BluegrassForeclosure.com

We’ve already discussed previously that while on the surface it may appear the jobless rates are down, it is only because so many job seekers have ended their search . . .

Here’s more:  “Unemployment rates fell in 111 Kentucky counties between July 2009 and July 2010, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Boyd County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 7.7 percent. They were followed by Fayette and Oldham counties, 7.8 percent each; Calloway County, 7.9 percent; Clinton County, 8 percent; Woodford County, 8.1 percent; Hancock and McCracken counties, 8.4 percent each; and Carlisle, Franklin, Madison and Webster counties, 8.5 percent each.

Magoffin County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate — 18.1 percent. It was followed by Jackson County, 16.2 percent; Metcalfe County, 15.5 percent; Menifee County, 15.4 percent; Wolfe County, 14.1 percent; Lewis County, 13.9 percent; Marion County, 13.8 percent; Powell County, 13.6 percent; Clay, Grayson, Morgan and Nelson counties, 13.4 percent each.”