FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

August 1997
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA 311.5295.715.8 5.116.1 5.2
ALTOONA MSA 64.361.13.2 5.03.6 5.7
ERIE MSA 143.4135.67.8 5.48.2 5.8
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA 360.1348.112.0 3.312.3 3.5
JOHNSTOWN MSA 109.2101.87.4 6.88.2 7.6
LANCASTER MSA 247.2239.27.9 3.28.1 3.3
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA 2,523.12,398.1125.0 5.0122.9 4.9
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.) 1,898.71,802.396.4 5.1
PITTSBURGH MSA 1,169.81,113.656.2 4.857.2 4.9
READING MSA 187.9180.37.6 4.18.1 4.4
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA 318.8296.722.1 6.923.2 7.4
SHARON MSA 58.255.42.9 4.93.1 5.4
STATE COLLEGE MSA 66.664.71.9 2.82.0 3.0
WILLIAMSPORT MSA 60.857.73.2 5.23.7 6.1
YORK MSA 196.2188.57.8 4.08.0 4.1
Adams County 44.142.02.1 4.8
Armstrong County 33.731.42.3 6.8
Bedford County 25.223.12.1 8.5
Bradford County 29.428.01.5 4.9
Cameron County 2.52.40.2 6.1
Clarion County 17.916.91.1 6.0
Clearfield-Jefferson 61.257.14.1 6.7
Clinton County 17.216.01.2 6.7
Crawford County 42.340.02.2 5.3
Elk County 19.017.91.1 5.8
Forest County 2.01.90.1 7.3
Franklin-Fulton 71.667.24.4 6.1
Greene County 16.214.71.5 9.1
Huntingdon County 19.817.52.3 11.5
Indiana County 38.435.43.0 7.7
Juniata County 10.59.80.6 5.9
Lawrence County 41.439.12.3 5.5
McKean County 22.321.01.3 5.7
Mifflin County 23.121.71.5 6.3
Monroe County 51.547.63.9 7.6
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour 90.285.94.3 4.8
Potter County 8.68.10.5 5.8
Schuylkill County 69.264.44.8 7.0
Sullivan County 2.82.70.2 5.3
Susquehanna County 18.917.81.1 6.0
Tioga County 18.917.71.1 6.1
Venango County 26.024.21.8 6.8
Warren County 21.720.61.0 4.8
Wayne County 21.420.11.3 6.2

ALL DATA ARE ON 1996 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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