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Increasing number of Elk County business licenses issued in Q1 2022

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There were 27 business licenses issued in Elk County in the first quarter of 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is a 50 percent increase over the previous quarter when there were 18 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 Quarter

CountyIssued in Q1 2022Issued in Q4 2021Percentage change (%)
Adams14910541.9%
Allegheny2,3952,02218.4%
Armstrong705625%
Beaver1641518.6%
Bedford3517105.9%
Berks43233628.6%
Blair13611419.3%
Bradford423713.5%
Bucks1,1301,02510.2%
Butler14212711.8%
Cambria1369543.2%
Cameron70-
Carbon1028125.9%
Centre23016737.7%
Chester1,01281524.2%
Clarion3014114.3%
Clearfield4824100%
Clinton524126.8%
Columbia927129.6%
Crawford987432.4%
Cumberland56846821.4%
Dauphin73559822.9%
Delaware8637968.4%
Elk271850%
Erie45028657.3%
Fayette1058720.7%
Forest30-
Franklin23317632.4%
Fulton156150%
Greene393221.9%
Hatfield Montgomery10-
Huntingdon413613.9%
Indiana453528.6%
Jefferson744854.2%
Juniata342347.8%
Lackawanna33529015.5%
Lancaster58848222%
Lawrence1078624.4%
Lebanon755536.4%
Lehigh80066121%
Luzerne35729919.4%
Lycoming1429156%
Mckean1317-23.5%
Mercer1007238.9%
Mifflin633865.8%
Monroe2762683%
Montgomery1,5811,36615.7%
Montour321788.2%
none Allegheny10-
Northampton39430628.8%
Northumberland72669.1%
Perry493925.6%
Philadelphia5,1795,0572.4%
Pike412846.4%
Potter151050%
Schuylkill17312340.7%
Snyder523740.5%
Somerset543080%
Sullivan10911.1%
Susquehanna353016.7%
Tioga442576%
Union584626.1%
Venango302236.4%
Warren11757.1%
Washington23217929.6%
Wayne756319%
Westmoreland48633146.8%
Wyoming161323.1%
York69553928.9%

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