FINAL DATA

PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA
BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE

September 1997
(in thousands)

Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adj.
Civ. Lab.
Force
Total
Empl.
Total
Unemp.
RateTotal
Unemp.
Rate
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM-EASTON MSA307.2291.915.2 5.015.9 5.2
ALTOONA MSA62.859.43.3 5.33.7 5.9
ERIE MSA142.2134.77.6 5.38.2 5.8
HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE MSA353.0341.911.1 3.211.8 3.3
JOHNSTOWN MSA106.399.46.9 6.57.8 7.3
LANCASTER MSA244.6236.87.8 3.28.2 3.4
PHILADELPHIA PA.-N.J. PMSA2,492.82,365.5127.2 5.1122.0 4.9
PHILADELPHIA (Excl. N.J.)1,872.21,773.299.0 5.3
PITTSBURGH MSA1,149.41,095.853.6 4.757.2 5.0
READING MSA185.6177.87.8 4.28.2 4.4
SCRANTON-WILKES--BARRE-HAZ. MSA312.5291.321.2 6.823.0 7.3
SHARON MSA57.755.32.5 4.32.8 4.9
STATE COLLEGE MSA68.466.71.7 2.51.9 2.8
WILLIAMSPORT MSA59.956.43.4 5.73.9 6.5
YORK MSA195.5188.07.5 3.87.9 4.0
Adams County44.142.12.0 4.5
Armstrong County33.030.82.2 6.6
Bedford County25.123.31.9 7.4
Bradford County29.027.61.4 4.7
Cameron County2.52.30.2 6.3
Clarion County19.818.81.0 4.9
Clearfield-Jefferson60.356.24.1 6.8
Clinton County17.616.51.1 6.4
Crawford County42.340.31.9 4.6
Elk County18.817.71.1 5.9
Forest County2.01.90.1 7.2
Franklin-Fulton71.267.83.4 4.7
Greene County15.714.41.3 8.4
Huntingdon County19.818.01.8 8.9
Indiana County37.434.72.7 7.2
Juniata County10.49.80.6 5.7
Lawrence County40.738.52.1 5.3
McKean County21.920.71.2 5.4
Mifflin County23.121.61.5 6.5
Monroe County50.046.23.8 7.7
Northumb.-Snyder-Union-Montour88.984.64.3 4.8
Potter County8.68.00.6 6.6
Schuylkill County68.463.54.9 7.1
Sullivan County2.92.70.2 5.8
Susquehanna County19.117.91.2 6.1
Tioga County19.218.11.0 5.4
Venango County26.224.61.7 6.3
Warren County21.820.81.0 4.5
Wayne County20.018.71.2 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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