City profile · Small City
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Wilkes-Barre, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- George Brown
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 43,123
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcewilkes-barre.city/360/Mayors-Welcome ↗
- Official leadership pagewilkes-barre.city/360/Mayors-Welcome ↗
- City websitewilkes-barre.city ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- George Brown CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 43,123
- Median household income
- $46,597
- Median age
- 34.3
- Land area
- 6.85 sq mi
- Population density
- 6,295.3 per sq mi
- County
- Luzerne County
- Metro area
- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
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