In 2023, the unemployment rate in Kentucky was at 4.2 percent. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when the unemployment rate stood at four percent, but remains down from a high of 10.8 percent in 2009.
Unemployment rate in Kentucky in the United States from 1992 to 2023
Characteristic
Unemployment rate
'23
4.2%
'22
4%
'21
4.5%
'20
6.5%
'19
4.1%
'18
4.2%
'17
4.8%
'16
5%
'15
5.2%
'14
6.4%
'13
7.9%
'12
8.2%
'11
9.4%
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 1, 2024). Unemployment rate in Kentucky in the United States from 1992 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/189432/unemployment-rate-in-kentucky-since-1992/
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Unemployment rate in Kentucky in the United States from 1992 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/189432/unemployment-rate-in-kentucky-since-1992/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Unemployment Rate in Kentucky in The United States from 1992 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/189432/unemployment-rate-in-kentucky-since-1992/
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