PRELIMINARY03/10/09
PENNSYLVANIA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE DATA BY LABOR MARKET AREA OF RESIDENC
January 2009
(in thousands)
Not Seasonally AdjustedSeasonally Adjusted
Civilian Labor Total Total Unem- Civilian Labor Total Total Unem-Force Employment ployment Rate Force Employment ployment Rate
UNITED STATES 153,445 140,436 13,009 8.5 153,716 142,009 11,616 7.6PENNSYLVANIA 6,403 5,908 496 7.7 6,446 5,995 450 7.0METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREASALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON-NJ MSA 421.0 386.7 34.3 8.1 424.1 392.3 31.8 7.5ALLENTOWN-BETH-EASTON MSA (Excl. NJ) 361.6 331.9 29.6 8.2 364.9 336.6 28.2 7.7ALTOONA MSA 64.8 59.8 5.0 7.8 65.5 61.0 4.5 6.8ERIE MSA 141.8 130.3 11.5 8.1 143.0 132.7 10.3 7.2HARRISBURG-LEBANON-CARLISLE CSA 358.1 334.3 23.8 6.6 361.7 339.3 22.4 6.2HARRISBURG-CARLISLE MSA 285.7 266.7 19.0 6.7 288.7 270.7 18.0 6.2JOHNSTOWN MSA 69.2 63.0 6.1 8.8 69.7 64.1 5.6 8.0LANCASTER MSA 269.7 251.7 18.1 6.7 273.2 256.3 16.9 6.2LEBANON MSA 72.3 67.6 4.8 6.6 73.1 68.6 4.5 6.1PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD CSA 3,264.9 3,015.3 249.6 7.6 3,278.3 3,041.6 236.7 7.2PHILADELPHIA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 2,988.7 2,764.2 224.5 7.5 3,002.5 2,789.2 213.3 7.1PHILADELPHIA METRO DIV. (Excl. NJ-DE-MD) 1,971.5 1,826.7 144.8 7.3 1,984.6 1,846.8 137.8 6.9PITTSBURGH-NEW CASTLE CSA 1,263.2 1,170.1 93.1 7.4 1,272.8 1,189.1 83.7 6.6PITTSBURGH MSA 1,219.5 1,130.4 89.1 7.3 1,228.8 1,148.7 80.2 6.5READING MSA 205.7 189.0 16.7 8.1 206.5 190.7 15.8 7.6SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE MSA 283.9 258.8 25.1 8.8 285.9 263.0 22.9 8.0SUNBURY-LEWISBURG-SELINSGROVE CSA 84.9 76.3 8.5 10.1 86.0 78.3 7.7 9.0STATE COLLEGE MSA 72.2 67.8 4.4 6.1 75.2 71.2 4.0 5.3WILLIAMSPORT-LOCK HAVEN CSA 79.2 71.9 7.3 9.2 79.4 72.9 6.5 8.2WILLIAMSPORT MSA 59.8 54.3 5.5 9.2 60.0 55.0 5.0 8.3YORK-HANOVER-GETTYSBURG CSA 285.3 265.2 20.2 7.1 287.0 267.8 19.2 6.7YORK-HANOVER MSA 229.6 213.2 16.5 7.2 230.7 215.1 15.6 6.8OTHER LABOR MARKET AREASBedford County 24.2 21.3 2.9 12.1 24.4 21.9 2.5 10.2Bloomsburg-Berwick mSA 46.2 42.2 4.0 8.7 46.1 42.7 3.4 7.4Bradford mSA 21.9 19.9 2.0 9.2 22.0 20.1 1.9 8.5Cameron County 2.5 2.1 0.4 15.4 2.5 2.1 0.4 14.9Chambersburg mSA 83.1 77.1 5.9 7.1 83.2 77.5 5.7 6.8Clarion-Forest LMA 23.3 20.8 2.5 10.6 23.3 21.2 2.2 9.2Clarion County 20.8 18.6 2.2 10.5 21.0 19.1 1.9 9.2DuBois mSA 40.1 35.8 4.3 10.7 40.2 36.5 3.7 9.2East Stroudsburg mSA 84.5 77.2 7.3 8.6 85.0 78.3 6.8 8.0Forest County 2.4 2.2 0.3 11.6 2.4 2.2 0.2 9.9Fulton County 7.9 6.9 1.0 12.6 7.8 6.9 0.9 11.5Gettysburg mSA 55.7 52.0 3.7 6.7 56.6 53.0 3.6 6.3Greene County 18.6 17.1 1.4 7.8 18.5 17.2 1.3 6.9Huntingdon mSA 22.4 19.8 2.6 11.6 22.7 20.4 2.3 10.0Indiana mSA 46.8 43.3 3.5 7.5 46.8 43.7 3.1 6.6Jefferson County 23.1 20.9 2.2 9.6 23.2 21.2 1.9 8.4Juniata County 12.3 11.2 1.1 8.7 12.3 11.3 0.9 7.7Lewisburg mSA 17.7 16.0 1.7 9.7 17.8 16.2 1.6 8.8Lewistown mSA 22.8 20.3 2.4 10.7 22.9 20.6 2.3 9.9Lock Haven mSA 19.4 17.6 1.8 9.4 19.4 17.9 1.6 8.0Meadville mSA 42.6 38.7 3.9 9.1 43.0 39.5 3.5 8.1New Castle mSA 43.7 39.6 4.0 9.2 43.9 40.5 3.4 7.8Oil City mSA 26.1 23.9 2.2 8.6 26.3 24.3 2.0 7.6Potter County 7.7 6.9 0.9 11.3 7.6 6.9 0.8 10.2Pottsville mSA 75.1 67.9 7.2 9.6 75.2 68.7 6.6 8.7Sayre mSA 30.6 28.2 2.4 7.9 30.7 28.6 2.1 6.9Selinsgrove mSA 19.9 17.9 2.0 9.8 20.1 18.3 1.8 8.8Somerset mSA 39.3 35.7 3.6 9.2 38.8 35.7 3.1 8.0St. Marys mSA 17.4 15.3 2.1 12.0 17.4 15.4 2.0 11.5Sullivan County 2.9 2.6 0.3 9.3 3.0 2.7 0.3 8.5Sunbury mSA 47.3 42.4 4.9 10.3 48.1 43.7 4.4 9.1Susquehanna County 21.7 19.9 1.8 8.4 21.5 19.9 1.6 7.4Tioga County 20.8 18.8 2.0 9.7 20.7 19.0 1.7 8.3Warren mSA 21.4 19.8 1.6 7.4 21.6 20.1 1.4 6.6Wayne County 24.9 22.8 2.1 8.4 25.5 23.7 1.8 7.1
ALL DATA ARE ON 2008 BENCHMARKRate 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
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