Pennsylvania Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)
According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 342,421 (342.42K) loans totaling $30,473,491,615 ($30.47B) to small businesses in Pennsylvania. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 3,322,543 (3.32M).
As at April 2025, 310.59K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (90.70% of the total number of loans), and a total of $29.74B has been forgiven (97.59% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.
See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.
Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Allegheny received the highest ($3,696,179,029), followed by Philadelphia ($3,621,187,577), and Montgomery ($3,120,766,928).
Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Philadelphia received the highest (59,667), followed by Allegheny (34,963), and Montgomery (29,421).
The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Pennsylvania counties.
| County | Number of Loans | Total Loan Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Allegheny | 34963 | 3696179029 |
| Philadelphia | 59667 | 3621187577 |
| Montgomery | 29421 | 3120766928 |
| Bucks | 21435 | 2022211154 |
| Chester | 15767 | 1667504797 |
| Delaware | 20194 | 1502463801 |
| Lancaster | 12428 | 1461072749 |
| Berks | 9018 | 893106213 |
| York | 8565 | 803274943 |
| Lehigh | 9163 | 789779797 |
| Westmoreland | 7688 | 736167731 |
| Dauphin | 7120 | 725181182 |
| Cumberland | 6265 | 647231745 |
| Washington | 5039 | 633308993 |
| Northampton | 7128 | 601638848 |
| Luzerne | 7449 | 580508973 |
| Erie | 5637 | 570530701 |
| Lackawanna | 6167 | 549164762 |
| Butler | 4540 | 490706314 |
| Centre | 3147 | 317224417 |
| Blair | 2700 | 313058124 |
| Beaver | 3009 | 270545746 |
| Lycoming | 2639 | 230556862 |
| Cambria | 2823 | 228016880 |
| Franklin | 3106 | 227456943 |
| Mercer | 2531 | 224445408 |
| Lebanon | 2407 | 219942568 |
| Monroe | 3798 | 207194390 |
| Schuylkill | 2278 | 202893174 |
| Fayette | 2430 | 200424767 |
| Crawford | 1879 | 182713663 |
| Lawrence | 1831 | 170609846 |
| Adams | 1913 | 157201783 |
| Indiana | 1581 | 141916915 |
| Somerset | 1653 | 134832091 |
| Columbia | 1372 | 125577100 |
| Northumberland | 1540 | 122484317 |
| Clearfield | 1370 | 121968250 |
| Wayne | 1430 | 103586101 |
| Armstrong | 1057 | 96158125 |
| Snyder | 832 | 95133441 |
| Bradford | 1329 | 92953773 |
| Elk | 795 | 87381369 |
| Jefferson | 851 | 85238502 |
| Venango | 959 | 83278820 |
| Union | 915 | 77291665 |
| Bedford | 1143 | 73535376 |
| Carbon | 1019 | 64384134 |
| Greene | 466 | 62552213 |
| Susquehanna | 879 | 61394898 |
| Mckean | 737 | 59146320 |
| Mifflin | 844 | 57122741 |
| Warren | 580 | 56986418 |
| Pike | 1110 | 54588336 |
| Clarion | 707 | 48303329 |
| Tioga | 861 | 46714178 |
| Clinton | 613 | 44707782 |
| Wyoming | 541 | 40986275 |
| Huntingdon | 708 | 37860882 |
| Perry | 768 | 33181578 |
| Juniata | 449 | 23606634 |
| Fulton | 276 | 23551124 |
| Montour | 317 | 21470452 |
| Potter | 272 | 15091036 |
| Cameron | 76 | 6998715 |
| Sullivan | 147 | 5990362 |
| Forest | 69 | 2441546 |
| 10 | 806009 |
Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Philadelphia had the highest ($3,381,485,520), followed by Allegheny ($3,605,136,213), and Montgomery ($3,065,412,898).
Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Philadelphia had the highest (49,102), followed by Allegheny (31,173), and Montgomery (27,353).
The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Pennsylvania counties.
| County | Number of Loans Completely Forgiven | Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Allegheny | 31173 | 3605136213 |
| Philadelphia | 49102 | 3381485520 |
| Montgomery | 27353 | 3065412898 |
| Bucks | 20105 | 1982254906 |
| Chester | 14810 | 1647975851 |
| Delaware | 17897 | 1457426866 |
| Lancaster | 11635 | 1450496564 |
| Berks | 8249 | 879367190 |
| York | 7983 | 783703195 |
| Lehigh | 8194 | 775774041 |
| Westmoreland | 7183 | 718721092 |
| Dauphin | 6555 | 705429864 |
| Cumberland | 5958 | 639805874 |
| Washington | 4601 | 620804392 |
| Northampton | 6509 | 596623084 |
| Luzerne | 6859 | 570791328 |
| Erie | 5181 | 559337018 |
| Lackawanna | 5834 | 545448920 |
| Butler | 4262 | 486837152 |
| Centre | 2979 | 314804653 |
| Blair | 2570 | 295103210 |
| Beaver | 2734 | 264023281 |
| Lycoming | 2510 | 224729013 |
| Cambria | 2699 | 222709007 |
| Franklin | 2969 | 225978573 |
| Mercer | 2324 | 219370661 |
| Lebanon | 2261 | 216341961 |
| Monroe | 3362 | 200412513 |
| Schuylkill | 2149 | 202291078 |
| Fayette | 2257 | 199432670 |
| Crawford | 1793 | 182314523 |
| Lawrence | 1689 | 169993168 |
| Adams | 1817 | 154022026 |
| Indiana | 1502 | 141118407 |
| Somerset | 1610 | 135156512 |
| Columbia | 1300 | 120824484 |
| Northumberland | 1441 | 120506524 |
| Clearfield | 1304 | 117511764 |
| Wayne | 1385 | 102859965 |
| Armstrong | 997 | 95534208 |
| Snyder | 795 | 93145956 |
| Bradford | 1280 | 92679285 |
| Elk | 780 | 86579432 |
| Jefferson | 820 | 85408335 |
| Venango | 910 | 83411512 |
| Union | 878 | 76580683 |
| Bedford | 1111 | 72977521 |
| Carbon | 962 | 62460186 |
| Greene | 428 | 62366275 |
| Susquehanna | 843 | 59570761 |
| Mckean | 705 | 54239853 |
| Mifflin | 811 | 55134147 |
| Warren | 548 | 56512267 |
| Pike | 1041 | 50619160 |
| Clarion | 683 | 48049743 |
| Tioga | 826 | 44996502 |
| Clinton | 583 | 43800994 |
| Wyoming | 520 | 41186893 |
| Huntingdon | 670 | 37659503 |
| Perry | 739 | 33040101 |
| Juniata | 436 | 23574155 |
| Fulton | 269 | 23596449 |
| Montour | 302 | 21418925 |
| Potter | 262 | 15097146 |
| Cameron | 71 | 7001110 |
| Sullivan | 144 | 5958168 |
| Forest | 67 | 2119360 |
| 10 | 814311 |
Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Allegheny had the highest (382,351), followed by Philadelphia (370,697), and Montgomery (307,597).
The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Pennsylvania counties.
| County | Number of Jobs Saved |
|---|---|
| Allegheny | 382351 |
| Philadelphia | 370697 |
| Montgomery | 307597 |
| Bucks | 209910 |
| Chester | 162054 |
| Delaware | 154226 |
| Lancaster | 154876 |
| Berks | 95571 |
| York | 92759 |
| Lehigh | 87889 |
| Westmoreland | 84565 |
| Dauphin | 78387 |
| Cumberland | 72844 |
| Washington | 62307 |
| Northampton | 67741 |
| Luzerne | 73721 |
| Erie | 74238 |
| Lackawanna | 66221 |
| Butler | 53227 |
| Centre | 36029 |
| Blair | 38236 |
| Beaver | 33297 |
| Lycoming | 27371 |
| Cambria | 31604 |
| Franklin | 29433 |
| Mercer | 27618 |
| Lebanon | 24200 |
| Monroe | 28805 |
| Schuylkill | 25107 |
| Fayette | 26913 |
| Crawford | 22471 |
| Lawrence | 20091 |
| Adams | 20755 |
| Indiana | 16319 |
| Somerset | 17671 |
| Columbia | 16684 |
| Northumberland | 15739 |
| Clearfield | 16035 |
| Wayne | 12187 |
| Armstrong | 12373 |
| Snyder | 9412 |
| Bradford | 10886 |
| Elk | 10368 |
| Jefferson | 10335 |
| Venango | 10585 |
| Union | 9490 |
| Bedford | 10203 |
| Carbon | 8633 |
| Greene | 6360 |
| Susquehanna | 9210 |
| Mckean | 7927 |
| Mifflin | 7792 |
| Warren | 7007 |
| Pike | 7630 |
| Clarion | 6869 |
| Tioga | 6202 |
| Clinton | 6470 |
| Wyoming | 4228 |
| Huntingdon | 5736 |
| Perry | 4708 |
| Juniata | 3237 |
| Fulton | 2324 |
| Montour | 2819 |
| Potter | 1896 |
| Cameron | 917 |
| Sullivan | 701 |
| Forest | 408 |
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