2 823 | 3 527 | 3 461 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 79 |
| West Pittston borough | 5 072 | 4 060 | 5 054 | 5 040 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 12 |
| West Wyoming borough | 2 833 | 2 242 | 2 823 | 2 814 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| White Haven borough | 1 182 | 859 | 1 179 | 1 163 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Wilkes-Barre city | 43 123 | 34 549 | 42 626 | 39 801 | 2 193 | 48 | 342 | 14 | 228 | 497 | 683 |
| Wilkes-Barre township | 3 235 | 2 657 | 3 209 | 3 006 | 76 | 7 | 117 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 25 |
| Wright township | 5 593 | 4 220 | 5 561 | 5 402 | 31 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 15 | 32 | 66 |
| Wyoming borough | 3 221 | 2 601 | 3 215 | 3 205 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Yatesville borough | 649 | 501 | 648 | 647 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: US Census Bureau | Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center | ||||||||||