Forest County, PA Unemployment Rate Report

Forest County, PA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Forest County, Pennsylvania has ranged from 4.5% in September 1999 to 19.3% in January 1992. The current unemployment rate for Forest County is 6.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Forest County, PA Unemployment Rate by Month

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Forest County, PA Current Unemployment - 6.9%

Forest County, PA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2022	7.8%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2022	7.3%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.5%	4.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.1%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.4%	4.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.2%	4.6%	3.6%
7 / 2022	7.1%	4.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.9%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2021	10.2%	8.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.8%	7.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	10.5%	7.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.9%	6.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.8%	5.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.1%	6.4%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.7%	7.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	8.6%	6.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.0%	5.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.0%	5.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.1%	4.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.5%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2020	9.6%	5.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	9.5%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	10.0%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.8%	15.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.2%	13.3%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.6%	13.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.6%	12.8%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.5%	10.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.0%	7.8%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.4%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.5%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.8%	6.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2019	7.4%	4.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	7.9%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.3%	4.3%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.5%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.1%	4.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.1%	4.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.8%	4.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.8%	4.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.9%	4.2%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.4%	4.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.7%	4.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	8.5%	4.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2018	8.7%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.2%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.2%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.0%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.5%	3.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.3%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.8%	4.7%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.8%	4.5%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.9%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.1%	3.8%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.6%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.6%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2017	9.0%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.6%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.3%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.5%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.2%	5.0%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.4%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.4%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.2%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.2%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.5%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.1%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2016	9.0%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.5%	5.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	9.0%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.1%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.8%	5.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.7%	5.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.3%	5.9%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.0%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.4%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.5%	5.2%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.2%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.8%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2015	9.8%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.5%	5.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.3%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.6%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.6%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.9%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.3%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.3%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.4%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.1%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.9%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2014	9.7%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.1%	6.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	9.2%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.0%	5.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.8%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.1%	6.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.6%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.0%	6.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.5%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.4%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.5%	5.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.7%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2013	13.3%	8.8%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.6%	8.2%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.9%	7.7%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.0%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.2%	7.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.3%	7.8%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.7%	7.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.9%	7.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.4%	6.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.3%	6.8%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.9%	6.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.4%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2012	10.7%	8.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.8%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	7.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.3%	7.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.6%	7.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.6%	8.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.0%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.7%	8.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.2%	7.5%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.2%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.2%	7.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.5%	7.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2011	10.6%	8.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.3%	8.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.7%	8.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.5%	7.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.3%	7.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.3%	8.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.5%	8.5%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.2%	8.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.4%	7.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.7%	7.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.2%	7.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.5%	7.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2010	15.2%	9.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	15.1%	9.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.1%	9.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.7%	8.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.8%	8.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.1%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.8%	8.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.8%	8.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.8%	7.7%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.5%	7.6%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.4%	7.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.2%	7.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2009	11.7%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.8%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.0%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.3%	7.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.8%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.7%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.0%	8.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.9%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.0%	7.9%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.4%	7.9%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.3%	7.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.8%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2008	8.6%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.8%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.7%	5.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.9%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.4%	4.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.8%	5.3%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.7%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.6%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.3%	5.0%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.0%	5.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.8%	5.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.3%	6.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2007	9.0%	5.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.1%	4.8%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.8%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.9%	3.9%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.2%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.3%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.8%	4.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.5%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.5%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.6%	4.1%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.4%	4.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.6%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2006	9.4%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.3%	5.2%	4.8%
3 / 2006	8.3%	4.8%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.5%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.9%	4.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.7%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.9%	5.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.9%	4.8%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.1%	4.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.3%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	7.2%	4.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.4%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2005	11.9%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	11.5%	5.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	10.3%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 2005	9.2%	4.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	8.4%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	9.3%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 2005	9.1%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.7%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.5%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.9%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	8.2%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	8.2%	4.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2004	15.5%	6.2%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.9%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	11.6%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.1%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.8%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.8%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	9.6%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.7%	5.4%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.8%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.2%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	10.9%	5.0%	5.4%
12 / 2004	11.9%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2003	16.5%	6.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	15.8%	6.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	16.8%	6.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	15.8%	5.5%	6.0%
5 / 2003	14.3%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	15.5%	6.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	13.3%	5.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.4%	5.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	13.1%	5.1%	6.1%
10 / 2003	11.9%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	14.8%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	14.5%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2002	17.7%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	17.0%	6.2%	5.7%
3 / 2002	17.6%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	16.1%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	14.0%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	12.1%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	12.3%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	13.3%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.8%	5.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	9.3%	5.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	11.4%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	13.8%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2001	12.6%	5.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	14.2%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	14.1%	4.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	11.1%	4.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	11.4%	4.5%	4.3%
6 / 2001	13.3%	4.9%	4.5%
7 / 2001	13.2%	4.9%	4.6%
8 / 2001	11.6%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2001	10.2%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	12.5%	4.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	14.4%	5.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	13.8%	5.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 2000	9.2%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.0%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.2%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.9%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.7%	4.0%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.6%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.4%	4.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.2%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.3%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.5%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.6%	4.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	9.3%	3.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1999	11.2%	5.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	12.1%	5.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.7%	4.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.6%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.9%	4.2%	4.2%
6 / 1999	6.0%	4.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.1%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.6%	4.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.5%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.0%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	7.9%	3.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.7%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1998	12.9%	5.3%	4.6%
2 / 1998	11.6%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	11.7%	5.3%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.0%	4.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.2%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.3%	4.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.3%	4.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.4%	4.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.8%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.0%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.6%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	10.1%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1997	13.6%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	13.7%	5.9%	5.2%
3 / 1997	12.9%	5.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.1%	5.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.1%	5.2%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.2%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.9%	5.4%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.7%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.4%	4.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.2%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	9.4%	4.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.3%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1996	13.3%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	13.8%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	13.2%	6.2%	5.5%
4 / 1996	10.7%	5.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.3%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.1%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.6%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.6%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.2%	4.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.2%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	9.9%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.1%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1995	15.0%	6.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	14.7%	6.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	13.9%	6.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	12.3%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	11.6%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.7%	6.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	9.5%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.7%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	9.6%	5.5%	5.6%
10 / 1995	9.4%	5.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	11.8%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	12.2%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1994	15.4%	7.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	18.5%	7.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	19.0%	7.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	17.1%	6.4%	6.4%
5 / 1994	15.8%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	12.2%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	13.1%	6.4%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.8%	6.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.9%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 1994	10.9%	5.6%	5.8%
11 / 1994	12.8%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	12.6%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1993	15.3%	8.0%	7.3%
2 / 1993	15.1%	8.0%	7.1%
3 / 1993	14.0%	7.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.2%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.3%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.4%	7.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	10.8%	7.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.3%	6.7%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.1%	6.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.2%	6.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.6%	6.3%	6.6%
12 / 1993	11.6%	6.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1992	19.3%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	18.7%	8.5%	7.4%
3 / 1992	15.2%	8.0%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.2%	7.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.9%	7.6%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.1%	7.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.2%	7.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	9.7%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.0%	7.2%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.3%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	11.4%	7.1%	7.4%
12 / 1992	13.5%	6.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1991	16.9%	7.3%	6.4%
2 / 1991	16.8%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	14.0%	7.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.1%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	10.4%	7.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.3%	7.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.8%	7.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.6%	6.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.0%	6.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.8%	6.7%	7.0%
11 / 1991	12.5%	7.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	14.3%	7.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Forest County, PA%	Pennsylvania%	National %
1 / 1990	11.1%	5.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	10.4%	5.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	9.6%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.1%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.3%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.7%	5.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.5%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.1%	5.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.4%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.9%	5.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.5%	5.9%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.1%	5.9%	6.3%