Very High Unemployment Area
Reading, PA Current Unemployment - 6.7%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
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Reading, PA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2022
7.9%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.1%
5.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.8%
4.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
6.4%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.5%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.8%
4.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.6%
4.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.7%
4.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2021
15.4%
8.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
15.5%
7.9%
6.2%
3 / 2021
14.8%
7.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
13.5%
6.3%
6.1%
5 / 2021
12.3%
5.7%
5.8%
6 / 2021
13.3%
6.4%
5.9%
7 / 2021
12.6%
7.0%
5.4%
8 / 2021
11.5%
6.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
9.7%
5.5%
4.7%
10 / 2021
8.0%
5.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.0%
4.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.3%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2020
8.2%
5.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.0%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.4%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2020
24.5%
15.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
22.3%
13.3%
13.3%
6 / 2020
21.6%
13.3%
11.1%
7 / 2020
22.5%
12.8%
10.2%
8 / 2020
18.9%
10.6%
8.4%
9 / 2020
14.2%
7.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
13.6%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
13.8%
6.5%
6.7%
12 / 2020
13.5%
6.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2019
7.0%
4.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.7%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.8%
4.3%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.2%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.8%
4.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
7.4%
4.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
7.7%
4.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
7.8%
4.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.3%
4.2%
3.5%
10 / 2019
7.4%
4.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.3%
4.4%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.3%
4.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2018
6.8%
4.9%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.4%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.6%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.3%
3.9%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.6%
3.9%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.1%
4.5%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.1%
4.7%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.9%
4.5%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.3%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.3%
3.8%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.9%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.1%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2017
7.4%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.0%
5.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.4%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.0%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2017
7.5%
4.7%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.3%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.7%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.7%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.0%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.7%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.8%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.2%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2016
7.0%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.4%
5.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
7.3%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.4%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.7%
5.2%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.7%
5.7%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.1%
5.9%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.9%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.4%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.4%
5.2%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.0%
4.8%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.7%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2015
8.0%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.5%
5.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.6%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.4%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.3%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.1%
5.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.3%
5.4%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.0%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.9%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.6%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.5%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2014
9.4%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.4%
6.8%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.6%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.8%
5.4%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.6%
6.0%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.4%
6.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.3%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.8%
6.1%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.2%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.8%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.7%
5.0%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.1%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2013
12.3%
8.8%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.8%
8.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.5%
7.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.7%
7.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.3%
7.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.0%
7.8%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.8%
7.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.8%
7.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.5%
6.9%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.6%
6.8%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.6%
6.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.8%
6.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2012
12.7%
8.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.2%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.9%
7.8%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.4%
7.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.5%
7.7%
8.2%
6 / 2012
12.6%
8.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.9%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.6%
8.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.8%
7.5%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.7%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.2%
7.2%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.6%
7.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2011
12.6%
8.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.2%
8.3%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.0%
8.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.0%
7.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.5%
7.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.2%
8.4%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.7%
8.5%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.1%
8.3%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.8%
7.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.5%
7.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.9%
7.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.6%
7.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2010
14.0%
9.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.8%
9.5%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.5%
9.2%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.0%
8.3%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.5%
8.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.6%
8.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.5%
8.7%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.1%
8.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.2%
7.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.8%
7.6%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.3%
7.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.3%
7.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2009
12.4%
7.8%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.5%
8.2%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.0%
8.2%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.5%
7.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.2%
8.0%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.6%
8.4%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.1%
8.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.8%
8.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.4%
7.9%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.3%
7.9%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.8%
7.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.1%
8.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2008
7.9%
5.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.7%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.6%
5.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.9%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.9%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.1%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.1%
5.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.1%
5.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.8%
5.0%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.5%
5.3%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.2%
5.7%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.9%
6.3%
7.3%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2007
7.2%
5.0%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.0%
4.8%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.6%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.0%
3.9%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.7%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.9%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.8%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.6%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.3%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.3%
4.1%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.0%
4.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.5%
4.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2006
7.7%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.6%
5.2%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.5%
4.8%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.9%
4.4%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.1%
4.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.0%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.9%
5.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.5%
4.8%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.0%
4.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.8%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.8%
4.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.6%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2005
8.4%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.7%
5.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.3%
5.6%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.6%
4.7%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.6%
4.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.8%
5.1%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.5%
5.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.3%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.3%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.0%
4.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.1%
4.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.8%
4.4%
4.9%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2004
8.8%
6.2%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.5%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.0%
6.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.8%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
8.0%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.3%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.8%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.0%
5.4%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.2%
4.9%
5.4%
10 / 2004
7.0%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.1%
5.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.0%
4.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2003
10.6%
6.5%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.2%
6.5%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.9%
6.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
9.0%
5.5%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.8%
5.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.1%
6.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.7%
5.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.1%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.9%
5.1%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.1%
5.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.9%
5.2%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.4%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2002
9.0%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.0%
6.2%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.0%
6.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.6%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.6%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.7%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.4%
5.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.0%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.7%
5.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.0%
5.1%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.7%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.5%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2001
6.7%
5.0%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.0%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.6%
4.8%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.1%
4.2%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.3%
4.5%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.4%
4.9%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.5%
4.9%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.1%
4.9%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.7%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.5%
4.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.7%
5.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.4%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 2000
5.2%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.5%
4.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.2%
4.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.7%
3.6%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.6%
4.0%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.6%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.6%
4.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.2%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.3%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.1%
3.8%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.6%
4.0%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.5%
3.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1999
6.0%
5.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.7%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.8%
4.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.7%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.0%
4.2%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.8%
4.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.6%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.6%
4.4%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.5%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.0%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.4%
3.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.9%
3.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1998
5.7%
5.3%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.9%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.2%
5.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.0%
4.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.1%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.3%
4.8%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.5%
4.8%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.9%
4.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.8%
4.3%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.5%
4.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.2%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.8%
4.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1997
6.2%
5.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.5%
5.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.3%
5.7%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.5%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.5%
5.2%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.7%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.3%
5.4%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.3%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.4%
4.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.0%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
5.4%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.0%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1996
8.9%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.3%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
7.9%
6.2%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.4%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
7.4%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.0%
5.5%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.1%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.7%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.7%
4.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.6%
4.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.3%
4.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.9%
4.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1995
7.1%
6.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.2%
6.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.4%
6.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.8%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.3%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.2%
6.0%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.7%
6.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.9%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.6%
5.5%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.1%
5.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.0%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.5%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1994
7.9%
7.3%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.5%
7.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.6%
7.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
8.7%
6.4%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.6%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.4%
6.4%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.5%
6.4%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.0%
6.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
6.7%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.6%
5.6%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.5%
5.5%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.4%
5.2%
5.5%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1993
9.5%
8.0%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.5%
8.0%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.3%
7.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.8%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.4%
7.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.0%
7.2%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.5%
7.1%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.8%
6.7%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.4%
6.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.2%
6.5%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.0%
6.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
6.3%
6.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1992
9.8%
8.4%
7.3%
2 / 1992
9.8%
8.5%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.3%
8.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.2%
7.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.6%
7.6%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.8%
7.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
10.6%
7.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.3%
7.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
10.1%
7.2%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.0%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.7%
7.1%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.1%
6.9%
7.4%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1991
8.9%
7.3%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.0%
7.6%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.2%
7.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
10.0%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.3%
7.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.5%
7.2%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.5%
7.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.0%
6.6%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.9%
6.6%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.5%
6.7%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.2%
7.0%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.1%
7.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Reading, PA%
Pennsylvania%
National %
1 / 1990
7.1%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.4%
5.9%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.1%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.6%
5.1%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.7%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.8%
5.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.9%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.2%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.6%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.6%
5.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.6%
5.9%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.9%
5.9%
6.3%