Historical Unemployment Figures
|
Pennsylvania Annual Average Labor Force data |
|
Year |
CLF |
Emp |
Unemp |
Rate |
|
1950 |
4,221.5 |
4,039.4 |
182.1 |
4.3 |
|
1951 |
4,338.9 |
4,215.2 |
123.7 |
2.9 |
|
1952 |
4,324.4 |
4,185.4 |
139.0 |
3.2 |
|
1953 |
4,414.2 |
4,280.5 |
133.7 |
3.0 |
|
1954 |
4,328.6 |
4,079.7 |
248.9 |
5.8 |
|
1955 |
4,359.8 |
4,147.2 |
212.6 |
4.9 |
|
1956 |
4,400.2 |
4,227.6 |
172.6 |
3.9 |
|
1957 |
4,444.4 |
4,253.7 |
190.7 |
4.3 |
|
1958 |
4,414.8 |
4,094.7 |
320.0 |
7.2 |
|
1959 |
4,397.7 |
4,121.7 |
276.0 |
6.3 |
|
1960 |
4,413.4 |
4,161.5 |
251.9 |
5.7 |
|
1961 |
4,389.1 |
4,080.9 |
308.2 |
7.0 |
|
1962 |
4,393.2 |
4,110.5 |
282.8 |
6.4 |
|
1963 |
4,367.0 |
4,090.0 |
277.0 |
6.3 |
|
1964 |
4,399.4 |
4,155.2 |
244.2 |
5.6 |
|
1965 |
4,457.8 |
4,263.9 |
193.8 |
4.3 |
|
1966 |
4,565.2 |
4,402.5 |
162.7 |
3.6 |
|
1967 |
4,636.9 |
4,467.0 |
169.9 |
3.7 |
|
1968 |
4,634.1 |
4,475.0 |
159.1 |
3.4 |
|
1969 |
4,719.9 |
4,566.0 |
153.9 |
3.3 |
|
1970 |
4,833.9 |
4,618.4 |
215.5 |
4.5 |
|
1971 |
4,815.0 |
4,555.0 |
261.0 |
5.4 |
|
1972 |
4,886.0 |
4,622.0 |
265.0 |
5.4 |
|
1973 |
5,001.0 |
4,758.0 |
242.0 |
4.8 |
|
1974 |
5,054.0 |
4,794.0 |
259.0 |
5.1 |
|
1975 |
5,098.0 |
4,674.0 |
423.0 |
8.3 |
|
1976 |
5,129.0 |
4,723.0 |
407.0 |
7.9 |
|
1977 |
5,207.0 |
4,806.0 |
401.0 |
7.7 |
|
1978 |
5,306.0 |
4,938.0 |
368.0 |
6.9 |
|
1979 |
5,360.0 |
4,990.0 |
371.0 |
6.9 |
|
1980 |
5,435.0 |
5,010.0 |
425.0 |
7.8 |
|
1981 |
5,484.0 |
5,026.0 |
459.0 |
8.4 |
|
1982 |
5,489.0 |
4,889.0 |
599.0 |
10.9 |
|
1983 |
5,505.0 |
4,855.0 |
650.0 |
11.8 |
|
1984 |
5,478.0 |
4,980.0 |
498.0 |
9.1 |
|
1985 |
5,527.0 |
5,084.0 |
443.0 |
8.0 |
|
1986 |
5,637.0 |
5,251.0 |
386.0 |
6.8 |
|
1987 |
5,653.0 |
5,333.0 |
320.0 |
5.7 |
|
1988 |
5,764.0 |
5,470.0 |
293.0 |
5.1 |
|
1989 |
5,857.0 |
5,592.0 |
264.0 |
4.5 |
|
1990 |
5,791.0 |
5,476.0 |
315.0 |
5.4 |
|
1991 |
5,826.0 |
5,419.0 |
407.0 |
7.0 |
|
1992 |
5,887.0 |
5,440.0 |
447.0 |
7.6 |
|
1993 |
5,889.0 |
5,470.0 |
419.0 |
7.1 |
|
1994 |
5,829.0 |
5,469.0 |
361.0 |
6.2 |
|
1995 |
5,837.0 |
5,495.0 |
343.0 |
5.9 |
|
1996 |
5,904.0 |
5,591.0 |
313.0 |
5.3 |
|
1997 |
5,984.0 |
5,673.0 |
311.0 |
5.2 |
Source: Bureau of Research and Statistics, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
Prepared by: The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg