Northumberland County's unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point from October (8.6 percent) to November (8.8 percent), according to information released by the state Department of Labor and Industry (DLI).
The county unemployment rate is above both the seasonally adjusted national and state levels, which are 8.6 percent (down from 9 percent) and 7.9 percent (down from 8.1 percent), respectively.
The most recent Northumberland County rate is lower than it was a year ago at 9.8 percent and two years ago when it was 10 percent.
Jobless rates in neighboring counties are Montour, 5.4 percent; Juniata, 7.1 percent; Union, 7.4 percent; Perry, 7.5 percent; Lycoming, 7.6 percent; Snyder, 7.6 percent; Dauphin, 7.7 percent; Columbia, 8.3 percent; and Schuylkill, 9.4 percent.
Of those nine counties, Columbia had the largest change, rising .4 percent. All but Juniata and Schuylkill counties, which remained the same, increased.
Centre County, at 5.3 percent, has the lowest jobless rate in Pennsylvania. Cameron County, at 11.4 percent, has the highest.
There are only four counties in the state at or above a rate of 10 percent.