Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary August 2019
unemployment rate was 4.4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for
Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development
Cabinet. The unemployment rate for August 2019 was up from the 4.3 percent
reported for July 2019.
The preliminary August 2019 jobless rate was unchanged from
the 4.4 percent recorded for the state in August 2018.
The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for August 2019
was 3.7 percent, unchanged from July 2019, according to the U.S. Department of
Labor.