RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Highest unemployment, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 120 is 4.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Elliott County, KY, up 95 places to #25.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Wolfe County, KYKY6,29813.1%−12.3 pts

02▲2Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+1.6 pts

03▲7Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+0.5 pts

04▼2Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−3.0 pts

05▲9Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+0.2 pts

06▲5Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−0.2 pts

07▲1Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−0.7 pts

08▼5Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−3.2 pts

09▲11Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+0.5 pts

10▲32Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+1.8 pts

11▲79Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+3.3 pts

12▲42Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+1.9 pts

13Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−1.6 pts

14▲4Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−0.9 pts

15▲4Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−0.9 pts

16▲49Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+1.8 pts

17▼10Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−3.0 pts

18▲82Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+3.0 pts

19▲36Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+1.1 pts

20▲11Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−0.3 pts

21▲42Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+1.3 pts

22▲88Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+3.1 pts

23▲11Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−0.1 pts

24▲6Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−0.8 pts

25▲95Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+4.7 pts

26▲14Russell County, KYKY18,6086.4%0.0 pts

27▼3Boyd County, KYKY47,7516.4%−1.5 pts

28Christian County, KYKY70,1156.3%−1.4 pts

29▲9Hopkins County, KYKY45,1276.2%−0.2 pts

30▼21Trimble County, KYKY8,7016.2%−3.7 pts

31▼16Letcher County, KYKY19,9526.2%−2.9 pts

32▲45Nicholas County, KYKY7,9496.1%+1.1 pts

33▼28Carroll County, KYKY11,1416.1%−4.1 pts

34▲5Lewis County, KYKY12,9016.0%−0.4 pts

35▲48Franklin County, KYKY52,6495.9%+1.1 pts

36▲16Boyle County, KYKY31,6325.8%0.0 pts

37▼25Perry County, KYKY26,5555.8%−3.5 pts

38▲10Powell County, KYKY12,8125.8%−0.2 pts

39▲17Wayne County, KYKY19,5975.8%0.0 pts

40▲48Logan County, KYKY28,6695.7%+1.0 pts

41▲38Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6345.7%+0.7 pts

42▲16McLean County, KYKY9,0645.6%0.0 pts

43▼2Martin County, KYKY10,6975.5%−0.9 pts

44▼9Whitley County, KYKY37,2975.4%−1.2 pts

45▲27Carter County, KYKY26,1495.3%+0.2 pts

46▼25Pike County, KYKY54,7215.2%−2.8 pts

47▲20Jefferson County, KYKY795,2225.2%−0.1 pts

48▲20Garrard County, KYKY18,2075.1%−0.1 pts

49▲31Taylor County, KYKY26,7635.1%+0.3 pts

50▼14Madison County, KYKY101,6965.1%−1.5 pts

51▲11Ohio County, KYKY23,9345.0%−0.4 pts

52▼20Clinton County, KYKY9,1395.0%−1.8 pts

53▲34Henry County, KYKY16,4475.0%+0.2 pts

54▲32Spencer County, KYKY20,9985.0%+0.2 pts

55▼9Pulaski County, KYKY67,3844.9%−1.1 pts

56▲41Mason County, KYKY16,9364.9%+0.7 pts

57▲60Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5834.9%+1.8 pts

58▲24Grant County, KYKY26,1814.9%+0.1 pts

59▲10Fayette County, KYKY329,7514.9%−0.4 pts

60▲11Meade County, KYKY30,6994.8%−0.4 pts

61▲24Bracken County, KYKY8,5114.8%0.0 pts

62▼56Lee County, KYKY7,2974.7%−5.4 pts

63▼14Gallatin County, KYKY8,8404.6%−1.3 pts

64▼47Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1484.6%−4.3 pts

65▲34Pendleton County, KYKY14,8004.5%+0.5 pts

66▲41Marshall County, KYKY31,6594.5%+0.9 pts

67▼42Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5034.5%−3.3 pts

68▲25Daviess County, KYKY104,8984.5%+0.1 pts

69▲25Calloway County, KYKY39,4214.4%+0.2 pts

70▲14Warren County, KYKY149,3754.4%−0.4 pts

71▲5Clark County, KYKY37,8884.4%−0.6 pts

72▼28Caldwell County, KYKY12,6094.4%−1.8 pts

73▲1Hancock County, KYKY9,0504.4%−0.7 pts

74▼27Mercer County, KYKY23,7334.4%−1.7 pts

75▼46Butler County, KYKY12,5204.4%−3.0 pts

76▲26Kenton County, KYKY175,7794.3%+0.4 pts

77▲38Scott County, KYKY62,2624.3%+1.0 pts

78▼3Bullitt County, KYKY86,4544.3%−0.8 pts

79▼63Johnson County, KYKY22,0514.2%−4.7 pts

80▼27Livingston County, KYKY8,8634.2%−1.6 pts

81▼58Marion County, KYKY20,1154.2%−3.7 pts

82▼22Bourbon County, KYKY20,2434.2%−1.4 pts

83▼57McCreary County, KYKY17,1244.2%−3.6 pts

84▲21Shelby County, KYKY51,2434.2%+0.4 pts

85▼63Trigg County, KYKY14,5124.2%−3.8 pts

86▼53Barren County, KYKY45,6414.1%−2.6 pts

87▲16Rowan County, KYKY24,4764.1%+0.2 pts

88▲4Webster County, KYKY12,9294.1%−0.3 pts

89▲22Monroe County, KYKY11,1914.0%+0.5 pts

90▲6Cumberland County, KYKY5,9924.0%−0.2 pts

91▼25Montgomery County, KYKY28,8224.0%−1.3 pts

92▲3Campbell County, KYKY95,4414.0%−0.3 pts

93▼50Jackson County, KYKY13,3254.0%−2.3 pts

94▼67Robertson County, KYKY2,3253.8%−3.9 pts

95▼38Leslie County, KYKY9,6273.8%−1.9 pts

96▲2Hart County, KYKY20,1173.8%−0.3 pts

97▼8Carlisle County, KYKY4,7473.7%−1.0 pts

98▼48Simpson County, KYKY20,7883.6%−2.3 pts

99▼21Laurel County, KYKY63,7463.5%−1.5 pts

100▲6Oldham County, KYKY70,9863.5%−0.1 pts

101▼31Graves County, KYKY37,0503.4%−1.8 pts

102▲16Crittenden County, KYKY8,8073.4%+0.5 pts

103▼12Washington County, KYKY12,3683.4%−1.2 pts

104▼53Fulton County, KYKY6,2183.3%−2.5 pts

105▲8Nelson County, KYKY49,0363.3%0.0 pts

106▲3McCracken County, KYKY67,5533.2%−0.3 pts

107▼48Todd County, KYKY12,9723.2%−2.3 pts

108▼7Harrison County, KYKY19,6273.2%−0.7 pts

109▼1Boone County, KYKY145,3163.1%−0.4 pts

110▼29Jessamine County, KYKY57,1473.1%−1.7 pts

111▼47Morgan County, KYKY14,4153.1%−2.4 pts

112▼75Hickman County, KYKY4,3723.1%−3.4 pts

113▲3Lyon County, KYKY9,1232.9%−0.3 pts

114▼41Union County, KYKY12,8392.7%−2.4 pts

115▼3Bath County, KYKY13,1762.5%−0.9 pts

116▼2Woodford County, KYKY27,8832.5%−0.8 pts

117▼13Henderson County, KYKY44,2552.5%−1.4 pts

118▼73Anderson County, KYKY25,2252.2%−3.8 pts

119▼58Ballard County, KYKY7,5941.6%−3.9 pts

120▼1Larue County, KYKY15,1841.5%−0.9 pts

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