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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%−48%

02Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+14%

03Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+5%

04Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−24%

05Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+2%

06Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−2%

07Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−7%

08Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−26%

09Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+6%

10Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+29%

11Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+72%

12Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+33%

13Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−17%

14Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−11%

15Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−11%

16Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+33%

17Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−30%

18Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+77%

19Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+19%

20Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−4%

21Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+24%

22Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+89%

23Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−1%

24Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−11%

25Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+255%

26Russell County, KYKY18,6086.4%+1%

27Boyd County, KYKY47,7516.4%−19%

28Christian County, KYKY70,1156.3%−18%

29Hopkins County, KYKY45,1276.2%−4%

30Trimble County, KYKY8,7016.2%−38%

31Letcher County, KYKY19,9526.2%−32%

32Nicholas County, KYKY7,9496.1%+22%

33Carroll County, KYKY11,1416.1%−40%

34Lewis County, KYKY12,9016.0%−6%

35Franklin County, KYKY52,6495.9%+22%

36Boyle County, KYKY31,6325.8%−1%

37Perry County, KYKY26,5555.8%−38%

38Powell County, KYKY12,8125.8%−3%

39Wayne County, KYKY19,5975.8%+1%

40Logan County, KYKY28,6695.7%+21%

41Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6345.7%+14%

42McLean County, KYKY9,0645.6%−1%

43Martin County, KYKY10,6975.5%−14%

44Whitley County, KYKY37,2975.4%−18%

45Carter County, KYKY26,1495.3%+4%

46Pike County, KYKY54,7215.2%−35%

47Jefferson County, KYKY795,2225.2%−3%

48Garrard County, KYKY18,2075.1%−2%

49Taylor County, KYKY26,7635.1%+6%

50Madison County, KYKY101,6965.1%−22%

51Ohio County, KYKY23,9345.0%−8%

52Clinton County, KYKY9,1395.0%−26%

53Henry County, KYKY16,4475.0%+5%

54Spencer County, KYKY20,9985.0%+4%

55Pulaski County, KYKY67,3844.9%−18%

56Mason County, KYKY16,9364.9%+16%

57Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5834.9%+59%

58Grant County, KYKY26,1814.9%+1%

59Fayette County, KYKY329,7514.9%−7%

60Meade County, KYKY30,6994.8%−7%

61Bracken County, KYKY8,5114.8%−0%

62Lee County, KYKY7,2974.7%−53%

63Gallatin County, KYKY8,8404.6%−22%

64Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1484.6%−48%

65Pendleton County, KYKY14,8004.5%+14%

66Marshall County, KYKY31,6594.5%+25%

67Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5034.5%−42%

68Daviess County, KYKY104,8984.5%+2%

69Calloway County, KYKY39,4214.4%+4%

70Warren County, KYKY149,3754.4%−8%

71Clark County, KYKY37,8884.4%−12%

72Caldwell County, KYKY12,6094.4%−30%

73Hancock County, KYKY9,0504.4%−13%

74Mercer County, KYKY23,7334.4%−28%

75Butler County, KYKY12,5204.4%−41%

76Kenton County, KYKY175,7794.3%+10%

77Scott County, KYKY62,2624.3%+31%

78Bullitt County, KYKY86,4544.3%−15%

79Johnson County, KYKY22,0514.2%−52%

80Livingston County, KYKY8,8634.2%−28%

81Marion County, KYKY20,1154.2%−47%

82Bourbon County, KYKY20,2434.2%−25%

83McCreary County, KYKY17,1244.2%−46%

84Shelby County, KYKY51,2434.2%+10%

85Trigg County, KYKY14,5124.2%−47%

86Barren County, KYKY45,6414.1%−38%

87Rowan County, KYKY24,4764.1%+6%

88Webster County, KYKY12,9294.1%−6%

89Monroe County, KYKY11,1914.0%+15%

90Cumberland County, KYKY5,9924.0%−5%

91Montgomery County, KYKY28,8224.0%−25%

92Campbell County, KYKY95,4414.0%−6%

93Jackson County, KYKY13,3254.0%−37%

94Robertson County, KYKY2,3253.8%−50%

95Leslie County, KYKY9,6273.8%−33%

96Hart County, KYKY20,1173.8%−7%

97Carlisle County, KYKY4,7473.7%−21%

98Simpson County, KYKY20,7883.6%−39%

99Laurel County, KYKY63,7463.5%−30%

100Oldham County, KYKY70,9863.5%−4%

101Graves County, KYKY37,0503.4%−34%

102Crittenden County, KYKY8,8073.4%+17%

103Washington County, KYKY12,3683.4%−25%

104Fulton County, KYKY6,2183.3%−43%

105Nelson County, KYKY49,0363.3%+0%

106McCracken County, KYKY67,5533.2%−8%

107Todd County, KYKY12,9723.2%−42%

108Harrison County, KYKY19,6273.2%−18%

109Boone County, KYKY145,3163.1%−12%

110Jessamine County, KYKY57,1473.1%−36%

111Morgan County, KYKY14,4153.1%−44%

112Hickman County, KYKY4,3723.1%−52%

113Lyon County, KYKY9,1232.9%−11%

114Union County, KYKY12,8392.7%−47%

115Bath County, KYKY13,1762.5%−27%

116Woodford County, KYKY27,8832.5%−23%

117Henderson County, KYKY44,2552.5%−36%

118Anderson County, KYKY25,2252.2%−63%

119Ballard County, KYKY7,5941.6%−71%

120Larue County, KYKY15,1841.5%−37%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES