Statewide Unemployment Rate Rises

The state unemployment rate rose in 115 counties in the year from December 2022 to 2023.

Magoffin County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate at 9%.

It was followed by Elliott and Martin counties at 8.2% each, Breathitt County at 7.1%, and 6.4% in Johnson County.

Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth at 2.8%. 

It was followed by Caldwell, Marion, and Washington counties at 3% each.