Return to Labor Force Index| October - 1997 | September - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Centre | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Cumberland | 2 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.9 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 2.6 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Chester | 4 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Lancaster | 4 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Perry | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 3.3 |
| Dauphin | 7 | 3.2 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Montgomery | 8 | 3.3 | 11 | 3.9 |
| York | 8 | 3.3 | 10 | 3.8 |
| Butler | 10 | 3.4 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Montour | 11 | 3.5 | 7 | 3.4 |
| Mercer | 12 | 3.6 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Allegheny | 13 | 3.7 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Berks | 13 | 3.7 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Bucks | 13 | 3.7 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Snyder | 13 | 3.7 | 9 | 3.6 |
| Warren | 13 | 3.7 | 19 | 4.5 |
| Adams | 18 | 3.8 | 19 | 4.5 |
| Beaver | 19 | 3.9 | 21 | 4.6 |
| Clarion | 19 | 3.9 | 27 | 4.9 |
| Pike | 19 | 3.9 | 21 | 4.6 |
| Crawford | 22 | 4.0 | 21 | 4.6 |
| Delaware | 22 | 4.0 | 21 | 4.6 |
| Union | 22 | 4.0 | 15 | 4.3 |
| Franklin | 25 | 4.1 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Washington | 26 | 4.2 | 31 | 5.2 |
| Lehigh | 27 | 4.3 | 21 | 4.6 |
| Northampton | 28 | 4.4 | 29 | 5.0 |
| Erie | 29 | 4.7 | 32 | 5.3 |
| Westmoreland | 29 | 4.7 | 30 | 5.1 |
| Bradford | 31 | 4.8 | 26 | 4.7 |
| Blair | 32 | 4.9 | 32 | 5.3 |
| Lawrence | 33 | 5.0 | 32 | 5.3 |
| Northumberland | 34 | 5.1 | 37 | 5.7 |
| Venango | 34 | 5.1 | 46 | 6.3 |
| Columbia | 36 | 5.2 | 27 | 4.9 |
| Elk | 36 | 5.2 | 41 | 5.9 |
| Jefferson | 36 | 5.2 | 41 | 5.9 |
| Cameron | 39 | 5.3 | 46 | 6.3 |
| Mifflin | 39 | 5.3 | 49 | 6.5 |
| Susquehanna | 39 | 5.3 | 44 | 6.1 |
| Tioga | 42 | 5.6 | 35 | 5.4 |
| Armstrong | 43 | 5.7 | 50 | 6.6 |
| Lackawanna | 43 | 5.7 | 54 | 6.9 |
| Juniata | 45 | 5.8 | 37 | 5.7 |
| Somerset | 45 | 5.8 | 43 | 6.0 |
| Bedford | 47 | 5.9 | 61 | 7.4 |
| Clinton | 47 | 5.9 | 48 | 6.4 |
| McKean | 47 | 5.9 | 35 | 5.4 |
| Wyoming | 47 | 5.9 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Fayette | 51 | 6.0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Lycoming | 52 | 6.1 | 37 | 5.7 |
| Potter | 53 | 6.3 | 50 | 6.6 |
| Sullivan | 53 | 6.3 | 40 | 5.8 |
| Schuylkill | 55 | 6.4 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Cambria | 56 | 6.5 | 52 | 6.8 |
| Indiana | 56 | 6.5 | 59 | 7.2 |
| Wayne | 56 | 6.5 | 45 | 6.2 |
| Philadelphia | 59 | 6.6 | 63 | 7.5 |
| Carbon | 60 | 6.8 | 52 | 6.8 |
| Luzerne | 61 | 6.9 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Monroe | 62 | 7.0 | 64 | 7.7 |
| Clearfield | 63 | 7.7 | 61 | 7.4 |
| Forest | 63 | 7.7 | 59 | 7.2 |
| Greene | 65 | 7.9 | 65 | 8.4 |
| Fulton | 66 | 8.0 | 67 | 9.7 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 8.8 | 66 | 8.9 |