Very High Unemployment Area
Chester, PA Current Unemployment - 8.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Chester, PA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2022
9.6%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2022
8.1%
5.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
7.6%
4.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
7.6%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
7.6%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
8.0%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
8.4%
4.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
8.4%
4.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2021
15.2%
8.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
15.2%
7.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
14.7%
7.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
12.2%
6.3%
6.1%
5 / 2021
13.1%
5.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
12.6%
6.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
12.1%
7.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
12.2%
6.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
10.6%
5.5%
4.7%
10 / 2021
9.4%
5.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
8.8%
4.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
7.5%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2020
7.8%
5.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
7.5%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.2%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2020
17.8%
15.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
19.3%
13.3%
13.3%
6 / 2020
21.1%
13.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
22.5%
12.8%
10.2%
8 / 2020
18.6%
10.6%
8.4%
9 / 2020
13.4%
7.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
13.3%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
13.7%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
13.2%
6.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2019
7.9%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
7.0%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.3%
4.3%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.2%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.5%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.1%
4.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
8.9%
4.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
9.1%
4.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.5%
4.2%
3.5%
10 / 2019
7.5%
4.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.1%
4.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.0%
4.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2018
8.6%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.1%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.8%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
7.0%
3.9%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.2%
3.9%
3.8%
6 / 2018
8.7%
4.5%
4.0%
7 / 2018
8.8%
4.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
9.0%
4.5%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.9%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.8%
3.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.2%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.7%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2017
8.9%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.9%
5.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
8.1%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
8.0%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
7.8%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.7%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 2017
9.6%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 2017
9.8%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.9%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
7.8%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.8%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.7%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2016
8.4%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.0%
5.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.7%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
8.3%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.8%
5.2%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.4%
5.7%
4.9%
7 / 2016
10.3%
5.9%
4.8%
8 / 2016
10.5%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.7%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.4%
5.2%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.0%
4.8%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.7%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2015
10.2%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.5%
5.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.5%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.0%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.8%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.9%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
10.5%
5.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
10.5%
5.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.0%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.2%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.9%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.5%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2014
12.0%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.5%
6.8%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.1%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.8%
5.4%
6.2%
5 / 2014
11.1%
6.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
11.0%
6.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.8%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
11.5%
6.1%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.6%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.1%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.8%
5.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.3%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2013
15.1%
8.8%
8.0%
2 / 2013
13.5%
8.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.4%
7.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.4%
7.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.5%
7.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.7%
7.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
14.2%
7.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
14.0%
7.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
12.3%
6.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
12.4%
6.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
11.4%
6.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.9%
6.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2012
14.8%
8.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.3%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.6%
7.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
13.0%
7.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
14.8%
7.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
15.9%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
16.1%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
15.9%
8.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
14.4%
7.5%
7.8%
10 / 2012
13.9%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
13.1%
7.2%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.3%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2011
14.9%
8.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.9%
8.3%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.2%
8.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.4%
7.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.7%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
16.6%
8.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
17.4%
8.5%
9.0%
8 / 2011
16.7%
8.3%
9.0%
9 / 2011
15.9%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.7%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.5%
7.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.4%
7.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2010
14.3%
9.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.9%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.8%
9.2%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.3%
8.3%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.6%
8.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.6%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
15.6%
8.7%
9.4%
8 / 2010
15.5%
8.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.9%
7.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.5%
7.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.9%
7.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.2%
7.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2009
10.7%
7.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.9%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2009
11.0%
8.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.7%
7.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
11.2%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.6%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.1%
8.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.6%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.1%
7.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.9%
7.9%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.1%
7.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.5%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2008
8.2%
5.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.6%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.4%
5.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.8%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.0%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.6%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.0%
5.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.4%
5.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.5%
5.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.0%
5.3%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.7%
5.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.7%
6.3%
7.3%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2007
7.6%
5.0%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.0%
4.8%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.4%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.2%
3.9%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.6%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.1%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.7%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.6%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.7%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.7%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.6%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.6%
4.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2006
8.0%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.5%
5.2%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.3%
4.8%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.6%
4.4%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.2%
4.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.8%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.5%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.5%
4.8%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.2%
4.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.6%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.4%
4.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.2%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2005
8.4%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.0%
5.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.2%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.2%
4.7%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.6%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.1%
5.1%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.4%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.9%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.6%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.3%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.7%
4.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.1%
4.4%
4.9%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2004
9.1%
6.2%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.7%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.9%
6.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
8.1%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
8.8%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.6%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.0%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.8%
5.4%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.5%
4.9%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.3%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.5%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.5%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2003
9.4%
6.5%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.8%
6.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.1%
6.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.7%
5.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.5%
5.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.0%
6.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.2%
5.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.1%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.2%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.2%
5.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.0%
5.2%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.6%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2002
8.2%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.8%
6.2%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.7%
6.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.7%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.9%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.1%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.7%
5.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.1%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.2%
5.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.4%
5.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.6%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.4%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2001
6.7%
5.0%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.5%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.1%
4.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.8%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.1%
4.5%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.5%
4.9%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.7%
4.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.7%
4.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.0%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.2%
4.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.3%
5.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.8%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2000
6.5%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.3%
4.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.0%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.9%
3.6%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.6%
4.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.8%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.3%
4.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.4%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.8%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.5%
3.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.6%
4.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.1%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1999
7.0%
5.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.7%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.5%
4.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.4%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
6.7%
4.2%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.1%
4.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.1%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.1%
4.4%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.4%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.1%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.8%
3.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.1%
3.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1998
6.8%
5.3%
4.6%
2 / 1998
7.0%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.0%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.0%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.1%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.6%
4.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
7.1%
4.8%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.6%
4.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.8%
4.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.6%
4.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.8%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.2%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1997
7.8%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.2%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.8%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.6%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.7%
5.2%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.2%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
10.2%
5.4%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.8%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.5%
4.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.6%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.1%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.7%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1996
7.2%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.0%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
7.4%
6.2%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.5%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
7.8%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
8.2%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.9%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.0%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.7%
4.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.4%
4.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.0%
4.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.0%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1995
9.2%
6.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.4%
6.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.2%
6.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.7%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.1%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.4%
6.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.6%
6.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.4%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.2%
5.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.9%
5.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.1%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.1%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1994
8.3%
7.3%
6.6%
2 / 1994
8.5%
7.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.0%
7.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
8.3%
6.4%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.4%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.2%
6.4%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.8%
6.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.2%
6.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.4%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.3%
5.6%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.5%
5.5%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.3%
5.2%
5.5%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1993
10.4%
8.0%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.8%
8.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.2%
7.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.8%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.1%
7.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.9%
7.2%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.4%
7.1%
6.9%
8 / 1993
8.9%
6.7%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.8%
6.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.8%
6.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.3%
6.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
6.5%
6.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1992
10.4%
8.4%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.5%
8.5%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.5%
8.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.6%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.1%
7.6%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.4%
7.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.3%
7.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.3%
7.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.2%
7.2%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.6%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.3%
7.1%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.5%
6.9%
7.4%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1991
8.2%
7.3%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.4%
7.6%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.8%
7.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.9%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.7%
7.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.2%
7.2%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.3%
7.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.4%
6.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.3%
6.6%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.3%
6.7%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.7%
7.0%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.3%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Chester, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1990
7.6%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.3%
5.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.2%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.9%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.9%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.4%
5.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.3%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.5%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.3%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.1%
5.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.8%
5.9%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.4%
5.9%
6.3%