Laflin, Pennsylvania
Laflin, Pennsylvania | |
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Borough | |
570 | |
| FIPS code | 42-40848 |
| Website | www |
Laflin is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,443 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
History
Laflin was incorporated as a borough in 1889. It was likely named for one of the owners of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company.[4] The following year, in 1890, the population of the newly formed borough was just over two hundred. Coal mining led to a population boom in the region.
Laflin witnessed its greatest increase between 1970 and 1980, when the number of residents grew by over 313% (or from 399 people to 1,650 people).
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 231 | — | |
| 1900 | 254 | 10.0% | |
| 1910 | 528 | 107.9% | |
| 1920 | 473 | −10.4% | |
| 1930 | 421 | −11.0% | |
| 1940 | 386 | −8.3% | |
| 1950 | 258 | −33.2% | |
| 1960 | 235 | −8.9% | |
| 1970 | 399 | 69.8% | |
| 1980 | 1,650 | 313.5% | |
| 1990 | 1,498 | −9.2% | |
| 2000 | 1,502 | 0.3% | |
| 2010 | 1,487 | −1.0% | |
| 2020 | 1,443 | −3.0% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 1,446 | [3] | 0.2% |
| Sources:[5][6][7][2] | |||
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 1,502 people, 612 households, and 452 families residing in the borough.
The population density was 1,111.0 inhabitants per square mile (429.0/km2). There were 632 housing units at an average density of 467.5 per square mile (180.5/km2).
The racial makeup of the borough was 95.61%
There were 612 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 62.9% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of eighteen, 4.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 33.4% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 16.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years.
For every one hundred females there were 88.9 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 86.9 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $55,658, and the median income for a family was $69,226. Males had a median income of $50,433 compared with that of $29,375 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $29,581.
Roughly 1.5% of families and 2.5% of the population were living below the
Government
The government consists of a
Infrastructure
Major highways include Interstate 81 and Route 315.
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
- ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. pp. 179.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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