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Furniture & bedding sales - NORTHEAST

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, December 26, 2004

City sales in $ thousands
Biggest sales volume, 2004				Biggest projected increase, 2004–2009
Metros shown in brown are among the 25 having the greatest furniture and bedding sales in 2004 and forecast to have the fastest sales growth between 2004 and 2009
Northeast	Total furniture and bedding spending		Change	Northeast	Total furniture and bedding spending		Change
	2004	2009	'04–'09		2004	2009	'04–'09
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ	4,861,938	5,781,128	18.9%	Lewisburg, PA	11,485	16,420	43.0%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1,545,146	1,839,745	19.1%	East Stroudsburg, PA	38,921	51,858	33.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	1,263,163	1,503,985	19.1%	Malone, NY	13,290	17,478	31.5%
Pittsburgh, PA	667,640	766,420	14.8%	Seaford, DE	44,704	57,996	29.7%
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA	436,943	523,715	19.9%	State College, PA	37,608	48,686	29.5%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	335,320	401,062	19.6%	Ithaca, NY	28,920	37,432	29.4%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	310,907	358,176	15.2%	Huntingdon, PA	12,009	15,124	25.9%
Rochester, NY	279,675	333,082	19.1%	Gettysburg, PA	24,686	31,014	25.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	253,789	299,123	17.9%	Concord, NH	39,839	50,029	25.6%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	236,766	281,558	18.9%	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	168,374	210,400	25.0%
New Haven-Milford, CT	232,531	276,165	18.8%	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ	35,689	44,567	24.9%
Worcester, MA	210,977	254,687	20.7%	Barnstable Town, MA	68,352	85,245	24.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	207,580	251,788	21.3%	Laconia, NH	16,582	20,597	24.2%
Springfield, MA	184,158	219,864	19.4%	Dover, DE	33,243	41,192	23.9%
Syracuse, NY	172,762	201,721	16.8%	Kingston, NY	49,363	61,090	23.8%
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	168,374	210,400	25.0%	Trenton-Ewing, NJ	101,418	125,313	23.6%
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	153,639	176,173	14.7%	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	55,760	68,855	23.5%
Scranton—Wilkes-Barre, PA	148,977	171,035	14.8%	Ogdensburg-Massena, NY	28,354	34,869	23.0%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	144,270	175,538	21.7%	Oneonta, NY	16,371	20,105	22.8%
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME	141,426	171,672	21.4%	Reading, PA	101,706	124,636	22.5%
Lancaster, PA	122,893	149,942	22.0%	Keene, NH	20,517	25,139	22.5%
Manchester-Nashua, NH	108,643	132,659	22.1%	Atlantic City, NJ	67,200	82,272	22.4%
York-Hanover, PA	103,643	126,284	21.8%	Lebanon, NH-VT	47,585	58,181	22.3%
Reading, PA	101,706	124,636	22.5%	Manchester-Nashua, NH	108,643	132,659	22.1%
Trenton-Ewing, NJ	101,418	125,313	23.6%	Lancaster, PA	122,893	149,942	22.0%

A snapshot of Lewisburg, PA ...
	2004	2009	Change
Population	5,175	5,201	1%
Number of households	2,250	2,732	21%
Hispanic Households	48	65	35%
White non-Hispanic households	2,023	2,365	17%
Median value of owner houses	$105,538	$109,102	3%
Median household income	$31,988	$38,636	21%
• 23% of the housing stock has been built since 1998
• Median age	24.2	24.4

Annual income
	% of total households
	2004	2009
Under $35,000	53%	47%
$35,000 to $49,999	13%	12%
$50,000 to $74,999	19%	16%
$75,000 or more	15%	24%

Percentage of U.S. furniture & bedding sales, 2004
Northeast	20%
% change '04–'09	19%

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