PRELIMINARY DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

May 1998
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA306.2292.214.1 4.613.4 4.4
ALTOONA MSA63.160.03.1 4.93.0 4.7
ERIE MSA139.0131.87.2 5.26.7 4.8
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA353.6343.110.5 3.010.2 2.9
JOHNSTOWN MSA105.298.96.3 6.06.5 6.2
LANCASTER MSA247.4240.46.9 2.86.9 2.8
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,472.52,364.5108.0 4.4106.1 4.3
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,841.81,761.680.3 4.4
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,144.11,093.850.3 4.449.0 4.3
READING MSA185.6177.87.8 4.27.1 3.8
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA310.7292.817.9 5.818.2 5.8
SHARON MSA56.554.22.3 4.11.9 3.4
STATE COLLEGE MSA67.065.41.5 2.31.6 2.4
WILLIAMSPORT MSA57.954.83.1 5.33.1 5.3
YORK MSA194.1186.97.2 3.76.5 3.3
Adams County44.843.11.7 3.8
Armstrong County31.829.82.0 6.2
Bedford County25.224.11.2 4.6
Bradford County28.927.71.3 4.3
Cameron County2.62.50.2 6.2
Clarion County18.918.00.9 4.8
Clearfield-Jefferson60.856.44.3 7.1
Clinton County16.715.71.0 6.2
Crawford County41.339.51.9 4.6
Elk County18.117.20.9 4.8
Forest County1.71.60.1 6.7
Franklin-Fulton73.971.42.5 3.4
Greene County16.214.91.3 8.0
Huntingdon County18.817.51.3 7.0
Indiana County38.436.02.4 6.3
Juniata County10.710.00.7 6.2
Lawrence County40.138.12.0 5.1
McKean County21.019.51.5 7.3
Mifflin County22.521.31.3 5.6
Monroe County49.145.93.2 6.6
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour93.188.94.2 4.5
Potter County8.78.10.6 7.1
Schuylkill County67.963.74.2 6.1
Sullivan County2.72.60.1 4.7
Susquehanna County19.118.20.9 4.6
Tioga County20.219.11.1 5.3
Venango County25.824.61.2 4.6
Warren County20.719.90.8 3.9

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.