Return to Labor Force Index| December - 1997 | November - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| Chester | 2 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| Lancaster | 3 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.8 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 2.7 | 2 | 2.6 |
| Dauphin | 5 | 2.8 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Montgomery | 5 | 2.8 | 7 | 3.2 |
| Centre | 7 | 3.0 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Montour | 8 | 3.1 | 7 | 3.2 |
| York | 8 | 3.1 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Bucks | 10 | 3.2 | 14 | 3.8 |
| Berks | 11 | 3.3 | 12 | 3.7 |
| Delaware | 11 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.9 |
| Perry | 13 | 3.4 | 10 | 3.6 |
| Allegheny | 14 | 3.5 | 12 | 3.7 |
| Lehigh | 15 | 3.6 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Mercer | 15 | 3.6 | 10 | 3.6 |
| Franklin | 17 | 3.7 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Union | 17 | 3.7 | 17 | 4.1 |
| Northampton | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 4.1 |
| Adams | 20 | 4.0 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Warren | 20 | 4.0 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Butler | 22 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.0 |
| Beaver | 23 | 4.3 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Crawford | 24 | 4.5 | 26 | 4.4 |
| Pike | 24 | 4.5 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Washington | 24 | 4.5 | 27 | 4.6 |
| Elk | 27 | 4.6 | 28 | 5.0 |
| Erie | 28 | 4.8 | 28 | 5.0 |
| Blair | 29 | 4.9 | 28 | 5.0 |
| Westmoreland | 29 | 4.9 | 31 | 5.1 |
| Bradford | 31 | 5.0 | 33 | 5.4 |
| Snyder | 31 | 5.0 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Clarion | 33 | 5.2 | 32 | 5.2 |
| Lackawanna | 34 | 5.4 | 37 | 5.7 |
| Philadelphia | 34 | 5.4 | 43 | 6.4 |
| Venango | 34 | 5.4 | 34 | 5.5 |
| Lawrence | 37 | 5.5 | 34 | 5.5 |
| Mifflin | 37 | 5.5 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Northumberland | 39 | 5.6 | 38 | 5.9 |
| McKean | 40 | 5.9 | 50 | 6.7 |
| Carbon | 41 | 6.0 | 43 | 6.4 |
| Schuylkill | 42 | 6.1 | 45 | 6.5 |
| Cameron | 43 | 6.2 | 47 | 6.6 |
| Lycoming | 43 | 6.2 | 39 | 6.0 |
| Susquehanna | 45 | 6.3 | 41 | 6.2 |
| Tioga | 45 | 6.3 | 47 | 6.6 |
| Jefferson | 47 | 6.5 | 39 | 6.0 |
| Luzerne | 47 | 6.5 | 53 | 6.8 |
| Armstrong | 49 | 6.6 | 42 | 6.3 |
| Cambria | 49 | 6.6 | 50 | 6.7 |
| Columbia | 51 | 6.8 | 54 | 6.9 |
| Bedford | 52 | 7.0 | 47 | 6.6 |
| Monroe | 53 | 7.1 | 60 | 7.5 |
| Sullivan | 53 | 7.1 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Clinton | 55 | 7.3 | 45 | 6.5 |
| Indiana | 55 | 7.3 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Somerset | 55 | 7.3 | 58 | 7.3 |
| Potter | 58 | 7.4 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Fayette | 59 | 7.5 | 60 | 7.5 |
| Greene | 60 | 7.7 | 64 | 8.4 |
| Juniata | 60 | 7.7 | 50 | 6.7 |
| Fulton | 62 | 8.0 | 66 | 9.3 |
| Wayne | 63 | 8.1 | 62 | 7.6 |
| Wyoming | 64 | 8.2 | 58 | 7.3 |
| Clearfield | 65 | 8.4 | 63 | 8.0 |
| Forest | 66 | 9.6 | 65 | 8.6 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 10.1 | 67 | 9.8 |