Unemployment rates rose in 120 counties between August 2023 and August 2024, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Area rates:

Cumberland County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 3.9%. It was followed by Woodford County, 4%; Anderson, Carroll, Fayette, Nelson, Scott, Shelby and Spencer counties, 4.3% each; and Boone, Bourbon, Jessamine, Oldham and Washington counties, 4.4% each.