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Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary September 2026 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/jrrAOMG

Unemployment rates fell in 96 counties between August 2025 and August 2026, rose in 11 counties & stayed the same in 13 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/ZwfIKGG

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary August 2026 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/6D0TmWz

Unemployment rates fell in 87 counties between July 2025 and July 2026, rose in 18 counties and stayed the same in 15 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/QKEmGwT

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary July 2026 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: kystats.ky.gov/KYLMI/PressRe…

Unemployment rates rose in 116 counties between June 2025 and June 2026, fell in Owsley and Russell counties and stayed the same in Bracken and Harlan counties, according to KYSTATS, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/8Ndl5DH

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary June 2026 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/HbBt85n

Unemployment rates rose in 95 counties between May 2025 and May 2026, fell in 17 counties and stayed the same in eight counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Pu32iwN

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary May 2026 unemployment rate was 4.5%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Xdtcm3f

Unemployment rates fell in 66 counties between April 2025 and April 2026, rose in 41 counties and stayed the same in 13 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/qbGJMON

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary April 2026 unemployment rate was 4.3%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/lM1Bd0k

Annual 2025 unemployment rates for Kentucky counties were higher in 75 counties, lower in 40 & the same in 5 (Carlisle, Hart, Mercer, Monroe & Powell) as the comparable, unadjusted 2025 state annual unemployment rate of 4.6%, according to KYSTATS. Link: buff.ly/9YlhKcD

Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between March 2025 and March 2026, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/EK0Stt3

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary March 2026 unemployment rate was 4.2%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Lpj6mxH

Unemployment rates fell in 119 counties and stayed the same in Wolfe County between February 2025 and February 2026, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/HGu1ev6

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted February 2026 unemployment rate was 4.2%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/zwYfzxK

Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between January 2025 and January 2026, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/ZlOlfSE

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted January 2026 unemployment rate was 4.3%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/eH31RNR

Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2025 was 4.6%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/hihsVtX

Unemployment rates fell in all 120 counties between December 2024 and December 2025, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Link: buff.ly/Oj9XhAR