The following are unemployment rates for the Williamsport and Youngstown areas from 2004 and 2011. All rates were taken in August of each year.
Williamsport
2004 -- 5.7
2005 -- 4.9
2006 -- 4.79
2007 -- 4.6
2008 -- 5.6
2009 -- 8.7
2010 -- 8.4
2011 -- 8.2
Youngstown Metro
2004 -- 6.8
2005 -- 6.1
2006 -- 6.0
2007 -- 5.8
2008 -- 7.3
2009 -- 12.3
2010 -- 10.9
2011 -- 9.4
