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Wilkes-Barre is the county seat for Luzerne County in Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley. The 2020 census recorded a population of 44.328. It is the second-largest city, after Scranton, in the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 census and is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the Delaware Valley, Greater Pittsburgh, and the Lehigh Valley with an urban population of 401,884.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a region called Northeastern Pennsylvania, which is home to over 1.3 million residents. [6][circular reference]The Pocono Mountains, Endless Mountains, and Lehigh Valley surround Wilkes-Barre. The city's northern border is defined by the Susquehanna River, which flows through its center.
Wilkes-Barre was established in 1769. It was incorporated in 1806 as a borough and in 1869 as a city. After the discovery of nearby coal reserves, and the arrival of many thousands of immigrants who worked in local mines, the city grew quickly in the 19th century. The city's industrialization was fueled by coal mining, which saw it reach its peak in the second half of the 20th Century. The city's population reached its peak in 1930 at 86,000. The collapse of the industry caused the city's economic decline after World War II. After large areas of the region's coal mines were destroyed by floodwaters, this trend was accelerated by the Knox Mine disaster. The city is home to approximately half its population today, making it the largest in Luzerne County, and the 13th largest in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of 5 cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Wilkes-Barre itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles.