High Unemployment Area
Carbon County, PA Current Unemployment - 5.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
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1991
1990
Carbon County, PA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2022
6.3%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.7%
5.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.2%
4.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.8%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.6%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.2%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.3%
4.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.4%
4.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2021
8.7%
8.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.6%
7.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.9%
7.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.9%
6.3%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.9%
5.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.6%
6.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.0%
7.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.0%
6.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.6%
5.5%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.3%
5.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.8%
4.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.8%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2020
6.1%
5.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.2%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.4%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.6%
15.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.4%
13.3%
13.3%
6 / 2020
13.5%
13.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
12.9%
12.8%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.8%
10.6%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.6%
7.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.3%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.4%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.1%
6.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2019
5.2%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.5%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.7%
4.3%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.6%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.7%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.2%
4.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.7%
4.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
4.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.1%
4.2%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.5%
4.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.2%
4.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.9%
4.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2018
6.1%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.1%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.6%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.4%
3.9%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.8%
4.5%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.2%
4.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.3%
4.5%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.6%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.6%
3.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.5%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.7%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2017
6.6%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.7%
5.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.2%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.2%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.4%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.5%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.8%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.9%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.8%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.7%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.9%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.1%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2016
6.1%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.3%
5.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.2%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.8%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.7%
5.2%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.9%
5.7%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.4%
5.9%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.5%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.1%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.7%
5.2%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.3%
4.8%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.4%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2015
7.0%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.0%
5.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.7%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.9%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.3%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.1%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.6%
5.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.0%
5.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.4%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.4%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.3%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.2%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2014
8.6%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.7%
6.8%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.4%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.7%
5.4%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.1%
6.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.9%
6.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.6%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.1%
6.1%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.2%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.0%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.0%
5.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.9%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2013
11.3%
8.8%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.1%
8.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.1%
7.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.0%
7.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.3%
7.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.6%
7.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.6%
7.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.0%
7.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.8%
6.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.5%
6.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.9%
6.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.8%
6.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2012
10.9%
8.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.6%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.1%
7.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.9%
7.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.7%
7.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.2%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.7%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.3%
8.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.7%
7.5%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.8%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.4%
7.2%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.8%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2011
11.1%
8.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
10.9%
8.3%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.1%
8.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.2%
7.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.8%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.3%
8.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.4%
8.5%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.3%
8.3%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.8%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.7%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.4%
7.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.6%
7.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2010
11.9%
9.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.1%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.5%
9.2%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.4%
8.3%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.6%
8.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.6%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.7%
8.7%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.4%
8.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.5%
7.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.6%
7.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
9.9%
7.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
9.6%
7.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2009
10.1%
7.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.7%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.5%
8.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.6%
7.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.1%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.4%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.1%
8.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
9.9%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
9.6%
7.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
9.7%
7.9%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.8%
7.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
10.6%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2008
6.8%
5.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.3%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.0%
5.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.9%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.2%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.6%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.6%
5.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.8%
5.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.9%
5.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.3%
5.3%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.1%
5.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.1%
6.3%
7.3%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2007
6.2%
5.0%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.5%
4.8%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.6%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.0%
3.9%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.0%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.2%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.4%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.9%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.8%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.9%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.3%
4.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2006
7.0%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.9%
5.2%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.5%
4.8%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.0%
4.4%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.0%
4.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.8%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.2%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.6%
4.8%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.2%
4.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.7%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.1%
4.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.0%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2005
6.9%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.3%
5.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.1%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.0%
4.7%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.7%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.6%
5.1%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.6%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.4%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.3%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.1%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.8%
4.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.9%
4.4%
4.9%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2004
7.8%
6.2%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.7%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.3%
6.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.1%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.1%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.4%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.5%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.0%
5.4%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.7%
4.9%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.7%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.6%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.0%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2003
8.5%
6.5%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.9%
6.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.6%
6.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.5%
5.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.2%
5.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.4%
6.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.1%
5.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.6%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.6%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.3%
5.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.6%
5.2%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.5%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2002
7.9%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.6%
6.2%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.1%
6.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.7%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.4%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.9%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.8%
5.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.0%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.8%
5.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.6%
5.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.2%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.5%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2001
6.2%
5.0%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.3%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.1%
4.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.1%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.2%
4.5%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.3%
4.9%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.3%
4.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.2%
4.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.2%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.4%
4.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.3%
5.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.6%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2000
6.4%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.8%
4.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.6%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.5%
3.6%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.9%
4.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.7%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.0%
4.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.7%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.5%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.5%
3.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.9%
4.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.6%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1999
9.4%
5.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
8.8%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
7.7%
4.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.4%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.9%
4.2%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.8%
4.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.8%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.4%
4.4%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.5%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.3%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.2%
3.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.9%
3.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1998
8.2%
5.3%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.2%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.4%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.8%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.6%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.8%
4.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
7.0%
4.8%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.1%
4.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.5%
4.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.7%
4.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.1%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.4%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1997
9.0%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.5%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.7%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.7%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
6.9%
5.2%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.9%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.7%
5.4%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.2%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.4%
4.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.5%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.0%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.8%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1996
11.9%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1996
9.8%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.0%
6.2%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.5%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
7.4%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.7%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.8%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.2%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
6.1%
4.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.6%
4.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.3%
4.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.9%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1995
7.8%
6.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.2%
6.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.8%
6.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.0%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.7%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.1%
6.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.6%
6.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.8%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.9%
5.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.8%
5.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.6%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.7%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1994
9.5%
7.3%
6.6%
2 / 1994
10.1%
7.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
9.5%
7.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
8.7%
6.4%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.1%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
7.7%
6.4%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.1%
6.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.1%
6.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
6.9%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.6%
5.6%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.0%
5.5%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.4%
5.2%
5.5%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1993
9.7%
8.0%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.4%
8.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.2%
7.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.5%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.7%
7.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.2%
7.2%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.0%
7.1%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.6%
6.7%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.4%
6.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.8%
6.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
8.0%
6.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.6%
6.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1992
11.7%
8.4%
7.3%
2 / 1992
12.1%
8.5%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.0%
8.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.8%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.6%
7.6%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.6%
7.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.3%
7.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.1%
7.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
10.5%
7.2%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.9%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.8%
7.1%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.1%
6.9%
7.4%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1991
10.2%
7.3%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.5%
7.6%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.7%
7.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.5%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.7%
7.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.4%
7.2%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.9%
7.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.3%
6.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.5%
6.6%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.5%
6.7%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.8%
7.0%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.6%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Carbon County, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1990
8.5%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
9.6%
5.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.2%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.9%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.4%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.3%
5.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
8.0%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.1%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.1%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.2%
5.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.2%
5.9%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.7%
5.9%
6.3%