Luzerne County | C&W Scranton

Luzerne County

C&W Scranton Office


LUZERNE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
200 NORTH RIVER STREET
WILKES-BARRE, PA 18711
(570) 825-1595

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POPULATION OVERVIEW

  • Land Area: 890.81 square miles
  • Population: 313,020
  • High School Graduates: 81.1%
  • College Graduates: 16.4%
  • Median Household Income: $36,968 (2004)
  • Caucasian: 93.9% (2005)
  • African American: 2.3% (2005)
  • Hispanic: 2.7% (2005)
  • Other: 1.1% (2005)

VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS

  • Democrats: 97,802
  • Republicans: 59,937
  • Other Parties: 13,147
  • TOTAL: 170,886

CIVIL DOCKET STATISTICS

  • Civil Cases Filed: 3,479
  • General Docket: 3,326
  • Arbitration: 153

TRIAL-RELATED STATISTICS

General Docket Cases disposed of by
  • Settlement: 147 (60.3%)
  • Non-Jury Trial: 18 (7.3%)
  • Jury Trial: 38 (15.6%)
  • Stricken: 40 (16.4%)
  • Others: 1 (0.4%)
  • TOTAL: 244