FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

April 1998
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA305.8292.113.7 4.513.5 4.4
ALTOONA MSA62.959.83.2 5.03.1 4.9
ERIE MSA138.7131.57.2 5.26.9 4.9
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA350.8340.710.1 2.910.1 2.8
JOHNSTOWN MSA104.598.06.5 6.36.5 6.1
LANCASTER MSA245.7239.36.4 2.66.8 2.7
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,470.72,367.4103.3 4.2108.0 4.3
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,840.11,764.575.5 4.1
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,139.11,089.749.5 4.349.8 4.3
READING MSA184.6177.27.4 4.07.2 3.9
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA309.5291.717.9 5.818.0 5.8
SHARON MSA56.454.02.4 4.22.3 4.1
STATE COLLEGE MSA68.166.61.6 2.31.7 2.5
WILLIAMSPORT MSA58.054.93.1 5.33.0 5.1
YORK MSA194.1187.56.7 3.46.6 3.4
Adams County44.342.81.5 3.3
Armstrong County31.529.52.1 6.5
Bedford County24.923.61.2 5.0
Bradford County28.627.21.4 4.8
Cameron County2.62.50.1 5.7
Clarion County18.817.80.9 5.0
Clearfield-Jefferson60.255.84.4 7.3
Clinton County17.116.01.1 6.5
Crawford County41.139.21.9 4.6
Elk County18.017.20.9 4.8
Forest County1.71.50.1 8.6
Franklin-Fulton73.470.92.4 3.3
Greene County16.315.01.3 8.2
Huntingdon County18.917.41.4 7.7
Indiana County38.435.92.5 6.5
Juniata County10.610.00.6 5.8
Lawrence County40.237.92.3 5.6
McKean County20.719.31.3 6.4
Mifflin County22.421.11.3 5.9
Monroe County49.045.63.4 6.9
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour91.687.24.5 4.9
Potter County8.78.10.6 7.2
Schuylkill County67.663.44.2 6.2
Sullivan County2.52.30.2 7.0
Susquehanna County18.918.00.9 4.7
Tioga County20.018.91.0 5.2
Venango County25.724.41.2 4.9
Warren County20.519.70.8 4.0
Wayne County17.616.41.2 6.8

ALL DATA ARE ON 1997 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.