Return to Labor Force Index| March - 1996 | February - 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Chester | 2 | 3.4 | 2 | 3.7 |
| Centre | 3 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.7 |
| Lancaster | 4 | 3.6 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Dauphin | 5 | 3.9 | 5 | 4.1 |
| Montgomery | 6 | 4.1 | 6 | 4.3 |
| Bucks | 7 | 4.7 | 9 | 5.0 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 4.7 | 7 | 4.5 |
| York | 7 | 4.7 | 8 | 4.8 |
| Adams | 10 | 4.8 | 16 | 5.4 |
| Montour | 10 | 4.8 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Berks | 12 | 4.9 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Allegheny | 13 | 5.0 | 12 | 5.2 |
| Delaware | 14 | 5.2 | 13 | 5.3 |
| Lehigh | 15 | 5.4 | 18 | 5.8 |
| Mercer | 15 | 5.4 | 13 | 5.3 |
| Franklin | 17 | 5.5 | 13 | 5.3 |
| Beaver | 18 | 5.6 | 21 | 6.2 |
| Perry | 18 | 5.6 | 19 | 6.0 |
| Union | 18 | 5.6 | 27 | 6.9 |
| Butler | 21 | 5.7 | 21 | 6.2 |
| Warren | 22 | 5.8 | 17 | 5.7 |
| Northampton | 23 | 6.1 | 23 | 6.4 |
| Bradford | 24 | 6.3 | 24 | 6.5 |
| Blair | 25 | 6.5 | 26 | 6.8 |
| Erie | 26 | 6.6 | 25 | 6.6 |
| Washington | 27 | 6.7 | 35 | 7.3 |
| Westmoreland | 27 | 6.7 | 31 | 7.1 |
| Crawford | 29 | 6.9 | 28 | 7.0 |
| Pike | 29 | 6.9 | 31 | 7.1 |
| Lackawanna | 31 | 7.0 | 28 | 7.0 |
| Philadelphia | 31 | 7.0 | 28 | 7.0 |
| McKean | 33 | 7.1 | 34 | 7.2 |
| Elk | 34 | 7.3 | 19 | 6.0 |
| Snyder | 35 | 7.4 | 40 | 8.2 |
| Fulton | 36 | 7.5 | 31 | 7.1 |
| Luzerne | 36 | 7.5 | 36 | 7.7 |
| Venango | 38 | 7.7 | 37 | 7.9 |
| Lycoming | 39 | 7.8 | 38 | 8.0 |
| Northumberland | 39 | 7.8 | 46 | 8.8 |
| Lawrence | 41 | 7.9 | 39 | 8.1 |
| Monroe | 41 | 7.9 | 42 | 8.3 |
| Potter | 41 | 7.9 | 40 | 8.2 |
| Wyoming | 44 | 8.3 | 42 | 8.3 |
| Bedford | 45 | 8.4 | 48 | 8.9 |
| Sullivan | 45 | 8.4 | 60 | 10.2 |
| Carbon | 47 | 8.5 | 51 | 9.3 |
| Susquehanna | 47 | 8.5 | 50 | 9.1 |
| Clarion | 49 | 8.7 | 51 | 9.3 |
| Tioga | 50 | 8.9 | 45 | 8.6 |
| Cameron | 51 | 9.1 | 49 | 9.0 |
| Columbia | 51 | 9.1 | 46 | 8.8 |
| Somerset | 51 | 9.1 | 54 | 9.6 |
| Cambria | 54 | 9.2 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Armstrong | 55 | 9.3 | 57 | 10.1 |
| Jefferson | 55 | 9.3 | 55 | 9.9 |
| Fayette | 57 | 9.4 | 57 | 10.1 |
| Indiana | 58 | 9.7 | 57 | 10.1 |
| Schuylkill | 58 | 9.7 | 56 | 10.0 |
| Clinton | 60 | 9.8 | 61 | 10.6 |
| Clearfield | 61 | 10.0 | 61 | 10.6 |
| Greene | 62 | 10.1 | 63 | 10.8 |
| Mifflin | 63 | 10.7 | 44 | 8.4 |
| Wayne | 64 | 11.0 | 64 | 11.7 |
| Juniata | 65 | 11.4 | 66 | 12.9 |
| Huntingdon | 66 | 12.5 | 65 | 12.0 |
| Forest | 67 | 13.1 | 67 | 13.5 |