Life as a Teenager in Pennsylvania - Graduation Gap

Children in Poverty 12-21

County

County Type

Total Population
12-21

% of Population
12-21 Under 100%
of Poverty

% of Population
12-21 Under 200%
of Poverty

% of Population
12-14 Under 200%
of Poverty

% of Population
15-17 Under 200%
of Poverty

% of Population
18-21 Under 200%
of Poverty

Adams

Rural

11,932

9.3%

26.5%

9.3%

7.0%

10.1%

Allegheny

Urban

149,742

16.5%

34.0%

10.0%

8.6%

15.4%

Armstrong

Rural-Mix

8,994

13.5%

38.0%

13.8%

13.3%

10.9%

Beaver

Urban-Mix

21,459

12.0%

31.4%

10.8%

10.1%

10.4%

Bedford

Rural

6,150

12.0%

40.7%

15.7%

13.6%

11.5%

Berks

Urban-Mix

46,422

13.2%

29.2%

9.3%

8.3%

11.5%

Blair

Urban-Mix

16,348

17.4%

40.0%

12.9%

11.6%

15.5%

Bradford

Rural

8,110

14.5%

37.8%

13.0%

12.1%

12.8%

Bucks

Urban

75,362

5.5%

15.4%

5.6%

4.7%

5.1%

Butler

Rural-Mix

21,417

14.2%

29.7%

8.9%

8.7%

12.1%

Cambria

Rural-Mix

17,682

15.3%

39.1%

12.4%

12.4%

14.3%

Cameron

Rural

768

14.3%

37.3%

10.3%

18.9%

8.2%

Carbon

Rural-Mix

7,116

13.0%

30.5%

10.7%

10.2%

9.6%

Centre

Urban-Mix

22,641

40.9%

58.8%

5.3%

4.7%

48.9%

Chester

Urban

52,991

8.7%

18.9%

5.3%

4.9%

8.7%

Clarion

Rural

5,806

27.9%

47.0%

11.1%

9.4%

26.5%

Clearfield

Rural

10,304

16.8%

43.6%

16.8%

13.4%

13.3%

Clinton

Rural

4,765

23.2%

45.1%

12.6%

10.3%

22.2%

Columbia

Rural

8,601

23.4%

43.4%

10.0%

9.1%

24.3%

Crawford

Rural

11,702

16.2%

39.2%

12.2%

12.3%

14.7%

Cumberland

Urban-Mix

25,073

11.6%

26.1%

6.7%

6.3%

13.1%

Dauphin

Urban

31,185

12.5%

29.7%

10.1%

8.6%

10.9%

Delaware

Urban

68,413

11.7%

24.6%

7.7%

8.0%

8.9%

Elk

Rural

4,398

8.4%

28.3%

9.2%

10.2%

8.9%

Erie

Urban-Mix

37,655

17.1%

37.4%

10.6%

10.8%

16.0%

Fayette

Rural-Mix

18,432

23.1%

46.5%

16.0%

14.8%

15.7%

Forest

Rural

721

36.4%

58.3%

11.9%

36.5%

9.9%

Franklin

Rural-Mix

15,749

10.5%

28.4%

9.7%

8.2%

10.5%

Fulton

Rural

1,795

11.9%

34.9%

13.4%

10.3%

11.3%

Greene

Rural

5,037

20.0%

42.8%

14.6%

12.2%

16.1%

Huntingdon

Rural

5,223

15.4%

37.3%

13.6%

12.1%

11.6%

Indiana

Rural

13,240

30.5%

53.4%

11.5%

11.3%

30.5%

Jefferson

Rural

5,958

14.4%

41.2%

13.8%

13.4%

14.0%

Juniata

Rural

3,019

10.6%

35.4%

12.6%

11 .0%

11 .8%

Lackawanna

Urban

25,716

14.5%

32.7%

11.1%

8.9%

12.8%

Lancaster

Urban-Mix

61,907

10.4%

27.9%

9.9%

7.9%

10.0%

Lawrence

Rural-Mix

11 ,385

15.3%

37.1%

12.4%

11 .8%

13.0%

Lebanon

Urban-Mix

14,659

9.5%

29.8%

10.0%

9.6%

10.2%

Lehigh

Urban

37,004

13.5%

29.7%

10.4%

7.8%

11.5%

Luzerne

Urban

37,640

14.5%

34.6%

11.4%

10.4%

12.8%

Lycoming

Rural-Mix

15,691

17.2%

38.9%

12.2%

10.6%

16.1%

McKean

Rural

5,748

19.1%

40.8%

15.8%

12.4%

12.5%

Mercer

Rural-Mix

14,173

15.9%

37.4%

13.4%

11.8%

12.2%

Mifflin

Rural

5,762

14.6%

39.7%

13.1%

12.7%

14.0%

Monroe

Rural

18,339

11.4%

26.5%

8.8%

7.7%

10.0%

Montgomery

Urban

86,459

6.6%

16.0%

4.9%

4.6%

6.6%

Montour

Rural

2,1 77

9.6%

24.6%

8.4%

8.6%

7.6%

Northampton

Urban

32,666

12.4%

26.5%

8.4%

7.5%

10.6%

Northumberland

Rural

11,283

14.9%

38.9%

13.5%

14.0%

11.4%

Perry

Rural-Mix

5,668

10.0%

28.7%

10.1%

10.4%

8.2%

Philadelphia

Urban

209,430

29.3%

52.5%

17.3%

14.6%

20.6%

Pike

Rural

5,532

7.8%

28.7%

12.9%

9.7%

6.2%

Potter

Rural

2,392

16.6%

39.8%

14.8%

11.8%

13.2%

Schuylkill

Rural-Mix

17,109

11.9%

33.1%

11.7%

10.7%

10.7%

Snyder

Rural

4,865

15.1%

39.0%

13.8%

11.3%

13.8%

Somerset

Rural-Mix

9,981

13.7%

41.1%

14.8%

13.7%

12.7%

Sullivan

Rural

945

30.9%

56.4%

11 .4%

25.8%

19.2%

Susquehanna

Rural-Mix

5,689

17.3%

42.4%

15.9%

14.4%

12.1%

Tioga

Rural

5,390

19.7%

45.7%

14.3%

14.6%

16.8%

Union

Rural

4,587

14.9%

35.6%

12.6%

9.4%

13.7%

Venango

Rural

7,279

14.5%

37.5%

13.2%

11.3%

13.0%

Warren

Rural

5,538

13.7%

35.3%

14.1%

9.8%

11.3%

Washington

Urban-Mix

23,281

12.2%

30.2%

10.3%

9.1%

10.7%

Wayne

Rural-Mix

5,772

14.5%

39.7%

13.5%

14.9%

11.2%

Westmoreland

Urban-Mix

42,584

11.0%

28.2%

9.5%

9.1%

9.5%

Wyoming

Rural-Mix

3,765

11.7%

33.1%

12.2%

10.8%

10.1%

York

Urban-Mix

47,665

9.3%

24.9%

7.9%

7.4%

9.7%

TOTAL 1,532,289

15.5%

33.5%

10.7%

9.5%

13.4%

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