Editing Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (section)

=== 2010 Statistics ===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 214,437 people living in the county. 92.0% were [[White American|White]], 2.5% [[African American|Black or African American]], 1.7% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 2.0% of some other race and 1.5% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]. 5.0% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race). 20.1% identified as of [[Italian American|Italian]], 19.9% [[Irish American|Irish]], 13.0% [[Polish American|Polish]] and 11.4% [[German American|German]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families living in the county. The population density was {{convert|465|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of {{convert|208|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 96.65% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.31% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.75% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.53% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. 1.39% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 22.5% were of [[Italian people|Italian]], 21.2% [[Irish people|Irish]], 15.4% [[Polish people|Polish]] and 10.2% [[German people|German]] ancestry.

There were 86,218 households, out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families; 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, 21.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.