Unemployment rates rose in 117 counties between November 2022 and November 2023, fell in Hancock County, and remained the same in Lyon and Marshall counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.

Locally, unemployment rates were up year-to-year in November in Adair and all surrounding counties. From October to November 2023, unemployment fell in Metcalfe County, remained unchanged in Cumberland, and rose in Adair, Casey, Green, Russell and Taylor Counties. At 3%, Cumberland County posted the 2nd lowest unemployment in the state for November, while Russell County's 6.8% unemployment rate placed it among the highest in Kentucky for the month.


 

Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 2.9%. It was followed by Cumberland County, 3%; Carroll, Fayette, Marion, Scott and Washington counties, 3.2% each; and Anderson, Bourbon, Caldwell, Jessamine, Oldham and Shelby counties, 3.3% each.