Every county in the region lost population from 2011 to 2012, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
Data released by the government Thursday indicates nominal population losses in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming counties.
Pike County was the region’s largest population loser by proportion – 1.15 percent – and Monroe County experienced the largest population decline, 1,188. Wayne County, the third leg of the area’s Pocono Mountains territory, lost 365 residents, or 0.7 percent.
Susquehanna County‘s population decreased by 385 residents, or 0.9 percent, according to the data.
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