RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Highest unemployment, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 4.2%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Leitchfield, KY, up 83 places to #3.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35617.4%−1.0 pts

02▲9Fort Knox, KYKY8,83615.1%+6.9 pts

03▲83Leitchfield, KYKY7,01510.2%+9.4 pts

04▲3Oak Grove, KYKY7,8309.5%−0.5 pts

05▲45Central City, KYKY5,7939.4%+5.1 pts

06▲2Radcliff, KYKY22,5769.3%+0.1 pts

07▼3Somerset, KYKY12,6958.7%−2.0 pts

08▲15Middlesborough, KYKY8,7768.5%+1.7 pts

09▲26Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5758.3%+2.8 pts

10▲34Frankfort, KYKY28,6577.8%+3.2 pts

11▲1Ashland, KYKY20,9967.7%−0.3 pts

12▲8Campbellsville, KYKY11,7837.4%−0.1 pts

13▲18Corbin, KYKY7,9117.2%+1.4 pts

14▲12Newport, KYKY13,9987.2%+0.7 pts

15▲6Shively, KYKY15,8956.9%−0.4 pts

16▲1Madisonville, KYKY19,4286.9%−0.8 pts

17▼7Richmond, KYKY40,6636.7%−2.0 pts

18▼5Danville, KYKY17,7366.6%−1.3 pts

19▲38Flatwoods, KYKY7,4396.4%+2.7 pts

20▼4Russellville, KYKY7,4546.4%−1.3 pts

21▼3Hopkinsville, KYKY30,4116.2%−1.5 pts

22▼8Franklin, KYKY10,7596.2%−1.7 pts

23▲22Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5766.1%+1.5 pts

24▲19Murray, KYKY18,9645.8%+1.1 pts

25Covington, KYKY41,8475.7%−0.9 pts

26▲7Louisville, KYKY641,9625.5%−0.2 pts

27▲14Morehead, KYKY6,7765.4%+0.6 pts

28▲18Owensboro, KYKY60,8925.3%+0.7 pts

29▲9Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4485.2%−0.1 pts

30▲32Elsmere, KYKY9,5215.1%+1.5 pts

31▼9Dayton, KYKY5,9745.0%−1.8 pts

32▼2Bowling Green, KYKY78,5054.9%−1.0 pts

33▲6Lexington, KYKY329,7514.9%−0.4 pts

34▼2Middletown, KYKY9,9444.7%−1.1 pts

35▲29Lyndon, KYKY11,3014.6%+1.1 pts

36Mount Washington, KYKY18,9894.6%−0.8 pts

37▲30Princeton, KYKY6,1684.5%+1.1 pts

38▲2Maysville, KYKY8,6884.4%−0.7 pts

39▲31Independence, KYKY30,1984.3%+1.3 pts

40▲7Erlanger, KYKY20,1584.3%−0.2 pts

41▼26Glasgow, KYKY15,3024.3%−3.4 pts

42▲19Shepherdsville, KYKY14,9314.2%+0.6 pts

43▲31Georgetown, KYKY40,8834.2%+1.3 pts

44▼7Berea, KYKY16,6624.2%−1.2 pts

45▲23La Grange, KYKY10,6694.2%+0.8 pts

46▲27Paducah, KYKY26,7304.0%+1.0 pts

47▲2Bardstown, KYKY14,1614.0%−0.3 pts

48▼42Williamsburg, KYKY5,3713.9%−6.6 pts

49▲14St. Matthews, KYKY17,8683.8%+0.2 pts

50▼2Hillview, KYKY9,0203.8%−0.6 pts

51▼42Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5863.7%−5.3 pts

52▼50Lebanon, KYKY6,6993.7%−10.1 pts

53▼24Nicholasville, KYKY33,8573.6%−2.3 pts

54▼26Winchester, KYKY19,5143.6%−2.6 pts

55▲10Villa Hills, KYKY7,7973.6%+0.1 pts

56▼22Paris, KYKY10,1303.6%−2.0 pts

57▼33Vine Grove, KYKY7,0183.5%−3.1 pts

58▲23Reidland, KYKY5,2773.5%+1.6 pts

59▲17London, KYKY7,6373.5%+1.0 pts

60Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1423.5%−0.2 pts

61▼2Shelbyville, KYKY18,4533.5%−0.2 pts

62▲23Fort Wright, KYKY6,2403.4%+2.5 pts

63▼60Mayfield, KYKY9,8513.4%−7.7 pts

64▲13Hebron, KYKY6,4073.2%+0.9 pts

65▼13Alexandria, KYKY10,9943.2%−0.8 pts

66▼24Pikeville, KYKY7,2703.2%−1.5 pts

67▲5Walton, KYKY5,8683.2%+0.2 pts

68▼14Florence, KYKY34,0183.1%−0.7 pts

69▲9Highland Heights, KYKY6,3413.0%+0.8 pts

70▼17Versailles, KYKY10,7343.0%−1.0 pts

71▼20Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1932.8%−1.4 pts

72▼45Crestwood, KYKY6,5822.7%−3.5 pts

73▲10Wilmore, KYKY6,3802.5%+0.9 pts

74▲1Burlington, KYKY18,0082.5%0.0 pts

75▲4Edgewood, KYKY8,5032.4%+0.3 pts

76▼20Henderson, KYKY27,8222.4%−1.4 pts

77▲5Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7512.4%+0.7 pts

78▼7Bellevue, KYKY5,8472.2%−0.8 pts

79▲5Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1442.1%+0.5 pts

80▼75Monticello, KYKY5,7212.0%−8.7 pts

81▼15Cold Spring, KYKY6,6402.0%−1.5 pts

82▼63Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3291.8%−5.7 pts

83▼28Oakbrook, KYKY10,2111.6%−2.2 pts

84▼4Union, KYKY7,9371.5%−0.6 pts

85▼27Cynthiana, KYKY6,5761.3%−2.4 pts

86▼17Francisville, KYKY10,5651.3%−1.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES