KY Center for Statistics

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Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between December 2024 and December 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Oj9XhAR

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary December 2025 unemployment rate was 4.5%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/lztSEig

Unemployment rates fell in 119 counties and rose in Pike County between November 2024 and November 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/uFKrfP8

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted November 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/vzhVvtM

Unemployment rates fell in 116 counties, rose in Clinton, Wayne & Ballard counties & stayed the same in Logan County between September 2024 & September 2025, according to KYSTATS, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/giHGC6t

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted September 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/ychaQoO

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Unemployment rates fell in 119 counties and rose in Martin County between August 2024 and August 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/8pzN3oV

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary August 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/gR3Qs00

Unemployment rates fell in 73 counties, rose in 35 counties and stayed the same in 12 counties between July 2024 and July 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Bdjl3ON

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary July 2025 unemployment rate was 4.9%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Rji7nPS

Unemployment rates fell in 115 counties, rose in four counties & stayed the same in Harlan County between June 2024 and June 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/KEaeXdn

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary June 2025 unemployment rate was 4.9%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/YDs1bpn

Unemployment rates fell in 97 counties, rose in 13 counties and stayed the same in 10 counties between May 2024 and May 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/pfdQ3vk

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May 2025 unemployment rate was 5%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/BRn3P6H

Unemployment rates fell in 81 counties, rose in 31 counties & stayed the same in eight counties between April 2024 and April 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/yimGgJM

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2025 unemployment rate was 5.2%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/x5eZvJ3

Unemployment rates rose in 112 counties, fell in four (Bath, Bracken, Hopkins & Morgan) counties & stayed the same in four (Carroll, Cumberland, Harrison & Montgomery) counties between March 2024 & March 2025, according to KYSTATS. Link: buff.ly/oFTGtcZ

Annual unemployment rates increased in all 120 Kentucky counties in 2024, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/7b6JSbg

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2025 unemployment rate was 5.2%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/BJDKYCL