FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

April 1997
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA 305.8290.115.7 5.115.4 5.0
ALTOONA MSA 62.158.53.6 5.83.5 5.6
ERIE MSA 140.6132.08.7 6.28.4 5.9
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA 347.6336.311.2 3.210.9 3.1
JOHNSTOWN MSA 107.398.68.7 8.18.6 7.9
LANCASTER MSA 237.8231.56.4 2.76.6 2.7
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,472.52,354.9117.5 4.8121.5 4.9
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,848.91,758.690.3 4.9
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,146.01,088.257.7 5.057.7 5.0
READING MSA 182.7175.07.7 4.27.3 4.0
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA 312.0289.322.7 7.322.5 7.1
SHARON MSA 56.953.23.7 6.63.7 6.4
STATE COLLEGE MSA 67.165.21.9 2.82.0 3.0
WILLIAMSPORT MSA 58.154.43.7 6.33.5 6.0
YORK MSA 193.0184.88.2 4.38.2 4.2
Adams County 42.340.51.9 4.4
Armstrong County 32.430.02.4 7.3
Bedford County 24.623.01.5 6.3
Bradford County 27.926.21.6 5.9
Cameron County 2.62.40.2 7.4
Clarion County 19.017.71.3 6.7
Clearfield-Jefferson 59.654.94.6 7.8
Clinton County 17.716.41.3 7.1
Crawford County 41.038.52.5 6.1
Elk County 18.117.01.1 6.0
Forest County 1.91.70.2 9.5
Franklin-Fulton 69.766.13.7 5.2
Greene County 15.814.31.5 9.3
Huntingdon County 19.017.11.9 10.0
Indiana County 36.933.93.0 8.1
Juniata County 10.29.30.8 8.2
Lawrence County 40.137.42.8 6.9
McKean County 21.620.11.5 7.1
Mifflin County 22.720.91.8 7.8
Monroe County 49.845.44.3 8.7
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour 87.381.95.4 6.2
Potter County 8.57.80.7 8.6
Schuylkill County 67.262.05.2 7.8
Sullivan County 2.52.30.2 7.5
Susquehanna County 18.817.21.6 8.6
Tioga County 18.917.61.3 7.0
Venango County 26.024.21.8 6.8
Warren County 21.219.91.3 6.1
Wayne County 18.316.61.7 9.1

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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