Kentucky unemployment rate at 11 percent in May; jobless rate drops 5.6 percent from April numbers
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May 2020 unemployment rate was 11 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
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State unemployment rates soar in all 120 Kentucky counties due to COVID-19 pandemic
Unemployment rates soared in all 120 Kentucky counties between April 2019 and April 2020, according to the Kentucky Center for…
April unemployment rate in Kentucky balloons to 15.4 percent — a 10.2 percent increase from March
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2020 unemployment rate was 15.4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Unemployment rates rise in 117 Kentucky counties during past year; Magoffin jobless rate 18.1 percent
Unemployment rates rose in 117 Kentucky counties between March 2019 and March 2020, fell in one (Crittenden County) and stayed…
Kentucky unemployment rate rises 1.6 percent in March; jobless rate 5.8 percent in wake of COVID-19
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2020 unemployment rate was 5.8 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Unemployment rates rise in 59 Kentucky counties during past year; Oldham has lowest jobless rate
Unemployment rates rose in 59 Kentucky counties between February 2019 and February 2020, fell in 48 and stayed the same…
February unemployment rate at 4.2 percent in Kentucky, down 0.1 percent from January
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary February 2020 unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Kentucky’s 2019 annual unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 percent, according to KYSTATS report
Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in 2019 unchanged from 4.3 percent in 2018, while nonfarm employment gained 8,600…
Kentucky unemployment rate drops 0.1 percent in December; jobless rate now at 4.3 percent in state
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary December 2019 unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Kentucky jobless rate increases slightly from a year ago; November unemployment rate at 4.4 percent
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary November 2019 unemployment rate was 4.4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Unemployment falls in 85 KY counties in October over last year; three NKY counties have low rates
Unemployment rates fell in 85 Kentucky counties between October 2018 and October 2019, rose in 24 and stayed the same…
Unemployment rates rise in 99 counties; Boone, Kenton and Campbell among the lowest
Unemployment rates rose in 99 Kentucky counties between July 2018 and July 2019, fell in 15 and stayed the same…
Unemployment rates fall in 55 Kentucky counties, including Boone, Campbell and Kenton
Unemployment rates fell in 55 Kentucky counties between June 2018 and June 2019, rose in 51 and stayed the same…
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May unemployment rate remains unchanged at 4 percent
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May 2019 unemployment rate was 4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April unemployment rate remains unchanged at 4 percent
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April unemployment rate was 4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency…
Annual unemployment rates decreased in 117 KY counties during 2018, according to KYSTATS
Annual unemployment rates decreased in 117 Kentucky counties in 2018 compared to 2017, rose in Monroe and Owen counties and…
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2019 unemployment rate at 4 percent
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2019 unemployment rate was 4 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary January 2019 unemployment rate drops to 4.2 percent
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary January 2019 unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Wayne Lewis: The Kentucky high school diploma has to mean more; still much work to be done
Change is scary. I understand that. Yet we have reached the point in Kentucky’s history when change to our minimum…
Unemployment rates drop in 90 Kentucky counties during past year; Campbell, Boone, Kenton low
Unemployment rates fell in 90 Kentucky counties between September 2017 and September 2018, rose in 23, and stayed the same…
State Board of Education approves change in minimum high school graduation requirements
The Kentucky Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal that will change minimum high school graduation requirements for students who…
Unemployment up slightly though Kentucky has added jobs and employment shows strong growth
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary July unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency…