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Lowest unemployment, Kentucky cities · 2020

Kentucky cities ranked by the lowest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

01Leitchfield, KYKY7,0150.7%–

02Fort Wright, KYKY6,2400.9%–

03Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1441.6%–

04Wilmore, KYKY6,3801.6%–

05Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7511.7%–

06Reidland, KYKY5,2772.0%–

07Union, KYKY7,9372.0%–

08Edgewood, KYKY8,5032.1%–

09Highland Heights, KYKY6,3412.2%–

10Hebron, KYKY6,4072.4%–

11London, KYKY7,6372.5%–

12Burlington, KYKY18,0082.5%–

13Georgetown, KYKY40,8832.9%–

14Paducah, KYKY26,7303.0%–

15Walton, KYKY5,8683.0%–

16Bellevue, KYKY5,8473.0%–

17Independence, KYKY30,1983.1%–

18Francisville, KYKY10,5653.1%–

19La Grange, KYKY10,6693.4%–

20Princeton, KYKY6,1683.4%–

21Cold Spring, KYKY6,6403.5%–

22Villa Hills, KYKY7,7973.5%–

23Lyndon, KYKY11,3013.6%–

24St. Matthews, KYKY17,8683.6%–

25Elsmere, KYKY9,5213.6%–

26Shepherdsville, KYKY14,9313.7%–

27Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1423.7%–

28Shelbyville, KYKY18,4533.7%–

29Cynthiana, KYKY6,5763.7%–

30Flatwoods, KYKY7,4393.8%–

31Henderson, KYKY27,8223.8%–

32Oakbrook, KYKY10,2113.8%–

33Florence, KYKY34,0183.9%–

34Versailles, KYKY10,7343.9%–

35Alexandria, KYKY10,9944.0%–

36Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1934.2%–

37Central City, KYKY5,7934.2%–

38Bardstown, KYKY14,1614.3%–

39Hillview, KYKY9,0204.3%–

40Erlanger, KYKY20,1584.5%–

41Owensboro, KYKY60,8924.5%–

42Harrodsburg, KYKY9,5764.6%–

43Frankfort, KYKY28,6574.6%–

44Murray, KYKY18,9644.7%–

45Pikeville, KYKY7,2704.7%–

46Morehead, KYKY6,7764.8%–

47Maysville, KYKY8,6885.2%–

48Lexington, KYKY329,7515.2%–

49Elizabethtown, KYKY35,4485.3%–

50Berea, KYKY16,6625.4%–

51Mount Washington, KYKY18,9895.4%–

52Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5755.5%–

53Paris, KYKY10,1305.6%–

54Louisville, KYKY641,9625.7%–

55Middletown, KYKY9,9445.8%–

56Corbin, KYKY7,9115.8%–

57Bowling Green, KYKY78,5055.9%–

58Nicholasville, KYKY33,8575.9%–

59Winchester, KYKY19,5146.2%–

60Crestwood, KYKY6,5826.2%–

61Newport, KYKY13,9986.5%–

62Covington, KYKY41,8476.5%–

63Vine Grove, KYKY7,0186.7%–

64Middlesborough, KYKY8,7766.8%–

65Dayton, KYKY5,9746.9%–

66Shively, KYKY15,8957.3%–

67Campbellsville, KYKY11,7837.5%–

68Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,3297.5%–

69Hopkinsville, KYKY30,4117.7%–

70Madisonville, KYKY19,4287.7%–

71Russellville, KYKY7,4547.7%–

72Glasgow, KYKY15,3027.7%–

73Franklin, KYKY10,7597.8%–

74Danville, KYKY17,7367.9%–

75Ashland, KYKY20,9968.0%–

76Fort Knox, KYKY8,8368.3%–

77Richmond, KYKY40,6638.7%–

78Mount Sterling, KYKY7,5869.0%–

79Radcliff, KYKY22,5769.2%–

80Oak Grove, KYKY7,83010.0%–

81Williamsburg, KYKY5,37110.5%–

82Monticello, KYKY5,72110.7%–

83Somerset, KYKY12,69510.8%–

84Mayfield, KYKY9,85111.1%–

85Lebanon, KYKY6,69913.8%–

86Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35618.4%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES