Return to Labor Force Index| December - 1996 | November - 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Lancaster | 2 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Chester | 3 | 2.6 | 6 | 2.9 |
| Centre | 4 | 2.7 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Dauphin | 4 | 2.7 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 2.7 | 7 | 3.0 |
| Montgomery | 7 | 2.9 | 8 | 3.3 |
| Montour | 8 | 3.0 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Berks | 9 | 3.3 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Perry | 9 | 3.3 | 4 | 2.7 |
| York | 9 | 3.3 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Allegheny | 12 | 3.4 | 12 | 3.7 |
| Bucks | 13 | 3.5 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Adams | 14 | 3.6 | 12 | 3.7 |
| Delaware | 15 | 3.7 | 16 | 4.1 |
| Lehigh | 16 | 3.9 | 20 | 4.3 |
| Northampton | 17 | 4.0 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Beaver | 18 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.1 |
| Warren | 18 | 4.1 | 24 | 4.5 |
| Mercer | 20 | 4.2 | 22 | 4.4 |
| Franklin | 21 | 4.3 | 25 | 4.6 |
| Washington | 22 | 4.5 | 22 | 4.4 |
| Pike | 23 | 4.6 | 14 | 3.9 |
| Blair | 24 | 4.7 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Butler | 24 | 4.7 | 27 | 4.8 |
| Erie | 24 | 4.7 | 33 | 5.1 |
| Bradford | 27 | 4.8 | 26 | 4.7 |
| Westmoreland | 27 | 4.8 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Elk | 29 | 5.0 | 33 | 5.1 |
| Crawford | 30 | 5.1 | 35 | 5.3 |
| McKean | 30 | 5.1 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Lackawanna | 32 | 5.2 | 37 | 5.6 |
| Union | 32 | 5.2 | 20 | 4.3 |
| Fulton | 34 | 5.3 | 16 | 4.1 |
| Snyder | 35 | 5.6 | 27 | 4.8 |
| Cameron | 36 | 5.7 | 36 | 5.4 |
| Lawrence | 36 | 5.7 | 37 | 5.6 |
| Lycoming | 36 | 5.7 | 37 | 5.6 |
| Philadelphia | 36 | 5.7 | 50 | 6.4 |
| Clarion | 40 | 6.0 | 40 | 5.7 |
| Northumberland | 40 | 6.0 | 45 | 6.1 |
| Tioga | 42 | 6.1 | 43 | 6.0 |
| Luzerne | 43 | 6.2 | 47 | 6.3 |
| Armstrong | 44 | 6.3 | 45 | 6.1 |
| Carbon | 44 | 6.3 | 41 | 5.8 |
| Mifflin | 46 | 6.4 | 51 | 6.6 |
| Potter | 46 | 6.4 | 42 | 5.9 |
| Venango | 46 | 6.4 | 51 | 6.6 |
| Susquehanna | 49 | 6.6 | 47 | 6.3 |
| Schuylkill | 50 | 6.7 | 54 | 6.7 |
| Cambria | 51 | 6.8 | 61 | 7.3 |
| Sullivan | 51 | 6.8 | 43 | 6.0 |
| Columbia | 53 | 6.9 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Jefferson | 54 | 7.0 | 58 | 7.0 |
| Clinton | 55 | 7.1 | 51 | 6.6 |
| Monroe | 55 | 7.1 | 60 | 7.2 |
| Indiana | 57 | 7.3 | 56 | 6.9 |
| Somerset | 58 | 7.4 | 58 | 7.0 |
| Clearfield | 59 | 7.6 | 56 | 6.9 |
| Bedford | 60 | 7.7 | 54 | 6.7 |
| Fayette | 60 | 7.7 | 62 | 7.4 |
| Greene | 62 | 7.9 | 62 | 7.4 |
| Wyoming | 62 | 7.9 | 65 | 7.6 |
| Juniata | 64 | 8.4 | 47 | 6.3 |
| Wayne | 64 | 8.4 | 62 | 7.4 |
| Forest | 66 | 9.3 | 66 | 8.4 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 10.8 | 67 | 9.2 |