Pittston is located in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania. Its population peaked at 18,497 in 1930 and has since decreased nearly 60% since then. The city has now as many residents as it did in 1880.
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Commonwealth Foundation, 12/22/2022
This data continues a troubling trend. The Keystone State lost residents to other states in all but one year since 2010. The Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) projected, in October 2021, that the state will lose 250,000 working-age adults during the five-year period, 2020 to 2025.
“This brain drain remains one of the greatest challenges facing Pennsylvania,” said Nathan Benefield, senior vice president at the Commonwealth Foundation. “Combined with an aging population and working-age individuals leaving the labor force, these trends offer a dismal outlook for our state’s economy and fiscal situation.”
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