Unemployment rates fell in 79 counties between January 2022 and January 2023, rose in 28, and stayed the same in 13 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.
For Adair County, unemployment ticked up 1.2 percent from December to January, and was up half a percent from January of last year.
| County | CLF | EMP | UNEMP | Jan 23 | Dec 22 | Jan 22 |
| Adair | 7,122 | 6,745 | 377 | 5.3% | 4.1% | 4.8% |
| Casey | 6,653 | 6,391 | 262 | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.0% |
| Cumberland | 3,443 | 3,318 | 125 | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.0% |
| Green | 5,076 | 4,886 | 190 | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| Metcalfe | 3,934 | 3,748 | 186 | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.1% |
| Russell | 6,238 | 5,905 | 333 | 5.3% | 5.0% | 5.4% |
| Taylor | 12,266 | 11,814 | 452 | 3.7% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 2.9%. It was followed by Fayette and Scott counties, 3.1% each; Anderson, Carroll and Oldham counties, 3.2% each; Bourbon and Jessamine counties, 3.3% each; and Henry and Marion counties, 3.4% each.
