Scranton
City in and county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Also known as Scranton, Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · Electric City · Steamtown · Scrantonia
- Country
- United States
2
Sources- 1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-08-06
- 2.Stated in Global LEI IndexRetrieved 2024-09-17
- United States
- Located in
- Population
- 76,328(April 1, 2020)
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2020 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Populations%20and%20People&g=0100000US,%241600000&y=2020Retrieved 2022-01-01
- , 76,089(2013)
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2010 United States CensusRetrieved 2020-07-09
- 2.Stated in 2010 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0100000US%241600000&y=2010&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29Retrieved 2022-05-10
- , 76,089(2010)
- 76,328(April 1, 2020)
- Area
- 66.1429 km²
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- , 66.1429 km²(April 1, 2010)
- 66.1429 km²
- Elevation
- 227 m
- Head of government
- Paige Gebhardt Cognetti(since 2020)
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Sources- 1.scrantonpa.gov/your-government/mayor-2/about-the/Retrieved 2022-07-24
- Paige Gebhardt Cognetti(since 2020)
- Postal code
- 18501
- , 18502
- , 18503
- +10 more
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
106 statements · 26% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Native label
- Scranton
- Water area
- 0.592 km²(April 1, 2010)
- Water as percent of area
- 0.8951%(April 1, 2010)
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- 0.8951%(April 1, 2010)
- Per capita income
- $23,951(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Number of households
- 31,363(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2016–2020 American Community Surveydata.census.gov/cedsci/table?d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Detailed%20TablesRetrieved 2022-05-05
- 31,363(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Date of incorporation
- February 14, 1856
- Territory overlaps
- Scranton urban area subject has role: primary place
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- Scranton urban area subject has role: primary place
- Official name
- Scranton
- Local dialing code
- 570(since 1998)
- 272(since 2013)
- Twinned administrative body
- Ballina(since 1990)
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Sources- 1.“NEWS VOICES: Recap on Scranton's connection to Ballina”wvia.org/news/local/2025-03-14/news-voices-recap-on-scrantons-connection-to-ballinaRetrieved 2026-06-05
- 2.“Scranton - Sister Cities”liquisearch.com/scranton/sister_citiesRetrieved 2026-06-05
- 3.“Sister Cities Honoring Brother Officers”wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/sister-cities-honoring-brother-officers/523-f292bb48-657e-4b86-89e9-1f8c4c606dfaRetrieved 2026-06-05
- 4.“Partner Cities – City of Scranton”scrantonpa.gov/sister-cities/Retrieved 2026-06-05
- Balakovo
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Sources- 1.“Scranton - Sister Cities”liquisearch.com/scranton/sister_citiesRetrieved 2026-06-05
- Guardia Lombardi
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Sources- 1.“UNICO Scranton holds photography exhibit, celebrates new sister city”timesleader.com/archive/392747/news-arts-local-news-news-50670882-unico-scranton-holds-photography-exhibit-celebrates-new-sister-cityRetrieved 2026-06-05
- Trnava
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Sources- 1.“Scranton - Sister Cities”liquisearch.com/scranton/sister_citiesRetrieved 2026-06-05
- Perugia
- Caronia
- San Marino
- Sulaymaniyah(since 2013)
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Sources- 1.“Sulaymaniyah, KRG- Iraq Sister City Agreement (2013) – City of Scranton”scrantonpa.gov/download/sulaymaniyah-krg-iraq-2013/Retrieved 2026-06-05
- Ballina(since 1990)
On other databases
38 identifiers linking Scranton across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID11670
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID144426607
- Comic Vine ID4020-65334
- Curlie IDRegional/North_America/United_States/Pennsylvania/Localities/S/Scranton/
- Domain namescranton.pa.us
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Scranton-Pennsylvania
- FactGrid item IDQ245358
- FAST ID1208014
- FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)42-69000
- Freebase ID/m/0_24q
- GeoNames ID5211303
- GND ID4106833-6
- GNIS Feature ID1213652
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDscranton-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0061519
- Harper's tagscranton
- IdRef ID196926661
- Interlingual Index IDi84650
- J9U entity ID987007562076905171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID13355
- Legal Entity Identifier549300L3VEEX7ZRPMU24
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80026833
- MusicBrainz area ID65ceae54-78eb-4063-979c-328ca8906d46
- NL CR AUT IDge472076
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3973388
- OpenStreetMap relation ID187541
- OpenWeatherMap city ID5211303
- PermID4296175130
- Quora topic IDScranton-PA
- SNARC IDQ45122
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10045796
- UN/LOCODEUSSCR
- VIAF cluster ID300276349
- Who's on First ID101718305
- WikiKids IDScranton_(Pennsylvania)
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID09159630-n
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PCjrp6Kh7YxbV33VbPkwxcK
- Yale LUX IDplace/5aecfef2-be67-4829-92b9-042a71aadecc
