Return to Labor Force Index| May - 1997 | April - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 2.7 | 1 | 2.6 |
| Centre | 2 | 2.8 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Lancaster | 2 | 2.8 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Chester | 4 | 3.2 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Dauphin | 5 | 3.6 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 3.6 | 8 | 3.8 |
| Montgomery | 7 | 3.8 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Perry | 7 | 3.8 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Union | 9 | 3.9 | 14 | 4.5 |
| Bucks | 10 | 4.2 | 9 | 4.2 |
| York | 11 | 4.5 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Adams | 12 | 4.6 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Berks | 12 | 4.6 | 9 | 4.2 |
| Allegheny | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Butler | 15 | 4.8 | 22 | 5.3 |
| Lehigh | 15 | 4.8 | 15 | 4.7 |
| Snyder | 15 | 4.8 | 17 | 4.9 |
| Warren | 15 | 4.8 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Delaware | 19 | 5.0 | 15 | 4.7 |
| Montour | 20 | 5.1 | 22 | 5.3 |
| Pike | 20 | 5.1 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Beaver | 22 | 5.2 | 19 | 5.2 |
| Fulton | 22 | 5.2 | 19 | 5.2 |
| Northampton | 24 | 5.3 | 18 | 5.0 |
| Bedford | 25 | 5.5 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Bradford | 25 | 5.5 | 27 | 5.9 |
| Franklin | 27 | 5.6 | 19 | 5.2 |
| Washington | 28 | 5.7 | 24 | 5.5 |
| Westmoreland | 28 | 5.7 | 25 | 5.6 |
| Crawford | 30 | 6.0 | 29 | 6.1 |
| Sullivan | 31 | 6.1 | 46 | 7.5 |
| Blair | 32 | 6.2 | 26 | 5.8 |
| Elk | 33 | 6.3 | 28 | 6.0 |
| Erie | 33 | 6.3 | 31 | 6.2 |
| Lycoming | 33 | 6.3 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Lawrence | 36 | 6.4 | 40 | 6.9 |
| Mercer | 36 | 6.4 | 35 | 6.6 |
| Cameron | 38 | 6.7 | 45 | 7.4 |
| Jefferson | 38 | 6.7 | 46 | 7.5 |
| Tioga | 38 | 6.7 | 41 | 7.0 |
| Clarion | 41 | 6.9 | 37 | 6.7 |
| Northumberland | 41 | 6.9 | 48 | 7.6 |
| Somerset | 41 | 6.9 | 50 | 7.7 |
| Luzerne | 44 | 7.0 | 37 | 6.7 |
| Philadelphia | 44 | 7.0 | 35 | 6.6 |
| Armstrong | 46 | 7.1 | 44 | 7.3 |
| Clinton | 46 | 7.1 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Mifflin | 46 | 7.1 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Venango | 46 | 7.1 | 39 | 6.8 |
| Carbon | 50 | 7.2 | 53 | 7.9 |
| Columbia | 50 | 7.2 | 57 | 8.4 |
| Wyoming | 50 | 7.2 | 61 | 8.7 |
| Susquehanna | 53 | 7.3 | 59 | 8.6 |
| Clearfield | 54 | 7.4 | 54 | 8.0 |
| McKean | 54 | 7.4 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Wayne | 54 | 7.4 | 64 | 9.1 |
| Lackawanna | 57 | 7.7 | 48 | 7.6 |
| Monroe | 58 | 7.9 | 61 | 8.7 |
| Forest | 59 | 8.0 | 66 | 9.5 |
| Schuylkill | 59 | 8.0 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Cambria | 61 | 8.1 | 57 | 8.4 |
| Juniata | 61 | 8.1 | 56 | 8.2 |
| Potter | 61 | 8.1 | 59 | 8.6 |
| Indiana | 64 | 8.2 | 55 | 8.1 |
| Fayette | 65 | 8.5 | 63 | 8.9 |
| Huntingdon | 66 | 8.9 | 67 | 10.0 |
| Greene | 67 | 9.2 | 65 | 9.3 |