The Pocono Region is growing faster than any other region in Pennsylvania - and a good deal of the northeast for that matter!  

Estimates for 2009 have WayneCounty’s population at 51,337, which is a projected growth rate of 7.6%.  This compares favorably to Pennsylvania’s overall growth rate of 2.6%.  The four-county northeast PA region of Wayne, Pike, Monroe, and Lackawanna Counties represented a total population of 487,022 in 2009 having added 41,016 or 10.9% in the last decade.  The New York and Northern New Jersey Metropolitan Area is estimated by the Census Bureau to have grown by 4.08% from 2000 to 2009, indicating that Wayne County and its neighbors represent the leading edge of that region’s expansion.  

People are choosing to live here.  We have a lifestyle that people want and that will be desirable to employees relocating with their companies.  Employers will further benefit by an increasing labor supply at an exceptional value.

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 Quick Facts for Wayne County, PA 

 Population Growth – Twenty-five year projection 

 Educational Attainment, Persons over 25, Wayne County, PA 

 Households – Twenty-five year projection 

 Population Estimates by Municipality, 2009, Wayne County, PA 

 Household Income Distribution, 2008 

 Income Levels - Wayne County, PA