Philadelphia County is the most populous of the 67 counties of Pennsylvania and the 24th-most populous county in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,603,797. It is coextensive with Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

Philadelphia County is one of the three original counties, along with Chester and Bucks counties, founded by William Penn in November 1682. Since 1854, the county has been coextensive with the City of Philadelphia, which is also its county seat. Philadelphia County is the core county in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Combined Statistical Area (PA-NJ-DE-MD, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis.

Philadelphia County is the Delaware Valley's economic and cultural anchor and the ninth-largest combined statistical area in the nation with an estimated population of 7,381,180 as of 2022.^[1]

Key Cities/Towns

Bella Vista
Bristol
Bustleton
Chestnut Hill
Chinatown
Cobbs Creek
Fishtown
Germantown
Kensington
Mayfair
Northern Liberties
Old City
Philadelphia(County Seat)
Point Breeze
Rittenhouse Square
University City

Megan's Law Statistics


County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten-Year	T1	T2	T3
3,411	1475	339	204	0	35	225	412	307	414

Last updated: 01/05/25

Registration Sites

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

Philadelphia State Police Philadelphia 2201 Belmont Avenue PHILADELPHIA PA 19131, (215) 452-5216

County parole/probation office contact information

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Luzerne County Adult Probation

Local Reentry Resources

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SOAB Approved Treatment Providers

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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.