Kentucky Unemployment Level Heat Map - August 2025

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Unemployment Rates for Selected Locations in Kentucky
Place Name	Current Rate	Previous Month Rate	6 Months Ago	1 Year Ago
Adair County, KY	5.30%	4.60%	6.00%	6.10%
Allen County, KY	4.70%	4.10%	5.20%	5.30%
Anderson County, KY	4.70%	4.30%	4.90%	5.50%
Ashland, KY	5.80%	5.10%	6.70%	7.10%
Ballard County, KY	5.70%	5.00%	6.30%	5.80%
Barren County, KY	5.20%	4.60%	6.40%	6.10%
Bath County, KY	6.20%	5.80%	8.60%	7.70%
Bell County, KY	7.00%	6.10%	7.70%	7.50%
Boone County, KY	4.20%	3.80%	4.90%	4.80%
Bourbon County, KY	4.30%	3.90%	4.60%	4.70%
Bowling Green, KY	4.80%	4.10%	5.30%	5.60%
Boyd County, KY	6.00%	5.30%	7.10%	7.00%
Boyle County, KY	5.20%	4.70%	5.90%	5.70%
Bracken County, KY	5.50%	4.80%	8.20%	6.20%
Breathitt County, KY	6.70%	5.90%	9.40%	8.80%
Breckinridge County, KY	5.60%	5.00%	6.50%	6.40%
Bullitt County, KY	4.40%	4.00%	5.10%	6.50%
Butler County, KY	5.40%	4.70%	6.70%	6.20%
Caldwell County, KY	4.50%	3.90%	5.10%	5.10%
Calloway County, KY	5.40%	4.60%	6.30%	6.20%
Campbell County, KY	4.20%	3.90%	5.10%	5.00%
Carlisle County, KY	4.90%	4.40%	5.70%	5.80%
Carroll County, KY	4.40%	4.20%	5.80%	5.40%
Carter County, KY	7.90%	7.00%	10.60%	9.20%
Casey County, KY	5.60%	4.90%	6.10%	6.00%
Christian County, KY	5.80%	5.20%	6.30%	6.80%
Clark County, KY	4.60%	4.10%	5.30%	5.20%
Clay County, KY	7.20%	6.40%	7.90%	7.90%
Clinton County, KY	6.30%	5.40%	7.20%	6.00%
Covington, KY	4.50%	4.30%	5.10%	5.00%
Crittenden County, KY	5.30%	4.70%	5.90%	6.10%
Cumberland County, KY	4.20%	3.80%	6.10%	5.10%
Daviess County, KY	4.60%	4.20%	5.20%	5.50%
Edmonson County, KY	6.00%	5.40%	7.00%	6.30%
Elizabethtown, KY	4.80%	4.40%	5.70%	5.50%
Elliott County, KY	8.60%	7.80%	11.50%	9.50%
Estill County, KY	6.20%	5.50%	7.40%	7.00%
Fleming County, KY	6.30%	5.20%	7.30%	6.90%
Florence, KY	4.20%	3.80%	4.90%	4.80%
Floyd County, KY	6.70%	6.00%	7.70%	7.70%
Frankfort, KY	4.60%	4.20%	5.30%	5.50%
Franklin County, KY	4.40%	3.90%	5.00%	5.10%
Fulton County, KY	5.20%	4.90%	5.40%	6.90%
Gallatin County, KY	4.60%	4.20%	5.90%	5.50%
Garrard County, KY	4.50%	4.10%	5.50%	5.30%
Georgetown, KY	4.10%	3.60%	4.50%	4.80%
Grant County, KY	4.60%	4.10%	5.90%	5.40%
Graves County, KY	4.40%	3.90%	4.90%	5.00%
Grayson County, KY	6.00%	5.60%	7.30%	6.30%
Green County, KY	5.50%	4.80%	6.10%	6.60%
Greenup County, KY	6.60%	6.00%	8.10%	7.60%
Hancock County, KY	5.20%	4.60%	6.40%	6.60%
Hardin County, KY	5.10%	4.70%	5.80%	6.00%
Harlan County, KY	7.50%	6.80%	8.20%	7.60%
Harrison County, KY	4.30%	3.70%	4.70%	4.80%
Hart County, KY	4.80%	4.30%	5.90%	6.00%
Henderson, KY	5.30%	4.70%	5.40%	5.90%
Henderson County, KY	5.00%	4.40%	5.50%	5.70%
Henry County, KY	4.40%	3.90%	5.30%	5.60%
Hickman County, KY	4.70%	4.30%	5.20%	5.90%
Hopkins County, KY	4.90%	5.00%	5.80%	6.70%
Hopkinsville, KY	5.50%	5.00%	6.10%	6.80%
Independence, KY	3.90%	3.50%	4.70%	4.90%
Jackson County, KY	7.50%	6.70%	8.80%	8.70%
Jefferson County, KY	4.60%	4.20%	5.00%	5.90%
Jeffersontown, KY	4.60%	4.10%	4.80%	5.70%
Jessamine County, KY	4.30%	3.70%	4.60%	4.90%
Johnson County, KY	6.90%	6.20%	8.30%	7.70%
Kenton County, KY	4.30%	3.90%	4.90%	4.90%
Knott County, KY	7.20%	6.20%	8.00%	8.70%
Knox County, KY	6.70%	6.00%	7.50%	8.50%
Larue County, KY	4.80%	4.30%	5.70%	5.50%
Laurel County, KY	6.30%	5.60%	6.60%	6.80%
Lawrence County, KY	7.40%	6.70%	9.60%	8.70%
Lee County, KY	5.40%	4.70%	6.50%	6.80%
Leslie County, KY	5.80%	5.20%	6.40%	7.10%
Letcher County, KY	6.20%	5.50%	6.70%	6.80%
Lewis County, KY	8.80%	7.70%	12.20%	10.00%
Lexington-Fayette, KY	4.10%	3.60%	4.40%	4.70%
Lincoln County, KY	5.90%	5.20%	7.40%	6.40%
Livingston County, KY	5.20%	4.70%	7.30%	6.20%
Logan County, KY	5.00%	4.50%	5.40%	5.90%
Louisville, KY	4.60%	4.20%	5.00%	5.90%
Lyon County, KY	4.80%	4.50%	7.10%	5.60%
Madison County, KY	5.00%	4.40%	5.40%	5.60%
Magoffin County, KY	9.10%	9.20%	11.20%	10.00%
Marion County, KY	5.50%	4.90%	5.80%	6.60%
Marshall County, KY	5.20%	4.80%	6.60%	5.80%
Martin County, KY	9.50%	9.20%	10.80%	8.80%
Mason County, KY	6.50%	5.70%	8.20%	7.10%
McCracken County, KY	5.10%	4.70%	5.60%	5.50%
McCreary County, KY	6.60%	5.80%	6.90%	7.10%
McLean County, KY	5.00%	4.70%	5.80%	6.70%
Meade County, KY	4.80%	4.30%	5.40%	5.80%
Menifee County, KY	6.90%	6.10%	10.60%	7.70%
Mercer County, KY	4.80%	4.20%	5.60%	5.40%
Metcalfe County, KY	4.80%	4.10%	6.60%	5.80%
Monroe County, KY	4.70%	4.10%	6.30%	5.70%
Montgomery County, KY	5.40%	4.90%	6.40%	6.20%
Morgan County, KY	6.00%	5.10%	9.00%	7.70%
Muhlenberg County, KY	5.80%	5.60%	7.30%	7.10%
Nelson County, KY	4.60%	4.00%	5.20%	5.80%
Nicholas County, KY	4.60%	4.20%	4.70%	5.40%
Nicholasville, KY	4.40%	3.80%	4.50%	4.80%
Ohio County, KY	5.80%	5.20%	7.20%	6.90%
Oldham County, KY	4.00%	3.60%	4.40%	4.90%
Owen County, KY	4.80%	4.20%	5.60%	5.70%
Owensboro, KY	4.80%	4.30%	5.40%	6.00%
Owsley County, KY	6.00%	5.40%	6.80%	7.00%
Paducah, KY	4.80%	4.60%	5.30%	5.40%
Pendleton County, KY	4.90%	4.60%	6.60%	5.50%
Perry County, KY	5.40%	4.70%	5.90%	6.00%
Pike County, KY	6.50%	5.80%	6.90%	7.60%
Powell County, KY	4.80%	4.50%	6.10%	5.60%
Pulaski County, KY	5.20%	4.70%	6.00%	6.00%
Richmond, KY	5.10%	4.30%	5.50%	5.90%
Robertson County, KY	6.20%	5.10%	8.10%	7.20%
Rockcastle County, KY	5.20%	4.70%	6.30%	6.10%
Rowan County, KY	6.20%	5.30%	7.40%	7.50%
Russell County, KY	5.80%	5.30%	5.60%	5.10%
Scott County, KY	4.10%	3.60%	4.50%	4.80%
Shelby County, KY	4.00%	3.60%	4.30%	5.20%
Simpson County, KY	4.90%	4.40%	5.20%	5.60%
Spencer County, KY	4.20%	3.80%	4.80%	6.20%
Taylor County, KY	5.50%	4.80%	5.80%	6.20%
Todd County, KY	4.20%	3.80%	4.80%	5.70%
Trigg County, KY	5.00%	4.50%	5.90%	5.80%
Trimble County, KY	4.50%	4.00%	5.60%	5.30%
Union County, KY	4.50%	4.00%	4.80%	5.10%
Warren County, KY	4.50%	3.90%	5.10%	5.20%
Washington County, KY	4.20%	3.70%	4.80%	4.70%
Wayne County, KY	5.90%	5.50%	7.30%	7.00%
Webster County, KY	5.20%	4.80%	5.60%	6.60%
Whitley County, KY	5.10%	4.60%	5.70%	6.10%
Wolfe County, KY	8.00%	7.00%	14.30%	11.10%
Woodford County, KY	4.00%	3.50%	4.00%	4.40%