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Increasing number of Carbon County business licenses issued in March 2022

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There were 42 business licenses issued in Carbon County in March 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 75 percent increase over the previous month when there were 24 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.

Comparison of business licenses issued by County and Month

CountyIssued in March 2022Issued in February 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams523644.4%
Allegheny82868121.6%
Armstrong271942.1%
Beaver61585.2%
Bedford915-40%
Berks16011144.1%
Blair3949-20.4%
Bradford1116-31.3%
Bucks3843519.4%
Butler484311.6%
Cambria523933.3%
Cameron10-
Carbon422475%
Centre76751.3%
Chester34729218.8%
Clarion9728.6%
Clearfield191258.3%
Clinton16160%
Columbia302615.4%
Crawford3134-8.8%
Cumberland178179-0.6%
Dauphin232236-1.7%
Delaware28625313%
Elk610-40%
Erie15312621.4%
Fayette372085%
Forest10-
Franklin6392-31.5%
Fulton23-33.3%
Greene161233.3%
Huntingdon171070%
Indiana151136.4%
Jefferson2914107.1%
Juniata154275%
Lackawanna1318456%
Lancaster18615718.5%
Lawrence403129%
Lebanon2231-29%
Lehigh29022926.6%
Luzerne1389939.4%
Lycoming4350-14%
Mckean5366.7%
Mercer372737%
Mifflin2021-4.8%
Monroe938410.7%
Montgomery498508-2%
Montour1113-15.4%
none Allegheny10-
Northampton16211047.3%
Northumberland231643.8%
Perry201266.7%
Philadelphia1,7871,55714.8%
Pike141040%
Potter24-50%
Schuylkill674163.4%
Snyder191258.3%
Somerset1617-5.9%
Sullivan330%
Susquehanna14137.7%
Tioga1126-57.7%
Union1519-21.1%
Venango9728.6%
Warren34-25%
Washington75741.4%
Wayne28267.7%
Westmoreland17215213.2%
Wyoming210-80%
York23520216.3%

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