Return to Labor Force Index| August - 1997 | July - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Centre | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Cumberland | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Lancaster | 3 | 3.2 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 3.3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Chester | 5 | 3.5 | 6 | 3.9 |
| Dauphin | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Montour | 7 | 3.6 | 11 | 4.5 |
| Perry | 7 | 3.6 | 7 | 4.0 |
| Montgomery | 9 | 3.8 | 7 | 4.0 |
| Snyder | 10 | 4.0 | 11 | 4.5 |
| York | 10 | 4.0 | 10 | 4.4 |
| Berks | 12 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.8 |
| Union | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 4.2 |
| Allegheny | 14 | 4.4 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Bucks | 14 | 4.4 | 13 | 4.6 |
| Delaware | 16 | 4.6 | 19 | 5.0 |
| Franklin | 16 | 4.6 | 19 | 5.0 |
| Lehigh | 16 | 4.6 | 16 | 4.8 |
| Adams | 19 | 4.8 | 23 | 5.3 |
| Warren | 19 | 4.8 | 19 | 5.0 |
| Washington | 19 | 4.8 | 23 | 5.3 |
| Mercer | 22 | 4.9 | 29 | 5.7 |
| Blair | 23 | 5.0 | 29 | 5.7 |
| Bradford | 23 | 5.0 | 22 | 5.1 |
| Butler | 23 | 5.0 | 25 | 5.4 |
| Pike | 23 | 5.0 | 15 | 4.7 |
| Beaver | 27 | 5.1 | 27 | 5.6 |
| Lycoming | 28 | 5.2 | 33 | 5.9 |
| Crawford | 29 | 5.4 | 33 | 5.9 |
| Erie | 29 | 5.4 | 32 | 5.8 |
| Northampton | 29 | 5.4 | 29 | 5.7 |
| Westmoreland | 29 | 5.4 | 27 | 5.6 |
| Sullivan | 33 | 5.5 | 25 | 5.4 |
| Cameron | 34 | 5.6 | 49 | 7.5 |
| Lawrence | 34 | 5.6 | 35 | 6.0 |
| Northumberland | 34 | 5.6 | 49 | 7.5 |
| Columbia | 37 | 5.7 | 36 | 6.2 |
| McKean | 37 | 5.7 | 37 | 6.3 |
| Potter | 37 | 5.7 | 41 | 7.0 |
| Elk | 40 | 5.8 | 53 | 7.6 |
| Clarion | 41 | 6.0 | 38 | 6.4 |
| Juniata | 41 | 6.0 | 40 | 6.7 |
| Susquehanna | 41 | 6.0 | 39 | 6.6 |
| Tioga | 44 | 6.1 | 45 | 7.1 |
| Jefferson | 45 | 6.2 | 45 | 7.1 |
| Somerset | 46 | 6.3 | 49 | 7.5 |
| Wayne | 46 | 6.3 | 47 | 7.2 |
| Carbon | 48 | 6.4 | 58 | 7.8 |
| Mifflin | 48 | 6.4 | 41 | 7.0 |
| Clinton | 50 | 6.5 | 49 | 7.5 |
| Armstrong | 51 | 6.8 | 53 | 7.6 |
| Philadelphia | 51 | 6.8 | 41 | 7.0 |
| Luzerne | 53 | 6.9 | 48 | 7.4 |
| Venango | 53 | 6.9 | 41 | 7.0 |
| Schuylkill | 55 | 7.0 | 63 | 8.4 |
| Cambria | 56 | 7.1 | 56 | 7.7 |
| Clearfield | 56 | 7.1 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Fayette | 58 | 7.3 | 59 | 8.1 |
| Lackawanna | 58 | 7.3 | 65 | 8.7 |
| Forest | 60 | 7.4 | 53 | 7.6 |
| Monroe | 61 | 7.5 | 59 | 8.1 |
| Wyoming | 62 | 7.8 | 62 | 8.3 |
| Indiana | 63 | 8.2 | 66 | 8.8 |
| Bedford | 64 | 8.4 | 56 | 7.7 |
| Greene | 65 | 9.1 | 67 | 10.0 |
| Huntingdon | 66 | 11.4 | 64 | 8.5 |
| Fulton | 67 | 21.3 | 16 | 4.8 |