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Increasing number of Delaware County business licenses issued in May 2022

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There were 259 business licenses issued in Delaware County in May 2022 in Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.

This is an 8.4 percent increase over the previous month when there were 239 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 May 2022Issued in April 2022Percentage change (%)
Adams County443622.2%
Allegheny County81873511.3%
Armstrong County3234-5.9%
Beaver County644930.6%
Bedford County440%
Berks County117144-18.8%
Blair County3450-32%
Bradford County191258.3%
Bucks County357364-1.9%
Butler County413036.7%
Cambria County48449.1%
Cameron County3940-2.5%
Carbon County432479.2%
Centre County6784-20.2%
Chester County34430612.4%
Clarion County68-25%
Clearfield County181338.5%
Clinton County151315.4%
Columbia County2535-28.6%
Crawford County262313%
Cumberland County17314321%
Dauphin County204231-11.7%
Delaware County2592398.4%
Elk County59-44.4%
Erie County129143-9.8%
Fayette County423520%
Forest County24-50%
Franklin County77726.9%
Fulton County34-25%
Greene County168100%
Huntingdon County2429-17.2%
Indiana County16977.8%
Jefferson County281675%
Juniata County57-28.6%
Lackawanna County1248447.6%
Lancaster County172182-5.5%
Lawrence County2346-50%
Lebanon County241650%
Lehigh County229239-4.2%
Luzerne County12310319.4%
Lycoming County47446.8%
McKean County82300%
Mercer County352920.7%
Mifflin County141040%
Monroe County948214.6%
Montgomery County4704524%
Montour County10911.1%
Northampton County14412911.6%
Northumberland County261936.8%
Perry County16160%
Philadelphia County1,7771,53216%
Pike County45-20%
Potter County510-50%
Schuylkill County504413.6%
Snyder County13128.3%
Somerset County1318-27.8%
Sullivan County24-50%
Susquehanna County69-33.3%
Tioga County910-10%
Union County201442.9%
Venango County15966.7%
Warren County36-50%
Washington County857513.3%
Wayne County30293.4%
Westmoreland County1198638.4%
Wyoming County550%
York County216222-2.7%

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