County

County Type

Population 12-20

Children in
Foster Care

Rate per 1,000
ages 12-20

Rate per 1,000
ages 12-14

Rate per 1,000
ages 15-17

Rate per 1,000
ages 18-20

Adams

Rural

12,558

68

5.41

4.71

10.10

1.69

Allegheny

Urban

146,062

1,703

11.66

10.89

17.04

7.26

Armstrong

Rural-Mix

8,585

50

5.82

6.70

8.87

0.82

Beaver

Urban-Mix

21,008

90

4.28

4.02

7.00

1.56

Bedford

Rural

5,834

30

5.14

4.72

8.79

1.20

Berks

Urban-Mix

46,977

409

8.71

10.53

13.62

2.04

Blair

Urban-Mix

16,329

105

6.43

8.03

10.54

1.35

Bradford

Rural

7,794

77

9.88

8.91

14.17

5.25

Bucks

Urban

71,535

246

3.44

3.01

4.94

1.96

Butler

Rural-Mix

22,100

72

3.26

3.48

4.59

1.75

Cambria

Rural-Mix

18,444

102

5.53

6.31

10.00

0.89

Cameron

Rural

738

2

2.71

0.00

3.07

5.81

Carbon

Rural-Mix

6,902

53

7.68

7.83

11.26

3.02

Centre

Urban-Mix

24,495

74

3.02

7.18

10.06

0.06

Chester

Urban

53,808

112

2.08

1.62

3.34

1.18

Clarion

Rural

6,663

30

4.50

6.14

8.68

1.75

Clearfield

Rural

9,874

62

6.28

7.40

10.14

0.00

Clinton

Rural

5,467

19

3.48

4.74

8.28

0.00

Columbia

Rural

9,786

27

2.76

3.53

5.29

1.05

Crawford

Rural

12,331

129

10.46

8.72

18.04

4.68

Cumberland

Urban-Mix

28,116

69

2.45

2.84

5.01

0.35

Dauphin

Urban

29,121

262

9.00

7.74

13.33

5.28

Delaware

Urban

71,079

349

4.91

5.97

7.23

1.68

Elk

Rural

4,252

4

0.94

1.32

1.24

0.00

Erie

Urban-Mix

39,350

275

6.99

8.99

11.74

1.35

Fayette

Rural-Mix

16,970

51

3.01

3.69

4.35

0.60

Forest

Rural

755

3

3.97

8.77

2.68

0.00

Franklin

Rural-Mix

15,379

73

4.75

5.07

8.28

0.42

Fulton

Rural

1,656

5

3.02

3.31

5.10

0.00

Greene

Rural

5,148

24

4.66

5.79

7.37

1.12

Huntingdon

Rural

5,806

37

6.37

4.26

12.83

2.81

Indiana

Rural

14,500

38

2.62

3.39

5.89

0.66

Jefferson

Rural

5,727

29

5.06

4.61

8.56

1.20

Juniata

Rural

2,710

2

0.74

1.00

1.05

0.00

Lackawanna

Urban

26,211

150

5.72

6.72

8.75

2.06

Lancaster

Urban-Mix

61,586

261

4.24

5.66

6.46

0.54

Lawrence

Rural-Mix

11,397

93

8.16

9.15

12.32

2.70

Lebanon

Urban-Mix

14,265

94

6.59

5.85

12.12

1.35

Lehigh

Urban

36,656

295

8.05

8.00

11.53

4.39

Luzerne

Urban

37,281

218

5.85

6.56

9.17

1.85

Lycoming

Rural-Mix

16,312

111

6.80

6.13

9.16

5.39

McKean

Rural

5,823

36

6.18

5.56

8.45

4.23

Mercer

Rural-Mix

15,587

59

3.79

4.15

5.90

1.33

Mifflin

Rural

5,427

35

6.45

7.50

9.63

0.69

Monroe

Rural

18,917

73

3.86

4.98

5.52

0.84

Montgomery

Urban

83,848

185

2.21

2.31

3.37

0.60

Montour

Rural

2,164

9

4.16

2.57

8.41

0.00

Northampton

Urban

34,612

170

4.91

4.43

9.80

1.12

Northumberland

Rural

10,961

53

4.84

5.82

6.04

1.97

Perry

Rural-Mix

5,450

27

4.95

6.11

6.92

0.68

Philadelphia

Urban

202,697

4,418

21.80

23.73

33.67

10.45

Pike

Rural

5,354

15

2.80

3.18

4.03

0.00

Potter

Rural

2,335

7

3.00

2.30

4.68

1.64

Schuylkill

Rural-Mix

16,279

154

9.46

11.08

13.66

2.33

Snyder

Rural

5,351

10

1.87

3.02

2.54

0.47

Somerset

Rural-Mix

9,547

52

5.45

4.41

9.66

1.47

Sullivan

Rural

984

5

5.08

11.32

5.19

0.00

Susquehanna

Rural-Mix

5,474

21

3.84

3.86

5.87

0.74

Tioga

Rural

5,878

53

9.02

12.51

14.77

0.93

Union

Rural

6,252

27

4.32

7.12

9.97

0.00

Venango

Rural

7,242

52

7.18

6.25

9.88

4.61

Warren

Rural

5,461

32

5.86

4.89

10.02

1.41

Washington

Urban-Mix

23,082

158

6.85

7.51

10.26

2.56

Wayne

Rural-Mix

5,659

27

4.77

5.33

6.03

2.08

Westmoreland

Urban-Mix

41,274

204

4.94

4.74

7.34

2.21

Wyoming

Rural-Mix

3,860

23

5.96

7.75

5.84

3.74

York

Urban-Mix

45,930

407

8.86

7.92

13.59

4.33