Return to Labor Force Index| November - 1996 | October - 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Centre | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| Lancaster | 3 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Perry | 4 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Chester | 5 | 2.8 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Dauphin | 5 | 2.8 | 5 | 2.9 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 3.1 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Montgomery | 8 | 3.2 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Berks | 9 | 3.5 | 12 | 3.6 |
| Montour | 9 | 3.5 | 14 | 3.8 |
| York | 9 | 3.5 | 12 | 3.6 |
| Adams | 12 | 3.7 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Allegheny | 12 | 3.7 | 14 | 3.8 |
| Bucks | 14 | 3.8 | 18 | 4.2 |
| Fulton | 15 | 3.9 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Delaware | 16 | 4.0 | 25 | 4.4 |
| Beaver | 17 | 4.1 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Pike | 17 | 4.1 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Union | 19 | 4.2 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Lehigh | 20 | 4.3 | 25 | 4.4 |
| Mercer | 20 | 4.3 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Northampton | 20 | 4.3 | 31 | 4.6 |
| Washington | 20 | 4.3 | 18 | 4.2 |
| Franklin | 24 | 4.4 | 31 | 4.6 |
| Warren | 25 | 4.5 | 18 | 4.2 |
| Bradford | 26 | 4.7 | 18 | 4.2 |
| Blair | 27 | 4.8 | 28 | 4.5 |
| Snyder | 27 | 4.8 | 18 | 4.2 |
| Westmoreland | 27 | 4.8 | 28 | 4.5 |
| Butler | 30 | 4.9 | 25 | 4.4 |
| Columbia | 30 | 4.9 | 31 | 4.6 |
| Elk | 32 | 5.0 | 37 | 5.1 |
| Erie | 32 | 5.0 | 28 | 4.5 |
| McKean | 32 | 5.0 | 31 | 4.6 |
| Crawford | 35 | 5.2 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Cameron | 36 | 5.4 | 46 | 5.7 |
| Sullivan | 36 | 5.4 | 42 | 5.4 |
| Clarion | 38 | 5.6 | 36 | 4.9 |
| Lawrence | 38 | 5.6 | 35 | 4.8 |
| Lycoming | 38 | 5.6 | 37 | 5.1 |
| Carbon | 41 | 5.7 | 55 | 6.4 |
| Lackawanna | 41 | 5.7 | 44 | 5.5 |
| Potter | 43 | 5.9 | 39 | 5.2 |
| Tioga | 44 | 6.0 | 39 | 5.2 |
| Armstrong | 45 | 6.1 | 44 | 5.5 |
| Northumberland | 46 | 6.2 | 39 | 5.2 |
| Susquehanna | 46 | 6.2 | 47 | 5.8 |
| Juniata | 48 | 6.4 | 42 | 5.4 |
| Luzerne | 48 | 6.4 | 53 | 6.3 |
| Philadelphia | 48 | 6.4 | 62 | 6.9 |
| Bedford | 51 | 6.6 | 56 | 6.5 |
| Clinton | 52 | 6.7 | 51 | 6.0 |
| Mifflin | 52 | 6.7 | 61 | 6.8 |
| Schuylkill | 52 | 6.7 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Venango | 52 | 6.7 | 52 | 6.1 |
| Monroe | 56 | 6.8 | 59 | 6.6 |
| Clearfield | 57 | 6.9 | 53 | 6.3 |
| Indiana | 57 | 6.9 | 56 | 6.5 |
| Jefferson | 59 | 7.0 | 50 | 5.9 |
| Somerset | 59 | 7.0 | 47 | 5.8 |
| Wayne | 61 | 7.2 | 56 | 6.5 |
| Greene | 62 | 7.3 | 64 | 7.2 |
| Cambria | 63 | 7.4 | 65 | 7.3 |
| Fayette | 64 | 7.5 | 47 | 5.8 |
| Wyoming | 65 | 7.7 | 62 | 6.9 |
| Forest | 66 | 9.0 | 65 | 7.3 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 9.1 | 67 | 7.9 |