Unemployment rates down in most Ky counties
Unemployment rates fell in 84 Kentucky counties between December 2009 and December 2010, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Fayette and Woodford counties recorded the lowest jobless rates in the Commonwealth at 7.5 percent each. They were followed by Oldham County, 7.9 percent; Hopkins, Madison and Warren counties, 8.2 percent each; Franklin County, 8.3 percent; Calloway County, 8.4 percent; and Caldwell, Carlisle, Jessamine, Rowan and Shelby counties, 8.5 percent each.
Magoffin County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate — 18.8 percent. It was followed by Menifee County, 18.3 percent; Jackson County, 17 percent; Lewis County, 15.4 percent; McCreary County, 15.2 percent; Wolfe County, 14.8 percent; Bath County, 14.3 percent; Morgan and Powell counties, 14.2 percent each; and Clay County, 13.8 percent.
Read more, Kentucky.gov.
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