| FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 20, 2025) — Unemployment rates rose in 109 counties, fell in nine counties and stayed the same in Johnson and Knott counties between January 2024 and January 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 4%. It was followed by Fayette and Shelby counties, 4.3% each; Oldham and Scott counties, 4.4% each; Bourbon, Jessamine and Nicholas counties, 4.6% each; and Harrison, Todd and Washington counties, 4.7% each.Wolfe County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate at 13.8%. It was followed by Lewis County, 12.2%; Elliott County, 11.5%; Magoffin County, 11.2%; Martin County, 11%; Carter County, 10.7%; Menifee County, 10.6%; Lawrence County, 9.8%; Breathitt County, 9.3%; and Morgan County, 9.1%. The data should only be compared to the same month in previous years.Visit the Kentucky Center for Statistics website to learn more about Kentucky labor market information. |
If the state and federal government make it lucrative to be unemployed then this is the result! But there are few good jobs to be had in these areas, but I see we are hiring sings every where, but why work?