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

Center City

Rittenhouse Square
Old City
Society Hill
Chinatown
Logan Square

South Philadelphia

Italian Market
Passyunk Square
Bella Vista
Queen Village
Pennsport

North Philadelphia

Northern Liberties
Fishtown
Kensington
Frankford
Olney

West Philadelphia

University City
Overbrook
Wynnefield
Cobbs Creek
Cedar Park

Northwest Philadelphia

Manayunk
Roxborough
Chestnut Hill
Mount Airy
Germantown

Northeast Philadelphia

Bustleton
Fox Chase
Torresdale
Holmesburg
Tacony

Southwest Philadelphia

Eastwick
Kingsessing

Megan's Law Statistics


County Total	Lifetime	Out of State	Pre-SORNA SVP	SVDC	SVP	Ten-Year	T1	T2	T3
3,531	1,488	338	214	0	42	203	442	336	468

Last updated: 11/05/25

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

If you know of any local reentry organizations in the county, please contact us at contact@parsol.org

SOAB Approved Treatment Providers^[2]

Other PFR-specific resources

State Representatives and Senators

Find your state representatives and senators here: palegis.us.

PARSOL Information

Region & Contact

Region: Philadelphia
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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