PENNSYLVANIA LABOR MARKET AREA RANKED ON BASIS OF RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)
May 1998
(U.S. and Pennsylvania included for comparative purposes)

LABOR MARKET AREASRank on Basis of 0 1998Unemployment RateUnemployment Volume (in Thousands)Total Civilian Labor Force (in Thousands)
All areasMSA's5/984/985/975/984/985/975/98
STATE COLLEGE MSA112.32.32.91.51.61.967.0
LANCASTER MSA222.82.62.96.96.47.1247.4
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA333.02.93.410.510.112.1353.6
Franklin-Fulton43.43.35.62.52.44.173.9
YORK MSA543.73.44.77.26.79.1194.1
Adams County63.83.34.71.71.52.144.8
Warren County73.94.05.10.80.81.120.7
SHARON MSA854.14.26.62.32.43.856.5
READING MSA964.24.04.87.87.48.9185.6
UNITED STATES 4.24.14.75,764.05,643.06,398.0137,240.0
Bradford County104.34.85.61.31.41.628.9
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA1174.44.25.1108.0103.3127.72,472.5
PITTSBURGH MSA1174.44.35.350.349.561.61,144.1
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour134.54.95.84.24.55.193.1
PENNSYLVANIA 4.54.45.5265.0259.0331.05,948.0
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA1494.64.55.414.113.716.8306.2
Bedford County144.65.05.81.21.21.425.2
Crawford County144.64.66.01.91.92.541.3
Susquehanna County144.64.77.40.90.91.419.1
Venango County144.64.97.21.21.21.925.8
Sullivan County194.77.05.90.10.20.22.7
Clarion County204.85.07.00.90.91.318.9
Elk County204.84.86.70.90.91.218.1
ALTOONA MSA22104.95.06.43.13.24.163.1
Lawrence County235.15.66.62.02.32.740.1
ERIE MSA24115.25.26.67.27.29.3139.0
Tioga County255.35.26.71.11.01.320.2
WILLIAMSPORT MSA25125.35.36.73.13.13.857.9
Mifflin County275.65.97.61.31.31.722.5
Wayne County275.66.87.91.01.21.518.5
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA29135.85.87.517.917.923.6310.7
JOHNSTOWN MSA30146.06.38.06.36.58.6105.2
Schuylkill County316.16.28.24.24.25.667.9
Armstrong County326.26.57.62.02.12.431.8
Cameron County326.25.76.70.20.10.22.6
Clinton County326.26.57.31.01.11.316.7
Juniata County326.25.88.20.70.60.910.7
Indiana County366.36.58.22.42.53.038.4
Monroe County376.66.98.73.23.44.449.1
Forest County386.78.68.80.10.10.21.7
Huntingdon County397.07.79.01.31.41.818.8
Clearfield-Jefferson407.17.37.34.34.44.460.8
Potter County407.17.28.30.60.60.78.7
McKean County427.36.47.71.51.31.721.0
Greene County438.08.29.51.31.31.616.2

IMPORTANT NOTICE: LABOR FORCE DATA BEGINNING JANUARY 1994 ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO EARLIER DATA GUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REVISED SURVEY METHOD BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.