Return to Labor Force Index| County | Civilian Labor Force | Employ- ment | Unem- ployment | Rate of Unem- ployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 43.1 | 41.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| Allegheny | 652.7 | 630.1 | 22.6 | 3.5 |
| Armstrong | 32.0 | 29.9 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| Beaver | 85.5 | 81.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| Bedford | 24.7 | 23.0 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| Berks | 185.9 | 179.9 | 6.0 | 3.2 |
| Blair | 63.2 | 60.2 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| Bradford | 28.6 | 27.2 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| Bucks | 318.5 | 308.4 | 10.1 | 3.2 |
| Butler | 84.9 | 81.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| Cambria | 67.9 | 63.4 | 4.4 | 6.5 |
| Cameron | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| Carbon | 26.7 | 25.1 | 1.6 | 5.9 |
| Centre | 68.3 | 66.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Chester | 225.4 | 220.2 | 5.3 | 2.3 |
| Clarion | 19.3 | 18.3 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Clearfield | 38.4 | 35.2 | 3.2 | 8.2 |
| Clinton | 17.2 | 15.9 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Columbia | 33.4 | 31.1 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| Crawford | 41.3 | 39.4 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Cumberland | 120.5 | 117.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| Dauphin | 140.2 | 136.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| Delaware | 279.4 | 270.3 | 9.1 | 3.3 |
| Elk | 18.2 | 17.3 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| Erie | 140.4 | 133.5 | 6.8 | 4.9 |
| Fayette | 57.3 | 53.0 | 4.3 | 7.5 |
| Forest | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.0 |
| Franklin | 65.5 | 63.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| Fulton | 7.0 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 7.6 |
| Greene | 16.3 | 15.1 | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Huntingdon | 19.0 | 17.1 | 1.9 | 10.1 |
| Indiana | 37.8 | 35.1 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| Jefferson | 22.2 | 20.8 | 1.4 | 6.4 |
| Juniata | 9.8 | 9.1 | 0.8 | 7.9 |
| Lackawanna | 106.5 | 100.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Lancaster | 244.5 | 238.3 | 6.2 | 2.5 |
| Lawrence | 40.1 | 37.9 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| Lebanon | 65.6 | 63.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| Lehigh | 153.5 | 148.0 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| Luzerne | 159.1 | 148.9 | 10.2 | 6.4 |
| Lycoming | 58.6 | 54.9 | 3.6 | 6.2 |
| McKean | 21.0 | 19.7 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| Mercer | 56.6 | 54.5 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| Mifflin | 22.2 | 21.0 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
| Monroe | 50.2 | 46.7 | 3.5 | 7.0 |
| Montgomery | 391.5 | 380.7 | 10.8 | 2.8 |
| Montour | 8.9 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Northampton | 128.1 | 123.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| Northumberland | 44.7 | 42.3 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
| Perry | 24.1 | 23.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| Philadelphia | 652.6 | 617.1 | 35.5 | 5.4 |
| Pike | 17.3 | 16.6 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
| Potter | 8.9 | 8.3 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
| Schuylkill | 68.0 | 63.9 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Snyder | 19.1 | 18.2 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| Somerset | 37.8 | 35.1 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
| Sullivan | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| Susquehanna | 19.2 | 18.0 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| Tioga | 20.0 | 18.8 | 1.2 | 5.9 |
| Union | 18.8 | 18.1 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Venango | 26.0 | 24.6 | 1.4 | 5.3 |
| Warren | 20.5 | 19.7 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| Washington | 95.0 | 90.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Wayne | 17.7 | 16.3 | 1.4 | 8.0 |
| Westmoreland | 181.9 | 173.1 | 8.8 | 4.9 |
| Wyoming | 15.4 | 14.1 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| York | 196.1 | 190.1 | 6.0 | 3.1 |
ALL DATA ARE ON 1997 BENCHMARKS.
Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: Bureau of Research and Statistics, Pennsylvania Department 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.