Annual unemployment rates decreased in 102 Kentucky counties in 2022, increased in 12 and stayed the same in six counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.
Locally, unemployment rates were up year-to-year in Adair and Green Counties, unchanged in Taylor County, and dropped in Casey, Cumberland, Metcalfe, and Russell Counties.
| County | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 |
| CLF | CLF | EMP | EMP | UNEMP | UNEMP | UR | UR | |
| Adair | 7,231 | 7,195 | 6,889 | 6,868 | 342 | 327 | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Casey | 6,740 | 6,682 | 6,475 | 6,432 | 265 | 250 | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Cumberland | 3,290 | 3,394 | 3,179 | 3,286 | 111 | 108 | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Green | 5,139 | 5,078 | 4,957 | 4,890 | 182 | 188 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Metcalfe | 3,943 | 3,921 | 3,741 | 3,745 | 202 | 176 | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| Russell | 6,089 | 6,263 | 5,773 | 5,956 | 316 | 307 | 5.2% | 4.9% |
| Taylor | 12,302 | 12,268 | 11,843 | 11,816 | 459 | 452 | 3.7% | 3.7% |
The annual jobless rates for Scott and Woodford counties were the lowest in the commonwealth in 2022 at 3% each. It was followed by Boone, Carroll and Fayette counties, 3.1% each; Anderson, Cumberland, Jessamine and Todd counties, 3.2% each; and Campbell, Harrison, Kenton, Marion, Monroe and Oldham counties, 3.3% each.
