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A look at who gets free Pennsylvania State Police service

All told, local taxpayers in 1,700 of Pennsylvania's 2,561 municipalities get either full-time or part-time police services from the state police free. Below is a rundown of the percentage of residents in each county who receive the service: WYOMING, 100 percent FULTON, 100 percent POTTER, 100 percent SUSQUEHANNA,100 percent JUNIATA, 100 percent SULLIVAN, 100 percent CAMERON, 100 percent FOREST, 100 percent BEDFORD, 94 percent WAYNE, 92 percent ARMSTRONG, 91 percent PIKE, 90 percent PERRY, 90 percent CLARION, 88 percent HUNTINGDON, 85 percent TIOGA, 84 percent INDIANA, 80 percent FAYETTE, 80 percent SNYDER, 78 percent WARREN, 77 percent SOMERSET, 76 percent CLINTON, 75 percent CRAWFORD, 75 percent JEFFERSON, 74 percent GREENE, 72 percent MONTOUR, 71 percent VENANGO, 69 percent BRADFORD, 68 percent FRANKLIN, 66 percent UNION, 65 percent ADAMS, 64 percent SCHUYLKILL, 61 percent CLEARFIELD, 60 percent MCKEAN, 59 percent BUTLER, 50 percent MONROE, 48 percent LYCOMING, 46 percent CAMBRIA, 45 percent LAWRENCE, 43 percent CENTRE, 42 percent WESTMORELAND, 41 percent CARBON, 40 percent BLAIR, 40 percent ELK, 39 percent LEBANON, 38 percent NORTHUMBERLAND,38 percent WASHINGTON, 35 percent ERIE, 35 percent MERCER, 35 percent MIFFLIN, 34 percent CHESTER, 31 percent COLUMBIA, 30 percent CUMBERLAND, 27 percent BERKS, 25 percent DAUPHIN, 24 percent LEHIGH, 23 percent LUZERNE, 21 percent LANCASTER, 16 percent LACKAWANNA, 16 percent NORTHAMPTON, 15 percent YORK, 15 percent BEAVER, 10 percent DELAWARE, 9 percent MONTGOMERY, 8 percent BUCKS, 7 percent ALLEGHENY, 0.20 percent PHILADELPHIA, 0 percent ___ Source: Associated Press analysis of Pennsylvania state data

A look at where state police coverage is heaviest, by county