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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.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Wolfe County, KYKY6,29813.1%−12.3 pts

02Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+1.6 pts

03Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+0.5 pts

04Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−3.0 pts

05Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+0.2 pts

06Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−0.2 pts

07Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−0.7 pts

08Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−3.2 pts

09Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+0.5 pts

10Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+1.8 pts

11Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+3.3 pts

12Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+1.9 pts

13Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−1.6 pts

14Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−0.9 pts

15Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−0.9 pts

16Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+1.8 pts

17Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−3.0 pts

18Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+3.0 pts

19Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+1.1 pts

20Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−0.3 pts

21Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+1.3 pts

22Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+3.1 pts

23Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−0.1 pts

24Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−0.8 pts

25Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+4.7 pts

26Russell County, KYKY18,6086.4%+0.0 pts

27Boyd County, KYKY47,7516.4%−1.5 pts

28Christian County, KYKY70,1156.3%−1.4 pts

29Hopkins County, KYKY45,1276.2%−0.2 pts

30Trimble County, KYKY8,7016.2%−3.7 pts

31Letcher County, KYKY19,9526.2%−2.9 pts

32Nicholas County, KYKY7,9496.1%+1.1 pts

33Carroll County, KYKY11,1416.1%−4.1 pts

34Lewis County, KYKY12,9016.0%−0.4 pts

35Franklin County, KYKY52,6495.9%+1.1 pts

36Boyle County, KYKY31,6325.8%−0.0 pts

37Perry County, KYKY26,5555.8%−3.5 pts

38Powell County, KYKY12,8125.8%−0.2 pts

39Wayne County, KYKY19,5975.8%+0.0 pts

40Logan County, KYKY28,6695.7%+1.0 pts

41Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6345.7%+0.7 pts

42McLean County, KYKY9,0645.6%−0.0 pts

43Martin County, KYKY10,6975.5%−0.9 pts

44Whitley County, KYKY37,2975.4%−1.2 pts

45Carter County, KYKY26,1495.3%+0.2 pts

46Pike County, KYKY54,7215.2%−2.8 pts

47Jefferson County, KYKY795,2225.2%−0.1 pts

48Garrard County, KYKY18,2075.1%−0.1 pts

49Taylor County, KYKY26,7635.1%+0.3 pts

50Madison County, KYKY101,6965.1%−1.5 pts

51Ohio County, KYKY23,9345.0%−0.4 pts

52Clinton County, KYKY9,1395.0%−1.8 pts

53Henry County, KYKY16,4475.0%+0.2 pts

54Spencer County, KYKY20,9985.0%+0.2 pts

55Pulaski County, KYKY67,3844.9%−1.1 pts

56Mason County, KYKY16,9364.9%+0.7 pts

57Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5834.9%+1.8 pts

58Grant County, KYKY26,1814.9%+0.1 pts

59Fayette County, KYKY329,7514.9%−0.4 pts

60Meade County, KYKY30,6994.8%−0.4 pts

61Bracken County, KYKY8,5114.8%−0.0 pts

62Lee County, KYKY7,2974.7%−5.4 pts

63Gallatin County, KYKY8,8404.6%−1.3 pts

64Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1484.6%−4.3 pts

65Pendleton County, KYKY14,8004.5%+0.5 pts

66Marshall County, KYKY31,6594.5%+0.9 pts

67Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5034.5%−3.3 pts

68Daviess County, KYKY104,8984.5%+0.1 pts

69Calloway County, KYKY39,4214.4%+0.2 pts

70Warren County, KYKY149,3754.4%−0.4 pts

71Clark County, KYKY37,8884.4%−0.6 pts

72Caldwell County, KYKY12,6094.4%−1.8 pts

73Hancock County, KYKY9,0504.4%−0.7 pts

74Mercer County, KYKY23,7334.4%−1.7 pts

75Butler County, KYKY12,5204.4%−3.0 pts

76Kenton County, KYKY175,7794.3%+0.4 pts

77Scott County, KYKY62,2624.3%+1.0 pts

78Bullitt County, KYKY86,4544.3%−0.8 pts

79Johnson County, KYKY22,0514.2%−4.7 pts

80Livingston County, KYKY8,8634.2%−1.6 pts

81Marion County, KYKY20,1154.2%−3.7 pts

82Bourbon County, KYKY20,2434.2%−1.4 pts

83McCreary County, KYKY17,1244.2%−3.6 pts

84Shelby County, KYKY51,2434.2%+0.4 pts

85Trigg County, KYKY14,5124.2%−3.8 pts

86Barren County, KYKY45,6414.1%−2.6 pts

87Rowan County, KYKY24,4764.1%+0.2 pts

88Webster County, KYKY12,9294.1%−0.3 pts

89Monroe County, KYKY11,1914.0%+0.5 pts

90Cumberland County, KYKY5,9924.0%−0.2 pts

91Montgomery County, KYKY28,8224.0%−1.3 pts

92Campbell County, KYKY95,4414.0%−0.3 pts

93Jackson County, KYKY13,3254.0%−2.3 pts

94Robertson County, KYKY2,3253.8%−3.9 pts

95Leslie County, KYKY9,6273.8%−1.9 pts

96Hart County, KYKY20,1173.8%−0.3 pts

97Carlisle County, KYKY4,7473.7%−1.0 pts

98Simpson County, KYKY20,7883.6%−2.3 pts

99Laurel County, KYKY63,7463.5%−1.5 pts

100Oldham County, KYKY70,9863.5%−0.1 pts

101Graves County, KYKY37,0503.4%−1.8 pts

102Crittenden County, KYKY8,8073.4%+0.5 pts

103Washington County, KYKY12,3683.4%−1.2 pts

104Fulton County, KYKY6,2183.3%−2.5 pts

105Nelson County, KYKY49,0363.3%+0.0 pts

106McCracken County, KYKY67,5533.2%−0.3 pts

107Todd County, KYKY12,9723.2%−2.3 pts

108Harrison County, KYKY19,6273.2%−0.7 pts

109Boone County, KYKY145,3163.1%−0.4 pts

110Jessamine County, KYKY57,1473.1%−1.7 pts

111Morgan County, KYKY14,4153.1%−2.4 pts

112Hickman County, KYKY4,3723.1%−3.4 pts

113Lyon County, KYKY9,1232.9%−0.3 pts

114Union County, KYKY12,8392.7%−2.4 pts

115Bath County, KYKY13,1762.5%−0.9 pts

116Woodford County, KYKY27,8832.5%−0.8 pts

117Henderson County, KYKY44,2552.5%−1.4 pts

118Anderson County, KYKY25,2252.2%−3.8 pts

119Ballard County, KYKY7,5941.6%−3.9 pts

120Larue County, KYKY15,1841.5%−0.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES