Return to Labor Force Index| January - 1998 | December - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Chester | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Lancaster | 3 | 3.2 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Centre | 4 | 3.4 | 7 | 3.0 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 3.4 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Montgomery | 4 | 3.4 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Dauphin | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 2.8 |
| York | 8 | 3.7 | 8 | 3.1 |
| Delaware | 9 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.3 |
| Bucks | 10 | 4.0 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Berks | 11 | 4.2 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Montour | 11 | 4.2 | 8 | 3.1 |
| Allegheny | 13 | 4.4 | 14 | 3.5 |
| Perry | 13 | 4.4 | 13 | 3.4 |
| Lehigh | 15 | 4.5 | 16 | 3.6 |
| Franklin | 16 | 4.6 | 14 | 3.5 |
| Pike | 16 | 4.6 | 24 | 4.3 |
| Northampton | 18 | 4.7 | 19 | 3.7 |
| Union | 19 | 4.8 | 16 | 3.6 |
| Adams | 20 | 5.0 | 20 | 4.0 |
| Mercer | 21 | 5.1 | 16 | 3.6 |
| Butler | 22 | 5.2 | 20 | 4.0 |
| Elk | 22 | 5.2 | 27 | 4.6 |
| Beaver | 24 | 5.7 | 23 | 4.2 |
| Blair | 24 | 5.7 | 28 | 4.8 |
| Warren | 24 | 5.7 | 22 | 4.1 |
| Erie | 27 | 5.8 | 31 | 4.9 |
| Washington | 28 | 6.0 | 25 | 4.4 |
| Bradford | 29 | 6.1 | 28 | 4.8 |
| Crawford | 29 | 6.1 | 25 | 4.4 |
| Venango | 29 | 6.1 | 34 | 5.3 |
| Philadelphia | 32 | 6.2 | 35 | 5.4 |
| Snyder | 33 | 6.3 | 28 | 4.8 |
| Westmoreland | 34 | 6.4 | 31 | 4.9 |
| Lackawanna | 35 | 6.5 | 35 | 5.4 |
| Fulton | 36 | 6.6 | 61 | 7.6 |
| Lawrence | 37 | 7.1 | 35 | 5.4 |
| McKean | 37 | 7.1 | 43 | 6.0 |
| Susquehanna | 37 | 7.1 | 43 | 6.0 |
| Mifflin | 40 | 7.2 | 39 | 5.5 |
| Clarion | 41 | 7.5 | 33 | 5.2 |
| Lycoming | 42 | 7.6 | 46 | 6.2 |
| Schuylkill | 42 | 7.6 | 43 | 6.0 |
| Cambria | 44 | 7.8 | 49 | 6.5 |
| Tioga | 44 | 7.8 | 40 | 5.9 |
| Cameron | 46 | 7.9 | 40 | 5.9 |
| Northumberland | 46 | 7.9 | 35 | 5.4 |
| Jefferson | 48 | 8.0 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Carbon | 49 | 8.1 | 40 | 5.9 |
| Luzerne | 49 | 8.1 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Bedford | 51 | 8.2 | 53 | 6.8 |
| Monroe | 52 | 8.3 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Somerset | 53 | 8.5 | 57 | 7.1 |
| Armstrong | 54 | 8.8 | 49 | 6.5 |
| Sullivan | 54 | 8.8 | 51 | 6.6 |
| Potter | 56 | 8.9 | 54 | 6.9 |
| Clinton | 57 | 9.0 | 59 | 7.5 |
| Greene | 58 | 9.1 | 58 | 7.3 |
| Indiana | 59 | 9.2 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Columbia | 60 | 9.4 | 52 | 6.7 |
| Fayette | 61 | 9.5 | 59 | 7.5 |
| Clearfield | 62 | 9.6 | 65 | 8.2 |
| Wayne | 63 | 10.0 | 63 | 8.0 |
| Juniata | 64 | 10.2 | 62 | 7.9 |
| Wyoming | 65 | 10.3 | 64 | 8.1 |
| Huntingdon | 66 | 11.3 | 66 | 10.1 |
| Forest | 67 | 13.3 | 67 | 11.0 |