Return to Labor Force Index| September - 1997 | August - 1997 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Rank | Unemployment Rate | Rank | Unemployment Rate |
| Centre | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 2.8 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 2.8 | 3 | 3.2 |
| Cumberland | 3 | 2.9 | 2 | 3.1 |
| Chester | 4 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Lancaster | 4 | 3.2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| Perry | 6 | 3.3 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Dauphin | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Montour | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Snyder | 9 | 3.6 | 10 | 3.9 |
| York | 10 | 3.8 | 11 | 4.0 |
| Montgomery | 11 | 3.9 | 9 | 3.8 |
| Franklin | 12 | 4.1 | 16 | 4.6 |
| Berks | 13 | 4.2 | 12 | 4.1 |
| Allegheny | 14 | 4.3 | 14 | 4.4 |
| Bucks | 14 | 4.3 | 14 | 4.4 |
| Butler | 14 | 4.3 | 25 | 5.0 |
| Mercer | 14 | 4.3 | 22 | 4.9 |
| Union | 18 | 4.4 | 13 | 4.2 |
| Adams | 19 | 4.5 | 19 | 4.8 |
| Warren | 19 | 4.5 | 19 | 4.8 |
| Beaver | 21 | 4.6 | 27 | 5.1 |
| Crawford | 21 | 4.6 | 29 | 5.3 |
| Delaware | 21 | 4.6 | 16 | 4.6 |
| Lehigh | 21 | 4.6 | 16 | 4.6 |
| Bradford | 25 | 4.7 | 22 | 4.9 |
| Pike | 25 | 4.7 | 22 | 4.9 |
| Clarion | 27 | 5.0 | 41 | 6.0 |
| Columbia | 27 | 5.0 | 36 | 5.7 |
| Northampton | 27 | 5.0 | 32 | 5.4 |
| Westmoreland | 30 | 5.1 | 29 | 5.3 |
| Blair | 31 | 5.2 | 25 | 5.0 |
| Washington | 31 | 5.2 | 19 | 4.8 |
| Erie | 33 | 5.3 | 32 | 5.4 |
| Lawrence | 33 | 5.3 | 34 | 5.5 |
| Tioga | 33 | 5.3 | 43 | 6.1 |
| McKean | 36 | 5.5 | 36 | 5.7 |
| Lycoming | 37 | 5.7 | 28 | 5.2 |
| Northumberland | 37 | 5.7 | 35 | 5.6 |
| Sullivan | 37 | 5.7 | 29 | 5.3 |
| Juniata | 40 | 5.8 | 40 | 5.9 |
| Jefferson | 41 | 5.9 | 43 | 6.1 |
| Elk | 42 | 6.0 | 38 | 5.8 |
| Somerset | 43 | 6.1 | 47 | 6.3 |
| Susquehanna | 43 | 6.1 | 41 | 6.0 |
| Wayne | 45 | 6.2 | 46 | 6.2 |
| Venango | 46 | 6.4 | 51 | 6.8 |
| Clinton | 47 | 6.5 | 50 | 6.7 |
| Potter | 47 | 6.5 | 38 | 5.8 |
| Cameron | 49 | 6.6 | 43 | 6.1 |
| Mifflin | 49 | 6.6 | 47 | 6.3 |
| Armstrong | 51 | 6.7 | 51 | 6.8 |
| Cambria | 52 | 6.8 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Carbon | 52 | 6.8 | 49 | 6.4 |
| Lackawanna | 54 | 7.0 | 59 | 7.3 |
| Fayette | 55 | 7.1 | 58 | 7.2 |
| Luzerne | 55 | 7.1 | 51 | 6.8 |
| Schuylkill | 57 | 7.2 | 55 | 7.0 |
| Wyoming | 57 | 7.2 | 63 | 7.8 |
| Bedford | 59 | 7.5 | 64 | 8.5 |
| Clearfield | 59 | 7.5 | 57 | 7.1 |
| Philadelphia | 59 | 7.5 | 54 | 6.9 |
| Forest | 62 | 7.6 | 59 | 7.3 |
| Indiana | 62 | 7.6 | 62 | 7.7 |
| Monroe | 62 | 7.6 | 61 | 7.6 |
| Greene | 65 | 8.4 | 65 | 9.1 |
| Huntingdon | 66 | 8.9 | 66 | 11.5 |
| Fulton | 67 | 10.3 | 67 | 21.3 |