Labor Force

Allegany County, Maryland is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area', which encompasses Allegany County and Mineral County, WV. In Allegany County you will find an available workforce with 1,679 diverse businesses that employ 22,678 workers and a labor force of 36,054 people. Available labor comes from a wide variety of skilled workers from the management and professional sector, service industries, manufacturing and production, and sales.

In addition, the six county region which includes Garrett County, Maryland, and Mineral and Hampshire Counties in West Virginia, and Bedford and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania has a labor force of 138,224 people (July 2007).

County	July 2007 Labor Force	July 2008 Labor Force
Allegany County, MD	36,054	35,639
Bedford County, PA	22,700	25,000
Garrett County, MD	16,870	17,986
Hampshire County, WV	10,270	10,200
Mineral County, WV	13,830	13,710
Somerset County, PA	38,500	40,400
TOTAL	138,224	142,935

Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
http://www.dllr.state.md.us/

Demographic Data Sheets
Demographic Data Sheets (.xls)