East Montgomery Times

There were 67 business licenses issued in Delaware County in the week ending March 19, 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 24.1 percent increase over the previous week when there were 54 licenses issued.

Pennsylvania suffered a surge of unemployment and business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The average annual unemployment rate in the state more than doubled in 2020 to 9.1 percent. This was the highest annual unemployment rate in Pennsylvania since 2003.

County	Issued in week ending March 19, 2022	Issued in week ending March 12, 2022	Percentage change (%)
Adams	11	11	0%
Allegheny	148	173	-14.5%
Armstrong	6	6	0%
Beaver	15	9	66.7%
Bedford	1	0	-
Berks	45	30	50%
Blair	3	13	-76.9%
Bradford	4	3	33.3%
Bucks	81	77	5.2%
Butler	17	7	142.9%
Cambria	17	15	13.3%
Carbon	8	12	-33.3%
Centre	20	17	17.6%
Chester	72	84	-14.3%
Clarion	3	4	-25%
Clearfield	3	3	0%
Clinton	2	3	-33.3%
Columbia	4	9	-55.6%
Crawford	6	8	-25%
Cumberland	42	35	20%
Dauphin	53	46	15.2%
Delaware	67	54	24.1%
Elk	2	2	0%
Erie	37	31	19.4%
Fayette	7	8	-12.5%
Forest	1	0	-
Franklin	17	9	88.9%
Greene	3	7	-57.1%
Huntingdon	3	4	-25%
Indiana	2	2	0%
Jefferson	10	3	233.3%
Juniata	3	4	-25%
Lackawanna	28	32	-12.5%
Lancaster	48	36	33.3%
Lawrence	11	8	37.5%
Lebanon	3	6	-50%
Lehigh	55	76	-27.6%
Luzerne	32	35	-8.6%
Lycoming	8	6	33.3%
Mckean	2	0	-
Mercer	9	13	-30.8%
Mifflin	3	4	-25%
Monroe	14	24	-41.7%
Montgomery	118	115	2.6%
Montour	4	1	300%
Northampton	28	34	-17.6%
Northumberland	7	5	40%
Perry	3	7	-57.1%
Philadelphia	399	385	3.6%
Pike	1	3	-66.7%
Potter	1	0	-
Schuylkill	15	20	-25%
Snyder	6	4	50%
Somerset	2	2	0%
Sullivan	1	1	0%
Susquehanna	2	2	0%
Tioga	3	4	-25%
Union	4	6	-33.3%
Venango	1	4	-75%
Washington	21	22	-4.5%
Wayne	10	7	42.9%
Westmoreland	39	38	2.6%
Wyoming	1	0	-
York	67	51	31.4%