Unemployment rates rose in 105 counties between February 2022 and February 2023, fell in 10, and stayed the same in five counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.
Locally, unemployment rates were up both month-to-month and year-to-year in Adair and all surrounding counties.
County | CLF | EMP | UNEMP | Feb23 | Jan23 | Feb22 |
Adair | 7,220 | 6,819 | 401 | 5.6% | 5.3% | 4.3% |
Casey | 6,636 | 6,325 | 311 | 4.7% | 4.0% | 3.8% |
Cumberland | 3,426 | 3,287 | 139 | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
Green | 5,083 | 4,860 | 223 | 4.4% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
Metcalfe | 3,940 | 3,731 | 209 | 5.3% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
Russell | 6,205 | 5,835 | 370 | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5.0% |
Taylor | 12,327 | 11,836 | 491 | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 3.2%. It was followed by Fayette County, 3.4%; Oldham and Scott counties, 3.5% each; Anderson, Carroll, Jessamine and Marion counties, 3.6% each; Bourbon County, 3.7%; and Boone, Franklin and Washington counties, 3.8% each.