Lackawanna County (/ˌlækəˈwɒnə/; Unami: Lèkaohane) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania[a] and had a population of 215,615 (2022). Its county seat and most populous city is Scranton.

The county was created on August 13, 1878, following decades of trying to gain its independence from Luzerne County. Lackawanna was Pennsylvania's last county to be created, and the only county to be created after the American Civil War. It is named for the Lackawanna River.

Lackawanna County is the second largest county in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan statistical area. It lies northwest of the Pocono Mountains approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the New Jersey border in Montague Township, and approximately 25 miles (40 km) from New York state in Kirkwood. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Lackawanna County.

Key Cities/Towns

Scranton (County Seat)
Carbondale (Annex)
Dickson City
Dunmore
Moosic
Olyphant
Blakely

Megan's Law Statistics


County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten-Year	T1	T2	T3
427	89	52	40	00	12	30	77	73

Last updated: 12/16/24

Registration Sites

(from https://www.meganslaw.psp.pa.gov/VerificationSites/VerificationSiteSearch)

Lackawanna Co Probation, 130 North Washington Avenue, SCRANTON PA 18503, 570-963-6876
Scranton Police Dept., 100 South Washington Avenue, SCRANTON PA 18503, 570-348-4130
State Police Dunmore, 85 Keystone Industrial Park, Dunmore PA 18512, 570-963-3156

PFR-Friendly Housing Providers

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Employers Who Have Hired PFRs

If you discover friendly or unfriendly employers on this list, please contact us at contact@parsol.org. (List approx. top 10 in county)


Business	Address	Contact if Known	Website	Phone Number	Notes
ex. Company XYZ	123 Main Street City, PA 15432	Joe Schmoe, HR Director	https://companyxyz.com/jobs	717-215-5704	For example, if an employer advertises that they would like reentrants to apply or is PFR-owned or something like that can go here.