FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

May 1997
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA 308.9292.816.1 5.215.3 5.0
ALTOONA MSA 62.558.63.9 6.23.6 5.7
ERIE MSA 141.4132.58.9 6.38.3 5.9
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA 352.5340.911.7 3.311.3 3.2
JOHNSTOWN MSA 108.5100.38.3 7.68.5 7.9
LANCASTER MSA 241.0234.26.8 2.86.7 2.8
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,490.72,366.1124.6 5.0121.7 4.9
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,866.01,769.796.2 5.2
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,155.21,095.959.3 5.157.6 5.0
READING MSA 186.7178.18.6 4.67.8 4.2
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA 314.6291.922.7 7.222.7 7.2
SHARON MSA 57.754.13.6 6.33.3 5.7
STATE COLLEGE MSA 66.364.41.9 2.82.0 3.0
WILLIAMSPORT MSA 59.355.63.7 6.33.6 6.1
YORK MSA 195.1186.38.8 4.58.1 4.1
Adams County 43.241.22.0 4.7
Armstrong County 32.830.42.3 7.1
Bedford County 25.123.71.4 5.6
Bradford County 28.627.01.6 5.4
Cameron County 2.62.40.2 6.7
Clarion County 18.817.51.3 6.9
Clearfield-Jefferson 60.055.74.3 7.1
Clinton County 17.316.11.2 7.0
Crawford County 41.338.92.4 5.9
Elk County 19.017.81.2 6.3
Forest County 2.01.90.2 7.7
Franklin-Fulton 71.167.14.0 5.6
Greene County 16.014.41.5 9.4
Huntingdon County 19.417.71.7 8.7
Indiana County 35.832.92.9 8.2
Juniata County 10.39.50.8 8.0
Lawrence County 40.938.32.6 6.3
McKean County 21.920.31.6 7.4
Mifflin County 22.821.21.6 7.0
Monroe County 50.446.14.3 8.4
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour 88.783.75.0 5.6
Potter County 8.78.00.7 8.1
Schuylkill County 68.663.25.4 7.9
Sullivan County 2.52.30.2 6.3
Susquehanna County 19.217.81.4 7.2
Tioga County 19.017.71.3 6.8
Venango County 26.124.31.8 7.0
Warren County 21.420.41.0 4.9
Wayne County 18.717.31.4 7.6

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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