FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 27, 2020) - Unemployment rates rose in 109 Kentucky counties between July 2019 and July 2020, fell in 10 and stayed the same in Carlisle County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Oldham County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 4.2 percent.
Magoffin County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate at 15.3 percent.
Russell County's jobless rate was 6.8%, up from 6.1% in June; Adair County had a 6.5% unemployment rate, up from 5.2% in June.
Other jobless rates in the Lake Cumberland District in July include:
- Casey 5.1%
- Clinton 5.2%
- Cumberland 4.6% (the lowest in the district)
- Green 4.9%
- McCreary 7.4% (the highest in the district)
- Pulaski 7.0%
- Taylor 5.5%
- Wayne 6.4%
