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Russell County has 4% unemployment rate

Russell County’s unemployment rate currently sits at 4 percent, Adair County is 3.6 percent, Casey 3.3 percent, Pulaski 3.6 percent, Cumberland 2.8 percent, Clinton 3.6 percent, Wayne 3.7 percent, and Taylor County at 2.7 percent, […]

State’s Unemployment Rate at 3.9%

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary December 2021 unemployment rate was 3.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. The preliminary December 2021 jobless rate was down […]

Russell County Unemployment Rate Released

Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between November 2020 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Russell County’s unemployment rate is […]

Unemployment drops nearly 1 percent in Russell County

Unemployment dropped nearly one percent in Russell County in October compared to last year. A new report from the Kentucky Center for Statistics shows unemployment dropped 0.9 percent in Russell County, from 5.3 percent in […]

Local unemployment drops nearly 1 percent last month

Unemployment in Russell County dropped nearly 1 percent in September 2021 compared to the previous year, according to data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics. Unemployment in Russell County was at 4.5 percent last month, […]

Russell County unemployment drops one percent

Russell County’s unemployment rate dropped one percent from July 2020 to July 2021 according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. Russell County’s unemployment rate last month was 5.4 percent, down from 6.4 percent the year […]

Pandemic unemployment benefits end in September

Frankfort, KY – Gov. Andy Beshear today encouraged Kentuckians drawing federal pandemic unemployment insurance benefits to rejoin the workforce before those programs expire Sept. 6. “With a surging economy and job opportunities available throughout the […]