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Lancaster, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lancaster fell 0.1 percentage points in April 2013 to 6.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Lancaster peaked in December 2009 at 7.8% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Lancaster unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.5% -0.1 -0.6
Pennsylvania 7.6% -0.3 -0.2
Lancaster 6.4% -0.1 -0.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2013 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, National

Lancaster, Pennsylvania monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lancaster peaked in February 2010 at 21,041. There are now 4,035 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Lancaster employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Lancaster 17,006 -479 -448

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Pennsylvania
Unemployment Rate 		Lancaster
Unemployment Rate 		Lancaster
Unemployed
May
2013 		7.6% — — —
April
2013 		7.5% 7.6% 6.4% 17,006
March
2013 		7.6% 7.9% 6.5% 17,485
February
2013 		7.7% 8.1% 6.8% 18,437
January
2013 		7.9% 8.2% 7.0% 18,874
December
2012 		7.8% 7.9% 6.8% 18,276
November
2012 		7.8% 8.1% 6.7% 18,221
October
2012 		7.9% 8.0% 6.7% 18,178
September
2012 		7.8% 8.1% 6.7% 18,150
August
2012 		8.1% 8.1% 6.7% 18,125
July
2012 		8.2% 8.1% 6.7% 18,065
June
2012 		8.2% 8.0% 6.7% 17,921
May
2012 		8.2% 7.9% 6.6% 17,698

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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