Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Wyoming Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is the sixth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of five cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban core act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while Scranton is a mid-sized city, the larger Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area contains half a million residents in roughly 300 square miles. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of Northeastern Pennsylvania, a region of the state with over 1.3 million residents. Scranton hosts a federal court building for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
County: Lackawanna
Region: Greater Scranton
Incorporated (borough): February 14, 1856
Incorporated (city): April 23, 1866
Named for: George W. Scranton
Type: Mayor-Council
Body: Scranton City Council
Mayor: Paige Cognetti (D)
Population (2020): 76,328
Urban: 366,713 (US: 113th)
Metro: 567,559 (US: 100th)
Demonym(s): Scrantonian/Scrantonite
Time zone: EST (UTC−05:00)
Summer (DST): EDT (UTC−04:00)
ZIP Codes: 18447, 18501–18505, 18507–18510, 18512, 18514–18515, 18517–18519, 18522, 18540, 18577
Area code(s): 570 and 272
FIPS code: 42-69000
GNIS feature ID: 634293
Official Website: http://www.scrantonpa.gov
Wikidata description: city in and county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Wikidata id: Q271395
Wikidata label: Scranton
Wikidata aliases: Array
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