Return to Labor Force Index| March - 1997 | February - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Lancaster | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Chester | 3 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Centre | 4 | 3.4 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Dauphin | 4 | 3.4 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Montgomery | 6 | 3.7 | 7 | 3.7 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 3.8 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Perry | 8 | 4.1 | 11 | 4.5 |
| Bucks | 9 | 4.3 | 8 | 4.3 |
| York | 9 | 4.3 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Allegheny | 11 | 4.4 | 11 | 4.5 |
| Berks | 11 | 4.4 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Delaware | 13 | 4.5 | 11 | 4.5 |
| Adams | 14 | 4.8 | 15 | 5.0 |
| Lehigh | 15 | 4.9 | 15 | 5.0 |
| Northampton | 16 | 5.0 | 17 | 5.1 |
| Beaver | 17 | 5.3 | 20 | 5.5 |
| Franklin | 17 | 5.3 | 20 | 5.5 |
| Montour | 17 | 5.3 | 14 | 4.8 |
| Union | 20 | 5.5 | 18 | 5.3 |
| Butler | 21 | 5.6 | 23 | 5.8 |
| Blair | 22 | 5.7 | 24 | 6.0 |
| Elk | 22 | 5.7 | 20 | 5.5 |
| Bradford | 24 | 6.1 | 34 | 6.7 |
| Washington | 24 | 6.1 | 25 | 6.1 |
| Westmoreland | 24 | 6.1 | 28 | 6.3 |
| Warren | 27 | 6.2 | 28 | 6.3 |
| Fulton | 28 | 6.3 | 35 | 6.8 |
| Philadelphia | 28 | 6.3 | 26 | 6.2 |
| Snyder | 28 | 6.3 | 31 | 6.5 |
| Erie | 31 | 6.4 | 26 | 6.2 |
| Mercer | 31 | 6.4 | 18 | 5.3 |
| Crawford | 33 | 6.6 | 31 | 6.5 |
| Pike | 33 | 6.6 | 28 | 6.3 |
| Lycoming | 35 | 6.7 | 37 | 6.9 |
| Lackawanna | 36 | 7.0 | 37 | 6.9 |
| McKean | 36 | 7.0 | 33 | 6.6 |
| Clarion | 38 | 7.4 | 61 | 9.6 |
| Lawrence | 38 | 7.4 | 39 | 7.3 |
| Luzerne | 38 | 7.4 | 41 | 7.6 |
| Venango | 38 | 7.4 | 40 | 7.4 |
| Bedford | 42 | 7.5 | 50 | 8.7 |
| Cameron | 43 | 7.6 | 35 | 6.8 |
| Armstrong | 44 | 7.9 | 54 | 9.0 |
| Mifflin | 44 | 7.9 | 42 | 7.8 |
| Monroe | 46 | 8.0 | 44 | 8.1 |
| Tioga | 46 | 8.0 | 44 | 8.1 |
| Carbon | 48 | 8.2 | 43 | 8.0 |
| Jefferson | 49 | 8.3 | 53 | 8.9 |
| Northumberland | 49 | 8.3 | 54 | 9.0 |
| Schuylkill | 49 | 8.3 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Indiana | 52 | 8.4 | 57 | 9.1 |
| Potter | 53 | 8.5 | 46 | 8.2 |
| Somerset | 53 | 8.5 | 48 | 8.6 |
| Sullivan | 53 | 8.5 | 54 | 9.0 |
| Clearfield | 56 | 8.8 | 59 | 9.3 |
| Clinton | 56 | 8.8 | 48 | 8.6 |
| Susquehanna | 56 | 8.8 | 50 | 8.7 |
| Cambria | 59 | 9.0 | 52 | 8.8 |
| Columbia | 60 | 9.2 | 58 | 9.2 |
| Juniata | 61 | 9.4 | 62 | 9.9 |
| Greene | 62 | 9.5 | 62 | 9.9 |
| Fayette | 63 | 9.9 | 59 | 9.3 |
| Wyoming | 64 | 10.1 | 64 | 10.4 |
| Wayne | 65 | 10.4 | 65 | 10.5 |
| Forest | 66 | 11.0 | 66 | 11.6 |
| Huntingdon | 67 | 11.7 | 67 | 12.5 |