FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

November 1996
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA 306.7293.213.4 4.414.9 4.9
ALTOONA MSA 63.060.03.1 4.93.2 5.1
ERIE MSA 142.7135.47.4 5.17.6 5.4
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA 347.4338.29.2 2.710.1 2.9
JOHNSTOWN MSA 105.597.97.6 7.27.6 7.2
LANCASTER MSA 239.6233.46.2 2.66.6 2.8
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,443.02,324.7118.3 4.8123.6 5.1
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,827.61,743.584.1 4.6
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,150.21,101.748.5 4.252.2 4.6
READING MSA 183.1176.76.4 3.57.2 4.0
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA 316.5297.618.9 6.020.3 6.4
SHARON MSA 55.252.82.4 4.42.4 4.4
STATE COLLEGE MSA 66.164.41.6 2.51.6 2.5
WILLIAMSPORT MSA 58.855.53.3 5.63.6 6.2
YORK MSA 193.0186.26.8 3.57.5 3.9
Adams County 43.942.31.6 3.7
Armstrong County 31.229.31.9 6.1
Bedford County 24.923.21.7 6.7
Bradford County 28.827.41.4 4.7
Cameron County 2.62.50.1 5.4
Clarion County 19.118.01.1 5.7
Clearfield-Jefferson 59.054.94.1 7.0
Clinton County 17.216.11.1 6.6
Crawford County 41.839.62.2 5.3
Elk County 18.717.71.0 5.1
Forest County 2.01.80.2 8.4
Franklin-Fulton 69.766.63.2 4.5
Greene County 15.414.31.1 7.4
Huntingdon County 19.217.41.8 9.2
Indiana County 37.134.52.6 6.9
Juniata County 9.89.20.6 6.3
Lawrence County 39.937.72.2 5.6
McKean County 21.320.21.1 4.9
Mifflin County 22.621.11.5 6.6
Monroe County 48.144.73.4 7.2
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour 91.486.64.8 5.2
Potter County 8.68.00.5 5.9
Schuylkill County 67.663.14.5 6.7
Sullivan County 2.82.60.2 6.0
Susquehanna County 18.617.51.2 6.3
Tioga County 19.618.51.2 6.0
Venango County 26.124.41.7 6.6
Warren County 22.021.01.0 4.5
Wayne County 17.416.21.3 7.4

ALL DATA ARE ON 1995 BENCHMARKS. All area data are adjusted to sum to state totals. Data may not add to totals due to rounding. Rate computed using unrounded data.
SOURCE: Bureau of Research and Statistics, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: LABOR FORCE DATA BEGINNING JANUARY 1994 ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO EARLIER DATA DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REVISED SURVEY METHOD BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.


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