# Counties in Pennsylvania by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 67 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/pennsylvania-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/pennsylvania-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cameron County | 5.8 |
| 2 | Forest County | 5.3 |
| 3 | Fayette County | 5.2 |
| 3 | Luzerne County | 5.2 |
| 3 | Philadelphia County | 5.2 |
| 6 | Schuylkill County | 5 |
| 7 | Greene County | 4.8 |
| 7 | Monroe County | 4.8 |
| 9 | Potter County | 4.7 |
| 10 | Cambria County | 4.6 |
| 10 | Lackawanna County | 4.6 |
| 12 | Armstrong County | 4.4 |
| 12 | Columbia County | 4.4 |
| 12 | Indiana County | 4.4 |
| 12 | Lehigh County | 4.4 |
| 12 | Pike County | 4.4 |
| 17 | Beaver County | 4.3 |
| 17 | Berks County | 4.3 |
| 17 | Carbon County | 4.3 |
| 17 | McKean County | 4.3 |
| 17 | Mercer County | 4.3 |
| 17 | Venango County | 4.3 |
| 17 | Wyoming County | 4.3 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 4.2 |
| 24 | Somerset County | 4.2 |
| 24 | Tioga County | 4.2 |
| 27 | Clearfield County | 4.1 |
| 27 | Dauphin County | 4.1 |
| 27 | Huntingdon County | 4.1 |
| 27 | Northampton County | 4.1 |
| 31 | Clarion County | 4 |
| 31 | Clinton County | 4 |
| 31 | Delaware County | 4 |
| 31 | Elk County | 4 |
| 31 | Juniata County | 4 |
| 31 | Lawrence County | 4 |
| 31 | Lycoming County | 4 |
| 31 | Northumberland County | 4 |
| 31 | Warren County | 4 |
| 40 | Crawford County | 3.9 |
| 40 | Erie County | 3.9 |
| 40 | Susquehanna County | 3.9 |
| 40 | Westmoreland County | 3.9 |
| 40 | York County | 3.9 |
| 45 | Allegheny County | 3.8 |
| 45 | Blair County | 3.8 |
| 45 | Washington County | 3.8 |
| 45 | Wayne County | 3.8 |
| 49 | Bedford County | 3.7 |
| 49 | Bradford County | 3.7 |
| 49 | Bucks County | 3.7 |
| 49 | Lebanon County | 3.7 |
| 53 | Perry County | 3.6 |
| 53 | Snyder County | 3.6 |
| 55 | Adams County | 3.5 |
| 55 | Butler County | 3.5 |
| 55 | Franklin County | 3.5 |
| 55 | Union County | 3.5 |
| 59 | Fulton County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 3.4 |
| 61 | Chester County | 3.3 |
| 61 | Cumberland County | 3.3 |
| 61 | Sullivan County | 3.3 |
| 64 | Lancaster County | 3.2 |
| 65 | Mifflin County | 3.1 |
| 65 | Montour County | 3.1 |
| 67 | Centre County | 3 |