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Which counties in Pennsylvania have the lowest unemployment?

Chester County (3.2%), Centre County (3.3%) and Montour County (3.3%) had the lowest unemployment in Pennsylvania in 2025.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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Pennsylvania counties ranked by lowest unemployment rate
RankCountyRate 2025Change since 2019Residents
1Chester County3.2%+0.1 pts557,116
2Centre County3.3%+0.0 pts157,393
3Montour County3.3%−0.3 pts17,868
4Lancaster County3.4%+0.0 pts563,159
5Cumberland County3.5%+0.2 pts277,270
6Montgomery County3.5%+0.0 pts877,643
7Adams County3.7%+0.3 pts107,594
8Bucks County3.8%+0.0 pts647,828
9Butler County3.8%−0.1 pts200,169
10Franklin County3.8%+0.0 pts160,652
11Perry County3.8%+0.0 pts46,806
12Lebanon County3.9%+0.0 pts146,380
13Mifflin County3.9%−0.4 pts46,127
14Allegheny County4.0%+0.0 pts1,225,035
15Blair County4.1%−0.5 pts119,541
16Fulton County4.1%−0.5 pts14,483
17Snyder County4.1%−1.2 pts39,655
18Union County4.1%−0.2 pts42,313
19York County4.1%+0.3 pts473,197
20Bradford County4.2%−0.3 pts59,600
21Delaware County4.2%+0.1 pts580,937
22Washington County4.2%−0.3 pts210,802
23Westmoreland County4.2%−0.3 pts349,324
24Northampton County4.3%−0.2 pts324,411
25Bedford County4.4%−0.5 pts47,480
26Berks County4.4%+0.1 pts440,072
27Clarion County4.4%−0.3 pts36,680
28Crawford County4.4%−0.2 pts81,792
29Dauphin County4.4%+0.5 pts293,351
30Sullivan County4.4%−0.5 pts5,856
31Beaver County4.5%+0.1 pts166,032
32Elk County4.5%−0.2 pts29,926
33Erie County4.5%+0.0 pts265,832
34Wayne County4.5%−0.4 pts51,703
35Wyoming County4.5%−0.6 pts25,790
36Carbon County4.6%−0.8 pts65,868
37Clearfield County4.6%−0.5 pts78,100
38Jefferson County4.6%+0.0 pts43,255
39Lehigh County4.6%+0.0 pts384,383
40Susquehanna County4.6%−0.1 pts38,237
41Tioga County4.6%−0.6 pts40,502
42Venango County4.6%−0.1 pts49,346
43Warren County4.6%−0.1 pts37,038
44Lackawanna County4.7%−0.2 pts216,502
45Lycoming County4.7%−0.3 pts112,587
46McKean County4.7%−0.4 pts38,984
47Somerset County4.7%−0.4 pts72,004
48Clinton County4.8%−0.4 pts37,870
49Mercer County4.8%+0.0 pts107,860
50Northumberland County4.8%−0.6 pts89,920
51Armstrong County4.9%−0.2 pts63,698
52Greene County4.9%−0.8 pts33,885
53Indiana County4.9%−0.2 pts82,878
54Monroe County4.9%−0.3 pts167,179
55Schuylkill County4.9%−0.4 pts145,085
56Cambria County5.0%−0.1 pts128,968
57Columbia County5.0%+0.1 pts66,193
58Huntingdon County5.0%−0.8 pts43,001
59Lawrence County5.0%−0.1 pts83,911
60Pike County5.0%−0.1 pts62,808
61Juniata County5.2%+0.7 pts23,403
62Luzerne County5.3%−0.2 pts332,126
63Philadelphia County5.3%+0.2 pts1,574,281
64Fayette County5.5%−0.3 pts123,021
65Potter County5.5%−0.3 pts15,897
66Forest County6.3%−0.8 pts6,614
67Cameron County6.4%+0.3 pts4,211

How this is ranked

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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Questions

Which county in Pennsylvania has the lowest unemployment rate?

Chester County: 3.2%, ahead of Centre County (3.3%) and Montour County (3.3%), of 67 Pennsylvania counties ranked.

How is this ranking calculated?

The annual average unemployment rate for 2025 (BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics). Lowest first. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

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