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Philadelphia County

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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

Local Reentry Resources

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SOAB Approved Treatment Providers[2]

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.

Other PFR-specific resources

Daily Newspapers

State Representatives

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Primary Broadcast Media

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PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

  • Region: Northeast Lehigh Valley Southeast Southwest East Central (Capital Region) Northwest Philadelphia Pittsburgh
  • Contact:

County Contact

  • First Name Last Initial

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania
  2. ↑ Sexual Offender Assessment Board Treatment Provider List
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