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Cities in Pennsylvania by unemployed people, 2025

Philadelphia, PA had the highest unemployed people of 25 cities in 2025, at 41,837. West Mifflin, PA had the lowest, at 382. The median was 800. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest41,837Philadelphia, PA
Lowest382West Mifflin, PA
Median80025 cities

All cities, 2025

Philadelphia, PA: 41,837 personsPhiladelphia, PA41,837Pittsburgh, PA: 5,894 personsPittsburgh, PA5,894Allentown, PA: 3,204 personsAllentown, PA3,204Reading, PA: 2,282 personsReading, PA2,282Erie, PA: 1,991 personsErie, PA1,991Bethlehem, PA: 1,720 personsBethlehem, PA1,720Scranton, PA: 1,579 personsScranton, PA1,579Harrisburg, PA: 1,341 personsHarrisburg, PA1,341York, PA: 1,287 personsYork, PA1,287Lancaster, PA: 1,236 personsLancaster, PA1,236Wilkes-Barre, PA: 1,056 personsWilkes-Barre, PA1,056Chester, PA: 956 personsChester, PA956Altoona, PA: 800 personsAltoona, PA800Hazleton, PA: 788 personsHazleton, PA788Norristown, PA: 709 personsNorristown, PA709State College, PA: 688 personsState College, PA688Easton, PA: 645 personsEaston, PA645Lebanon, PA: 635 personsLebanon, PA635Williamsport, PA: 600 personsWilliamsport, PA600Bethel Park, PA: 505 personsBethel Park, PA505Monroeville, PA: 487 personsMonroeville, PA487Plum, PA: 476 personsPlum, PA476New Castle, PA: 454 personsNew Castle, PA454Johnstown, PA: 411 personsJohnstown, PA411West Mifflin, PA: 382 personsWest Mifflin, PA382Philadelphia, PA: 41,837 personsPhiladelphia, PA41,837Pittsburgh, PA: 5,894 personsPittsburgh, PA5,894Allentown, PA: 3,204 personsAllentown, PA3,204Reading, PA: 2,282 personsReading, PA2,282Erie, PA: 1,991 personsErie, PA1,991Bethlehem, PA: 1,720 personsBethlehem, PA1,720Scranton, PA: 1,579 personsScranton, PA1,579Harrisburg, PA: 1,341 personsHarrisburg, PA1,341York, PA: 1,287 personsYork, PA1,287Lancaster, PA: 1,236 personsLancaster, PA1,236Wilkes-Barre, PA: 1,056 personsWilkes-Barre, PA1,056Chester, PA: 956 personsChester, PA956Altoona, PA: 800 personsAltoona, PA800Hazleton, PA: 788 personsHazleton, PA788Norristown, PA: 709 personsNorristown, PA709State College, PA: 688 personsState College, PA688Easton, PA: 645 personsEaston, PA645Lebanon, PA: 635 personsLebanon, PA635Williamsport, PA: 600 personsWilliamsport, PA600Bethel Park, PA: 505 personsBethel Park, PA505Monroeville, PA: 487 personsMonroeville, PA487Plum, PA: 476 personsPlum, PA476New Castle, PA: 454 personsNew Castle, PA454Johnstown, PA: 411 personsJohnstown, PA411West Mifflin, PA: 382 personsWest Mifflin, PA382
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Philadelphia, PA41,837+12.9%
2Pittsburgh, PA5,894+16%
3Allentown, PA3,204+23.7%
4Reading, PA2,282+25.4%
5Erie, PA1,991+19.8%
6Bethlehem, PA1,720+19.6%
7Scranton, PA1,579+16.9%
8Harrisburg, PA1,341+26.3%
9York, PA1,287+22.5%
10Lancaster, PA1,236+21.9%
11Wilkes-Barre, PA1,056+13.7%
12Chester, PA956+29.5%
13Altoona, PA800+12.8%
14Hazleton, PA788+22.4%
15Norristown, PA709+12%
16State College, PA688+11.7%
17Easton, PA645+14.2%
18Lebanon, PA635+32%
19Williamsport, PA600+20.2%
20Bethel Park, PA505+13.5%
21Monroeville, PA487+13%
22Plum, PA476+13.6%
23New Castle, PA454+17.9%
24Johnstown, PA411+19.1%
25West Mifflin, PA382+12%

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About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Pennsylvania by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Pennsylvania by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/pennsylvania-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Pennsylvania by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/pennsylvania-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Pennsylvania by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/pennsylvania-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Philadelphia, PA, with 41,837 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

West Mifflin, PA, with 382 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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