Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Number Rankings By Children in Poverty: 2002
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	1,210,508	393,466	268,293	$42,043
1	Philadelphia County	293,375	106,332	73,967	$29,540
2	Allegheny County	120,762	37,284	24,217	$41,063
3	Delaware County	43,176	14,226	9,479	$49,981
4	Lancaster County	34,533	13,721	9,283	$47,053
5	Erie County	32,548	11,668	8,016	$36,695
6	Berks County	34,116	11,801	7,764	$44,626
7	Montgomery County	36,941	10,148	6,700	$64,808
8	Lehigh County	27,250	9,557	6,387	$43,717
9	Westmoreland County	32,075	9,258	6,086	$38,741
10	York County	26,573	8,684	5,983	$47,418
11	Luzerne County	31,923	9,109	5,928	$34,336
12	Bucks County	29,991	8,236	5,419	$61,230
13	Fayette County	22,278	7,462	5,271	$28,904
14	Dauphin County	20,474	7,376	4,760	$44,498
15	Chester County	21,580	6,628	4,391	$67,790
16	Lackawanna County	20,586	5,834	3,711	$35,641
17	Northampton County	18,653	5,411	3,544	$47,936
18	Washington County	18,054	5,241	3,511	$39,525
19	Beaver County	16,960	5,225	3,449	$37,127
20	Mercer County	13,919	4,765	3,340	$34,674
21	Blair County	15,241	4,757	3,283	$33,516
22	Cambria County	16,841	4,887	3,251	$30,647
23	Monroe County	11,371	3,830	2,956	$47,196
24	Lycoming County	12,489	4,002	2,801	$34,732
25	Crawford County	11,408	3,952	2,796	$33,473
26	Schuylkill County	14,142	3,775	2,577	$33,591
27	Lawrence County	10,672	3,527	2,444	$33,557
28	Franklin County	9,678	3,322	2,321	$41,740
29	Indiana County	11,745	3,252	2,307	$31,627
30	Butler County	12,820	3,716	2,246	$45,029
31	Lebanon County	9,634	3,204	2,226	$41,630
32	Clearfield County	9,965	3,062	2,123	$32,124
33	Somerset County	9,265	2,814	2,021	$31,394
34	Northumberland County	9,408	2,716	1,984	$32,609
35	Cumberland County	11,546	2,901	1,931	$48,096
36	Armstrong County	7,496	2,325	1,609	$33,150
37	Centre County	13,265	2,319	1,604	$37,064
38	Venango County	6,913	2,255	1,592	$31,927
39	Bradford County	6,884	2,263	1,543	$35,823
40	Mifflin County	5,436	1,971	1,439	$32,945
41	Adams County	6,047	1,865	1,323	$45,572
42	Jefferson County	5,337	1,752	1,255	$32,306
43	Bedford County	5,101	1,729	1,243	$34,172
44	Greene County	5,456	1,650	1,179	$30,834
45	Wayne County	5,113	1,618	1,177	$35,089
46	Mc Kean County	5,142	1,614	1,132	$33,529
47	Carbon County	4,654	1,618	1,128	$36,989
48	Columbia County	6,311	1,644	1,118	$35,705
49	Susquehanna County	4,447	1,529	1,113	$34,525
50	Tioga County	4,821	1,492	1,105	$32,336
51	Huntingdon County	5,034	1,481	1,069	$33,286
52	Warren County	4,355	1,422	1,023	$35,596
53	Clinton County	4,247	1,332	960	$32,376
54	Pike County	3,841	1,236	922	$47,174
55	Clarion County	4,892	1,249	870	$31,901
56	Snyder County	3,185	1,045	793	$36,600
57	Perry County	3,105	1,096	778	$43,756
58	Union County	3,786	924	675	$39,019
59	Wyoming County	2,548	807	576	$37,786
60	Potter County	2,000	720	537	$34,650
61	Elk County	2,615	766	519	$38,787
62	Juniata County	1,835	608	459	$37,249
63	Montour County	1,437	455	327	$39,693
64	Fulton County	1,293	429	322	$36,744
65	Sullivan County	731	191	146	$30,572
66	Forest County	597	188	143	$28,060
67	Cameron County	594	191	141	$32,623
Prepared by: The Pennsylvania State Data Center on December 20, 2004