Unemployment rates rose in all 120 counties between September 2023 and September 2024, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.
Cumberland County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 3.7%. It was followed by Woodford County, 3.8%; Carroll County, 3.9%; Fayette, Scott and Shelby counties, 4% each; Oldham and Spencer counties, 4.1% each; and Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Jessamine, Nelson and Washington counties, 4.2% each.
