People QuickFacts	Scranton	Pennsylvania
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	72,861	12,440,621
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-4.2%	1.3%
  	Population, 2000    	76,415	12,281,054
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.3%	5.9%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	20.8%	23.8%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	20.1%	15.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	53.5%	51.7% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	93.5%	85.4%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.0%	10.0%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.1%	1.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	1.1%	1.2%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	2.6%	3.2% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	64.2%	63.5%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	3.1%	4.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	7.0%	8.4%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	78.2%	81.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	15.6%	22.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	17.6	25.2 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	35,336	5,249,750
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	54.5%	71.3%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$78,200	$97,000 			
  	Households, 2000    	31,303	4,777,003
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.29	2.48
  	Median household income, 1999    	$28,805	$40,106
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$16,174	$20,880
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	15.0%	11.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Scranton	Pennsylvania
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	626,312	183,741,873
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	885,446	130,713,197
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$11,882	$10,606
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	100,460	15,305,402
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,292	874,255
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.6%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	23.1%	26.0% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Scranton	Pennsylvania
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	25	44,816
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	3,028.7	274.0
  	FIPS Code    	69000	42
 	Counties    	Lackawanna County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts