Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

A county in Pennsylvania, ranked 60 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 42131

Within Pennsylvania
Wyoming County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Tunkhannock, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
25,790
-243 (-0.9%) since 2020
Land area
397.3
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
64.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tunkhannock
Seat of county government.
Established
1842
183 years ago
Largest city
Tunkhannock borough
Population 1,718.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Wyoming County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 550 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Wyoming County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Pennsylvania, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn PennsylvaniaNationally
Population25,79060th of 671,596th of 3,144
Land area397.3 sq mi55th of 672,539th of 3,144
Population density64.9 per sq mi50th of 671,245th of 3,144
Median household income$72,46025th of 671,015th of 3,143

Full data for Wyoming County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population25,790Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,033Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,072Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area397.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area405 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?64.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,460American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$215,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,912American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,896American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-93
229 births, 322 deaths
Net migration
+24
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Wyoming County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Luzerne CountyPennsylvania24 mi332,126
Susquehanna CountyPennsylvania21 mi38,237
Lackawanna CountyPennsylvania18 mi216,502
Sullivan CountyPennsylvania12 mi5,856
Bradford CountyPennsylvania12 mi59,600

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Pennsylvania

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.