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Russell County sees small increase in unemployment

New data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics shows Russell County saw a small increase in unemployment last month. According to the report, Russell County had an unemployment rate of 5.6 percent last month, compared […]

Local unemployment rate is 5.2% percent

Russell County’s latest unemployment rate, this one for the month of May, comes in at 5.2 percent, according to newly released data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The local unemployment rate increased from 4.6 […]

State’s unemployment rate sits at 3.8%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May unemployment rate was 3.8 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The May jobless rate was up 0.1 percentage points from April and was unchanged from one year ago. […]

Kentucky unemployment rate 3.7% in April

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2023 unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The April jobless rate was down 0.1 percentage points from March and was down 0.1 percentage points […]

Local unemployment rate stays the same in March

Russell County saw no change in its unemployment rate last month compared to the year prior, according to new data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The report shows Russell County’s unemployment rate last month […]

KY unemployment rate stays steady

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2023 unemployment rate was 3.8 percent according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. The rate remains unchanged from a year ago. Over the past 15 months, the rate has been […]

Russell County sees increase in unemployment

New data shows Russell County saw an increase in unemployment last month from the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics recorded a 6 percent unemployment rate in February, a one-percent increase from the same […]

KY’s unemployment rate stays at 3.9%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for February was 3.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary February 2023 jobless rate was unchanged […]