RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Lowest unemployment, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the lowest 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: Hickman County, KY, up 75 places to #9.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲1Larue County, KYKY15,1841.5%−0.9 pts

02▲58Ballard County, KYKY7,5941.6%−3.9 pts

03▲73Anderson County, KYKY25,2252.2%−3.8 pts

04▲13Henderson County, KYKY44,2552.5%−1.4 pts

05▲2Woodford County, KYKY27,8832.5%−0.8 pts

06▲3Bath County, KYKY13,1762.5%−0.9 pts

07▲41Union County, KYKY12,8392.7%−2.4 pts

08▼3Lyon County, KYKY9,1232.9%−0.3 pts

09▲75Hickman County, KYKY4,3723.1%−3.4 pts

10▲47Morgan County, KYKY14,4153.1%−2.4 pts

11▲29Jessamine County, KYKY57,1473.1%−1.7 pts

12▲1Boone County, KYKY145,3163.1%−0.4 pts

13▲7Harrison County, KYKY19,6273.2%−0.7 pts

14▲48Todd County, KYKY12,9723.2%−2.3 pts

15▼3McCracken County, KYKY67,5533.2%−0.3 pts

16▼8Nelson County, KYKY49,0363.3%0.0 pts

17▲53Fulton County, KYKY6,2183.3%−2.5 pts

18▲12Washington County, KYKY12,3683.4%−1.2 pts

19▼16Crittenden County, KYKY8,8073.4%+0.5 pts

20▲31Graves County, KYKY37,0503.4%−1.8 pts

21▼6Oldham County, KYKY70,9863.5%−0.1 pts

22▲21Laurel County, KYKY63,7463.5%−1.5 pts

23▲48Simpson County, KYKY20,7883.6%−2.3 pts

24▲8Carlisle County, KYKY4,7473.7%−1.0 pts

25▼2Hart County, KYKY20,1173.8%−0.3 pts

26▲38Leslie County, KYKY9,6273.8%−1.9 pts

27▲67Robertson County, KYKY2,3253.8%−3.9 pts

28▲50Jackson County, KYKY13,3254.0%−2.3 pts

29▼3Campbell County, KYKY95,4414.0%−0.3 pts

30▲25Montgomery County, KYKY28,8224.0%−1.3 pts

31▼6Cumberland County, KYKY5,9924.0%−0.2 pts

32▼22Monroe County, KYKY11,1914.0%+0.5 pts

33▼4Webster County, KYKY12,9294.1%−0.3 pts

34▼16Rowan County, KYKY24,4764.1%+0.2 pts

35▲53Barren County, KYKY45,6414.1%−2.6 pts

36▲63Trigg County, KYKY14,5124.2%−3.8 pts

37▼21Shelby County, KYKY51,2434.2%+0.4 pts

38▲57McCreary County, KYKY17,1244.2%−3.6 pts

39▲22Bourbon County, KYKY20,2434.2%−1.4 pts

40▲58Marion County, KYKY20,1154.2%−3.7 pts

41▲27Livingston County, KYKY8,8634.2%−1.6 pts

42▲63Johnson County, KYKY22,0514.2%−4.7 pts

43▲3Bullitt County, KYKY86,4544.3%−0.8 pts

44▼38Scott County, KYKY62,2624.3%+1.0 pts

45▼26Kenton County, KYKY175,7794.3%+0.4 pts

46▲46Butler County, KYKY12,5204.4%−3.0 pts

47▲27Mercer County, KYKY23,7334.4%−1.7 pts

48▼1Hancock County, KYKY9,0504.4%−0.7 pts

49▲28Caldwell County, KYKY12,6094.4%−1.8 pts

50▼5Clark County, KYKY37,8884.4%−0.6 pts

51▼14Warren County, KYKY149,3754.4%−0.4 pts

52▼25Calloway County, KYKY39,4214.4%+0.2 pts

53▼25Daviess County, KYKY104,8984.5%+0.1 pts

54▲42Breckinridge County, KYKY21,5034.5%−3.3 pts

55▼41Marshall County, KYKY31,6594.5%+0.9 pts

56▼34Pendleton County, KYKY14,8004.5%+0.5 pts

57▲47Rockcastle County, KYKY16,1484.6%−4.3 pts

58▲14Gallatin County, KYKY8,8404.6%−1.3 pts

59▲56Lee County, KYKY7,2974.7%−5.4 pts

60▼24Bracken County, KYKY8,5114.8%0.0 pts

61▼11Meade County, KYKY30,6994.8%−0.4 pts

62▼10Fayette County, KYKY329,7514.9%−0.4 pts

63▼24Grant County, KYKY26,1814.9%+0.1 pts

64▼60Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5834.9%+1.8 pts

65▼41Mason County, KYKY16,9364.9%+0.7 pts

66▲9Pulaski County, KYKY67,3844.9%−1.1 pts

67▼32Spencer County, KYKY20,9985.0%+0.2 pts

68▼34Henry County, KYKY16,4475.0%+0.2 pts

69▲20Clinton County, KYKY9,1395.0%−1.8 pts

70▼11Ohio County, KYKY23,9345.0%−0.4 pts

71▲14Madison County, KYKY101,6965.1%−1.5 pts

72▼31Taylor County, KYKY26,7635.1%+0.3 pts

73▼20Garrard County, KYKY18,2075.1%−0.1 pts

74▼20Jefferson County, KYKY795,2225.2%−0.1 pts

75▲25Pike County, KYKY54,7215.2%−2.8 pts

76▼27Carter County, KYKY26,1495.3%+0.2 pts

77▲9Whitley County, KYKY37,2975.4%−1.2 pts

78▲2Martin County, KYKY10,6975.5%−0.9 pts

79▼16McLean County, KYKY9,0645.6%0.0 pts

80▼38Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,6345.7%+0.7 pts

81▼48Logan County, KYKY28,6695.7%+1.0 pts

82▼17Wayne County, KYKY19,5975.8%0.0 pts

83▼10Powell County, KYKY12,8125.8%−0.2 pts

84▲25Perry County, KYKY26,5555.8%−3.5 pts

85▼16Boyle County, KYKY31,6325.8%0.0 pts

86▼48Franklin County, KYKY52,6495.9%+1.1 pts

87▼5Lewis County, KYKY12,9016.0%−0.4 pts

88▲28Carroll County, KYKY11,1416.1%−4.1 pts

89▼45Nicholas County, KYKY7,9496.1%+1.1 pts

90▲16Letcher County, KYKY19,9526.2%−2.9 pts

91▲21Trimble County, KYKY8,7016.2%−3.7 pts

92▼9Hopkins County, KYKY45,1276.2%−0.2 pts

93Christian County, KYKY70,1156.3%−1.4 pts

94▲3Boyd County, KYKY47,7516.4%−1.5 pts

95▼14Russell County, KYKY18,6086.4%0.0 pts

96▼95Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+4.7 pts

97▼6Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−0.8 pts

98▼11Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−0.1 pts

99▼88Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+3.1 pts

100▼42Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+1.3 pts

101▼11Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−0.3 pts

102▼36Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+1.1 pts

103▼82Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+3.0 pts

104▲10Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−3.0 pts

105▼49Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+1.8 pts

106▼4Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−0.9 pts

107▼4Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−0.9 pts

108Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−1.6 pts

109▼42Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+1.9 pts

110▼79Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+3.3 pts

111▼32Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+1.8 pts

112▼11Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+0.5 pts

113▲5Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−3.2 pts

114▼1Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−0.7 pts

115▼5Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−0.2 pts

116▼9Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+0.2 pts

117▲2Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−3.0 pts

118▼7Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+0.5 pts

119▼2Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+1.6 pts

120Wolfe County, KYKY6,29813.1%−12.3 pts

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