Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Number Rankings By Children in Poverty: 2001
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Geographic Area: Pennsylvania Counties
Rank State/ County People of all ages in poverty People age 0-17 in poverty Related children age 5-17 in families in poverty Median household income
  Pennsylvania 1,205,942 390,874 259,102 $42,288
1 Philadelphia County 283,647 100,651 67,063 $29,946
2 Allegheny County 119,818 36,238 23,358 $40,799
3 Delaware County 42,386 13,697 9,020 $50,489
4 Lancaster County 32,971 13,458 8,857 $46,706
5 Erie County 32,666 11,445 7,632 $36,809
6 Berks County 32,988 11,259 7,263 $44,341
7 Montgomery County 35,844 9,635 6,315 $64,098
8 Lehigh County 26,769 9,732 6,309 $43,496
9 Westmoreland County 32,577 9,202 6,017 $37,538
10 York County 26,094 8,841 5,938 $47,106
11 Luzerne County 31,590 8,998 5,751 $34,240
12 Bucks County 29,901 8,231 5,469 $60,057
13 Dauphin County 20,925 8,033 5,209 $43,203
14 Fayette County 22,881 7,658 5,099 $28,437
15 Chester County 21,653 6,918 4,594 $66,274
16 Northampton County 18,126 5,702 3,728 $46,765
17 Lackawanna County 21,109 5,723 3,593 $35,039
18 Washington County 18,777 5,372 3,540 $38,264
19 Beaver County 17,232 5,113 3,341 $36,580
20 Cambria County 17,763 5,144 3,259 $30,474
21 Mercer County 14,070 4,819 3,235 $34,389
22 Blair County 15,310 4,730 3,203 $33,583
23 Monroe County 11,417 4,277 2,952 $45,820
24 Lycoming County 12,766 4,091 2,728 $34,373
25 Crawford County 11,423 3,977 2,725 $33,537
26 Schuylkill County 14,576 3,937 2,617 $33,086
27 Butler County 12,820 3,677 2,574 $44,036
28 Lawrence County 11,047 3,621 2,422 $33,183
29 Indiana County 12,055 3,487 2,361 $31,243
30 Franklin County 9,809 3,435 2,308 $41,189
31 Northumberland County 10,228 3,172 2,178 $31,995
32 Lebanon County 9,529 3,156 2,102 $41,164
33 Cumberland County 11,448 3,227 2,089 $47,353
34 Clearfield County 10,327 3,071 2,063 $31,531
35 Somerset County 9,729 2,960 1,991 $31,151
36 Armstrong County 7,703 2,410 1,624 $32,499
37 Bradford County 7,163 2,441 1,603 $35,378
38 Venango County 7,308 2,377 1,598 $31,722
39 Centre County 13,207 2,397 1,594 $37,094
40 Adams County 6,133 2,052 1,406 $44,085
41 Mifflin County 5,537 2,002 1,370 $32,708
42 Columbia County 6,738 1,810 1,229 $35,021
43 Jefferson County 5,491 1,799 1,222 $32,064
44 Wayne County 5,361 1,748 1,216 $34,289
45 Greene County 5,877 1,758 1,196 $30,265
46 Bedford County 5,227 1,719 1,187 $33,575
47 Tioga County 4,953 1,667 1,163 $32,332
48 Mc Kean County 5,401 1,694 1,144 $33,314
49 Carbon County 5,089 1,690 1,128 $35,973
50 Susquehanna County 4,556 1,611 1,113 $34,530
51 Huntingdon County 5,030 1,482 1,021 $33,327
52 Warren County 4,443 1,425 983 $35,893
53 Pike County 3,832 1,326 967 $45,246
54 Clinton County 4,540 1,396 963 $31,485
55 Snyder County 3,526 1,265 897 $35,951
56 Clarion County 5,121 1,281 862 $31,397
57 Perry County 3,263 1,159 798 $42,990
58 Union County 3,696 906 631 $39,316
59 Wyoming County 2,671 844 583 $37,229
60 Potter County 2,173 823 576 $33,802
61 Elk County 2,731 779 519 $38,242
62 Juniata County 1,884 675 475 $36,265
63 Montour County 1,554 523 356 $38,847
64 Fulton County 1,337 466 327 $36,137
65 Forest County 712 249 162 $27,268
66 Sullivan County 806 229 154 $30,197
67 Cameron County 609 184 132 $32,497
Prepared by: The Pennsylvania State Data Center on December 20, 2004