Unemployed people in Pennsylvania

as of September, 2021:

390,373

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

6.2%

Labor Force

6,276,837

Employment

5,886,464

Employment-Population Ratio

57.3%

Labor Force Participation Rate

61.1%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Adams 52,998 1,943 3.5 54,941
Allegheny 591,120 31,830 5.1 622,950
Armstrong 28,976 2,223 7.1 31,199
Beaver 76,039 4,897 6.1 80,936
Bedford 21,802 1,068 4.7 22,870
Berks 191,195 11,641 5.7 202,836
Blair 54,217 2,884 5.1 57,101
Bradford 26,481 1,271 4.6 27,752
Bucks 319,623 15,153 4.5 334,776
Butler 91,426 4,996 5.2 96,422
Cambria 49,689 3,184 6.0 52,873
Cameron 1,871 133 6.6 2,004
Carbon 29,346 1,770 5.7 31,116
Centre 71,843 2,861 3.8 74,704
Chester 269,018 10,325 3.7 279,343
Clarion 15,992 891 5.3 16,883
Clearfield 32,588 1,969 5.7 34,557
Clinton 16,949 940 5.3 17,889
Columbia 31,839 1,578 4.7 33,417
Crawford 35,000 1,991 5.4 36,991
Cumberland 124,457 5,082 3.9 129,539
Dauphin 134,392 7,519 5.3 141,911
Delaware 272,528 15,769 5.5 288,297
Elk 13,484 842 5.9 14,326
Erie 116,527 7,382 6.0 123,909
Fayette 50,806 4,040 7.4 54,846
Forest 1,660 110 6.2 1,770
Franklin 72,306 3,221 4.3 75,527
Fulton 7,209 366 4.8 7,575
Greene 14,718 926 5.9 15,644
Huntingdon 18,178 1,045 5.4 19,223
Indiana 34,721 2,255 6.1 36,976
Jefferson 18,581 1,041 5.3 19,622
Juniata 12,039 514 4.1 12,553
Lackawanna 94,929 5,826 5.8 100,755
Lancaster 266,430 11,786 4.2 278,216
Lawrence 36,683 2,367 6.1 39,050
Lebanon 67,135 3,256 4.6 70,391
Lehigh 178,276 11,058 5.8 189,334
Luzerne 141,771 10,574 6.9 152,345
Lycoming 52,279 3,062 5.5 55,341
McKean 16,077 939 5.5 17,016
Mercer 43,824 2,784 6.0 46,608
Mifflin 19,907 1,039 5.0 20,946
Monroe 73,993 5,453 6.9 79,446
Montgomery 424,817 19,262 4.3 444,079
Montour 8,825 316 3.5 9,141
Northampton 149,028 8,106 5.2 157,134
Northumberland 39,221 2,371 5.7 41,592
Perry 22,934 931 3.9 23,865
Philadelphia 640,300 56,433 8.1 696,733
Pike 22,656 1,546 6.4 24,202
Potter 6,846 352 4.9 7,198
Schuylkill 60,273 3,663 5.7 63,936
Snyder 18,377 853 4.4 19,230
Somerset 30,292 1,669 5.2 31,961
Sullivan 2,540 146 5.4 2,686
Susquehanna 18,871 874 4.4 19,745
Tioga 17,789 991 5.3 18,780
Union 18,484 760 3.9 19,244
Venango 20,139 1,203 5.6 21,342
Warren 17,096 940 5.2 18,036
Washington 97,267 5,578 5.4 102,845
Wayne 20,663 1,147 5.3 21,810
Westmoreland 164,135 8,890 5.1 173,025
Wyoming 12,276 651 5.0 12,927
York 219,880 10,516 4.6 230,396