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State Unemployment Sits at 4.7%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary August 2025 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary August 2025 jobless rate was down […]

Local unemployment increased half-a-percent last month

Local unemployment increased half-a-percent last month, as Russell County was one of only four counties statewide to see an increase in unemployment in June compared to the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics recorded […]

State Unemployment Sits at 4.9%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary June 2025 unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The June jobless rate was down 0.1 percentage points from May and down 0.1 percentage points from […]

Local unemployment increased in May

Russell County’s unemployment rate saw an increase last month. The local unemployment rate came in at 5.3 percent, an increase of nearly 1 percent from May 2024. Only McCreary County at 5.8 percent and Wayne […]

State Unemployment Sits at 5%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May 2025 unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The May jobless rate was down 0.2 percentage points from April and up 0.1 percentage points from […]