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Luzerne County

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Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of wikipedia:Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, he county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km2), of which 890 square miles (2,300 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 325,594, making it the most populous county in the northeastern part of the state. The county seat and most populous city is Wilkes-Barre. Other populous communities include Hazleton, Kingston, Nanticoke, and Pittston. Luzerne County is included in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 555,426 as of 2017. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

Key Cities/Towns

Cities

  • Hazleton
  • Nanticoke
  • Pittston
  • Wilkes-Barre (county seat)
Boroughs
  • Ashley
  • Avoca
  • Bear Creek Village
  • Conyngham
  • Courtdale
  • Dallas
  • Dupont
  • Duryea
  • Edwardsville
  • Exeter
  • Forty Fort
  • Freeland
  • Harveys Lake
  • Hughestown
  • Jeddo
  • Kingston
  • Laflin
  • Larksville
  • Laurel Run
  • Luzerne
  • Nescopeck
  • New Columbus
  • Nuangola
  • Penn Lake Park
  • Plymouth
  • Pringle
  • Shickshinny
  • Sugar Notch
  • Swoyersville
  • Warrior Run
  • West Hazleton
  • West Pittston
  • West Wyoming
  • White Haven
  • Wyoming
  • Yatesville
Townships
  • Bear Creek
  • Black Creek
  • Buck
  • Butler
  • Conyngham
  • Dallas
  • Dennison
  • Dorrance
  • Exeter
  • Fairmount
  • Fairview
  • Foster
  • Franklin
  • Hanover
  • Hazle
  • Hollenback
  • Hunlock
  • Huntington
  • Jackson
  • Jenkins
  • Kingston
  • Lake
  • Lehman
  • Nescopeck
  • Newport
  • Pittston
  • Plains
  • Plymouth
  • Rice
  • Ross
  • Salem
  • Slocum
  • Sugarloaf
  • Union
  • Wilkes-Barre
  • Wright

Megan's Law Statistics

(Copy from PA Megan's Law Database, click on Community Tools at top then the 3rd "Count of..." link and tally residents only)

County

Total

Lifetime Out of

State

Pre-SORNA

SVP

SVDC SVP Ten-

Year

T1 T2 T3
472 88 61 36 0 32 24 90 81 60

Last Updated: 09/08/25

Registration Sites

(copy from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

  • State Police Hazleton, 250 Dessen Drive, West Hazleton PA 18202, 570-459-3890
  • State Police Shickshinny, 872 Salem Boulevard, BERWICK PA 18603, 570-542-4117
  • State Police Wilkes Barre, 2001 South Valley Parkway, WILKES BARRE PA 18706, 570-822-5400

County Parole/Probation Office Contact Information

Local Reentry Organizations

If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at contact@parsol.org

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Other PFR-Specific Resources

SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

Reference SOAB website

State Representatives and Senators

Find your state representatives and senators here: palegis.us.

PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

  • Region: Northeast
  • Contact: John D

County Contact

  • John D.