Return to Labor Force Index| April - 1996 | March - 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Centre | 2 | 3.1 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Chester | 3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| Lancaster | 3 | 3.3 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Dauphin | 5 | 3.9 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Montgomery | 6 | 4.2 | 6 | 4.1 |
| Adams | 7 | 4.5 | 9 | 4.8 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 4.5 | 7 | 4.7 |
| Montour | 7 | 4.5 | 9 | 4.8 |
| Bucks | 10 | 4.6 | 9 | 4.8 |
| Perry | 10 | 4.6 | 17 | 5.6 |
| York | 10 | 4.6 | 7 | 4.7 |
| Allegheny | 13 | 4.8 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Berks | 13 | 4.8 | 12 | 5.0 |
| Mercer | 15 | 4.9 | 15 | 5.4 |
| Union | 16 | 5.1 | 17 | 5.6 |
| Butler | 17 | 5.2 | 17 | 5.6 |
| Delaware | 17 | 5.2 | 14 | 5.3 |
| Beaver | 19 | 5.3 | 17 | 5.6 |
| Warren | 20 | 5.4 | 22 | 5.8 |
| Franklin | 21 | 5.5 | 17 | 5.6 |
| Lehigh | 21 | 5.5 | 15 | 5.4 |
| Northampton | 23 | 5.6 | 23 | 6.1 |
| Washington | 24 | 5.9 | 27 | 6.7 |
| Snyder | 25 | 6.1 | 35 | 7.4 |
| Westmoreland | 25 | 6.1 | 27 | 6.7 |
| Blair | 27 | 6.2 | 25 | 6.5 |
| Bradford | 27 | 6.2 | 24 | 6.3 |
| Crawford | 29 | 6.3 | 30 | 6.9 |
| Fulton | 29 | 6.3 | 36 | 7.5 |
| Pike | 29 | 6.3 | 29 | 6.8 |
| Erie | 32 | 6.4 | 26 | 6.6 |
| Bedford | 33 | 6.7 | 45 | 8.4 |
| Lackawanna | 34 | 6.8 | 31 | 7.0 |
| Luzerne | 35 | 7.0 | 36 | 7.5 |
| Northumberland | 36 | 7.1 | 39 | 7.8 |
| Philadelphia | 36 | 7.1 | 32 | 7.1 |
| Lawrence | 38 | 7.2 | 41 | 8.0 |
| Lycoming | 38 | 7.2 | 40 | 7.9 |
| Potter | 40 | 7.3 | 41 | 8.0 |
| Elk | 41 | 7.4 | 34 | 7.3 |
| McKean | 41 | 7.4 | 32 | 7.1 |
| Monroe | 41 | 7.4 | 41 | 8.0 |
| Wyoming | 41 | 7.4 | 44 | 8.3 |
| Venango | 45 | 7.5 | 38 | 7.7 |
| Clarion | 46 | 7.6 | 48 | 8.6 |
| Sullivan | 46 | 7.6 | 46 | 8.5 |
| Carbon | 48 | 7.7 | 48 | 8.6 |
| Susquehanna | 49 | 7.8 | 46 | 8.5 |
| Columbia | 50 | 8.1 | 51 | 9.1 |
| Tioga | 51 | 8.2 | 50 | 8.9 |
| Jefferson | 52 | 8.3 | 55 | 9.3 |
| Somerset | 52 | 8.3 | 51 | 9.1 |
| Armstrong | 54 | 8.4 | 53 | 9.2 |
| Fayette | 54 | 8.4 | 57 | 9.4 |
| Clinton | 56 | 8.5 | 60 | 9.8 |
| Cambria | 57 | 8.8 | 53 | 9.2 |
| Indiana | 58 | 9.0 | 58 | 9.7 |
| Clearfield | 59 | 9.1 | 61 | 10.0 |
| Greene | 60 | 9.3 | 62 | 10.3 |
| Schuylkill | 60 | 9.3 | 58 | 9.7 |
| Wayne | 62 | 9.9 | 64 | 11.0 |
| Cameron | 63 | 10.0 | 55 | 9.3 |
| Juniata | 63 | 10.0 | 65 | 11.4 |
| Mifflin | 65 | 10.2 | 63 | 10.7 |
| Huntingdon | 66 | 10.5 | 66 | 12.5 |
| Forest | 67 | 11.3 | 67 | 13.0 |