Russell County’s unemployment rate for the month of August was among the lowest in the Lake Cumberland Area.
According to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, Russell County’s unemployment rate during the month of August was 3.9 percent. That was the second-lowest in the Lake Cumberland area, only behind Cumberland County at 3.7 percent, which was one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state.
Russell County saw its unemployment rate decrease 1.2 percent from the same time last year.
Pulaski County’s unemployment rate came in at 4.5 percent, Adair County at 4.6 percent, and Casey County at 5 percent.
Clinton County’s unemployment rate was 5.3 percent and Wayne County was at 5.9 percent.
All of Kentucky’s counties with the exception of one saw a decrease in unemployment from August 2024 to August 2025. The lone exception was Martin County in eastern Kentucky.
