 Despite the lower income, the county poverty rate in 2003 was 8.3% compared to a national rate of 12.5%.In 2004, federal spending in Lancaster County was $4,199 per resident, versus a national average of $7,232.In 2005, Lancaster County was 10th of all counties in Pennsylvania with 17.7% of its workforce employed in manufacturing; the state averages 13.7%, and the leader, Crawford County, has only 25.1%.