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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE PACKET January 2009 Released March 10, 2009
Center for Workforce Information & Analysis Department of Labor & Industry 651 Boas Street Rm. 220 Harrisburg, PA 17121-0001 www.paworkstats.state.pa.us Email: [email protected] 877-4WF-DATA
Table of Contents
Labor Market Area of Residence – January 2009
Labor Market Area of Residence – December 2008
Counties Ranked by Seasonally Adjusted Rate of Unemployment – January 2009
County of Residence, Seasonally Adjusted – January 2009
County of Residence – January 2009
County of Residence, Seasonally Adjusted – December 2008
County of Residence – December 2008
City/Borough/Township of Residence – January 2009
City/Borough/Township of Residence – December 2008
Labor Market Areas Ranked on Basis of Rate of Unemployment – January 2009
Labor Market Area of Residence – January 2008
County of Residence, Seasonally Adjusted – January 2008
County of Residence – January 2008
City/Borough/Township of Residence – January 2008
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
Rate
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Rate
153,445 6,403
140,436 5,908
13,009 496
8.5 7.7
153,716 6,446
142,009 5,995
11,616 450
7.6 7.0
421.0 361.6 64.8 141.8 358.1 285.7 69.2 269.7 72.3 3,264.9 2,988.7 1,971.5 1,263.2 1,219.5 205.7 283.9 84.9 72.2 79.2 59.8 285.3 229.6
386.7 331.9 59.8 130.3 334.3 266.7 63.0 251.7 67.6 3,015.3 2,764.2 1,826.7 1,170.1 1,130.4 189.0 258.8 76.3 67.8 71.9 54.3 265.2 213.2
34.3 29.6 5.0 11.5 23.8 19.0 6.1 18.1 4.8 249.6 224.5 144.8 93.1 89.1 16.7 25.1 8.5 4.4 7.3 5.5 20.2 16.5
8.1 8.2 7.8 8.1 6.6 6.7 8.8 6.7 6.6 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.3 8.1 8.8 10.1 6.1 9.2 9.2 7.1 7.2
424.1 364.9 65.5 143.0 361.7 288.7 69.7 273.2 73.1 3,278.3 3,002.5 1,984.6 1,272.8 1,228.8 206.5 285.9 86.0 75.2 79.4 60.0 287.0 230.7
392.3 336.6 61.0 132.7 339.3 270.7 64.1 256.3 68.6 3,041.6 2,789.2 1,846.8 1,189.1 1,148.7 190.7 263.0 78.3 71.2 72.9 55.0 267.8 215.1
31.8 28.2 4.5 10.3 22.4 18.0 5.6 16.9 4.5 236.7 213.3 137.8 83.7 80.2 15.8 22.9 7.7 4.0 6.5 5.0 19.2 15.6
7.5 7.7 6.8 7.2 6.2 6.2 8.0 6.2 6.1 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 7.6 8.0 9.0 5.3 8.2 8.3 6.7 6.8
24.2 46.2 21.9 2.5 83.1 23.3 20.8 40.1 84.5 2.4 7.9 55.7 18.6 22.4 46.8 23.1 12.3 17.7 22.8 19.4 42.6 43.7 26.1 7.7 75.1 30.6 19.9 39.3 17.4 2.9 47.3 21.7 20.8 21.4 24.9
21.3 42.2 19.9 2.1 77.1 20.8 18.6 35.8 77.2 2.2 6.9 52.0 17.1 19.8 43.3 20.9 11.2 16.0 20.3 17.6 38.7 39.6 23.9 6.9 67.9 28.2 17.9 35.7 15.3 2.6 42.4 19.9 18.8 19.8 22.8
2.9 4.0 2.0 0.4 5.9 2.5 2.2 4.3 7.3 0.3 1.0 3.7 1.4 2.6 3.5 2.2 1.1 1.7 2.4 1.8 3.9 4.0 2.2 0.9 7.2 2.4 2.0 3.6 2.1 0.3 4.9 1.8 2.0 1.6 2.1
12.1 8.7 9.2 15.4 7.1 10.6 10.5 10.7 8.6 11.6 12.6 6.7 7.8 11.6 7.5 9.6 8.7 9.7 10.7 9.4 9.1 9.2 8.6 11.3 9.6 7.9 9.8 9.2 12.0 9.3 10.3 8.4 9.7 7.4 8.4
24.4 46.1 22.0 2.5 83.2 23.3 21.0 40.2 85.0 2.4 7.8 56.6 18.5 22.7 46.8 23.2 12.3 17.8 22.9 19.4 43.0 43.9 26.3 7.6 75.2 30.7 20.1 38.8 17.4 3.0 48.1 21.5 20.7 21.6 25.5
21.9 42.7 20.1 2.1 77.5 21.2 19.1 36.5 78.3 2.2 6.9 53.0 17.2 20.4 43.7 21.2 11.3 16.2 20.6 17.9 39.5 40.5 24.3 6.9 68.7 28.6 18.3 35.7 15.4 2.7 43.7 19.9 19.0 20.1 23.7
2.5 3.4 1.9 0.4 5.7 2.2 1.9 3.7 6.8 0.2 0.9 3.6 1.3 2.3 3.1 1.9 0.9 1.6 2.3 1.6 3.5 3.4 2.0 0.8 6.6 2.1 1.8 3.1 2.0 0.3 4.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.8
10.2 7.4 8.5 14.9 6.8 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.0 9.9 11.5 6.3 6.9 10.0 6.6 8.4 7.7 8.8 9.9 8.0 8.1 7.8 7.6 10.2 8.7 6.9 8.8 8.0 11.5 8.5 9.1 7.4 8.3 6.6 7.1
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) ALTOONA MSA ERIE MSA HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA JOHNSTOWN MSA LANCASTER MSA LEBANON MSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA PITTSBURGH MSA READING MSA SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA STATE COLLEGE MSA WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA WILLIAMSPORT MSA YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA YORK-HANOVER MSA OTHER LABOR MARKET AREAS Bedford County Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Bradford mSA Cameron County Chambersburg mSA Clarion-Forest LMA Clarion County DuBois mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Forest County Fulton County Gettysburg mSA Greene County Huntingdon mSA Indiana mSA Jefferson County Juniata County Lewisburg mSA Lewistown mSA Lock Haven mSA Meadville mSA New Castle mSA Oil City mSA Potter County Pottsville mSA Sayre mSA Selinsgrove mSA Somerset mSA St. Marys mSA Sullivan County Sunbury mSA Susquehanna County Tioga County Warren mSA Wayne County
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
Rate
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Rate
154,349 6,418
143,350 6,005
10,999 412
7.1 6.4
154,447 6,441
143,338 6,029
11,108 412
7.2 6.4
421.7 362.2 65.3 141.3 358.2 285.5 69.7 271.7 72.7 3,275.6 2,999.7 1,978.3 1,265.3 1,221.3 205.3 283.6 84.8 75.6 79.5 60.0 285.0 229.2
393.6 337.9 61.1 131.8 338.8 269.7 64.5 257.3 69.1 3,063.8 2,808.8 1,855.3 1,188.5 1,148.0 191.8 262.8 77.8 71.8 73.4 55.5 268.7 216.0
28.1 24.2 4.2 9.5 19.4 15.7 5.1 14.4 3.6 211.7 190.9 123.0 76.8 73.3 13.5 20.9 7.0 3.8 6.1 4.5 16.3 13.3
6.7 6.7 6.4 6.7 5.4 5.5 7.4 5.3 5.0 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.6 7.4 8.3 5.0 7.7 7.5 5.7 5.8
422.5 362.7 65.3 141.6 359.4 286.4 69.4 271.5 72.7 3,266.7 2,990.0 1,972.8 1,263.9 1,220.4 204.3 283.1 85.3 74.7 79.0 59.7 285.4 229.1
392.6 337.0 61.0 131.9 338.9 269.7 64.2 256.4 68.9 3,043.0 2,789.0 1,842.9 1,184.0 1,144.2 190.1 261.2 78.0 70.8 72.9 55.2 267.8 214.6
29.8 25.7 4.3 9.6 20.5 16.6 5.3 15.2 3.8 223.7 201.1 130.0 79.9 76.2 14.2 21.9 7.3 3.8 6.1 4.5 17.6 14.4
7.1 7.1 6.5 6.8 5.7 5.8 7.6 5.6 5.2 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.2 7.0 7.7 8.5 5.1 7.7 7.5 6.2 6.3
24.0 45.8 21.8 2.5 83.0 23.1 20.7 40.2 83.8 2.4 7.9 55.7 18.3 22.5 47.1 22.8 12.3 17.7 22.7 19.4 43.1 43.9 26.0 7.7 74.5 30.9 20.0 38.9 17.2 2.9 47.1 21.7 21.0 21.5 25.2
21.6 42.8 19.9 2.2 78.3 21.1 18.9 36.8 77.4 2.2 7.1 52.8 17.1 20.3 44.2 21.1 11.4 16.4 20.7 17.8 39.9 40.5 24.2 6.9 68.6 28.6 18.4 35.7 15.7 2.7 43.0 20.1 19.2 20.1 23.4
2.4 3.0 1.9 0.3 4.6 2.0 1.8 3.4 6.4 0.3 0.8 3.0 1.2 2.1 2.9 1.7 0.9 1.3 2.0 1.6 3.2 3.5 1.8 0.7 5.9 2.3 1.6 3.2 1.5 0.2 4.1 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.8
9.9 6.6 8.8 13.3 5.6 8.8 8.6 8.4 7.6 10.5 10.4 5.4 6.6 9.5 6.1 7.4 7.2 7.5 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.9 7.0 9.6 7.9 7.4 8.1 8.1 8.7 7.7 8.6 7.6 8.8 6.5 7.0
24.1 45.8 22.0 2.5 83.0 23.2 20.7 40.2 84.0 2.4 7.9 56.0 18.4 22.5 46.7 22.8 12.2 17.7 22.6 19.3 43.1 43.9 26.1 7.7 74.3 30.9 19.7 39.0 17.3 2.9 47.7 21.8 21.0 21.7 25.8
21.9 42.7 20.1 2.2 78.1 21.2 18.9 36.9 77.2 2.2 7.0 52.8 17.1 20.5 43.8 21.2 11.4 16.3 20.6 17.7 39.8 40.4 24.2 6.9 68.2 28.4 18.1 35.9 15.8 2.7 43.5 20.0 19.1 20.2 24.0
2.3 3.0 2.0 0.3 5.0 2.1 1.8 3.3 6.8 0.2 0.8 3.3 1.2 2.0 2.9 1.6 0.9 1.4 2.0 1.5 3.3 3.5 1.9 0.8 6.1 2.5 1.6 3.0 1.5 0.2 4.2 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.8
9.4 6.6 8.9 13.6 6.0 8.9 8.8 8.2 8.1 9.5 10.5 5.8 6.8 8.9 6.2 7.1 7.1 7.9 9.0 7.9 7.7 8.1 7.2 9.9 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.8 8.7 7.4 8.8 8.1 9.1 6.8 7.0
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) ALTOONA MSA ERIE MSA HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA JOHNSTOWN MSA LANCASTER MSA LEBANON MSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA PITTSBURGH MSA READING MSA SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA STATE COLLEGE MSA WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA WILLIAMSPORT MSA YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA YORK-HANOVER MSA OTHER LABOR MARKET AREAS Bedford County Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Bradford mSA Cameron County Chambersburg mSA Clarion-Forest LMA Clarion County DuBois mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Forest County Fulton County Gettysburg mSA Greene County Huntingdon mSA Indiana mSA Jefferson County Juniata County Lewisburg mSA Lewistown mSA Lock Haven mSA Meadville mSA New Castle mSA Oil City mSA Potter County Pottsville mSA Sayre mSA Selinsgrove mSA Somerset mSA St. Marys mSA Sullivan County Sunbury mSA Susquehanna County Tioga County Warren mSA Wayne County
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES RANKED BY RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT (seasonally adjusted) JANUARY 2009 COUNTY
Centre Chester Cumberland Montgomery Montour Allegheny Lebanon Butler Lancaster Adams Dauphin Delaware Bucks Indiana Warren Blair Franklin Washington York Bradford Greene Beaver Wayne Westmoreland Erie Northampton Perry Susquehanna Berks Venango Juniata Lackawanna Lehigh Columbia Lawrence Wyoming Cambria Clinton Monroe Pike Somerset Crawford Fayette Luzerne Lycoming Tioga Jefferson McKean Sullivan Mercer Armstrong Schuylkill Snyder Union Philadelphia Carbon Northumberland Clarion Clearfield Forest Mifflin Huntingdon Bedford Potter Elk Fulton Cameron
DECEMBER 2008
Unemployment
Unemployment
Rank
Rate
Rank
Rate
1 1 3 4 4 6 7 8 8 10 11 11 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 20 20 22 22 22 25 26 26 28 29 29 31 31 31 34 34 34 37 37 37 37 37 42 42 44 44 44 47 48 48 50 51 51 53 53 55 56 56 58 58 60 60 62 63 63 65 65 67
5.3 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 11.5 11.5 14.9
2 1 4 5 9 9 3 7 5 8 12 12 12 15 21 17 11 17 16 45 21 25 27 19 21 25 21 46 27 32 30 33 27 20 46 37 36 41 46 54 39 37 41 41 35 61 30 58 33 63 39 49 51 41 52 52 56 56 49 63 60 58 62 65 55 66 67
5.1 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.7 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.8 6.5 6.0 6.5 6.3 8.0 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 8.1 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.4 7.0 6.7 8.1 7.7 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.6 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.5 9.1 7.1 8.9 7.4 9.5 7.8 8.2 8.3 7.9 8.5 8.5 8.8 8.8 8.2 9.5 9.0 8.9 9.4 9.9 8.7 10.5 13.6
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK; Current month data are preliminary estimates SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
56.6
53.0
3.6
6.3
Lackawanna
108.8
100.4
8.4
7.7
643.5
604.7
38.8
6.0
Lancaster
273.2
256.3
16.9
6.2
Lawrence Lebanon
43.9
40.5
3.4
7.8
73.1
68.6
4.5
6.1
Lehigh
178.9
165.2
13.7
7.7
162.5
149.1
13.4
8.3
60.0
55.0
5.0
8.3
Armstrong
34.0
31.0
3.0
8.7
Beaver
90.9
84.5
6.4
7.1
Bedford
24.4
21.9
2.5
10.2
Berks
206.5
190.7
15.8
7.6
Luzerne
Blair
65.5
61.0
4.5
6.8
Lycoming
Bradford
Civilian Labor
30.7
28.6
2.1
6.9
McKean
22.0
20.1
1.9
8.5
Bucks
353.9
331.0
23.0
6.5
Mercer
54.6
49.9
4.7
8.6
Butler
98.2
92.1
6.1
6.2
Mifflin
22.9
20.6
2.3
9.9
Cambria
69.7
64.1
5.6
8.0
Monroe
8.0
Cameron
2.5
2.1
0.4
14.9
31.8
28.9
2.9
9.1
Carbon
Montgomery Montour
Centre
75.2
71.2
4.0
5.3
Northampton
Chester
269.4
255.0
14.4
5.3
Northumberland
Clarion
21.0
19.1
1.9
9.2
Perry
Clearfield
40.2
36.5
3.7
9.2
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.4
17.9
1.6
8.0
Pike
Columbia
36.6
33.7
2.9
7.8
Potter
Crawford
43.0
39.5
3.5
8.1
Schuylkill
85.0
78.3
6.8
437.2
411.5
25.7
5.9
9.5
8.9
0.6
5.9
154.0
142.7
11.3
7.3
48.1
43.7
4.4
9.1
25.2
23.4
1.8
7.3
636.4
579.6
56.8
8.9
27.6
25.4
2.2
8.0
7.6
6.9
0.8
10.2
75.2
68.7
6.6
8.7
Cumberland
125.2
117.9
7.3
5.8
Snyder
20.1
18.3
1.8
8.8
Dauphin
138.3
129.5
8.8
6.4
Somerset
38.8
35.7
3.1
8.0
Delaware
287.8
269.3
18.5
6.4
Elk
17.4
15.4
2.0
11.5
Erie
143.0
132.7
10.3
7.2
Fayette
67.0
61.5
5.5
8.1
Union
17.8
16.2
1.6
8.8
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
9.9
Venango
26.3
24.3
2.0
7.6
Warren Washington
Franklin
3.0
2.7
0.3
8.5
Susquehanna
Sullivan
21.5
19.9
1.6
7.4
Tioga
20.7
19.0
1.7
8.3
83.2
77.5
5.7
6.8
Fulton
7.8
6.9
0.9
11.5
Greene
18.5
17.2
1.3
6.9
Huntingdon
22.7
20.4
2.3
10.0
Indiana
46.8
43.7
3.1
6.6
Wyoming
Jefferson
23.2
21.2
1.9
8.4
York
Juniata
12.3
11.3
0.9
7.7
6,446
5,995
450
7.0
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
Wayne Westmoreland
UNITED STATES
21.6
20.1
1.4
6.6
105.8
98.5
7.2
6.8
25.5
23.7
1.8
7.1
189.7
176.2
13.5
7.1
14.6
13.5
1.1
7.8
230.7
215.1
15.6
6.8
153,716
142,009
11,616
7.6
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
55.7
52.0
3.7
6.7
Lackawanna
107.6
98.8
8.8
8.2
636.4
594.4
41.9
6.6
Lancaster
269.7
251.7
18.1
6.7
Lawrence Lebanon
43.7
39.6
4.0
9.2
72.3
67.6
4.8
6.6
Lehigh
177.2
162.8
14.4
8.1
161.7
146.7
14.9
9.2
59.8
54.3
5.5
9.2
Armstrong
33.9
30.5
3.4
10.0
Beaver
90.2
83.1
7.1
7.8
Bedford
24.2
21.3
2.9
12.1
Berks
205.7
189.0
16.7
8.1
Luzerne
Blair
64.8
59.8
5.0
7.8
Lycoming
Bradford
Civilian Labor
30.6
28.2
2.4
7.9
McKean
21.9
19.9
2.0
9.2
Bucks
352.3
327.7
24.5
7.0
Mercer
53.9
48.9
5.0
9.3
Butler
98.0
91.1
6.9
7.1
Mifflin
22.8
20.3
2.4
10.7
Cambria
69.2
63.0
6.1
8.8
Monroe
8.6
Cameron
2.5
2.1
0.4
15.4
Montgomery
31.7
28.5
3.2
10.0
Montour
Carbon Centre
72.2
67.8
4.4
6.1
Northampton
Chester
269.0
253.9
15.1
5.6
Northumberland
Clarion
20.8
18.6
2.2
10.5
Perry
Clearfield
40.1
35.8
4.3
10.7
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.4
17.6
1.8
9.4
Pike
Columbia
36.8
33.4
3.4
9.2
Potter
Crawford
42.6
38.7
3.9
9.1
Schuylkill
84.5
77.2
7.3
434.4
407.2
27.3
6.3
9.5
8.8
0.6
6.7
152.7
140.6
12.0
7.9
47.3
42.4
4.9
10.3
25.0
23.0
2.0
8.1
630.3
571.5
58.7
9.3
27.9
25.5
2.4
8.7
7.7
6.9
0.9
11.3
75.1
67.9
7.2
9.6
Cumberland
124.0
116.3
7.6
6.2
Snyder
19.9
17.9
2.0
9.8
Dauphin
136.7
127.4
9.4
6.8
Somerset
39.3
35.7
3.6
9.2
Delaware
285.6
266.4
19.2
6.7
Elk
17.4
15.3
2.1
12.0
Erie
141.8
130.3
11.5
8.1
Fayette
67.0
60.6
6.4
9.6
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.3
11.6
Franklin
2.9
2.6
0.3
9.3
Susquehanna
Sullivan
21.7
19.9
1.8
8.4
Tioga
20.8
18.8
2.0
9.7
Union
17.7
16.0
1.7
9.7
Venango
26.1
23.9
2.2
8.6
83.1
77.1
5.9
7.1
Fulton
7.9
6.9
1.0
12.6
Greene
18.6
17.1
1.4
7.8
Huntingdon
22.4
19.8
2.6
11.6
Indiana
46.8
43.3
3.5
7.5
Wyoming
Jefferson
23.1
20.9
2.2
9.6
York
Juniata
12.3
11.2
1.1
8.7
6,403
5,908
496
7.7
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland
UNITED STATES
21.4
19.8
1.6
7.4
105.3
97.2
8.2
7.7
24.9
22.8
2.1
8.4
188.7
173.5
15.2
8.0
14.6
13.3
1.3
9.1
229.6
213.2
16.5
7.2
153,445
140,436
13,009
8.5
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
56.0
52.8
3.3
5.8
Lackawanna
107.7
99.7
8.0
7.4
638.9
601.2
37.6
5.9
Lancaster
271.5
256.4
15.2
5.6
43.9
40.4
3.5
8.1
72.7
68.9
3.8
5.2 7.0
Armstrong
33.5
30.9
2.6
7.8
Beaver
90.3
84.0
6.3
6.9
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
24.1
21.9
2.3
9.4
Lehigh
177.7
165.3
12.4
Berks
204.3
190.1
14.2
7.0
Luzerne
160.9
148.1
12.8
7.9
Blair
65.3
61.0
4.3
6.5
Lycoming
59.7
55.2
4.5
7.5
30.9
28.4
2.5
8.0
McKean
22.0
20.1
2.0
8.9
Bucks
Bradford
352.2
330.7
21.5
6.1
Mercer
55.9
50.6
5.3
9.5
Butler
98.2
92.5
5.6
5.7
Mifflin
22.6
20.6
2.0
9.0
Cambria
69.4
64.2
5.3
7.6
Monroe
8.1
Cameron
2.5
2.2
0.3
13.6
31.6
28.9
2.7
8.5
Carbon
Montgomery Montour
Centre
74.7
70.8
3.8
5.1
Northampton
Chester
270.9
257.3
13.6
5.0
Northumberland
Clarion
20.7
18.9
1.8
8.8
Perry
Clearfield
40.2
36.9
3.3
8.2
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.3
17.7
1.5
7.9
Pike
Columbia
36.2
33.8
2.4
6.7
Potter
Crawford
43.1
39.8
3.3
7.7
Schuylkill
84.0
77.2
6.8
435.0
410.7
24.2
5.6
9.5
9.0
0.6
5.9
153.4
142.8
10.6
6.9
47.7
43.5
4.2
8.8
25.0
23.3
1.7
6.8
628.8
575.2
53.7
8.5
28.5
26.0
2.4
8.6
7.7
6.9
0.8
9.9
74.3
68.2
6.1
8.2
Cumberland
124.5
117.8
6.7
5.4
Snyder
19.7
18.1
1.6
8.3
Dauphin
137.0
128.6
8.3
6.1
Somerset
39.0
35.9
3.0
7.8
Delaware
286.2
268.8
17.5
6.1
Sullivan
2.9
2.7
0.2
7.4
Elk
17.3
15.8
1.5
8.7
Susquehanna
21.8
20.0
1.8
8.1
Erie
141.6
131.9
9.6
6.8
Tioga
21.0
19.1
1.9
9.1
Fayette
66.6
61.3
5.3
7.9
Union
17.7
16.3
1.4
7.9
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
9.5
Venango
26.1
24.2
1.9
7.2
Warren Washington
83.0
78.1
5.0
6.0
Fulton
Franklin
7.9
7.0
0.8
10.5
Greene
18.4
17.1
1.2
6.8
Wayne
Huntingdon
22.5
20.5
2.0
8.9
Westmoreland
Indiana
46.7
43.8
2.9
6.2
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.8
21.2
1.6
7.1
Juniata
12.2
11.4
0.9
7.1
6,441
6,029
412
6.4
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.7
20.2
1.5
6.8
105.3
98.5
6.9
6.5
25.8
24.0
1.8
7.0
188.1
175.6
12.5
6.6
14.5
13.4
1.1
7.7
229.1
214.6
14.4
6.3
154,447
143,338
11,108
7.2
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
55.7
52.8
3.0
5.4
Lackawanna
107.7
100.3
7.4
6.9
638.8
603.7
35.1
5.5
Lancaster
271.7
257.3
14.4
5.3
43.9
40.5
3.5
7.9
72.7
69.1
3.6
5.0 6.7
Armstrong
33.7
31.0
2.7
7.9
Beaver
90.4
84.4
6.0
6.6
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
24.0
21.6
2.4
9.9
Lehigh
177.6
165.7
11.8
Berks
205.3
191.8
13.5
6.6
Luzerne
161.4
149.0
12.4
7.7
Blair
65.3
61.1
4.2
6.4
Lycoming
60.0
55.5
4.5
7.5
30.9
28.6
2.3
7.4
McKean
21.8
19.9
1.9
8.8
Bucks
Bradford
353.0
332.9
20.2
5.7
Mercer
55.8
50.9
5.0
8.9
Butler
97.9
92.5
5.5
5.6
Mifflin
22.7
20.7
2.0
8.8
Cambria
69.7
64.5
5.1
7.4
Monroe
7.6
Cameron
2.5
2.2
0.3
13.3
31.6
29.0
2.6
8.3
Carbon
Montgomery Montour
Centre
75.6
71.8
3.8
5.0
Northampton
Chester
270.5
257.9
12.6
4.7
Northumberland
Clarion
20.7
18.9
1.8
8.6
Perry
Clearfield
40.2
36.8
3.4
8.4
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.4
17.8
1.6
8.2
Pike
Columbia
36.3
33.8
2.5
6.8
Potter
Crawford
43.1
39.9
3.2
7.4
Schuylkill
83.8
77.4
6.4
436.1
413.5
22.6
5.2
9.5
9.0
0.5
5.7
153.0
143.2
9.8
6.4
47.1
43.0
4.1
8.6
25.0
23.3
1.7
6.9
631.9
580.5
51.4
8.1
28.1
25.9
2.2
7.9
7.7
6.9
0.7
9.6
74.5
68.6
5.9
7.9
Cumberland
123.8
117.6
6.2
5.0
Snyder
20.0
18.4
1.6
8.1
Dauphin
136.7
128.8
7.9
5.8
Somerset
38.9
35.7
3.2
8.1
Delaware
286.8
270.6
16.3
5.7
Sullivan
2.9
2.7
0.2
7.7
Elk
17.2
15.7
1.5
8.7
Susquehanna
21.7
20.1
1.7
7.6
Erie
141.3
131.8
9.5
6.7
Tioga
21.0
19.2
1.9
8.8
Fayette
66.9
61.5
5.3
8.0
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.3
10.5
83.0
78.3
4.6
5.6
Fulton
Franklin
7.9
7.1
0.8
10.4
Greene
18.3
17.1
1.2
6.6
Union
17.7
16.4
1.3
7.5
Venango
26.0
24.2
1.8
7.0
Warren Washington Wayne
Huntingdon
22.5
20.3
2.1
9.5
Westmoreland
Indiana
47.1
44.2
2.9
6.1
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.8
21.1
1.7
7.4
Juniata
12.3
11.4
0.9
7.2
6,418
6,005
412
6.4
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.5
20.1
1.4
6.5
105.3
98.7
6.6
6.3
25.2
23.4
1.8
7.0
188.3
176.2
12.1
6.4
14.6
13.5
1.1
7.6
229.2
216.0
13.3
5.8
154,349
143,350
10,999
7.1
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY CITY / BOROUGH / TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2000 Census
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Population
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
Abington Township, Montgomery Co. Allentown City, Lehigh Co. Altoona City, Blair Co. Bensalem Township, Bucks Co. Bethel Park Borough, Allegheny Co. Bethlehem City, Lehigh & Northamp. Cos. Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co. Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Carlisle Borough, Cumberland Co. Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co.
56,103 106,632 49,523 58,434 33,556 71,329 21,171 55,521 17,970 36,875
29.7 52.2 23.1 34.8 17.3 35.1 12.2 30.3 9.4 19.4
27.8 46.2 21.2 31.9 16.3 32.0 11.5 27.5 8.7 18.3
1.9 6.0 1.9 2.9 1.0 3.1 0.7 2.8 0.7 1.1
6.4 11.5 8.2 8.3 5.7 8.8 6.0 9.2 7.2 5.7
Chester City, Delaware Co. Cranberry Township, Butler Co. Derry Township, Dauphin Co. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co. Easton City, Northampton Co. Erie City, Erie Co. Exeter Township, Berks Co. Falls Township, Bucks Co. Hampden Township, Cumberland Co. Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co.
36,854 23,625 21,273 21,262 26,263 103,717 21,187 34,865 24,135 48,950
15.0 15.5 11.2 13.3 12.6 49.6 13.5 19.0 15.0 22.7
13.5 14.9 10.6 12.7 11.5 45.3 12.6 17.7 14.3 20.6
1.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.1 4.2 0.8 1.4 0.7 2.0
10.4 4.2 4.8 5.2 9.0 8.5 6.3 7.2 4.5 9.0
Haverford Township, Delaware Co. Hazleton City, Luzerne Co. Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co. Horsham Township, Montgomery Co. Johnstown City, Cambria Co. Lancaster City, Lancaster Co. Lebanon City, Lebanon Co. Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks Co. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
48,498 23,329 40,721 24,232 23,906 56,348 24,461 19,220 32,681 59,850
26.0 10.7 22.2 14.6 9.5 26.7 12.7 15.9 17.9 29.4
24.7 9.4 20.7 13.7 8.5 24.1 11.5 15.1 17.1 28.1
1.3 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.0 2.6 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.3
5.1 12.2 6.9 6.1 10.5 9.7 9.7 5.3 4.6 4.3
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin Co. Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co. Manheim Township, Lancaster Co. Marple Township, Delaware Co. McCandless Township, Allegheny Co. McKeesport City, Allegheny Co. Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Millcreek Township, Erie Co. Monroeville municipality, Allegheny Co Montgomery Township, Montgomery Co.
44,424 22,409 33,697 23,737 29,022 24,040 44,141 52,129 22,025 22,290
26.0 13.8 15.1 9.1 18.8 12.0 26.4 27.8 15.1 13.4
24.6 12.9 14.3 8.3 17.7 11.3 24.6 26.0 14.2 12.6
1.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.7
5.4 6.2 4.9 9.1 6.0 5.5 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.5
33,017 29,349 26,309 31,282 29,123 39,384 46,809 19,602 1,517,550 334,563
13.1 16.1 10.3 16.5 23.0 16.0 11.2 23.7 630.3 152.1
12.4 15.4 9.2 15.1 21.7 15.0 10.5 21.9 571.5 142.1
0.7 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.7 58.7 10.0
5.4 4.4 10.0 8.0 5.8 6.7 6.1 7.2 9.3 6.6
Plum Borough, Allegheny Co. Pottstown Borough, Montgomery Co. Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Reading City, Berks Co. Ridley Township, Delaware Co. Ross Township, Allegheny Co. Scranton City, Lackawanna Co. Shaler Township, Allegheny Co. Sharon City, Mercer Co. Spring Township, Berks Co.
26,940 21,771 30,878 81,207 30,791 32,551 76,415 29,757 16,328 21,805
14.7 11.5 14.7 34.3 15.8 17.4 35.6 15.6 6.3 14.1
13.7 10.4 13.9 30.1 14.7 16.4 32.5 14.7 5.7 13.3
1.1 1.1 0.7 4.2 1.1 1.0 3.2 0.9 0.6 0.9
7.2 9.9 4.9 12.3 7.1 5.6 8.9 6.0 9.9 6.1
Springettsbury Township, York Co. Springfield Township, Delaware Co. State College Borough, Centre Co. Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Co. Swatara Township, Dauphin County Tredyffrin Township, Chester Co. Unity Township, Westmoreland Co. Upper Darby Township, Delaware Co. Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery Co. Upper Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
23,883 23,677 38,420 21,745 22,655 29,062 21,036 81,821 25,878 26,863
12.3 11.9 17.7 12.7 11.3 16.0 11.1 42.4 13.8 16.7
11.5 11.2 16.9 12.0 10.5 15.3 10.2 39.3 13.1 15.8
0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 3.1 0.7 0.9
6.8 5.9 4.7 5.7 6.9 4.6 8.0 7.3 5.2 5.4
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery Co. Warminster Township, Bucks Co. Warrington Township, Bucks Co. West Goshen Township, Chester Co. West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny Co. Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne Co. Williamsport City, Lycoming Co. York City, York Co. York Township, York Co.
24,993 31,383 17,580 20,495 22,464 24,896 43,123 30,706 40,862 23,637
14.0 18.5 12.9 12.4 10.5 14.7 19.6 14.2 19.6 14.8
13.0 17.0 12.2 11.8 9.7 13.6 17.7 12.8 17.2 13.9
1.0 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.9 1.3 2.4 0.9
7.0 7.8 5.9 5.1 7.5 7.2 9.5 9.4 12.4 6.0
CITY/BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP
Moon Township, Allegheny Co. Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny Co. New Castle City, Lawrence Co. Norristown Borough, Montgomery Co. North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co. Northampton Township, Bucks Co. Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Co. Penn Township, Westmoreland Co. Philadelphia City/County Pittsburgh City, Allegheny Co.
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY CITY / BOROUGH / TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2000 Census
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Population
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
Abington Township, Montgomery Co. Allentown City, Lehigh Co. Altoona City, Blair Co. Bensalem Township, Bucks Co. Bethel Park Borough, Allegheny Co. Bethlehem City, Lehigh & Northamp. Cos. Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co. Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Carlisle Borough, Cumberland Co. Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co.
56,103 106,632 49,523 58,434 33,556 71,329 21,171 55,521 17,970 36,875
29.8 51.9 23.2 34.8 17.3 35.2 12.3 30.2 9.4 19.6
28.3 47.0 21.7 32.4 16.5 32.6 11.7 27.9 8.8 18.6
1.6 4.9 1.6 2.4 0.8 2.6 0.6 2.3 0.6 1.0
5.3 9.5 6.8 6.8 4.7 7.3 5.2 7.6 5.9 4.9
Chester City, Delaware Co. Cranberry Township, Butler Co. Derry Township, Dauphin Co. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co. Easton City, Northampton Co. Erie City, Erie Co. Exeter Township, Berks Co. Falls Township, Bucks Co. Hampden Township, Cumberland Co. Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co.
36,854 23,625 21,273 21,262 26,263 103,717 21,187 34,865 24,135 48,950
15.0 15.7 11.2 13.5 12.6 49.4 13.5 19.1 15.0 22.7
13.7 15.1 10.8 12.9 11.7 45.9 12.8 17.9 14.4 20.9
1.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.9 3.6 0.7 1.1 0.6 1.8
8.9 3.6 4.1 4.4 7.3 7.2 5.3 6.0 3.7 7.9
Haverford Township, Delaware Co. Hazleton City, Luzerne Co. Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co. Horsham Township, Montgomery Co. Johnstown City, Cambria Co. Lancaster City, Lancaster Co. Lebanon City, Lebanon Co. Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks Co. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
48,498 23,329 40,721 24,232 23,906 56,348 24,461 19,220 32,681 59,850
26.2 10.6 22.2 14.6 9.6 26.7 12.6 16.1 18.1 29.7
25.1 9.6 21.0 13.9 8.7 24.6 11.7 15.4 17.4 28.5
1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.1
4.4 9.6 5.5 4.9 8.9 7.7 6.7 4.4 3.8 3.9
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin Co. Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co. Manheim Township, Lancaster Co. Marple Township, Delaware Co. McCandless Township, Allegheny Co. McKeesport City, Allegheny Co. Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Millcreek Township, Erie Co. Monroeville municipality, Allegheny Co Montgomery Township, Montgomery Co.
44,424 22,409 33,697 23,737 29,022 24,040 44,141 52,129 22,025 22,290
26.0 13.8 15.2 9.1 19.0 12.0 26.4 27.8 15.2 13.5
24.9 13.1 14.5 8.4 18.1 11.5 25.0 26.3 14.4 12.8
1.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.6
4.5 5.0 4.1 7.5 4.9 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.6
33,017 29,349 26,309 31,282 29,123 39,384 46,809 19,602 1,517,550 334,563
13.2 16.2 10.3 16.5 23.1 16.1 11.2 23.7 631.9 152.9
12.6 15.6 9.4 15.4 22.0 15.2 10.6 22.3 580.5 144.3
0.6 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.4 51.4 8.6
4.5 3.8 8.8 6.8 4.9 5.7 5.1 6.0 8.1 5.6
Plum Borough, Allegheny Co. Pottstown Borough, Montgomery Co. Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Reading City, Berks Co. Ridley Township, Delaware Co. Ross Township, Allegheny Co. Scranton City, Lackawanna Co. Shaler Township, Allegheny Co. Sharon City, Mercer Co. Spring Township, Berks Co.
26,940 21,771 30,878 81,207 30,791 32,551 76,415 29,757 16,328 21,805
14.7 11.5 14.8 34.0 15.8 17.5 35.6 15.6 6.7 14.1
13.9 10.6 14.2 30.5 14.9 16.7 33.0 14.9 5.9 13.5
0.8 0.9 0.7 3.4 0.9 0.8 2.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
5.5 8.2 4.4 10.1 6.0 4.6 7.3 4.7 10.8 4.8
Springettsbury Township, York Co. Springfield Township, Delaware Co. State College Borough, Centre Co. Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Co. Swatara Township, Dauphin County Tredyffrin Township, Chester Co. Unity Township, Westmoreland Co. Upper Darby Township, Delaware Co. Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery Co. Upper Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
23,883 23,677 38,420 21,745 22,655 29,062 21,036 81,821 25,878 26,863
12.3 11.9 18.6 12.7 11.3 16.2 11.1 42.6 13.9 16.8
11.6 11.3 17.8 12.1 10.6 15.5 10.4 39.9 13.3 16.0
0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.7 0.6 0.7
5.5 4.9 4.3 4.6 5.9 3.9 6.3 6.3 4.1 4.4
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery Co. Warminster Township, Bucks Co. Warrington Township, Bucks Co. West Goshen Township, Chester Co. West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny Co. Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne Co. Williamsport City, Lycoming Co. York City, York Co. York Township, York Co.
24,993 31,383 17,580 20,495 22,464 24,896 43,123 30,706 40,862 23,637
14.0 18.5 13.0 12.6 10.6 14.7 19.6 14.2 19.2 14.8
13.2 17.3 12.4 12.0 9.9 13.9 18.0 13.1 17.4 14.1
0.8 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.6 1.1 1.8 0.7
5.6 6.3 5.0 4.4 6.3 5.9 8.2 7.8 9.5 4.9
CITY/BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP
Moon Township, Allegheny Co. Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny Co. New Castle City, Lawrence Co. Norristown Borough, Montgomery Co. North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co. Northampton Township, Bucks Co. Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Co. Penn Township, Westmoreland Co. Philadelphia City/County Pittsburgh City, Allegheny Co.
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry
03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA LABOR MARKET AREAS RANKED ON BASIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (Seasonally Adjusted) (U.S. and Pennsylvania included for comparative purpose) Rank on
LABOR MARKET AREAS
State College MSA Lebanon MSA Harrisburg-Carlisle MSA Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle CSA Lancaster MSA Gettysburg mSA Pittsburgh MSA Indiana mSA Pittsburgh-New Castle CSA Warren mSA York-Hanover-Gettysburg CSA Altoona MSA Chambersburg mSA York-Hanover MSA Greene County Philadelphia Metro Div. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) Sayre mSA Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Wayne County Erie MSA Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Susquehanna County Allentown-Beth-Easton, PA-NJ MSA Oil City mSA Reading MSA United States Allentown-Beth-Easton MSA (Excl. NJ) Juniata County New Castle mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Johnstown MSA Lock Haven mSA Scranton-Wilkes Barre MSA Somerset mSA Meadville mSA Williamsport-Lock Haven CSA Tioga County Williamsport MSA Jefferson County Bradford mSA Sullivan County Pottsville mSA Lewisburg mSA Selinsgrove mSA Sunbury-Lewisburg-Selinsgrove CSA Sunbury mSA Clarion County Clarion-Forest LMA DuBois mSA Forest County Lewistown mSA Huntingdon mSA Bedford County Potter County Fulton County St. Marys mSA Cameron County
Total Civilian
Basis of
Unemployment
Unemployment Volume
January 2009
Rate
(in thousands)
All Areas
MSAs
1 2 3
1 2 3
3 5 6 7
3 5
7 9 9 9 12
6 6
12 14 14 16 17 17 19 20 20
22 23 24 24 24 24 24 29 30 30 32 33 33 35 36 36
8 9
10 11
12 12
14
38 39 39 39 42 42 44 45 45 47 47 49
1/2009 5.3 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 11.5 11.5 14.9
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK; Current month data are preliminary estimates Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
12/2008 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.2 6.5 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.6 8.0 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.6 8.1 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.1 8.1 8.1 7.6 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 9.1 7.5 7.1 8.9 7.4 8.2 7.9 8.3 8.5 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.2 9.5 9.0 8.9 9.4 9.9 10.5 8.7 13.6
1/2008 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.4 3.7 4.1 5.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.2 4.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.2 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.4 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 7.0 6.5 4.8 6.5
Labor Force (in thousands)
1/2009
12/2008
1/2008
1/2009
4.0 4.5 18.0 22.4 16.9 3.6 80.2 3.1 83.7 1.4 19.2 4.5 5.7 15.6 1.3 137.8 2.1 450.0 213.3 1.8 10.3 236.7 3.4 1.6 31.8 2.0 15.8 11,616.0 28.2 0.9 3.4 6.8 5.6 1.6 22.9 3.1 3.5 6.5 1.7 5.0 1.9 1.9 0.3 6.6 1.6 1.8 7.7 4.4 1.9 2.2 3.7 0.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 0.8 0.9 2.0 0.4
3.8 3.8 16.6 20.5 15.2 3.3 76.2 2.9 79.9 1.5 17.6 4.3 5.0 14.4 1.2 130.0 2.5 412.0 201.1 1.8 9.6 223.7 3.0 1.8 29.8 1.9 14.2 11,108.0 25.7 0.9 3.5 6.8 5.3 1.5 21.9 3.0 3.3 6.1 1.9 4.5 1.6 2.0 0.2 6.1 1.4 1.6 7.3 4.2 1.8 2.1 3.3 0.2 2.0 2.0 2.3 0.8 0.8 1.5 0.3
2.8 2.7 11.0 13.7 9.9 2.3 55.6 2.3 58.2 1.0 11.7 2.9 3.0 9.4 1.0 91.9 1.5 295.0 137.7 1.2 7.3 152.1 2.4 1.1 20.5 1.4 9.6 7,555.0 18.7 0.6 2.5 4.5 3.8 1.1 15.2 2.3 2.3 4.4 1.1 3.3 1.2 1.1 0.2 4.0 1.1 1.1 5.0 2.7 1.2 1.4 2.4 0.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.2
75.2 73.1 288.7 361.7 273.2 56.6 1,228.8 46.8 1,272.8 21.6 287.0 65.5 83.2 230.7 18.5 1,984.6 30.7 6,446.0 3,002.5 25.5 143.0 3,278.3 46.1 21.5 424.1 26.3 206.5 153,716.0 364.9 12.3 43.9 85.0 69.7 19.4 285.9 38.8 43.0 79.4 20.7 60.0 23.2 22.0 3.0 75.2 17.8 20.1 86.0 48.1 21.0 23.3 40.2 2.4 22.9 22.7 24.4 7.6 7.8 17.4 2.5
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
Rate
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Rate
152,828 6,321
144,607 5,982
8,221 339
5.4 5.4
153,873 6,346
146,317 6,051
7,555 295
4.9 4.6
417.1 358.3 64.4 138.9 352.4 281.0 68.7 266.7 71.4 3,234.9 2,963.4 1,944.3 1,245.4 1,201.8 202.6 280.2 83.7 71.3 78.8 59.8 280.9 225.5
394.1 338.2 61.0 130.5 337.4 269.0 64.3 255.6 68.4 3,069.8 2,814.6 1,845.4 1,177.7 1,137.2 192.0 262.9 77.9 68.1 73.6 55.9 268.3 215.3
22.9 20.1 3.4 8.5 15.1 12.1 4.4 11.1 3.0 165.1 148.8 98.9 67.6 64.6 10.6 17.3 5.8 3.2 5.2 3.9 12.7 10.2
5.5 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.3 4.3 6.4 4.2 4.2 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.2 6.2 6.9 4.5 6.6 6.5 4.5 4.5
420.2 361.6 65.2 140.1 356.0 284.0 69.2 270.2 72.2 3,248.2 2,977.3 1,957.3 1,255.0 1,211.1 203.4 282.3 84.8 74.3 79.0 59.9 282.6 226.6
399.7 342.9 62.3 132.9 342.4 272.9 65.4 260.2 69.5 3,096.1 2,839.6 1,865.4 1,196.7 1,155.5 193.8 267.1 79.8 71.5 74.6 56.5 270.9 217.2
20.5 18.7 2.9 7.3 13.7 11.0 3.8 9.9 2.7 152.1 137.7 91.9 58.2 55.6 9.6 15.2 5.0 2.8 4.4 3.3 11.7 9.4
4.9 5.2 4.4 5.2 3.8 3.9 5.5 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.4 5.9 3.8 5.6 5.6 4.1 4.1
23.7 45.0 21.8 2.5 81.4 22.9 20.5 40.5 83.7 2.4 8.1 55.5 18.3 22.0 46.0 22.9 12.4 17.2 22.4 19.1 42.6 43.6 25.9 7.7 73.7 30.2 19.5 39.5 17.4 2.9 46.9 21.7 20.4 21.3 24.9
21.9 42.0 20.5 2.3 78.1 21.2 19.0 37.5 78.6 2.2 7.5 53.0 17.1 20.4 43.3 21.4 11.6 16.0 20.9 17.7 39.9 40.5 24.3 7.0 69.1 28.5 18.2 36.7 16.5 2.7 43.7 20.4 18.9 20.1 23.4
1.8 3.0 1.2 0.2 3.3 1.7 1.5 3.0 5.0 0.2 0.6 2.4 1.2 1.6 2.8 1.4 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.3 2.7 3.1 1.6 0.6 4.6 1.7 1.3 2.8 0.9 0.2 3.2 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.5
7.7 6.6 5.7 6.9 4.1 7.3 7.1 7.4 6.0 8.5 7.5 4.4 6.5 7.3 6.0 6.3 6.1 7.2 6.6 7.0 6.3 7.1 6.2 8.2 6.3 5.8 6.8 7.1 5.2 6.1 6.8 6.0 7.1 5.4 6.0
23.9 44.8 21.9 2.5 81.5 22.9 20.6 40.6 84.2 2.4 8.1 56.3 18.2 22.3 46.0 22.9 12.4 17.3 22.5 19.1 43.0 43.8 26.1 7.6 73.8 30.4 19.8 39.1 17.4 3.0 47.7 21.4 20.3 21.4 25.5
22.5 42.5 20.8 2.4 78.5 21.6 19.4 38.1 79.7 2.2 7.6 54.1 17.2 21.0 43.7 21.8 11.8 16.2 21.2 18.0 40.7 41.3 24.7 7.0 69.8 28.9 18.6 36.8 16.6 2.8 45.0 20.4 19.1 20.4 24.3
1.4 2.4 1.1 0.2 3.0 1.4 1.2 2.4 4.5 0.2 0.5 2.3 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.1 2.3 2.5 1.4 0.5 4.0 1.5 1.1 2.3 0.8 0.2 2.7 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2
5.8 5.3 4.9 6.5 3.7 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.4 6.7 6.5 4.1 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.0 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.2 7.0 5.4 4.8 5.7 5.8 4.8 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.7 4.5 4.7
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) ALTOONA MSA ERIE MSA HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA JOHNSTOWN MSA LANCASTER MSA LEBANON MSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA PITTSBURGH MSA READING MSA SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA STATE COLLEGE MSA WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA WILLIAMSPORT MSA YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA YORK-HANOVER MSA OTHER LABOR MARKET AREAS Bedford County Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Bradford mSA Cameron County Chambersburg mSA Clarion-Forest LMA Clarion County DuBois mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Forest County Fulton County Gettysburg mSA Greene County Huntingdon mSA Indiana mSA Jefferson County Juniata County Lewisburg mSA Lewistown mSA Lock Haven mSA Meadville mSA New Castle mSA Oil City mSA Potter County Pottsville mSA Sayre mSA Selinsgrove mSA Somerset mSA St. Marys mSA Sullivan County Sunbury mSA Susquehanna County Tioga County Warren mSA Wayne County
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
56.3
54.1
2.3
4.1
Lackawanna
107.6
102.0
5.7
5.3
636.4
608.2
28.2
4.4
Lancaster
270.2
260.2
9.9
3.7
43.8
41.3
2.5
5.7
72.2
69.5
2.7
3.8
8.9
5.0
Armstrong
32.9
31.2
1.7
5.3
Beaver
89.5
85.0
4.5
5.0
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
23.9
22.5
1.4
5.8
Lehigh
177.2
168.3
Berks
203.4
193.8
9.6
4.7
Luzerne
160.1
151.5
8.7
5.4
Blair
65.2
62.3
2.9
4.4
Lycoming
59.9
56.5
3.3
5.6
30.4
28.9
1.5
4.8
McKean
21.9
20.8
1.1
4.9
Bucks
Bradford
348.7
334.3
14.4
4.1
Mercer
55.6
52.2
3.4
6.1
Butler
96.7
92.7
4.0
4.1
Mifflin
22.5
21.2
1.3
5.7
Cambria
69.2
65.4
3.8
5.5
Monroe
5.4
Cameron
2.5
2.4
0.2
6.5
Montgomery
31.3
29.5
1.8
5.8
Montour
Carbon Centre
74.3
71.5
2.8
3.8
Northampton
Chester
266.5
257.6
9.0
3.4
Northumberland
Clarion
20.6
19.4
1.2
5.8
Perry
Clearfield
40.6
38.1
2.4
6.0
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.1
18.0
1.1
5.6
Pike
Columbia
35.6
33.6
2.0
5.6
Potter
Crawford
43.0
40.7
2.3
5.2
Schuylkill
84.2
79.7
4.5
431.6
415.7
16.0
3.7
9.3
8.9
0.4
3.9
153.0
145.4
7.6
5.0
47.7
45.0
2.7
5.6
24.7
23.5
1.1
4.5
626.0
585.4
40.6
6.5
27.7
25.9
1.9
6.7
7.6
7.0
0.5
7.0
73.8
69.8
4.0
5.4
Cumberland
123.4
118.9
4.5
3.6
Snyder
19.8
18.6
1.1
5.7
Dauphin
135.9
130.5
5.4
4.0
Somerset
39.1
36.8
2.3
5.8
Delaware
284.6
272.0
12.6
4.4
Sullivan
3.0
2.8
0.2
5.3
Elk
17.4
16.6
0.8
4.8
Susquehanna
21.4
20.4
1.1
4.9
Erie
140.1
132.9
7.3
5.2
Tioga
20.3
19.1
1.1
5.7
Fayette
65.8
61.9
3.9
5.9
Union
17.3
16.2
1.1
6.3
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
6.7
Venango
26.1
24.7
1.4
5.2
81.5
78.5
3.0
3.7
Fulton
Franklin
8.1
7.6
0.5
6.5
Warren Washington
Greene
18.2
17.2
1.0
5.6
Wayne
Huntingdon
22.3
21.0
1.3
5.7
Westmoreland
Indiana
46.0
43.7
2.3
5.1
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.9
21.8
1.2
5.0
Juniata
12.4
11.8
0.6
5.0
6,346
6,051
295
4.6
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.4
20.4
1.0
4.5
104.2
99.1
5.0
4.8
25.5
24.3
1.2
4.7
185.8
177.2
8.6
4.6
14.5
13.7
0.8
5.6
226.6
217.2
9.4
4.1
153,873
146,317
7,555
4.9
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
55.5
53.0
2.4
4.4
Lackawanna
106.5
100.4
6.1
5.8
629.3
598.0
31.2
5.0
Lancaster
266.7
255.6
11.1
4.2
43.6
40.5
3.1
7.1
71.4
68.4
3.0
4.2 5.5
Armstrong
32.9
30.7
2.2
6.6
Beaver
88.8
83.6
5.2
5.8
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
23.7
21.9
1.8
7.7
Lehigh
175.5
165.9
9.7
Berks
202.6
192.0
10.6
5.2
Luzerne
159.3
149.1
10.2
6.4
Blair
64.4
61.0
3.4
5.3
Lycoming
59.8
55.9
3.9
6.5
30.2
28.5
1.7
5.8
McKean
21.8
20.5
1.2
5.7
Bucks
Bradford
347.1
331.1
16.0
4.6
Mercer
54.9
51.2
3.8
6.8
Butler
96.5
91.6
4.9
5.0
Mifflin
22.4
20.9
1.5
6.6
Cambria
68.7
64.3
4.4
6.4
Monroe
6.0
Cameron
2.5
2.3
0.2
6.9
Montgomery
31.1
29.0
2.1
6.7
Montour
Carbon Centre
71.3
68.1
3.2
4.5
Northampton
Chester
266.1
256.5
9.7
3.6
Northumberland
Clarion
20.5
19.0
1.5
7.1
Perry
Clearfield
40.5
37.5
3.0
7.4
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.1
17.7
1.3
7.0
Pike
Columbia
35.8
33.2
2.6
7.1
Potter
Crawford
42.6
39.9
2.7
6.3
Schuylkill
83.7
78.6
5.0
428.9
411.3
17.5
4.1
9.2
8.8
0.4
4.7
151.6
143.3
8.3
5.5
46.9
43.7
3.2
6.8
24.5
23.2
1.3
5.4
619.8
577.4
42.4
6.8
28.1
26.0
2.1
7.4
7.7
7.0
0.6
8.2
73.7
69.1
4.6
6.3
Cumberland
122.1
117.3
4.8
3.9
Snyder
19.5
18.2
1.3
6.8
Dauphin
134.4
128.5
5.9
4.4
Somerset
39.5
36.7
2.8
7.1
Delaware
282.4
269.1
13.3
4.7
Sullivan
2.9
2.7
0.2
6.1
Elk
17.4
16.5
0.9
5.2
Susquehanna
21.7
20.4
1.3
6.0
Erie
138.9
130.5
8.5
6.1
Tioga
20.4
18.9
1.5
7.1
Fayette
65.8
61.0
4.9
7.4
Union
17.2
16.0
1.2
7.2
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
8.5
Venango
25.9
24.3
1.6
6.2
81.4
78.1
3.3
4.1
Fulton
Franklin
8.1
7.5
0.6
7.5
Warren Washington
Greene
18.3
17.1
1.2
6.5
Wayne
Huntingdon
22.0
20.4
1.6
7.3
Westmoreland
Indiana
46.0
43.3
2.8
6.0
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.9
21.4
1.4
6.3
Juniata
12.4
11.6
0.8
6.1
6,321
5,982
339
5.4
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.3
20.1
1.1
5.4
103.7
97.8
6.0
5.7
24.9
23.4
1.5
6.0
184.9
174.6
10.3
5.6
14.5
13.5
1.0
6.9
225.5
215.3
10.2
4.5
152,828
144,607
8,221
5.4
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY CITY / BOROUGH / TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2000 Census
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Population
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
Abington Township, Montgomery Co. Allentown City, Lehigh Co. Altoona City, Blair Co. Bensalem Township, Bucks Co. Bethel Park Borough, Allegheny Co. Bethlehem City, Lehigh & Northamp. Cos. Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co. Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Carlisle Borough, Cumberland Co. Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co.
56,103 106,632 49,523 58,434 33,556 71,329 21,171 55,521 17,970 36,875
29.3 50.9 23.0 34.1 17.1 34.8 12.2 29.6 9.2 19.3
28.1 47.0 21.6 32.3 16.4 32.6 11.7 27.8 8.8 18.5
1.2 3.9 1.4 1.8 0.7 2.1 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.8
4.1 7.6 6.0 5.3 4.1 6.1 4.0 6.0 4.5 4.0
Chester City, Delaware Co. Cranberry Township, Butler Co. Derry Township, Dauphin Co. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co. Easton City, Northampton Co. Erie City, Erie Co. Exeter Township, Berks Co. Falls Township, Bucks Co. Hampden Township, Cumberland Co. Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co.
36,854 23,625 21,273 21,262 26,263 103,717 21,187 34,865 24,135 48,950
14.8 15.5 11.1 13.2 12.6 48.6 13.3 18.8 14.9 22.2
13.6 15.0 10.7 12.8 11.7 45.4 12.8 17.8 14.4 20.8
1.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 3.3 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.3
8.2 3.1 3.5 3.0 7.0 6.7 3.9 5.0 3.1 6.0
Haverford Township, Delaware Co. Hazleton City, Luzerne Co. Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co. Horsham Township, Montgomery Co. Johnstown City, Cambria Co. Lancaster City, Lancaster Co. Lebanon City, Lebanon Co. Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks Co. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
48,498 23,329 40,721 24,232 23,906 56,348 24,461 19,220 32,681 59,850
25.8 10.4 21.7 14.4 9.4 26.0 12.3 15.9 17.8 29.2
24.9 9.6 20.8 13.9 8.7 24.5 11.6 15.4 17.3 28.4
0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9
3.3 8.2 4.3 4.1 7.7 5.8 5.5 3.5 3.1 2.9
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin Co. Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co. Manheim Township, Lancaster Co. Marple Township, Delaware Co. McCandless Township, Allegheny Co. McKeesport City, Allegheny Co. Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Millcreek Township, Erie Co. Monroeville municipality, Allegheny Co Montgomery Township, Montgomery Co.
44,424 22,409 33,697 23,737 29,022 24,040 44,141 52,129 22,025 22,290
25.7 13.6 14.9 8.9 18.7 11.9 26.0 27.3 15.0 13.2
24.8 13.1 14.4 8.4 17.9 11.4 24.9 26.1 14.3 12.8
0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.5
3.6 4.0 3.6 6.5 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.6 4.5 3.6
33,017 29,349 26,309 31,282 29,123 39,384 46,809 19,602 1,517,550 334,563
13.0 16.0 10.3 16.3 22.8 15.8 11.0 23.3 619.8 150.8
12.5 15.5 9.4 15.3 21.9 15.1 10.5 22.1 577.4 142.9
0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.2 42.4 7.9
4.1 3.5 8.7 6.1 4.0 4.8 4.1 5.2 6.8 5.2
Plum Borough, Allegheny Co. Pottstown Borough, Montgomery Co. Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Reading City, Berks Co. Ridley Township, Delaware Co. Ross Township, Allegheny Co. Scranton City, Lackawanna Co. Shaler Township, Allegheny Co. Sharon City, Mercer Co. Spring Township, Berks Co.
26,940 21,771 30,878 81,207 30,791 32,551 76,415 29,757 16,328 21,805
14.5 11.2 14.6 33.2 15.6 17.3 35.1 15.4 6.5 14.0
13.8 10.5 14.1 30.6 14.8 16.5 33.0 14.8 6.0 13.5
0.8 0.7 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.8 2.1 0.7 0.5 0.6
5.2 6.7 3.7 7.8 4.8 4.4 5.9 4.4 7.6 4.0
Springettsbury Township, York Co. Springfield Township, Delaware Co. State College Borough, Centre Co. Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Co. Swatara Township, Dauphin County Tredyffrin Township, Chester Co. Unity Township, Westmoreland Co. Upper Darby Township, Delaware Co. Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery Co. Upper Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
23,883 23,677 38,420 21,745 22,655 29,062 21,036 81,821 25,878 26,863
12.1 11.8 17.6 12.6 11.1 16.0 10.6 41.8 13.7 16.5
11.6 11.3 16.9 12.1 10.6 15.5 10.3 39.7 13.2 15.9
0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 2.1 0.5 0.6
4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.4 3.2 3.5 5.1 3.4 3.4
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery Co. Warminster Township, Bucks Co. Warrington Township, Bucks Co. West Goshen Township, Chester Co. West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny Co. Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne Co. Williamsport City, Lycoming Co. York City, York Co. York Township, York Co.
24,993 31,383 17,580 20,495 22,464 24,896 43,123 30,706 40,862 23,637
13.8 18.2 12.8 12.4 10.4 14.6 19.2 14.2 18.7 14.6
13.1 17.2 12.3 11.9 9.8 13.9 18.0 13.2 17.4 14.0
0.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.6
4.8 5.4 3.8 3.6 5.8 5.3 6.4 6.8 7.3 3.9
CITY/BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP
Moon Township, Allegheny Co. Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny Co. New Castle City, Lawrence Co. Norristown Borough, Montgomery Co. North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co. Northampton Township, Bucks Co. Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Co. Penn Township, Westmoreland Co. Philadelphia City/County Pittsburgh City, Allegheny Co.
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry
Center for Workforce Information & Analysis Department of Labor & Industry 651 Boas Street Rm. 220 Harrisburg, PA 17121-0001 www.paworkstats.state.pa.us Email: [email protected] 877-4WF-DATA
Table of Contents
Labor Market Area of Residence – January 2009
Labor Market Area of Residence – December 2008
Counties Ranked by Seasonally Adjusted Rate of Unemployment – January 2009
County of Residence, Seasonally Adjusted – January 2009
County of Residence – January 2009
County of Residence, Seasonally Adjusted – December 2008
County of Residence – December 2008
City/Borough/Township of Residence – January 2009
City/Borough/Township of Residence – December 2008
Labor Market Areas Ranked on Basis of Rate of Unemployment – January 2009
Labor Market Area of Residence – January 2008
County of Residence, Seasonally Adjusted – January 2008
County of Residence – January 2008
City/Borough/Township of Residence – January 2008
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
Rate
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Rate
153,445 6,403
140,436 5,908
13,009 496
8.5 7.7
153,716 6,446
142,009 5,995
11,616 450
7.6 7.0
421.0 361.6 64.8 141.8 358.1 285.7 69.2 269.7 72.3 3,264.9 2,988.7 1,971.5 1,263.2 1,219.5 205.7 283.9 84.9 72.2 79.2 59.8 285.3 229.6
386.7 331.9 59.8 130.3 334.3 266.7 63.0 251.7 67.6 3,015.3 2,764.2 1,826.7 1,170.1 1,130.4 189.0 258.8 76.3 67.8 71.9 54.3 265.2 213.2
34.3 29.6 5.0 11.5 23.8 19.0 6.1 18.1 4.8 249.6 224.5 144.8 93.1 89.1 16.7 25.1 8.5 4.4 7.3 5.5 20.2 16.5
8.1 8.2 7.8 8.1 6.6 6.7 8.8 6.7 6.6 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.4 7.3 8.1 8.8 10.1 6.1 9.2 9.2 7.1 7.2
424.1 364.9 65.5 143.0 361.7 288.7 69.7 273.2 73.1 3,278.3 3,002.5 1,984.6 1,272.8 1,228.8 206.5 285.9 86.0 75.2 79.4 60.0 287.0 230.7
392.3 336.6 61.0 132.7 339.3 270.7 64.1 256.3 68.6 3,041.6 2,789.2 1,846.8 1,189.1 1,148.7 190.7 263.0 78.3 71.2 72.9 55.0 267.8 215.1
31.8 28.2 4.5 10.3 22.4 18.0 5.6 16.9 4.5 236.7 213.3 137.8 83.7 80.2 15.8 22.9 7.7 4.0 6.5 5.0 19.2 15.6
7.5 7.7 6.8 7.2 6.2 6.2 8.0 6.2 6.1 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 7.6 8.0 9.0 5.3 8.2 8.3 6.7 6.8
24.2 46.2 21.9 2.5 83.1 23.3 20.8 40.1 84.5 2.4 7.9 55.7 18.6 22.4 46.8 23.1 12.3 17.7 22.8 19.4 42.6 43.7 26.1 7.7 75.1 30.6 19.9 39.3 17.4 2.9 47.3 21.7 20.8 21.4 24.9
21.3 42.2 19.9 2.1 77.1 20.8 18.6 35.8 77.2 2.2 6.9 52.0 17.1 19.8 43.3 20.9 11.2 16.0 20.3 17.6 38.7 39.6 23.9 6.9 67.9 28.2 17.9 35.7 15.3 2.6 42.4 19.9 18.8 19.8 22.8
2.9 4.0 2.0 0.4 5.9 2.5 2.2 4.3 7.3 0.3 1.0 3.7 1.4 2.6 3.5 2.2 1.1 1.7 2.4 1.8 3.9 4.0 2.2 0.9 7.2 2.4 2.0 3.6 2.1 0.3 4.9 1.8 2.0 1.6 2.1
12.1 8.7 9.2 15.4 7.1 10.6 10.5 10.7 8.6 11.6 12.6 6.7 7.8 11.6 7.5 9.6 8.7 9.7 10.7 9.4 9.1 9.2 8.6 11.3 9.6 7.9 9.8 9.2 12.0 9.3 10.3 8.4 9.7 7.4 8.4
24.4 46.1 22.0 2.5 83.2 23.3 21.0 40.2 85.0 2.4 7.8 56.6 18.5 22.7 46.8 23.2 12.3 17.8 22.9 19.4 43.0 43.9 26.3 7.6 75.2 30.7 20.1 38.8 17.4 3.0 48.1 21.5 20.7 21.6 25.5
21.9 42.7 20.1 2.1 77.5 21.2 19.1 36.5 78.3 2.2 6.9 53.0 17.2 20.4 43.7 21.2 11.3 16.2 20.6 17.9 39.5 40.5 24.3 6.9 68.7 28.6 18.3 35.7 15.4 2.7 43.7 19.9 19.0 20.1 23.7
2.5 3.4 1.9 0.4 5.7 2.2 1.9 3.7 6.8 0.2 0.9 3.6 1.3 2.3 3.1 1.9 0.9 1.6 2.3 1.6 3.5 3.4 2.0 0.8 6.6 2.1 1.8 3.1 2.0 0.3 4.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.8
10.2 7.4 8.5 14.9 6.8 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.0 9.9 11.5 6.3 6.9 10.0 6.6 8.4 7.7 8.8 9.9 8.0 8.1 7.8 7.6 10.2 8.7 6.9 8.8 8.0 11.5 8.5 9.1 7.4 8.3 6.6 7.1
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) ALTOONA MSA ERIE MSA HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA JOHNSTOWN MSA LANCASTER MSA LEBANON MSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA PITTSBURGH MSA READING MSA SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA STATE COLLEGE MSA WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA WILLIAMSPORT MSA YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA YORK-HANOVER MSA OTHER LABOR MARKET AREAS Bedford County Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Bradford mSA Cameron County Chambersburg mSA Clarion-Forest LMA Clarion County DuBois mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Forest County Fulton County Gettysburg mSA Greene County Huntingdon mSA Indiana mSA Jefferson County Juniata County Lewisburg mSA Lewistown mSA Lock Haven mSA Meadville mSA New Castle mSA Oil City mSA Potter County Pottsville mSA Sayre mSA Selinsgrove mSA Somerset mSA St. Marys mSA Sullivan County Sunbury mSA Susquehanna County Tioga County Warren mSA Wayne County
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
Rate
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Rate
154,349 6,418
143,350 6,005
10,999 412
7.1 6.4
154,447 6,441
143,338 6,029
11,108 412
7.2 6.4
421.7 362.2 65.3 141.3 358.2 285.5 69.7 271.7 72.7 3,275.6 2,999.7 1,978.3 1,265.3 1,221.3 205.3 283.6 84.8 75.6 79.5 60.0 285.0 229.2
393.6 337.9 61.1 131.8 338.8 269.7 64.5 257.3 69.1 3,063.8 2,808.8 1,855.3 1,188.5 1,148.0 191.8 262.8 77.8 71.8 73.4 55.5 268.7 216.0
28.1 24.2 4.2 9.5 19.4 15.7 5.1 14.4 3.6 211.7 190.9 123.0 76.8 73.3 13.5 20.9 7.0 3.8 6.1 4.5 16.3 13.3
6.7 6.7 6.4 6.7 5.4 5.5 7.4 5.3 5.0 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.6 7.4 8.3 5.0 7.7 7.5 5.7 5.8
422.5 362.7 65.3 141.6 359.4 286.4 69.4 271.5 72.7 3,266.7 2,990.0 1,972.8 1,263.9 1,220.4 204.3 283.1 85.3 74.7 79.0 59.7 285.4 229.1
392.6 337.0 61.0 131.9 338.9 269.7 64.2 256.4 68.9 3,043.0 2,789.0 1,842.9 1,184.0 1,144.2 190.1 261.2 78.0 70.8 72.9 55.2 267.8 214.6
29.8 25.7 4.3 9.6 20.5 16.6 5.3 15.2 3.8 223.7 201.1 130.0 79.9 76.2 14.2 21.9 7.3 3.8 6.1 4.5 17.6 14.4
7.1 7.1 6.5 6.8 5.7 5.8 7.6 5.6 5.2 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.2 7.0 7.7 8.5 5.1 7.7 7.5 6.2 6.3
24.0 45.8 21.8 2.5 83.0 23.1 20.7 40.2 83.8 2.4 7.9 55.7 18.3 22.5 47.1 22.8 12.3 17.7 22.7 19.4 43.1 43.9 26.0 7.7 74.5 30.9 20.0 38.9 17.2 2.9 47.1 21.7 21.0 21.5 25.2
21.6 42.8 19.9 2.2 78.3 21.1 18.9 36.8 77.4 2.2 7.1 52.8 17.1 20.3 44.2 21.1 11.4 16.4 20.7 17.8 39.9 40.5 24.2 6.9 68.6 28.6 18.4 35.7 15.7 2.7 43.0 20.1 19.2 20.1 23.4
2.4 3.0 1.9 0.3 4.6 2.0 1.8 3.4 6.4 0.3 0.8 3.0 1.2 2.1 2.9 1.7 0.9 1.3 2.0 1.6 3.2 3.5 1.8 0.7 5.9 2.3 1.6 3.2 1.5 0.2 4.1 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.8
9.9 6.6 8.8 13.3 5.6 8.8 8.6 8.4 7.6 10.5 10.4 5.4 6.6 9.5 6.1 7.4 7.2 7.5 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.9 7.0 9.6 7.9 7.4 8.1 8.1 8.7 7.7 8.6 7.6 8.8 6.5 7.0
24.1 45.8 22.0 2.5 83.0 23.2 20.7 40.2 84.0 2.4 7.9 56.0 18.4 22.5 46.7 22.8 12.2 17.7 22.6 19.3 43.1 43.9 26.1 7.7 74.3 30.9 19.7 39.0 17.3 2.9 47.7 21.8 21.0 21.7 25.8
21.9 42.7 20.1 2.2 78.1 21.2 18.9 36.9 77.2 2.2 7.0 52.8 17.1 20.5 43.8 21.2 11.4 16.3 20.6 17.7 39.8 40.4 24.2 6.9 68.2 28.4 18.1 35.9 15.8 2.7 43.5 20.0 19.1 20.2 24.0
2.3 3.0 2.0 0.3 5.0 2.1 1.8 3.3 6.8 0.2 0.8 3.3 1.2 2.0 2.9 1.6 0.9 1.4 2.0 1.5 3.3 3.5 1.9 0.8 6.1 2.5 1.6 3.0 1.5 0.2 4.2 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.8
9.4 6.6 8.9 13.6 6.0 8.9 8.8 8.2 8.1 9.5 10.5 5.8 6.8 8.9 6.2 7.1 7.1 7.9 9.0 7.9 7.7 8.1 7.2 9.9 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.8 8.7 7.4 8.8 8.1 9.1 6.8 7.0
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) ALTOONA MSA ERIE MSA HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA JOHNSTOWN MSA LANCASTER MSA LEBANON MSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA PITTSBURGH MSA READING MSA SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA STATE COLLEGE MSA WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA WILLIAMSPORT MSA YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA YORK-HANOVER MSA OTHER LABOR MARKET AREAS Bedford County Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Bradford mSA Cameron County Chambersburg mSA Clarion-Forest LMA Clarion County DuBois mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Forest County Fulton County Gettysburg mSA Greene County Huntingdon mSA Indiana mSA Jefferson County Juniata County Lewisburg mSA Lewistown mSA Lock Haven mSA Meadville mSA New Castle mSA Oil City mSA Potter County Pottsville mSA Sayre mSA Selinsgrove mSA Somerset mSA St. Marys mSA Sullivan County Sunbury mSA Susquehanna County Tioga County Warren mSA Wayne County
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES RANKED BY RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT (seasonally adjusted) JANUARY 2009 COUNTY
Centre Chester Cumberland Montgomery Montour Allegheny Lebanon Butler Lancaster Adams Dauphin Delaware Bucks Indiana Warren Blair Franklin Washington York Bradford Greene Beaver Wayne Westmoreland Erie Northampton Perry Susquehanna Berks Venango Juniata Lackawanna Lehigh Columbia Lawrence Wyoming Cambria Clinton Monroe Pike Somerset Crawford Fayette Luzerne Lycoming Tioga Jefferson McKean Sullivan Mercer Armstrong Schuylkill Snyder Union Philadelphia Carbon Northumberland Clarion Clearfield Forest Mifflin Huntingdon Bedford Potter Elk Fulton Cameron
DECEMBER 2008
Unemployment
Unemployment
Rank
Rate
Rank
Rate
1 1 3 4 4 6 7 8 8 10 11 11 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 20 20 22 22 22 25 26 26 28 29 29 31 31 31 34 34 34 37 37 37 37 37 42 42 44 44 44 47 48 48 50 51 51 53 53 55 56 56 58 58 60 60 62 63 63 65 65 67
5.3 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 11.5 11.5 14.9
2 1 4 5 9 9 3 7 5 8 12 12 12 15 21 17 11 17 16 45 21 25 27 19 21 25 21 46 27 32 30 33 27 20 46 37 36 41 46 54 39 37 41 41 35 61 30 58 33 63 39 49 51 41 52 52 56 56 49 63 60 58 62 65 55 66 67
5.1 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.2 5.7 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.8 6.5 6.0 6.5 6.3 8.0 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 8.1 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.4 7.0 6.7 8.1 7.7 7.6 7.9 8.1 8.6 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.5 9.1 7.1 8.9 7.4 9.5 7.8 8.2 8.3 7.9 8.5 8.5 8.8 8.8 8.2 9.5 9.0 8.9 9.4 9.9 8.7 10.5 13.6
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK; Current month data are preliminary estimates SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
56.6
53.0
3.6
6.3
Lackawanna
108.8
100.4
8.4
7.7
643.5
604.7
38.8
6.0
Lancaster
273.2
256.3
16.9
6.2
Lawrence Lebanon
43.9
40.5
3.4
7.8
73.1
68.6
4.5
6.1
Lehigh
178.9
165.2
13.7
7.7
162.5
149.1
13.4
8.3
60.0
55.0
5.0
8.3
Armstrong
34.0
31.0
3.0
8.7
Beaver
90.9
84.5
6.4
7.1
Bedford
24.4
21.9
2.5
10.2
Berks
206.5
190.7
15.8
7.6
Luzerne
Blair
65.5
61.0
4.5
6.8
Lycoming
Bradford
Civilian Labor
30.7
28.6
2.1
6.9
McKean
22.0
20.1
1.9
8.5
Bucks
353.9
331.0
23.0
6.5
Mercer
54.6
49.9
4.7
8.6
Butler
98.2
92.1
6.1
6.2
Mifflin
22.9
20.6
2.3
9.9
Cambria
69.7
64.1
5.6
8.0
Monroe
8.0
Cameron
2.5
2.1
0.4
14.9
31.8
28.9
2.9
9.1
Carbon
Montgomery Montour
Centre
75.2
71.2
4.0
5.3
Northampton
Chester
269.4
255.0
14.4
5.3
Northumberland
Clarion
21.0
19.1
1.9
9.2
Perry
Clearfield
40.2
36.5
3.7
9.2
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.4
17.9
1.6
8.0
Pike
Columbia
36.6
33.7
2.9
7.8
Potter
Crawford
43.0
39.5
3.5
8.1
Schuylkill
85.0
78.3
6.8
437.2
411.5
25.7
5.9
9.5
8.9
0.6
5.9
154.0
142.7
11.3
7.3
48.1
43.7
4.4
9.1
25.2
23.4
1.8
7.3
636.4
579.6
56.8
8.9
27.6
25.4
2.2
8.0
7.6
6.9
0.8
10.2
75.2
68.7
6.6
8.7
Cumberland
125.2
117.9
7.3
5.8
Snyder
20.1
18.3
1.8
8.8
Dauphin
138.3
129.5
8.8
6.4
Somerset
38.8
35.7
3.1
8.0
Delaware
287.8
269.3
18.5
6.4
Elk
17.4
15.4
2.0
11.5
Erie
143.0
132.7
10.3
7.2
Fayette
67.0
61.5
5.5
8.1
Union
17.8
16.2
1.6
8.8
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
9.9
Venango
26.3
24.3
2.0
7.6
Warren Washington
Franklin
3.0
2.7
0.3
8.5
Susquehanna
Sullivan
21.5
19.9
1.6
7.4
Tioga
20.7
19.0
1.7
8.3
83.2
77.5
5.7
6.8
Fulton
7.8
6.9
0.9
11.5
Greene
18.5
17.2
1.3
6.9
Huntingdon
22.7
20.4
2.3
10.0
Indiana
46.8
43.7
3.1
6.6
Wyoming
Jefferson
23.2
21.2
1.9
8.4
York
Juniata
12.3
11.3
0.9
7.7
6,446
5,995
450
7.0
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
Wayne Westmoreland
UNITED STATES
21.6
20.1
1.4
6.6
105.8
98.5
7.2
6.8
25.5
23.7
1.8
7.1
189.7
176.2
13.5
7.1
14.6
13.5
1.1
7.8
230.7
215.1
15.6
6.8
153,716
142,009
11,616
7.6
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
55.7
52.0
3.7
6.7
Lackawanna
107.6
98.8
8.8
8.2
636.4
594.4
41.9
6.6
Lancaster
269.7
251.7
18.1
6.7
Lawrence Lebanon
43.7
39.6
4.0
9.2
72.3
67.6
4.8
6.6
Lehigh
177.2
162.8
14.4
8.1
161.7
146.7
14.9
9.2
59.8
54.3
5.5
9.2
Armstrong
33.9
30.5
3.4
10.0
Beaver
90.2
83.1
7.1
7.8
Bedford
24.2
21.3
2.9
12.1
Berks
205.7
189.0
16.7
8.1
Luzerne
Blair
64.8
59.8
5.0
7.8
Lycoming
Bradford
Civilian Labor
30.6
28.2
2.4
7.9
McKean
21.9
19.9
2.0
9.2
Bucks
352.3
327.7
24.5
7.0
Mercer
53.9
48.9
5.0
9.3
Butler
98.0
91.1
6.9
7.1
Mifflin
22.8
20.3
2.4
10.7
Cambria
69.2
63.0
6.1
8.8
Monroe
8.6
Cameron
2.5
2.1
0.4
15.4
Montgomery
31.7
28.5
3.2
10.0
Montour
Carbon Centre
72.2
67.8
4.4
6.1
Northampton
Chester
269.0
253.9
15.1
5.6
Northumberland
Clarion
20.8
18.6
2.2
10.5
Perry
Clearfield
40.1
35.8
4.3
10.7
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.4
17.6
1.8
9.4
Pike
Columbia
36.8
33.4
3.4
9.2
Potter
Crawford
42.6
38.7
3.9
9.1
Schuylkill
84.5
77.2
7.3
434.4
407.2
27.3
6.3
9.5
8.8
0.6
6.7
152.7
140.6
12.0
7.9
47.3
42.4
4.9
10.3
25.0
23.0
2.0
8.1
630.3
571.5
58.7
9.3
27.9
25.5
2.4
8.7
7.7
6.9
0.9
11.3
75.1
67.9
7.2
9.6
Cumberland
124.0
116.3
7.6
6.2
Snyder
19.9
17.9
2.0
9.8
Dauphin
136.7
127.4
9.4
6.8
Somerset
39.3
35.7
3.6
9.2
Delaware
285.6
266.4
19.2
6.7
Elk
17.4
15.3
2.1
12.0
Erie
141.8
130.3
11.5
8.1
Fayette
67.0
60.6
6.4
9.6
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.3
11.6
Franklin
2.9
2.6
0.3
9.3
Susquehanna
Sullivan
21.7
19.9
1.8
8.4
Tioga
20.8
18.8
2.0
9.7
Union
17.7
16.0
1.7
9.7
Venango
26.1
23.9
2.2
8.6
83.1
77.1
5.9
7.1
Fulton
7.9
6.9
1.0
12.6
Greene
18.6
17.1
1.4
7.8
Huntingdon
22.4
19.8
2.6
11.6
Indiana
46.8
43.3
3.5
7.5
Wyoming
Jefferson
23.1
20.9
2.2
9.6
York
Juniata
12.3
11.2
1.1
8.7
6,403
5,908
496
7.7
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland
UNITED STATES
21.4
19.8
1.6
7.4
105.3
97.2
8.2
7.7
24.9
22.8
2.1
8.4
188.7
173.5
15.2
8.0
14.6
13.3
1.3
9.1
229.6
213.2
16.5
7.2
153,445
140,436
13,009
8.5
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
56.0
52.8
3.3
5.8
Lackawanna
107.7
99.7
8.0
7.4
638.9
601.2
37.6
5.9
Lancaster
271.5
256.4
15.2
5.6
43.9
40.4
3.5
8.1
72.7
68.9
3.8
5.2 7.0
Armstrong
33.5
30.9
2.6
7.8
Beaver
90.3
84.0
6.3
6.9
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
24.1
21.9
2.3
9.4
Lehigh
177.7
165.3
12.4
Berks
204.3
190.1
14.2
7.0
Luzerne
160.9
148.1
12.8
7.9
Blair
65.3
61.0
4.3
6.5
Lycoming
59.7
55.2
4.5
7.5
30.9
28.4
2.5
8.0
McKean
22.0
20.1
2.0
8.9
Bucks
Bradford
352.2
330.7
21.5
6.1
Mercer
55.9
50.6
5.3
9.5
Butler
98.2
92.5
5.6
5.7
Mifflin
22.6
20.6
2.0
9.0
Cambria
69.4
64.2
5.3
7.6
Monroe
8.1
Cameron
2.5
2.2
0.3
13.6
31.6
28.9
2.7
8.5
Carbon
Montgomery Montour
Centre
74.7
70.8
3.8
5.1
Northampton
Chester
270.9
257.3
13.6
5.0
Northumberland
Clarion
20.7
18.9
1.8
8.8
Perry
Clearfield
40.2
36.9
3.3
8.2
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.3
17.7
1.5
7.9
Pike
Columbia
36.2
33.8
2.4
6.7
Potter
Crawford
43.1
39.8
3.3
7.7
Schuylkill
84.0
77.2
6.8
435.0
410.7
24.2
5.6
9.5
9.0
0.6
5.9
153.4
142.8
10.6
6.9
47.7
43.5
4.2
8.8
25.0
23.3
1.7
6.8
628.8
575.2
53.7
8.5
28.5
26.0
2.4
8.6
7.7
6.9
0.8
9.9
74.3
68.2
6.1
8.2
Cumberland
124.5
117.8
6.7
5.4
Snyder
19.7
18.1
1.6
8.3
Dauphin
137.0
128.6
8.3
6.1
Somerset
39.0
35.9
3.0
7.8
Delaware
286.2
268.8
17.5
6.1
Sullivan
2.9
2.7
0.2
7.4
Elk
17.3
15.8
1.5
8.7
Susquehanna
21.8
20.0
1.8
8.1
Erie
141.6
131.9
9.6
6.8
Tioga
21.0
19.1
1.9
9.1
Fayette
66.6
61.3
5.3
7.9
Union
17.7
16.3
1.4
7.9
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
9.5
Venango
26.1
24.2
1.9
7.2
Warren Washington
83.0
78.1
5.0
6.0
Fulton
Franklin
7.9
7.0
0.8
10.5
Greene
18.4
17.1
1.2
6.8
Wayne
Huntingdon
22.5
20.5
2.0
8.9
Westmoreland
Indiana
46.7
43.8
2.9
6.2
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.8
21.2
1.6
7.1
Juniata
12.2
11.4
0.9
7.1
6,441
6,029
412
6.4
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.7
20.2
1.5
6.8
105.3
98.5
6.9
6.5
25.8
24.0
1.8
7.0
188.1
175.6
12.5
6.6
14.5
13.4
1.1
7.7
229.1
214.6
14.4
6.3
154,447
143,338
11,108
7.2
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
55.7
52.8
3.0
5.4
Lackawanna
107.7
100.3
7.4
6.9
638.8
603.7
35.1
5.5
Lancaster
271.7
257.3
14.4
5.3
43.9
40.5
3.5
7.9
72.7
69.1
3.6
5.0 6.7
Armstrong
33.7
31.0
2.7
7.9
Beaver
90.4
84.4
6.0
6.6
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
24.0
21.6
2.4
9.9
Lehigh
177.6
165.7
11.8
Berks
205.3
191.8
13.5
6.6
Luzerne
161.4
149.0
12.4
7.7
Blair
65.3
61.1
4.2
6.4
Lycoming
60.0
55.5
4.5
7.5
30.9
28.6
2.3
7.4
McKean
21.8
19.9
1.9
8.8
Bucks
Bradford
353.0
332.9
20.2
5.7
Mercer
55.8
50.9
5.0
8.9
Butler
97.9
92.5
5.5
5.6
Mifflin
22.7
20.7
2.0
8.8
Cambria
69.7
64.5
5.1
7.4
Monroe
7.6
Cameron
2.5
2.2
0.3
13.3
31.6
29.0
2.6
8.3
Carbon
Montgomery Montour
Centre
75.6
71.8
3.8
5.0
Northampton
Chester
270.5
257.9
12.6
4.7
Northumberland
Clarion
20.7
18.9
1.8
8.6
Perry
Clearfield
40.2
36.8
3.4
8.4
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.4
17.8
1.6
8.2
Pike
Columbia
36.3
33.8
2.5
6.8
Potter
Crawford
43.1
39.9
3.2
7.4
Schuylkill
83.8
77.4
6.4
436.1
413.5
22.6
5.2
9.5
9.0
0.5
5.7
153.0
143.2
9.8
6.4
47.1
43.0
4.1
8.6
25.0
23.3
1.7
6.9
631.9
580.5
51.4
8.1
28.1
25.9
2.2
7.9
7.7
6.9
0.7
9.6
74.5
68.6
5.9
7.9
Cumberland
123.8
117.6
6.2
5.0
Snyder
20.0
18.4
1.6
8.1
Dauphin
136.7
128.8
7.9
5.8
Somerset
38.9
35.7
3.2
8.1
Delaware
286.8
270.6
16.3
5.7
Sullivan
2.9
2.7
0.2
7.7
Elk
17.2
15.7
1.5
8.7
Susquehanna
21.7
20.1
1.7
7.6
Erie
141.3
131.8
9.5
6.7
Tioga
21.0
19.2
1.9
8.8
Fayette
66.9
61.5
5.3
8.0
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.3
10.5
83.0
78.3
4.6
5.6
Fulton
Franklin
7.9
7.1
0.8
10.4
Greene
18.3
17.1
1.2
6.6
Union
17.7
16.4
1.3
7.5
Venango
26.0
24.2
1.8
7.0
Warren Washington Wayne
Huntingdon
22.5
20.3
2.1
9.5
Westmoreland
Indiana
47.1
44.2
2.9
6.1
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.8
21.1
1.7
7.4
Juniata
12.3
11.4
0.9
7.2
6,418
6,005
412
6.4
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.5
20.1
1.4
6.5
105.3
98.7
6.6
6.3
25.2
23.4
1.8
7.0
188.3
176.2
12.1
6.4
14.6
13.5
1.1
7.6
229.2
216.0
13.3
5.8
154,349
143,350
10,999
7.1
PRELIMINARY 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY CITY / BOROUGH / TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE January 2009 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2000 Census
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Population
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
Abington Township, Montgomery Co. Allentown City, Lehigh Co. Altoona City, Blair Co. Bensalem Township, Bucks Co. Bethel Park Borough, Allegheny Co. Bethlehem City, Lehigh & Northamp. Cos. Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co. Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Carlisle Borough, Cumberland Co. Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co.
56,103 106,632 49,523 58,434 33,556 71,329 21,171 55,521 17,970 36,875
29.7 52.2 23.1 34.8 17.3 35.1 12.2 30.3 9.4 19.4
27.8 46.2 21.2 31.9 16.3 32.0 11.5 27.5 8.7 18.3
1.9 6.0 1.9 2.9 1.0 3.1 0.7 2.8 0.7 1.1
6.4 11.5 8.2 8.3 5.7 8.8 6.0 9.2 7.2 5.7
Chester City, Delaware Co. Cranberry Township, Butler Co. Derry Township, Dauphin Co. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co. Easton City, Northampton Co. Erie City, Erie Co. Exeter Township, Berks Co. Falls Township, Bucks Co. Hampden Township, Cumberland Co. Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co.
36,854 23,625 21,273 21,262 26,263 103,717 21,187 34,865 24,135 48,950
15.0 15.5 11.2 13.3 12.6 49.6 13.5 19.0 15.0 22.7
13.5 14.9 10.6 12.7 11.5 45.3 12.6 17.7 14.3 20.6
1.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.1 4.2 0.8 1.4 0.7 2.0
10.4 4.2 4.8 5.2 9.0 8.5 6.3 7.2 4.5 9.0
Haverford Township, Delaware Co. Hazleton City, Luzerne Co. Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co. Horsham Township, Montgomery Co. Johnstown City, Cambria Co. Lancaster City, Lancaster Co. Lebanon City, Lebanon Co. Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks Co. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
48,498 23,329 40,721 24,232 23,906 56,348 24,461 19,220 32,681 59,850
26.0 10.7 22.2 14.6 9.5 26.7 12.7 15.9 17.9 29.4
24.7 9.4 20.7 13.7 8.5 24.1 11.5 15.1 17.1 28.1
1.3 1.3 1.5 0.9 1.0 2.6 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.3
5.1 12.2 6.9 6.1 10.5 9.7 9.7 5.3 4.6 4.3
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin Co. Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co. Manheim Township, Lancaster Co. Marple Township, Delaware Co. McCandless Township, Allegheny Co. McKeesport City, Allegheny Co. Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Millcreek Township, Erie Co. Monroeville municipality, Allegheny Co Montgomery Township, Montgomery Co.
44,424 22,409 33,697 23,737 29,022 24,040 44,141 52,129 22,025 22,290
26.0 13.8 15.1 9.1 18.8 12.0 26.4 27.8 15.1 13.4
24.6 12.9 14.3 8.3 17.7 11.3 24.6 26.0 14.2 12.6
1.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.7
5.4 6.2 4.9 9.1 6.0 5.5 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.5
33,017 29,349 26,309 31,282 29,123 39,384 46,809 19,602 1,517,550 334,563
13.1 16.1 10.3 16.5 23.0 16.0 11.2 23.7 630.3 152.1
12.4 15.4 9.2 15.1 21.7 15.0 10.5 21.9 571.5 142.1
0.7 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 1.7 58.7 10.0
5.4 4.4 10.0 8.0 5.8 6.7 6.1 7.2 9.3 6.6
Plum Borough, Allegheny Co. Pottstown Borough, Montgomery Co. Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Reading City, Berks Co. Ridley Township, Delaware Co. Ross Township, Allegheny Co. Scranton City, Lackawanna Co. Shaler Township, Allegheny Co. Sharon City, Mercer Co. Spring Township, Berks Co.
26,940 21,771 30,878 81,207 30,791 32,551 76,415 29,757 16,328 21,805
14.7 11.5 14.7 34.3 15.8 17.4 35.6 15.6 6.3 14.1
13.7 10.4 13.9 30.1 14.7 16.4 32.5 14.7 5.7 13.3
1.1 1.1 0.7 4.2 1.1 1.0 3.2 0.9 0.6 0.9
7.2 9.9 4.9 12.3 7.1 5.6 8.9 6.0 9.9 6.1
Springettsbury Township, York Co. Springfield Township, Delaware Co. State College Borough, Centre Co. Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Co. Swatara Township, Dauphin County Tredyffrin Township, Chester Co. Unity Township, Westmoreland Co. Upper Darby Township, Delaware Co. Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery Co. Upper Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
23,883 23,677 38,420 21,745 22,655 29,062 21,036 81,821 25,878 26,863
12.3 11.9 17.7 12.7 11.3 16.0 11.1 42.4 13.8 16.7
11.5 11.2 16.9 12.0 10.5 15.3 10.2 39.3 13.1 15.8
0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 3.1 0.7 0.9
6.8 5.9 4.7 5.7 6.9 4.6 8.0 7.3 5.2 5.4
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery Co. Warminster Township, Bucks Co. Warrington Township, Bucks Co. West Goshen Township, Chester Co. West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny Co. Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne Co. Williamsport City, Lycoming Co. York City, York Co. York Township, York Co.
24,993 31,383 17,580 20,495 22,464 24,896 43,123 30,706 40,862 23,637
14.0 18.5 12.9 12.4 10.5 14.7 19.6 14.2 19.6 14.8
13.0 17.0 12.2 11.8 9.7 13.6 17.7 12.8 17.2 13.9
1.0 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.9 1.3 2.4 0.9
7.0 7.8 5.9 5.1 7.5 7.2 9.5 9.4 12.4 6.0
CITY/BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP
Moon Township, Allegheny Co. Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny Co. New Castle City, Lawrence Co. Norristown Borough, Montgomery Co. North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co. Northampton Township, Bucks Co. Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Co. Penn Township, Westmoreland Co. Philadelphia City/County Pittsburgh City, Allegheny Co.
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry
REVISED 03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY CITY / BOROUGH / TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE December 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2000 Census
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Population
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
Abington Township, Montgomery Co. Allentown City, Lehigh Co. Altoona City, Blair Co. Bensalem Township, Bucks Co. Bethel Park Borough, Allegheny Co. Bethlehem City, Lehigh & Northamp. Cos. Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co. Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Carlisle Borough, Cumberland Co. Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co.
56,103 106,632 49,523 58,434 33,556 71,329 21,171 55,521 17,970 36,875
29.8 51.9 23.2 34.8 17.3 35.2 12.3 30.2 9.4 19.6
28.3 47.0 21.7 32.4 16.5 32.6 11.7 27.9 8.8 18.6
1.6 4.9 1.6 2.4 0.8 2.6 0.6 2.3 0.6 1.0
5.3 9.5 6.8 6.8 4.7 7.3 5.2 7.6 5.9 4.9
Chester City, Delaware Co. Cranberry Township, Butler Co. Derry Township, Dauphin Co. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co. Easton City, Northampton Co. Erie City, Erie Co. Exeter Township, Berks Co. Falls Township, Bucks Co. Hampden Township, Cumberland Co. Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co.
36,854 23,625 21,273 21,262 26,263 103,717 21,187 34,865 24,135 48,950
15.0 15.7 11.2 13.5 12.6 49.4 13.5 19.1 15.0 22.7
13.7 15.1 10.8 12.9 11.7 45.9 12.8 17.9 14.4 20.9
1.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.9 3.6 0.7 1.1 0.6 1.8
8.9 3.6 4.1 4.4 7.3 7.2 5.3 6.0 3.7 7.9
Haverford Township, Delaware Co. Hazleton City, Luzerne Co. Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co. Horsham Township, Montgomery Co. Johnstown City, Cambria Co. Lancaster City, Lancaster Co. Lebanon City, Lebanon Co. Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks Co. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
48,498 23,329 40,721 24,232 23,906 56,348 24,461 19,220 32,681 59,850
26.2 10.6 22.2 14.6 9.6 26.7 12.6 16.1 18.1 29.7
25.1 9.6 21.0 13.9 8.7 24.6 11.7 15.4 17.4 28.5
1.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.1
4.4 9.6 5.5 4.9 8.9 7.7 6.7 4.4 3.8 3.9
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin Co. Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co. Manheim Township, Lancaster Co. Marple Township, Delaware Co. McCandless Township, Allegheny Co. McKeesport City, Allegheny Co. Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Millcreek Township, Erie Co. Monroeville municipality, Allegheny Co Montgomery Township, Montgomery Co.
44,424 22,409 33,697 23,737 29,022 24,040 44,141 52,129 22,025 22,290
26.0 13.8 15.2 9.1 19.0 12.0 26.4 27.8 15.2 13.5
24.9 13.1 14.5 8.4 18.1 11.5 25.0 26.3 14.4 12.8
1.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.5 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.6
4.5 5.0 4.1 7.5 4.9 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.6
33,017 29,349 26,309 31,282 29,123 39,384 46,809 19,602 1,517,550 334,563
13.2 16.2 10.3 16.5 23.1 16.1 11.2 23.7 631.9 152.9
12.6 15.6 9.4 15.4 22.0 15.2 10.6 22.3 580.5 144.3
0.6 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.6 1.4 51.4 8.6
4.5 3.8 8.8 6.8 4.9 5.7 5.1 6.0 8.1 5.6
Plum Borough, Allegheny Co. Pottstown Borough, Montgomery Co. Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Reading City, Berks Co. Ridley Township, Delaware Co. Ross Township, Allegheny Co. Scranton City, Lackawanna Co. Shaler Township, Allegheny Co. Sharon City, Mercer Co. Spring Township, Berks Co.
26,940 21,771 30,878 81,207 30,791 32,551 76,415 29,757 16,328 21,805
14.7 11.5 14.8 34.0 15.8 17.5 35.6 15.6 6.7 14.1
13.9 10.6 14.2 30.5 14.9 16.7 33.0 14.9 5.9 13.5
0.8 0.9 0.7 3.4 0.9 0.8 2.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
5.5 8.2 4.4 10.1 6.0 4.6 7.3 4.7 10.8 4.8
Springettsbury Township, York Co. Springfield Township, Delaware Co. State College Borough, Centre Co. Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Co. Swatara Township, Dauphin County Tredyffrin Township, Chester Co. Unity Township, Westmoreland Co. Upper Darby Township, Delaware Co. Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery Co. Upper Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
23,883 23,677 38,420 21,745 22,655 29,062 21,036 81,821 25,878 26,863
12.3 11.9 18.6 12.7 11.3 16.2 11.1 42.6 13.9 16.8
11.6 11.3 17.8 12.1 10.6 15.5 10.4 39.9 13.3 16.0
0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.7 0.6 0.7
5.5 4.9 4.3 4.6 5.9 3.9 6.3 6.3 4.1 4.4
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery Co. Warminster Township, Bucks Co. Warrington Township, Bucks Co. West Goshen Township, Chester Co. West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny Co. Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne Co. Williamsport City, Lycoming Co. York City, York Co. York Township, York Co.
24,993 31,383 17,580 20,495 22,464 24,896 43,123 30,706 40,862 23,637
14.0 18.5 13.0 12.6 10.6 14.7 19.6 14.2 19.2 14.8
13.2 17.3 12.4 12.0 9.9 13.9 18.0 13.1 17.4 14.1
0.8 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.6 1.1 1.8 0.7
5.6 6.3 5.0 4.4 6.3 5.9 8.2 7.8 9.5 4.9
CITY/BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP
Moon Township, Allegheny Co. Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny Co. New Castle City, Lawrence Co. Norristown Borough, Montgomery Co. North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co. Northampton Township, Bucks Co. Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Co. Penn Township, Westmoreland Co. Philadelphia City/County Pittsburgh City, Allegheny Co.
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry
03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA LABOR MARKET AREAS RANKED ON BASIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (Seasonally Adjusted) (U.S. and Pennsylvania included for comparative purpose) Rank on
LABOR MARKET AREAS
State College MSA Lebanon MSA Harrisburg-Carlisle MSA Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle CSA Lancaster MSA Gettysburg mSA Pittsburgh MSA Indiana mSA Pittsburgh-New Castle CSA Warren mSA York-Hanover-Gettysburg CSA Altoona MSA Chambersburg mSA York-Hanover MSA Greene County Philadelphia Metro Div. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) Sayre mSA Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Wayne County Erie MSA Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Susquehanna County Allentown-Beth-Easton, PA-NJ MSA Oil City mSA Reading MSA United States Allentown-Beth-Easton MSA (Excl. NJ) Juniata County New Castle mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Johnstown MSA Lock Haven mSA Scranton-Wilkes Barre MSA Somerset mSA Meadville mSA Williamsport-Lock Haven CSA Tioga County Williamsport MSA Jefferson County Bradford mSA Sullivan County Pottsville mSA Lewisburg mSA Selinsgrove mSA Sunbury-Lewisburg-Selinsgrove CSA Sunbury mSA Clarion County Clarion-Forest LMA DuBois mSA Forest County Lewistown mSA Huntingdon mSA Bedford County Potter County Fulton County St. Marys mSA Cameron County
Total Civilian
Basis of
Unemployment
Unemployment Volume
January 2009
Rate
(in thousands)
All Areas
MSAs
1 2 3
1 2 3
3 5 6 7
3 5
7 9 9 9 12
6 6
12 14 14 16 17 17 19 20 20
22 23 24 24 24 24 24 29 30 30 32 33 33 35 36 36
8 9
10 11
12 12
14
38 39 39 39 42 42 44 45 45 47 47 49
1/2009 5.3 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 11.5 11.5 14.9
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK; Current month data are preliminary estimates Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
12/2008 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.2 6.5 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.6 8.0 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.6 8.1 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.1 8.1 8.1 7.6 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.7 9.1 7.5 7.1 8.9 7.4 8.2 7.9 8.3 8.5 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.2 9.5 9.0 8.9 9.4 9.9 10.5 8.7 13.6
1/2008 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.4 3.7 4.1 5.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.2 4.7 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.2 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.4 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 7.0 6.5 4.8 6.5
Labor Force (in thousands)
1/2009
12/2008
1/2008
1/2009
4.0 4.5 18.0 22.4 16.9 3.6 80.2 3.1 83.7 1.4 19.2 4.5 5.7 15.6 1.3 137.8 2.1 450.0 213.3 1.8 10.3 236.7 3.4 1.6 31.8 2.0 15.8 11,616.0 28.2 0.9 3.4 6.8 5.6 1.6 22.9 3.1 3.5 6.5 1.7 5.0 1.9 1.9 0.3 6.6 1.6 1.8 7.7 4.4 1.9 2.2 3.7 0.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 0.8 0.9 2.0 0.4
3.8 3.8 16.6 20.5 15.2 3.3 76.2 2.9 79.9 1.5 17.6 4.3 5.0 14.4 1.2 130.0 2.5 412.0 201.1 1.8 9.6 223.7 3.0 1.8 29.8 1.9 14.2 11,108.0 25.7 0.9 3.5 6.8 5.3 1.5 21.9 3.0 3.3 6.1 1.9 4.5 1.6 2.0 0.2 6.1 1.4 1.6 7.3 4.2 1.8 2.1 3.3 0.2 2.0 2.0 2.3 0.8 0.8 1.5 0.3
2.8 2.7 11.0 13.7 9.9 2.3 55.6 2.3 58.2 1.0 11.7 2.9 3.0 9.4 1.0 91.9 1.5 295.0 137.7 1.2 7.3 152.1 2.4 1.1 20.5 1.4 9.6 7,555.0 18.7 0.6 2.5 4.5 3.8 1.1 15.2 2.3 2.3 4.4 1.1 3.3 1.2 1.1 0.2 4.0 1.1 1.1 5.0 2.7 1.2 1.4 2.4 0.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.2
75.2 73.1 288.7 361.7 273.2 56.6 1,228.8 46.8 1,272.8 21.6 287.0 65.5 83.2 230.7 18.5 1,984.6 30.7 6,446.0 3,002.5 25.5 143.0 3,278.3 46.1 21.5 424.1 26.3 206.5 153,716.0 364.9 12.3 43.9 85.0 69.7 19.4 285.9 38.8 43.0 79.4 20.7 60.0 23.2 22.0 3.0 75.2 17.8 20.1 86.0 48.1 21.0 23.3 40.2 2.4 22.9 22.7 24.4 7.6 7.8 17.4 2.5
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
UNITED STATES PENNSYLVANIA
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Seasonally Adjusted Civilian Labor Force
Rate
Total Employment
Total Unemployment
Rate
152,828 6,321
144,607 5,982
8,221 339
5.4 5.4
153,873 6,346
146,317 6,051
7,555 295
4.9 4.6
417.1 358.3 64.4 138.9 352.4 281.0 68.7 266.7 71.4 3,234.9 2,963.4 1,944.3 1,245.4 1,201.8 202.6 280.2 83.7 71.3 78.8 59.8 280.9 225.5
394.1 338.2 61.0 130.5 337.4 269.0 64.3 255.6 68.4 3,069.8 2,814.6 1,845.4 1,177.7 1,137.2 192.0 262.9 77.9 68.1 73.6 55.9 268.3 215.3
22.9 20.1 3.4 8.5 15.1 12.1 4.4 11.1 3.0 165.1 148.8 98.9 67.6 64.6 10.6 17.3 5.8 3.2 5.2 3.9 12.7 10.2
5.5 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.3 4.3 6.4 4.2 4.2 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.2 6.2 6.9 4.5 6.6 6.5 4.5 4.5
420.2 361.6 65.2 140.1 356.0 284.0 69.2 270.2 72.2 3,248.2 2,977.3 1,957.3 1,255.0 1,211.1 203.4 282.3 84.8 74.3 79.0 59.9 282.6 226.6
399.7 342.9 62.3 132.9 342.4 272.9 65.4 260.2 69.5 3,096.1 2,839.6 1,865.4 1,196.7 1,155.5 193.8 267.1 79.8 71.5 74.6 56.5 270.9 217.2
20.5 18.7 2.9 7.3 13.7 11.0 3.8 9.9 2.7 152.1 137.7 91.9 58.2 55.6 9.6 15.2 5.0 2.8 4.4 3.3 11.7 9.4
4.9 5.2 4.4 5.2 3.8 3.9 5.5 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.4 5.9 3.8 5.6 5.6 4.1 4.1
23.7 45.0 21.8 2.5 81.4 22.9 20.5 40.5 83.7 2.4 8.1 55.5 18.3 22.0 46.0 22.9 12.4 17.2 22.4 19.1 42.6 43.6 25.9 7.7 73.7 30.2 19.5 39.5 17.4 2.9 46.9 21.7 20.4 21.3 24.9
21.9 42.0 20.5 2.3 78.1 21.2 19.0 37.5 78.6 2.2 7.5 53.0 17.1 20.4 43.3 21.4 11.6 16.0 20.9 17.7 39.9 40.5 24.3 7.0 69.1 28.5 18.2 36.7 16.5 2.7 43.7 20.4 18.9 20.1 23.4
1.8 3.0 1.2 0.2 3.3 1.7 1.5 3.0 5.0 0.2 0.6 2.4 1.2 1.6 2.8 1.4 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.3 2.7 3.1 1.6 0.6 4.6 1.7 1.3 2.8 0.9 0.2 3.2 1.3 1.5 1.1 1.5
7.7 6.6 5.7 6.9 4.1 7.3 7.1 7.4 6.0 8.5 7.5 4.4 6.5 7.3 6.0 6.3 6.1 7.2 6.6 7.0 6.3 7.1 6.2 8.2 6.3 5.8 6.8 7.1 5.2 6.1 6.8 6.0 7.1 5.4 6.0
23.9 44.8 21.9 2.5 81.5 22.9 20.6 40.6 84.2 2.4 8.1 56.3 18.2 22.3 46.0 22.9 12.4 17.3 22.5 19.1 43.0 43.8 26.1 7.6 73.8 30.4 19.8 39.1 17.4 3.0 47.7 21.4 20.3 21.4 25.5
22.5 42.5 20.8 2.4 78.5 21.6 19.4 38.1 79.7 2.2 7.6 54.1 17.2 21.0 43.7 21.8 11.8 16.2 21.2 18.0 40.7 41.3 24.7 7.0 69.8 28.9 18.6 36.8 16.6 2.8 45.0 20.4 19.1 20.4 24.3
1.4 2.4 1.1 0.2 3.0 1.4 1.2 2.4 4.5 0.2 0.5 2.3 1.0 1.3 2.3 1.2 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.1 2.3 2.5 1.4 0.5 4.0 1.5 1.1 2.3 0.8 0.2 2.7 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2
5.8 5.3 4.9 6.5 3.7 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.4 6.7 6.5 4.1 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.0 5.0 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.7 5.2 7.0 5.4 4.8 5.7 5.8 4.8 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.7 4.5 4.7
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) ALTOONA MSA ERIE MSA HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA JOHNSTOWN MSA LANCASTER MSA LEBANON MSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA PITTSBURGH MSA READING MSA SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA STATE COLLEGE MSA WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA WILLIAMSPORT MSA YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA YORK-HANOVER MSA OTHER LABOR MARKET AREAS Bedford County Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA Bradford mSA Cameron County Chambersburg mSA Clarion-Forest LMA Clarion County DuBois mSA East Stroudsburg mSA Forest County Fulton County Gettysburg mSA Greene County Huntingdon mSA Indiana mSA Jefferson County Juniata County Lewisburg mSA Lewistown mSA Lock Haven mSA Meadville mSA New Castle mSA Oil City mSA Potter County Pottsville mSA Sayre mSA Selinsgrove mSA Somerset mSA St. Marys mSA Sullivan County Sunbury mSA Susquehanna County Tioga County Warren mSA Wayne County
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
56.3
54.1
2.3
4.1
Lackawanna
107.6
102.0
5.7
5.3
636.4
608.2
28.2
4.4
Lancaster
270.2
260.2
9.9
3.7
43.8
41.3
2.5
5.7
72.2
69.5
2.7
3.8
8.9
5.0
Armstrong
32.9
31.2
1.7
5.3
Beaver
89.5
85.0
4.5
5.0
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
23.9
22.5
1.4
5.8
Lehigh
177.2
168.3
Berks
203.4
193.8
9.6
4.7
Luzerne
160.1
151.5
8.7
5.4
Blair
65.2
62.3
2.9
4.4
Lycoming
59.9
56.5
3.3
5.6
30.4
28.9
1.5
4.8
McKean
21.9
20.8
1.1
4.9
Bucks
Bradford
348.7
334.3
14.4
4.1
Mercer
55.6
52.2
3.4
6.1
Butler
96.7
92.7
4.0
4.1
Mifflin
22.5
21.2
1.3
5.7
Cambria
69.2
65.4
3.8
5.5
Monroe
5.4
Cameron
2.5
2.4
0.2
6.5
Montgomery
31.3
29.5
1.8
5.8
Montour
Carbon Centre
74.3
71.5
2.8
3.8
Northampton
Chester
266.5
257.6
9.0
3.4
Northumberland
Clarion
20.6
19.4
1.2
5.8
Perry
Clearfield
40.6
38.1
2.4
6.0
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.1
18.0
1.1
5.6
Pike
Columbia
35.6
33.6
2.0
5.6
Potter
Crawford
43.0
40.7
2.3
5.2
Schuylkill
84.2
79.7
4.5
431.6
415.7
16.0
3.7
9.3
8.9
0.4
3.9
153.0
145.4
7.6
5.0
47.7
45.0
2.7
5.6
24.7
23.5
1.1
4.5
626.0
585.4
40.6
6.5
27.7
25.9
1.9
6.7
7.6
7.0
0.5
7.0
73.8
69.8
4.0
5.4
Cumberland
123.4
118.9
4.5
3.6
Snyder
19.8
18.6
1.1
5.7
Dauphin
135.9
130.5
5.4
4.0
Somerset
39.1
36.8
2.3
5.8
Delaware
284.6
272.0
12.6
4.4
Sullivan
3.0
2.8
0.2
5.3
Elk
17.4
16.6
0.8
4.8
Susquehanna
21.4
20.4
1.1
4.9
Erie
140.1
132.9
7.3
5.2
Tioga
20.3
19.1
1.1
5.7
Fayette
65.8
61.9
3.9
5.9
Union
17.3
16.2
1.1
6.3
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
6.7
Venango
26.1
24.7
1.4
5.2
81.5
78.5
3.0
3.7
Fulton
Franklin
8.1
7.6
0.5
6.5
Warren Washington
Greene
18.2
17.2
1.0
5.6
Wayne
Huntingdon
22.3
21.0
1.3
5.7
Westmoreland
Indiana
46.0
43.7
2.3
5.1
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.9
21.8
1.2
5.0
Juniata
12.4
11.8
0.6
5.0
6,346
6,051
295
4.6
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.4
20.4
1.0
4.5
104.2
99.1
5.0
4.8
25.5
24.3
1.2
4.7
185.8
177.2
8.6
4.6
14.5
13.7
0.8
5.6
226.6
217.2
9.4
4.1
153,873
146,317
7,555
4.9
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
COUNTY Adams Allegheny
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
COUNTY
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
55.5
53.0
2.4
4.4
Lackawanna
106.5
100.4
6.1
5.8
629.3
598.0
31.2
5.0
Lancaster
266.7
255.6
11.1
4.2
43.6
40.5
3.1
7.1
71.4
68.4
3.0
4.2 5.5
Armstrong
32.9
30.7
2.2
6.6
Beaver
88.8
83.6
5.2
5.8
Lawrence Lebanon
Bedford
23.7
21.9
1.8
7.7
Lehigh
175.5
165.9
9.7
Berks
202.6
192.0
10.6
5.2
Luzerne
159.3
149.1
10.2
6.4
Blair
64.4
61.0
3.4
5.3
Lycoming
59.8
55.9
3.9
6.5
30.2
28.5
1.7
5.8
McKean
21.8
20.5
1.2
5.7
Bucks
Bradford
347.1
331.1
16.0
4.6
Mercer
54.9
51.2
3.8
6.8
Butler
96.5
91.6
4.9
5.0
Mifflin
22.4
20.9
1.5
6.6
Cambria
68.7
64.3
4.4
6.4
Monroe
6.0
Cameron
2.5
2.3
0.2
6.9
Montgomery
31.1
29.0
2.1
6.7
Montour
Carbon Centre
71.3
68.1
3.2
4.5
Northampton
Chester
266.1
256.5
9.7
3.6
Northumberland
Clarion
20.5
19.0
1.5
7.1
Perry
Clearfield
40.5
37.5
3.0
7.4
Philadelphia
Clinton
19.1
17.7
1.3
7.0
Pike
Columbia
35.8
33.2
2.6
7.1
Potter
Crawford
42.6
39.9
2.7
6.3
Schuylkill
83.7
78.6
5.0
428.9
411.3
17.5
4.1
9.2
8.8
0.4
4.7
151.6
143.3
8.3
5.5
46.9
43.7
3.2
6.8
24.5
23.2
1.3
5.4
619.8
577.4
42.4
6.8
28.1
26.0
2.1
7.4
7.7
7.0
0.6
8.2
73.7
69.1
4.6
6.3
Cumberland
122.1
117.3
4.8
3.9
Snyder
19.5
18.2
1.3
6.8
Dauphin
134.4
128.5
5.9
4.4
Somerset
39.5
36.7
2.8
7.1
Delaware
282.4
269.1
13.3
4.7
Sullivan
2.9
2.7
0.2
6.1
Elk
17.4
16.5
0.9
5.2
Susquehanna
21.7
20.4
1.3
6.0
Erie
138.9
130.5
8.5
6.1
Tioga
20.4
18.9
1.5
7.1
Fayette
65.8
61.0
4.9
7.4
Union
17.2
16.0
1.2
7.2
Forest
2.4
2.2
0.2
8.5
Venango
25.9
24.3
1.6
6.2
81.4
78.1
3.3
4.1
Fulton
Franklin
8.1
7.5
0.6
7.5
Warren Washington
Greene
18.3
17.1
1.2
6.5
Wayne
Huntingdon
22.0
20.4
1.6
7.3
Westmoreland
Indiana
46.0
43.3
2.8
6.0
Wyoming York
Jefferson
22.9
21.4
1.4
6.3
Juniata
12.4
11.6
0.8
6.1
6,321
5,982
339
5.4
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK Rate computed using unrounded data and may not add to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information and Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry
UNITED STATES
21.3
20.1
1.1
5.4
103.7
97.8
6.0
5.7
24.9
23.4
1.5
6.0
184.9
174.6
10.3
5.6
14.5
13.5
1.0
6.9
225.5
215.3
10.2
4.5
152,828
144,607
8,221
5.4
REVISED 03/11/08
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY CITY / BOROUGH / TOWNSHIP OF RESIDENCE January 2008 (in thousands)
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2000 Census
Civilian Labor
Total
Total Unem-
Unemployment
Population
Force
Employment
ployment
Rate
Abington Township, Montgomery Co. Allentown City, Lehigh Co. Altoona City, Blair Co. Bensalem Township, Bucks Co. Bethel Park Borough, Allegheny Co. Bethlehem City, Lehigh & Northamp. Cos. Bethlehem Township, Northampton Co. Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Carlisle Borough, Cumberland Co. Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co.
56,103 106,632 49,523 58,434 33,556 71,329 21,171 55,521 17,970 36,875
29.3 50.9 23.0 34.1 17.1 34.8 12.2 29.6 9.2 19.3
28.1 47.0 21.6 32.3 16.4 32.6 11.7 27.8 8.8 18.5
1.2 3.9 1.4 1.8 0.7 2.1 0.5 1.8 0.4 0.8
4.1 7.6 6.0 5.3 4.1 6.1 4.0 6.0 4.5 4.0
Chester City, Delaware Co. Cranberry Township, Butler Co. Derry Township, Dauphin Co. East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Co. Easton City, Northampton Co. Erie City, Erie Co. Exeter Township, Berks Co. Falls Township, Bucks Co. Hampden Township, Cumberland Co. Harrisburg City, Dauphin Co.
36,854 23,625 21,273 21,262 26,263 103,717 21,187 34,865 24,135 48,950
14.8 15.5 11.1 13.2 12.6 48.6 13.3 18.8 14.9 22.2
13.6 15.0 10.7 12.8 11.7 45.4 12.8 17.8 14.4 20.8
1.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.9 3.3 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.3
8.2 3.1 3.5 3.0 7.0 6.7 3.9 5.0 3.1 6.0
Haverford Township, Delaware Co. Hazleton City, Luzerne Co. Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co. Horsham Township, Montgomery Co. Johnstown City, Cambria Co. Lancaster City, Lancaster Co. Lebanon City, Lebanon Co. Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh Co. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks Co. Lower Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
48,498 23,329 40,721 24,232 23,906 56,348 24,461 19,220 32,681 59,850
25.8 10.4 21.7 14.4 9.4 26.0 12.3 15.9 17.8 29.2
24.9 9.6 20.8 13.9 8.7 24.5 11.6 15.4 17.3 28.4
0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.9
3.3 8.2 4.3 4.1 7.7 5.8 5.5 3.5 3.1 2.9
Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin Co. Lower Providence Township, Montgomery Co. Manheim Township, Lancaster Co. Marple Township, Delaware Co. McCandless Township, Allegheny Co. McKeesport City, Allegheny Co. Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Millcreek Township, Erie Co. Monroeville municipality, Allegheny Co Montgomery Township, Montgomery Co.
44,424 22,409 33,697 23,737 29,022 24,040 44,141 52,129 22,025 22,290
25.7 13.6 14.9 8.9 18.7 11.9 26.0 27.3 15.0 13.2
24.8 13.1 14.4 8.4 17.9 11.4 24.9 26.1 14.3 12.8
0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.1 1.3 0.7 0.5
3.6 4.0 3.6 6.5 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.6 4.5 3.6
33,017 29,349 26,309 31,282 29,123 39,384 46,809 19,602 1,517,550 334,563
13.0 16.0 10.3 16.3 22.8 15.8 11.0 23.3 619.8 150.8
12.5 15.5 9.4 15.3 21.9 15.1 10.5 22.1 577.4 142.9
0.5 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 1.2 42.4 7.9
4.1 3.5 8.7 6.1 4.0 4.8 4.1 5.2 6.8 5.2
Plum Borough, Allegheny Co. Pottstown Borough, Montgomery Co. Radnor Township, Delaware Co. Reading City, Berks Co. Ridley Township, Delaware Co. Ross Township, Allegheny Co. Scranton City, Lackawanna Co. Shaler Township, Allegheny Co. Sharon City, Mercer Co. Spring Township, Berks Co.
26,940 21,771 30,878 81,207 30,791 32,551 76,415 29,757 16,328 21,805
14.5 11.2 14.6 33.2 15.6 17.3 35.1 15.4 6.5 14.0
13.8 10.5 14.1 30.6 14.8 16.5 33.0 14.8 6.0 13.5
0.8 0.7 0.5 2.6 0.8 0.8 2.1 0.7 0.5 0.6
5.2 6.7 3.7 7.8 4.8 4.4 5.9 4.4 7.6 4.0
Springettsbury Township, York Co. Springfield Township, Delaware Co. State College Borough, Centre Co. Susquehanna Township, Dauphin Co. Swatara Township, Dauphin County Tredyffrin Township, Chester Co. Unity Township, Westmoreland Co. Upper Darby Township, Delaware Co. Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery Co. Upper Merion Township, Montgomery Co.
23,883 23,677 38,420 21,745 22,655 29,062 21,036 81,821 25,878 26,863
12.1 11.8 17.6 12.6 11.1 16.0 10.6 41.8 13.7 16.5
11.6 11.3 16.9 12.1 10.6 15.5 10.3 39.7 13.2 15.9
0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 2.1 0.5 0.6
4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.4 3.2 3.5 5.1 3.4 3.4
Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery Co. Warminster Township, Bucks Co. Warrington Township, Bucks Co. West Goshen Township, Chester Co. West Mifflin Borough, Allegheny Co. Whitehall Township, Lehigh Co. Wilkes-Barre City, Luzerne Co. Williamsport City, Lycoming Co. York City, York Co. York Township, York Co.
24,993 31,383 17,580 20,495 22,464 24,896 43,123 30,706 40,862 23,637
13.8 18.2 12.8 12.4 10.4 14.6 19.2 14.2 18.7 14.6
13.1 17.2 12.3 11.9 9.8 13.9 18.0 13.2 17.4 14.0
0.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.6
4.8 5.4 3.8 3.6 5.8 5.3 6.4 6.8 7.3 3.9
CITY/BOROUGH/TOWNSHIP
Moon Township, Allegheny Co. Mount Lebanon Township, Allegheny Co. New Castle City, Lawrence Co. Norristown Borough, Montgomery Co. North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co. Northampton Township, Bucks Co. Penn Hills Township, Allegheny Co. Penn Township, Westmoreland Co. Philadelphia City/County Pittsburgh City, Allegheny Co.
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARK SOURCE: Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor & Industry
