PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

Yearly Average, 1997
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA309.9294.215.7 5.1
ALTOONA MSA63.259.73.5 5.6
ERIE MSA140.5132.28.3 5.9
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA350.4338.911.5 3.3
JOHNSTOWN MSA106.798.48.3 7.8
LANCASTER MSA242.8235.67.3 3.0
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA2,497.32,375.9121.5 4.9
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.)1,861.21,769.092.3 5.0
PITTSBURGH MSA1,157.71,100.357.4 5.0
READING MSA185.1177.27.9 4.3
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA314.9292.022.8 7.3
SHARON MSA56.653.53.0 5.3
STATE COLLEGE MSA66.264.22.0 3.0
WILLIAMSPORT MSA58.154.33.8 6.5
YORK MSA195.0187.08.0 4.1
Adams County43.541.52.1 4.7
Armstrong County32.229.72.4 7.6
Bedford County25.023.21.8 7.3
Bradford County28.727.11.6 5.6
Cameron County2.72.50.2 6.7
Clarion County19.017.81.2 6.5
Clearfield-Jefferson60.956.24.7 7.8
Clinton County17.115.81.3 7.7
Crawford County41.639.22.4 5.7
Elk County18.417.31.1 6.0
Forest County1.81.60.2 10.2
Franklin-Fulton73.269.53.8 5.1
Greene County16.615.21.5 8.9
Huntingdon County19.317.32.0 10.4
Indiana County37.834.73.0 8.1
Juniata County10.09.20.8 8.0
Lawrence County40.437.82.6 6.4
McKean County21.620.21.4 6.6
Mifflin County22.320.71.6 7.1
Monroe County51.147.14.1 7.9
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour89.784.55.2 5.8
Potter County8.88.10.7 7.4
Schuylkill County68.563.35.2 7.6
Sullivan County2.72.50.2 6.9
Susquehanna County19.318.01.4 7.1
Tioga County20.018.61.3 6.7
Venango County26.324.51.8 6.7
Warren County21.019.91.1 5.3
Wayne County18.617.11.5 8.3

ALL DATA ARE ON 1997 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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