RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Most unemployed people, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities with the most unemployed people in the civilian labor force, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the unemployment rate. This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 86 is 253. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Leitchfield, KY, up 51 places to #35.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYED RESIDENTSVS 2020

01Louisville, KYKY641,96218,059−2%

02Lexington, KYKY329,7518,756−6%

03Bowling Green, KYKY78,5051,885−17%

04▲2Owensboro, KYKY60,8921,489+19%

05▼1Richmond, KYKY40,6631,409−16%

06▼1Covington, KYKY41,8471,278−9%

07▲6Frankfort, KYKY28,6571,121+73%

08▼1Radcliff, KYKY22,5761,004+2%

09▲10Georgetown, KYKY40,883881+64%

10Elizabethtown, KYKY35,448801+3%

11▼3Hopkinsville, KYKY30,411789−18%

12▼1Ashland, KYKY20,996752+10%

13▲8Independence, KYKY30,198697+43%

14▲1Madisonville, KYKY19,428571−11%

15▼6Nicholasville, KYKY33,857566−35%

16▲8Newport, KYKY13,998562+20%

17▼5Florence, KYKY34,018533−20%

18▲15Paducah, KYKY26,730533+50%

19▼3Danville, KYKY17,736531−7%

20▲6Murray, KYKY18,964508+12%

21▼4Shively, KYKY15,895503−10%

22Erlanger, KYKY20,158464−4%

23▲5Mount Washington, KYKY18,989454+9%

24▼4Somerset, KYKY12,695426−20%

25▲5St. Matthews, KYKY17,868414+1%

26▼12Jeffersontown, KYKY29,193411−36%

27▲5Campbellsville, KYKY11,783394+9%

28▼10Winchester, KYKY19,514332−39%

29▲12Shepherdsville, KYKY14,931326+19%

30▲8Fort Thomas, KYKY17,142318+3%

31▲5Shelbyville, KYKY18,453316−3%

32▲13Lyndon, KYKY11,301311+22%

33▼2Berea, KYKY16,662308−19%

34▼11Henderson, KYKY27,822305−36%

35▲51Leitchfield, KYKY7,015292+1360%

36▲19Harrodsburg, KYKY9,576289+50%

37▲2Franklin, KYKY10,759286−4%

38▼3Oak Grove, KYKY7,830278−15%

39▲22Middlesborough, KYKY8,776276+60%

40▲20Elsmere, KYKY9,521269+55%

41▼1Bardstown, KYKY14,161268−3%

42▲14Fort Knox, KYKY8,836265+38%

43▲3Burlington, KYKY18,008253+2%

44▼19Glasgow, KYKY15,302248−46%

45▲2Middletown, KYKY9,9442400%

46▲29Central City, KYKY5,793239+160%

47▲11Douglass Hills, KYKY5,575233+28%

48▲15Corbin, KYKY7,911231+37%

49▲17La Grange, KYKY10,669221+36%

50▼2Russellville, KYKY7,454216−4%

51▼17Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,356203−38%

52▼2Alexandria, KYKY10,994188−11%

53▲16Flatwoods, KYKY7,439188+47%

54▼5Hillview, KYKY9,020188−12%

55▲9Morehead, KYKY6,776180+7%

56▲1Maysville, KYKY8,688172−8%

57▼13Paris, KYKY10,130170−35%

58▼4Versailles, KYKY10,734166−16%

59▼30Mayfield, KYKY9,851154−62%

60▼7Dayton, KYKY5,974153−23%

61▲6Villa Hills, KYKY7,797143−2%

62▼20Mount Sterling, KYKY7,586139−49%

63▲11Hebron, KYKY6,407120+29%

64▲15Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,751120+62%

65▼6Vine Grove, KYKY7,018116−35%

66▲11Princeton, KYKY6,168114+34%

67▲18Fort Wright, KYKY6,240111+270%

68▲5Edgewood, KYKY8,503108+15%

69▲7Highland Heights, KYKY6,341106+20%

70▼43Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,329103−76%

71▲13Reidland, KYKY5,277102+143%

72▼35Lebanon, KYKY6,699101−69%

73▼8Crestwood, KYKY6,582100−39%

74▲4London, KYKY7,63796+28%

75▼24Oakbrook, KYKY10,21196−54%

76▼8Pikeville, KYKY7,27089−31%

77▼25Williamsburg, KYKY5,37187−58%

78▲4Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14482+39%

79▲4Wilmore, KYKY6,38080+48%

80▼9Bellevue, KYKY5,84777−27%

81Walton, KYKY5,86875+23%

82▼20Francisville, KYKY10,56574−57%

83▼13Cold Spring, KYKY6,64062−47%

84▼4Union, KYKY7,93761−8%

85▼42Monticello, KYKY5,72155−79%

86▼14Cynthiana, KYKY6,57637−63%

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