# Cities in Pennsylvania by unemployed people, 2025

All 25 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/pennsylvania-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Philadelphia, PA | 41,837 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh, PA | 5,894 |
| 3 | Allentown, PA | 3,204 |
| 4 | Reading, PA | 2,282 |
| 5 | Erie, PA | 1,991 |
| 6 | Bethlehem, PA | 1,720 |
| 7 | Scranton, PA | 1,579 |
| 8 | Harrisburg, PA | 1,341 |
| 9 | York, PA | 1,287 |
| 10 | Lancaster, PA | 1,236 |
| 11 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 1,056 |
| 12 | Chester, PA | 956 |
| 13 | Altoona, PA | 800 |
| 14 | Hazleton, PA | 788 |
| 15 | Norristown, PA | 709 |
| 16 | State College, PA | 688 |
| 17 | Easton, PA | 645 |
| 18 | Lebanon, PA | 635 |
| 19 | Williamsport, PA | 600 |
| 20 | Bethel Park, PA | 505 |
| 21 | Monroeville, PA | 487 |
| 22 | Plum, PA | 476 |
| 23 | New Castle, PA | 454 |
| 24 | Johnstown, PA | 411 |
| 25 | West Mifflin, PA | 382 |