Return to Labor Force Index| February - 1997 | January - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.7 | 1 | 2.6 |
| Lancaster | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Chester | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Dauphin | 4 | 3.3 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Centre | 5 | 3.4 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 3.6 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Montgomery | 7 | 3.7 | 7 | 3.7 |
| Bucks | 8 | 4.2 | 10 | 4.3 |
| York | 8 | 4.2 | 8 | 4.1 |
| Berks | 10 | 4.3 | 9 | 4.2 |
| Allegheny | 11 | 4.5 | 10 | 4.3 |
| Delaware | 11 | 4.5 | 10 | 4.3 |
| Perry | 13 | 4.6 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Montour | 14 | 4.8 | 14 | 4.7 |
| Adams | 15 | 4.9 | 15 | 4.9 |
| Lehigh | 16 | 5.0 | 15 | 4.9 |
| Union | 17 | 5.2 | 21 | 5.5 |
| Mercer | 18 | 5.3 | 18 | 5.3 |
| Northampton | 18 | 5.3 | 17 | 5.2 |
| Beaver | 20 | 5.5 | 18 | 5.3 |
| Franklin | 20 | 5.5 | 20 | 5.4 |
| Elk | 22 | 5.7 | 22 | 5.6 |
| Butler | 23 | 5.8 | 24 | 5.8 |
| Blair | 24 | 6.0 | 26 | 6.0 |
| Washington | 25 | 6.1 | 26 | 6.0 |
| Erie | 26 | 6.2 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Philadelphia | 26 | 6.2 | 32 | 6.2 |
| Warren | 28 | 6.3 | 25 | 5.9 |
| Westmoreland | 29 | 6.4 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Crawford | 30 | 6.5 | 33 | 6.5 |
| McKean | 30 | 6.5 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Pike | 30 | 6.5 | 23 | 5.7 |
| Snyder | 33 | 6.7 | 33 | 6.5 |
| Bradford | 34 | 6.8 | 26 | 6.0 |
| Fulton | 34 | 6.8 | 37 | 7.0 |
| Cameron | 36 | 6.9 | 37 | 7.0 |
| Lackawanna | 36 | 6.9 | 35 | 6.7 |
| Lycoming | 38 | 7.0 | 36 | 6.9 |
| Lawrence | 39 | 7.3 | 39 | 7.3 |
| Venango | 40 | 7.5 | 39 | 7.3 |
| Monroe | 41 | 7.7 | 49 | 8.3 |
| Luzerne | 42 | 7.8 | 43 | 7.8 |
| Carbon | 43 | 8.0 | 47 | 8.2 |
| Mifflin | 43 | 8.0 | 41 | 7.4 |
| Tioga | 45 | 8.1 | 42 | 7.7 |
| Potter | 46 | 8.2 | 43 | 7.8 |
| Clinton | 47 | 8.6 | 58 | 9.1 |
| Somerset | 47 | 8.6 | 51 | 8.5 |
| Bedford | 49 | 8.7 | 54 | 8.7 |
| Schuylkill | 49 | 8.7 | 47 | 8.2 |
| Jefferson | 51 | 8.9 | 54 | 8.7 |
| Susquehanna | 51 | 8.9 | 46 | 8.1 |
| Cambria | 53 | 9.0 | 54 | 8.7 |
| Armstrong | 54 | 9.1 | 53 | 8.6 |
| Northumberland | 54 | 9.1 | 51 | 8.5 |
| Columbia | 56 | 9.2 | 62 | 9.6 |
| Sullivan | 56 | 9.2 | 50 | 8.4 |
| Fayette | 58 | 9.3 | 59 | 9.3 |
| Indiana | 58 | 9.3 | 61 | 9.4 |
| Clearfield | 60 | 9.4 | 57 | 9.0 |
| Clarion | 61 | 9.7 | 45 | 7.9 |
| Greene | 61 | 9.7 | 63 | 9.7 |
| Juniata | 63 | 10.0 | 59 | 9.3 |
| Wayne | 64 | 10.3 | 65 | 10.5 |
| Wyoming | 65 | 10.6 | 64 | 10.4 |
| Forest | 66 | 11.6 | 66 | 11.2 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 12.8 | 67 | 12.3 |