Unemployment Rate for Counties in Kentucky - May 2026

of the 120 Counties in Kentucky Wolfe County has the highest unemployment rate at 11.1%. The County with lowest unemployment rate is Woodford County at 3.3%. The current unemployment rate for all of Kentucky is 4.6%.

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List of Counties in Kentucky With Current Unemployment Rate - May 2026

Map KeyNameUnemployment Level
Adair County4.5%
Allen County4.5%
Anderson County4.4%
Ballard County5.2%
Barren County5.1%
Bath County6.8%
Bell County6.1%
Boone County4.0%
Bourbon County4.1%
Boyd County5.6%
Boyle County4.6%
Bracken County6.4%
Breathitt County6.8%
Breckinridge County5.7%
Bullitt County5.4%
Butler County5.8%
Caldwell County4.3%
Calloway County4.7%
Campbell County4.0%
Carlisle County4.5%
Carroll County4.1%
Carter County8.1%
Casey County4.7%
Christian County5.6%
Clark County4.2%
Clay County6.0%
Clinton County5.8%
Crittenden County4.7%
Cumberland County5.3%
Daviess County4.0%
Edmonson County6.1%
Elliott County9.1%
Estill County6.0%
Fayette County3.6%
Fleming County5.4%
Floyd County6.0%
Franklin County3.9%
Fulton County5.2%
Gallatin County4.9%
Garrard County4.6%
Grant County4.9%
Graves County3.8%
Grayson County6.4%
Green County4.9%
Greenup County6.5%
Hancock County4.6%
Hardin County5.3%
Harlan County6.1%
Harrison County4.2%
Hart County4.5%
Henderson County4.7%
Henry County4.5%
Hickman County4.9%
Hopkins County4.7%
Jackson County7.1%
Jefferson County4.9%
Jessamine County3.7%
Johnson County6.9%
Kenton County4.1%
Knott County5.8%
Knox County5.9%
Larue County4.6%
Laurel County5.8%
Lawrence County7.1%
Lee County5.2%
Leslie County5.3%
Letcher County5.3%
Lewis County9.5%
Lincoln County5.5%
Livingston County6.3%
Logan County5.0%
Lyon County6.0%
Madison County4.9%
Magoffin County9.8%
Marion County5.6%
Marshall County5.4%
Martin County7.9%
Mason County6.2%
Mccracken County4.4%
Mccreary County6.6%
Mclean County4.7%
Meade County5.2%
Menifee County8.8%
Mercer County4.7%
Metcalfe County4.7%
Monroe County5.2%
Montgomery County5.2%
Morgan County7.2%
Muhlenberg County6.1%
Nelson County5.3%
Nicholas County4.3%
Ohio County6.2%
Oldham County3.8%
Owen County4.2%
Owsley County5.7%
Pendleton County4.8%
Perry County4.8%
Pike County5.7%
Powell County5.5%
Pulaski County5.1%
Robertson County6.5%
Rockcastle County5.2%
Rowan County5.2%
Russell County4.4%
Scott County3.8%
Shelby County4.1%
Simpson County4.7%
Spencer County4.7%
Taylor County4.7%
Todd County3.5%
Trigg County5.2%
Trimble County4.5%
Union County4.1%
Warren County4.1%
Washington County4.0%
Wayne County6.9%
Webster County4.6%
Whitley County4.6%
Wolfe County11.1%
Woodford County3.3%

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