Russell County’s current unemployment rate stands at 4.8
percent, down from 5.1 percent in September 2018.
Adair County’s rate was 4.3 percent, Casey County was 3.8
percent, Cumberland County was 3.1 percent, Clinton County was 4.4 percent,
Wayne County was 5 percent, Taylor County 3.9 percent and Pulaski County was at
4.3 percent.
Unemployment rates rose in 18 Kentucky counties between
September 2018 and September 2019, fell in 91 and stayed the same in 11
counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency of the
Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Fayette, Oldham, and Woodford counties all recorded the
lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 2.8 prevent each. Harlan County
recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate at 11.9 percent.
You can learn more about Kentucky labor market information
at kystats.ky.gov/KYLMI.