Return to Labor Force Index| July - 1996 | June - 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Cumberland | 1 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.1 |
| Centre | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 2.8 |
| Dauphin | 3 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.6 |
| Lancaster | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| Perry | 3 | 3.5 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Chester | 6 | 3.7 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 3.8 | 7 | 3.9 |
| Montour | 7 | 3.8 | 9 | 4.1 |
| Fulton | 9 | 4.0 | 15 | 4.6 |
| Montgomery | 9 | 4.0 | 7 | 3.9 |
| Berks | 11 | 4.2 | 10 | 4.2 |
| Mercer | 11 | 4.2 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Adams | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 4.4 |
| York | 14 | 4.5 | 16 | 4.7 |
| Allegheny | 15 | 4.6 | 16 | 4.7 |
| Bucks | 15 | 4.6 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Pike | 17 | 4.7 | 14 | 4.5 |
| Union | 17 | 4.7 | 20 | 4.8 |
| Franklin | 19 | 4.8 | 21 | 4.9 |
| Delaware | 20 | 4.9 | 21 | 4.9 |
| Warren | 21 | 5.0 | 24 | 5.0 |
| Beaver | 22 | 5.1 | 21 | 4.9 |
| Butler | 22 | 5.1 | 16 | 4.7 |
| Washington | 22 | 5.1 | 30 | 5.2 |
| Lehigh | 25 | 5.2 | 26 | 5.1 |
| Snyder | 25 | 5.2 | 26 | 5.1 |
| Sullivan | 25 | 5.2 | 16 | 4.7 |
| Northampton | 28 | 5.3 | 24 | 5.0 |
| Blair | 29 | 5.6 | 32 | 5.8 |
| Bradford | 29 | 5.6 | 26 | 5.1 |
| Westmoreland | 29 | 5.6 | 31 | 5.5 |
| Erie | 32 | 5.7 | 32 | 5.8 |
| Lawrence | 32 | 5.7 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Crawford | 34 | 5.9 | 35 | 6.1 |
| Lycoming | 35 | 6.0 | 35 | 6.1 |
| Potter | 35 | 6.0 | 41 | 6.5 |
| McKean | 37 | 6.1 | 40 | 6.3 |
| Northumberland | 37 | 6.1 | 26 | 5.1 |
| Wayne | 39 | 6.3 | 43 | 6.6 |
| Clarion | 40 | 6.5 | 49 | 6.9 |
| Columbia | 40 | 6.5 | 46 | 6.8 |
| Luzerne | 40 | 6.5 | 35 | 6.1 |
| Elk | 43 | 6.6 | 35 | 6.1 |
| Susquehanna | 43 | 6.6 | 41 | 6.5 |
| Cameron | 45 | 6.7 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Bedford | 46 | 6.8 | 57 | 7.4 |
| Jefferson | 47 | 6.9 | 60 | 7.7 |
| Carbon | 48 | 7.0 | 39 | 6.2 |
| Philadelphia | 48 | 7.0 | 46 | 6.8 |
| Juniata | 50 | 7.1 | 62 | 7.8 |
| Somerset | 50 | 7.1 | 46 | 6.8 |
| Tioga | 50 | 7.1 | 57 | 7.4 |
| Armstrong | 53 | 7.3 | 53 | 7.3 |
| Fayette | 53 | 7.3 | 50 | 7.0 |
| Wyoming | 53 | 7.3 | 43 | 6.6 |
| Cambria | 56 | 7.4 | 63 | 7.9 |
| Monroe | 56 | 7.4 | 53 | 7.3 |
| Venango | 56 | 7.4 | 60 | 7.7 |
| Forest | 59 | 7.5 | 57 | 7.4 |
| Lackawanna | 60 | 7.9 | 52 | 7.2 |
| Clinton | 61 | 8.0 | 51 | 7.1 |
| Huntingdon | 62 | 8.1 | 65 | 8.7 |
| Schuylkill | 62 | 8.1 | 53 | 7.3 |
| Clearfield | 64 | 8.2 | 53 | 7.3 |
| Indiana | 65 | 8.4 | 67 | 9.1 |
| Greene | 66 | 9.0 | 65 | 8.7 |
| Mifflin | 66 | 9.0 | 64 | 8.4 |