2009 Unemployment Rate Comparison
Annual unemployment rates were higher in 120 Kentucky counties in 2009 than in 2008, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training in the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
In 2009, 95 Kentucky counties had an annual jobless rate at or above 10 percent compared to seven counties that recorded double-digit rates in 2008.
Fayette County’s 7.8 percent annual jobless rate was the lowest in the Commonwealth in 2009. It was followed by Woodford County, 8.2 percent; Calloway County, 8.4 percent; Boyd County, 8.5 percent; Oldham County, 8.6 percent; McCracken County, 8.9 percent; Franklin and Jessamine counties, 9 percent each; and Carlisle and Hickman counties, 9.1 percent each.
Magoffin County recorded the state’s highest annual unemployment rate in 2009 — 18.5 percent. It was followed by Jackson County, 16.9 percent; Menifee County, 16.4 percent; Powell County, 15.8 percent; Bath and Metcalfe counties, 15.6 percent each; Lewis and Trigg counties, 15.3 percent each; and Butler and Grayson counties, 14.7 percent each.
2009 county unemployment rate charts are posted at http://workforce.ky.gov/Ann2009chart.pdf.
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