Kentucky Unemployment Level Heat Map - September 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	6.10%	5.30%	5.50%	5.90%
Allen County, KY	5.30%	4.70%	5.10%	4.90%
Anderson County, KY	5.60%	4.70%	5.00%	5.10%
Ashland, KY	6.50%	5.80%	6.40%	6.50%
Ballard County, KY	6.30%	5.70%	6.10%	5.50%
Barren County, KY	6.00%	5.20%	6.30%	5.80%
Bath County, KY	7.20%	6.40%	8.00%	6.70%
Bell County, KY	7.80%	7.00%	7.30%	7.20%
Boone County, KY	4.80%	4.20%	4.70%	4.70%
Bourbon County, KY	4.90%	4.40%	4.70%	4.50%
Bowling Green, KY	5.90%	4.80%	4.80%	5.20%
Boyd County, KY	6.60%	6.00%	6.80%	6.50%
Boyle County, KY	5.90%	5.20%	5.60%	5.50%
Bracken County, KY	5.90%	5.50%	7.50%	5.70%
Breathitt County, KY	7.70%	6.70%	8.70%	7.80%
Breckinridge County, KY	6.40%	5.60%	6.50%	5.80%
Bullitt County, KY	5.50%	4.40%	6.20%	4.70%
Butler County, KY	6.10%	5.40%	6.30%	5.70%
Caldwell County, KY	5.20%	4.50%	4.80%	4.80%
Calloway County, KY	6.40%	5.40%	5.80%	5.90%
Campbell County, KY	4.80%	4.30%	5.00%	4.70%
Carlisle County, KY	5.80%	4.90%	5.90%	5.70%
Carroll County, KY	5.20%	4.40%	5.20%	5.20%
Carter County, KY	8.60%	8.00%	9.40%	8.20%
Casey County, KY	6.40%	5.60%	6.20%	6.00%
Christian County, KY	6.80%	5.90%	6.10%	6.30%
Clark County, KY	5.10%	4.60%	5.20%	4.90%
Clay County, KY	8.00%	7.20%	7.50%	7.60%
Clinton County, KY	7.00%	6.30%	6.40%	5.70%
Covington, KY	5.00%	4.60%	5.10%	4.50%
Crittenden County, KY	5.90%	5.30%	6.10%	5.80%
Cumberland County, KY	4.80%	4.20%	5.50%	4.90%
Daviess County, KY	5.20%	4.60%	5.10%	5.20%
Edmonson County, KY	6.60%	6.00%	6.70%	5.90%
Elizabethtown, KY	5.50%	4.90%	5.50%	5.30%
Elliott County, KY	8.90%	8.70%	10.80%	8.60%
Estill County, KY	6.90%	6.20%	7.10%	6.70%
Fleming County, KY	7.00%	6.40%	6.60%	6.10%
Florence, KY	4.80%	4.20%	4.80%	4.70%
Floyd County, KY	7.70%	6.80%	7.50%	7.30%
Frankfort, KY	5.40%	4.70%	5.00%	5.00%
Franklin County, KY	5.10%	4.40%	4.80%	4.70%
Fulton County, KY	7.00%	5.10%	5.40%	5.70%
Gallatin County, KY	5.30%	4.70%	5.50%	5.10%
Garrard County, KY	5.00%	4.60%	5.20%	5.00%
Georgetown, KY	4.70%	4.20%	4.20%	4.60%
Grant County, KY	5.20%	4.60%	5.50%	5.10%
Graves County, KY	5.10%	4.40%	4.80%	4.80%
Grayson County, KY	6.80%	6.00%	6.70%	5.90%
Green County, KY	6.30%	5.60%	6.30%	6.30%
Greenup County, KY	7.30%	6.60%	7.40%	7.00%
Hancock County, KY	6.20%	5.20%	6.00%	6.00%
Hardin County, KY	5.90%	5.10%	5.90%	5.40%
Harlan County, KY	8.40%	7.60%	7.60%	7.30%
Harrison County, KY	4.80%	4.30%	4.60%	4.70%
Hart County, KY	5.60%	4.80%	5.90%	5.60%
Henderson, KY	5.80%	5.30%	5.60%	5.50%
Henderson County, KY	5.60%	5.00%	5.40%	5.40%
Henry County, KY	5.20%	4.50%	5.50%	5.00%
Hickman County, KY	5.70%	4.70%	5.00%	5.20%
Hopkins County, KY	5.50%	4.90%	5.70%	5.70%
Hopkinsville, KY	6.40%	5.60%	5.80%	5.90%
Independence, KY	4.50%	4.00%	4.40%	4.60%
Jackson County, KY	8.60%	7.60%	8.40%	8.20%
Jefferson County, KY	5.30%	4.60%	5.50%	4.90%
Jeffersontown, KY	5.30%	4.60%	5.40%	4.70%
Jessamine County, KY	4.90%	4.30%	4.50%	4.70%
Johnson County, KY	7.60%	6.90%	7.90%	7.30%
Kenton County, KY	4.80%	4.30%	4.80%	4.60%
Knott County, KY	8.30%	7.30%	7.90%	8.00%
Knox County, KY	7.80%	6.70%	7.10%	7.70%
Larue County, KY	5.40%	4.80%	5.90%	5.00%
Laurel County, KY	7.00%	6.30%	6.50%	6.50%
Lawrence County, KY	8.20%	7.40%	8.80%	8.00%
Lee County, KY	6.00%	5.50%	5.70%	5.90%
Leslie County, KY	6.80%	5.80%	6.40%	6.50%
Letcher County, KY	6.90%	6.20%	6.70%	6.50%
Lewis County, KY	9.70%	8.80%	10.60%	8.70%
Lexington-Fayette, KY	4.70%	4.10%	4.20%	4.50%
Lincoln County, KY	6.70%	5.90%	6.80%	6.10%
Livingston County, KY	5.70%	5.20%	7.30%	5.80%
Logan County, KY	5.70%	5.00%	5.50%	5.40%
Louisville, KY	5.30%	4.60%	5.50%	4.90%
Lyon County, KY	5.40%	4.90%	6.80%	5.30%
Madison County, KY	5.70%	5.00%	5.10%	5.40%
Magoffin County, KY	9.60%	9.10%	11.10%	9.40%
Marion County, KY	6.70%	5.50%	5.90%	6.00%
Marshall County, KY	5.90%	5.20%	6.50%	5.50%
Martin County, KY	10.80%	9.50%	10.20%	8.30%
Mason County, KY	7.10%	6.50%	7.50%	6.60%
McCracken County, KY	5.60%	5.10%	5.50%	5.20%
McCreary County, KY	7.60%	6.60%	6.90%	6.80%
McLean County, KY	5.60%	5.00%	5.60%	6.00%
Meade County, KY	5.50%	4.80%	5.70%	5.10%
Menifee County, KY	7.40%	6.90%	9.60%	6.70%
Mercer County, KY	5.50%	4.90%	5.40%	5.00%
Metcalfe County, KY	5.50%	4.80%	6.30%	5.50%
Monroe County, KY	5.50%	4.70%	6.00%	5.70%
Montgomery County, KY	5.90%	5.50%	6.00%	5.70%
Morgan County, KY	7.10%	6.00%	8.40%	6.30%
Muhlenberg County, KY	6.50%	5.80%	7.00%	6.30%
Nelson County, KY	5.40%	4.60%	5.60%	4.80%
Nicholas County, KY	5.30%	4.60%	5.10%	5.00%
Nicholasville, KY	4.90%	4.40%	4.50%	4.60%
Ohio County, KY	6.70%	5.90%	6.90%	6.30%
Oldham County, KY	4.70%	4.10%	4.50%	4.50%
Owen County, KY	5.40%	4.90%	5.50%	5.40%
Owensboro, KY	5.40%	4.80%	5.20%	5.40%
Owsley County, KY	6.60%	5.90%	7.20%	6.30%
Paducah, KY	5.20%	4.80%	5.20%	5.20%
Pendleton County, KY	5.40%	4.90%	6.10%	5.10%
Perry County, KY	6.10%	5.40%	5.90%	5.60%
Pike County, KY	8.80%	6.50%	7.00%	7.00%
Powell County, KY	5.40%	4.70%	5.60%	5.40%
Pulaski County, KY	5.90%	5.20%	5.90%	5.70%
Richmond, KY	6.20%	5.10%	5.00%	5.60%
Robertson County, KY	6.80%	6.20%	8.30%	6.60%
Rockcastle County, KY	6.00%	5.20%	6.00%	5.90%
Rowan County, KY	7.40%	6.20%	6.50%	6.60%
Russell County, KY	5.00%	5.80%	5.30%	5.10%
Scott County, KY	4.70%	4.10%	4.30%	4.50%
Shelby County, KY	4.80%	4.00%	4.80%	4.30%
Simpson County, KY	5.50%	4.90%	5.00%	5.20%
Spencer County, KY	5.40%	4.30%	5.70%	4.70%
Taylor County, KY	6.50%	5.60%	5.70%	6.00%
Todd County, KY	5.00%	4.20%	4.60%	4.70%
Trigg County, KY	6.00%	5.10%	5.80%	5.60%
Trimble County, KY	5.10%	4.50%	5.60%	4.90%
Union County, KY	5.20%	4.50%	4.80%	4.80%
Warren County, KY	5.40%	4.50%	4.80%	4.90%
Washington County, KY	5.00%	4.20%	4.80%	4.70%
Wayne County, KY	7.60%	5.90%	7.10%	6.50%
Webster County, KY	6.00%	5.20%	5.80%	5.80%
Whitley County, KY	6.00%	5.10%	5.20%	5.70%
Wolfe County, KY	9.80%	8.00%	11.10%	9.40%
Woodford County, KY	4.50%	4.00%	3.90%	4.20%