Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Wayne County population, land area and income

Wayne County had 51,419 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 725.8 square miles of land. It ranks 43rd of 67 in Pennsylvania by population and 30th by land area. That works out to 70.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Pennsylvania has 82,953 residents; Wayne County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $68,429 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wayne County's population changed since 2020

Wayne County gained 264 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.5%. That ranks 26th of 67 in Pennsylvania for growth. The median Pennsylvania county changed by -0.5%, and the state as a whole by +0.6%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Wayne County recorded 1,733 births and 3,119 deaths, a natural change of -1,386. Net international migration added +51 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,599. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,599 people.

Where Wayne County is

The Census internal point of Wayne County is at 41.646600, -75.292500. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Pennsylvania's 67 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Wayne County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wayne County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Wayne County, 6,945 people together, or 14% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Wayne County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Honesdale with 4,441.

Counties bordering Wayne County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Wayne County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Lackawanna County, PA, with 216,859 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lackawanna County

  216,859 people

  22 mi SW

• NY

  Broome County, NY

  196,397 people

  45 mi NW

• Monroe County

  166,523 people

  41 mi S

• NY

  Sullivan County, NY

  80,450 people

  27 mi E

• Pike County

  62,376 people

  26 mi SSE

• NY

  Delaware County, NY

  44,191 people

  41 mi NNE

• Susquehanna County

  38,100 people

  29 mi WNW

Distance to Harrisburg and the nearest big city

Harrisburg is 126.6 miles SW of Wayne County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA (population 127,138), 73.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Dunmore, PA (population 14,249), 22.9 miles away.

Wayne County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wayne County is 42127: state code 42 for Pennsylvania plus county code 127. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $68,429.