FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

August 1996
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA 312.2296.415.8 5.116.3 5.3
ALTOONA MSA 64.261.23.0 4.73.5 5.6
ERIE MSA 142.8135.27.6 5.38.0 5.7
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA 351.4340.910.5 3.011.1 3.2
JOHNSTOWN MSA 107.9100.67.3 6.87.8 7.3
LANCASTER MSA 242.3235.07.4 3.07.8 3.3
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,453.92,323.7130.3 5.3128.2 5.3
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,846.61,750.895.8 5.2
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,160.31,104.356.0 4.856.5 4.9
READING MSA 183.6176.57.1 3.97.6 4.2
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA 317.9297.520.4 6.421.6 6.9
SHARON MSA 55.453.42.1 3.82.2 4.0
STATE COLLEGE MSA 62.660.81.7 2.81.8 2.9
WILLIAMSPORT MSA 58.455.23.3 5.63.8 6.6
YORK MSA 194.6186.38.3 4.38.4 4.4
Adams County 44.542.71.8 4.1
Armstrong County 31.929.72.2 6.9
Bedford County 26.324.51.8 6.9
Bradford County 29.628.11.5 5.1
Cameron County 2.72.60.2 5.9
Clarion County 17.916.81.1 6.1
Clearfield-Jefferson 60.256.14.1 6.8
Clinton County 16.915.71.2 7.2
Crawford County 41.439.22.2 5.4
Elk County 19.518.51.0 5.1
Forest County 2.01.90.1 7.4
Franklin-Fulton 70.567.23.3 4.6
Greene County 15.614.21.3 8.6
Huntingdon County 19.518.01.5 7.6
Indiana County 35.132.32.8 8.1
Juniata County 10.19.50.6 6.2
Lawrence County 40.338.22.1 5.3
McKean County 21.920.71.2 5.5
Mifflin County 23.221.41.7 7.5
Monroe County 50.146.53.5 7.0
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour 91.887.34.5 4.9
Potter County 8.88.30.5 5.6
Schuylkill County 69.164.44.7 6.7
Sullivan County 2.72.60.1 4.8
Susquehanna County 18.817.71.1 6.0
Tioga County 19.518.21.3 6.4
Venango County 25.924.11.8 6.9
Warren County 22.121.01.1 4.8
Wayne County 21.220.01.2 5.9

ALL DATA ARE ON 1995 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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