FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

March 1997
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA 305.1289.315.8 5.214.9 4.9
ALTOONA MSA 61.958.43.5 5.73.3 5.2
ERIE MSA 138.9130.18.8 6.38.2 5.8
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA 348.1336.711.5 3.310.6 3.0
JOHNSTOWN MSA 107.698.39.3 8.78.6 7.9
LANCASTER MSA 236.6229.96.7 2.86.3 2.6
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2466.92346.6120.3 4.9121.1 4.9
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1842.01754.487.6 4.8
PITTSBURGH MSA 1147.21087.459.8 5.256.5 4.9
READING MSA 183.0174.98.1 4.47.4 4.0
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA 312.4288.923.5 7.522.0 7.0
SHARON MSA 56.653.03.6 6.33.4 5.9
STATE COLLEGE MSA 66.063.82.2 3.42.0 3.0
WILLIAMSPORT MSA 58.254.33.9 6.73.3 5.6
YORK MSA 193.2185.08.3 4.37.8 4.0
Adams County 42.340.32.0 4.8
Armstrong County 32.429.92.5 7.8
Bedford County 24.422.61.8 7.5
Bradford County 27.926.21.7 6.0
Cameron County 2.62.40.2 7.5
Clarion County 18.717.41.4 7.2
Clearfield-Jefferson 59.554.45.1 8.6
Clinton County 17.916.41.5 8.6
Crawford County 41.138.42.7 6.5
Elk County 18.217.21.0 5.7
Forest County 1.91.70.2 11.0
Franklin-Fulton 70.566.73.8 5.3
Greene County 15.914.41.5 9.4
Huntingdon County 18.916.72.2 11.6
Indiana County 36.933.93.1 8.3
Juniata County 10.39.41.0 9.2
Lawrence County 40.337.42.9 7.2
McKean County 21.520.01.5 6.9
Mifflin County 22.720.91.8 7.9
Monroe County 49.745.64.0 8.1
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour 87.481.36.1 7.0
Potter County 8.57.80.7 8.4
Schuylkill County 67.461.95.5 8.2
Sullivan County 2.52.30.2 8.5
Susquehanna County 18.917.31.6 8.6
Tioga County 19.017.61.5 7.8
Venango County 25.924.01.9 7.4
Warren County 21.320.01.3 6.2
Wayne County 18.116.21.9 10.3

ALL DATA ARE ON 1996 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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