Return to Labor Force Index| April - 1998 | March - 1998 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Centre | 1 | 2.3 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Cumberland | 2 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.7 |
| Chester | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Lancaster | 4 | 2.6 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Montour | 5 | 2.9 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Dauphin | 6 | 3.0 | 7 | 3.7 |
| Montgomery | 7 | 3.1 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Adams | 8 | 3.3 | 14 | 4.4 |
| Franklin | 8 | 3.3 | 12 | 4.2 |
| Bucks | 10 | 3.4 | 8 | 3.8 |
| Perry | 10 | 3.4 | 18 | 4.6 |
| Union | 10 | 3.4 | 13 | 4.3 |
| York | 10 | 3.4 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Lebanon | 14 | 3.7 | 9 | 3.9 |
| Delaware | 15 | 3.8 | 10 | 4.0 |
| Allegheny | 16 | 3.9 | 16 | 4.5 |
| Warren | 16 | 3.9 | 20 | 4.7 |
| Berks | 18 | 4.0 | 16 | 4.5 |
| Fulton | 19 | 4.1 | 24 | 5.5 |
| Lehigh | 20 | 4.2 | 18 | 4.6 |
| Mercer | 20 | 4.2 | 21 | 4.9 |
| Northampton | 20 | 4.2 | 14 | 4.4 |
| Snyder | 20 | 4.2 | 27 | 5.6 |
| Pike | 24 | 4.3 | 30 | 5.7 |
| Butler | 25 | 4.4 | 23 | 5.3 |
| Beaver | 26 | 4.5 | 24 | 5.5 |
| Crawford | 27 | 4.6 | 27 | 5.6 |
| Susquehanna | 28 | 4.7 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Bradford | 29 | 4.8 | 27 | 5.6 |
| Elk | 30 | 4.9 | 22 | 5.0 |
| Venango | 30 | 4.9 | 37 | 6.4 |
| Bedford | 32 | 5.0 | 43 | 7.4 |
| Blair | 32 | 5.0 | 24 | 5.5 |
| Washington | 32 | 5.0 | 35 | 6.3 |
| Westmoreland | 32 | 5.0 | 34 | 6.2 |
| Clarion | 36 | 5.1 | 47 | 7.5 |
| Columbia | 36 | 5.1 | 50 | 7.9 |
| Erie | 36 | 5.1 | 31 | 5.8 |
| Lycoming | 39 | 5.3 | 38 | 6.7 |
| Tioga | 39 | 5.3 | 41 | 7.1 |
| Lawrence | 41 | 5.6 | 41 | 7.1 |
| Cameron | 42 | 5.7 | 43 | 7.4 |
| Juniata | 43 | 5.8 | 53 | 8.2 |
| Lackawanna | 43 | 5.8 | 35 | 6.3 |
| Luzerne | 43 | 5.8 | 40 | 7.0 |
| Philadelphia | 43 | 5.8 | 32 | 6.0 |
| Mifflin | 47 | 5.9 | 38 | 6.7 |
| Somerset | 48 | 6.0 | 56 | 8.3 |
| Northumberland | 49 | 6.2 | 43 | 7.4 |
| Schuylkill | 49 | 6.2 | 50 | 7.9 |
| Cambria | 51 | 6.4 | 48 | 7.6 |
| McKean | 51 | 6.4 | 43 | 7.4 |
| Jefferson | 53 | 6.5 | 48 | 7.6 |
| Armstrong | 54 | 6.6 | 56 | 8.3 |
| Clinton | 54 | 6.6 | 61 | 9.1 |
| Indiana | 54 | 6.6 | 53 | 8.2 |
| Fayette | 57 | 6.8 | 62 | 9.3 |
| Monroe | 57 | 6.8 | 52 | 8.0 |
| Wayne | 57 | 6.8 | 65 | 9.8 |
| Wyoming | 60 | 7.0 | 60 | 9.0 |
| Sullivan | 61 | 7.1 | 59 | 8.8 |
| Potter | 62 | 7.2 | 56 | 8.3 |
| Carbon | 63 | 7.3 | 53 | 8.2 |
| Huntingdon | 64 | 7.7 | 66 | 10.3 |
| Clearfield | 65 | 7.9 | 62 | 9.3 |
| Greene | 66 | 8.2 | 64 | 9.4 |