Return to Labor Force Index| January - 1997 | December - 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.7 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Chester | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Lancaster | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Dauphin | 4 | 3.3 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 3.3 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Montgomery | 6 | 3.6 | 7 | 2.9 |
| Centre | 7 | 3.7 | 4 | 2.7 |
| York | 8 | 4.1 | 10 | 3.3 |
| Berks | 9 | 4.2 | 10 | 3.3 |
| Bucks | 9 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.5 |
| Allegheny | 11 | 4.3 | 12 | 3.5 |
| Delaware | 11 | 4.3 | 15 | 3.7 |
| Adams | 13 | 4.7 | 14 | 3.6 |
| Montour | 13 | 4.7 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Perry | 13 | 4.7 | 8 | 3.2 |
| Lehigh | 16 | 4.9 | 17 | 4.0 |
| Mercer | 17 | 5.2 | 18 | 4.1 |
| Northampton | 17 | 5.2 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Beaver | 19 | 5.3 | 18 | 4.1 |
| Franklin | 19 | 5.3 | 20 | 4.2 |
| Union | 21 | 5.5 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Warren | 22 | 5.7 | 21 | 4.3 |
| Elk | 23 | 5.8 | 30 | 5.0 |
| Butler | 24 | 5.9 | 24 | 4.6 |
| Pike | 24 | 5.9 | 22 | 4.4 |
| Bradford | 26 | 6.0 | 25 | 4.8 |
| Washington | 26 | 6.0 | 23 | 4.5 |
| Blair | 28 | 6.1 | 25 | 4.8 |
| Erie | 28 | 6.1 | 25 | 4.8 |
| McKean | 30 | 6.2 | 31 | 5.1 |
| Philadelphia | 30 | 6.2 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Westmoreland | 30 | 6.2 | 25 | 4.8 |
| Crawford | 33 | 6.5 | 31 | 5.1 |
| Snyder | 34 | 6.6 | 38 | 5.8 |
| Lackawanna | 35 | 6.8 | 34 | 5.3 |
| Lycoming | 35 | 6.8 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Cameron | 37 | 7.0 | 41 | 6.2 |
| Fulton | 37 | 7.0 | 33 | 5.2 |
| Lawrence | 39 | 7.3 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Venango | 40 | 7.4 | 44 | 6.3 |
| Mifflin | 41 | 7.7 | 46 | 6.4 |
| Tioga | 42 | 7.8 | 41 | 6.2 |
| Luzerne | 43 | 7.9 | 44 | 6.3 |
| Monroe | 43 | 7.9 | 52 | 7.0 |
| Potter | 43 | 7.9 | 49 | 6.6 |
| Clarion | 46 | 8.0 | 39 | 6.1 |
| Susquehanna | 47 | 8.1 | 48 | 6.5 |
| Carbon | 48 | 8.3 | 46 | 6.4 |
| Schuylkill | 49 | 8.4 | 50 | 6.7 |
| Somerset | 50 | 8.5 | 58 | 7.4 |
| Sullivan | 50 | 8.5 | 52 | 7.0 |
| Armstrong | 52 | 8.6 | 41 | 6.2 |
| Northumberland | 52 | 8.6 | 39 | 6.1 |
| Bedford | 54 | 8.7 | 59 | 7.6 |
| Cambria | 54 | 8.7 | 51 | 6.8 |
| Jefferson | 56 | 8.8 | 52 | 7.0 |
| Clinton | 57 | 9.1 | 56 | 7.2 |
| Clearfield | 58 | 9.2 | 59 | 7.6 |
| Fayette | 59 | 9.3 | 61 | 7.7 |
| Juniata | 60 | 9.4 | 64 | 8.2 |
| Indiana | 61 | 9.5 | 56 | 7.2 |
| Greene | 62 | 9.6 | 62 | 7.8 |
| Columbia | 63 | 9.7 | 52 | 7.0 |
| Wayne | 64 | 10.4 | 65 | 8.5 |
| Wyoming | 65 | 10.6 | 63 | 7.9 |
| Forest | 66 | 10.7 | 66 | 9.8 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 12.7 | 67 | 11.1 |