Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary September
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 September was unchanged from the 4.4 percent
reported in August.
The preliminary September jobless rate was up 0.1 percentage
points from the 4.3 percent recorded for the state in September of 2018.
The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for September was
3.5 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from August, according to the U.S.
Department of Labor.