Employed residents in Lexington, KY

Employed residents in Lexington, KY was 172,327 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.7% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 16 cities in 2025.

2025, persons172,327

Change on 2024+1.7%

Rank1st of 16Cities in Kentucky ranked

Series high172,3272025

Series low121,6351991

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Employed residents in Lexington, KY, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	172,327
2024	169,399
2023	166,650
2022	164,968
2021	160,986
2020	157,576
2019	165,425
2018	163,587
2017	164,189
2016	161,053
2015	161,697
2014	159,507
2013	159,203
2012	156,831
2011	154,141
2010	151,759
2009	139,900
2008	143,012
2007	145,287
2006	141,844
2005	138,996
2004	138,114
2003	138,942
2002	138,717
2001	141,770
2000	144,977
1999	140,566
1998	138,225
1997	136,011
1996	132,371
1995	130,665
1994	128,800
1993	127,156
1992	123,287
1991	121,635
1990	123,030

Rankings

US cities by employed residents 1706 places
Cities in Kentucky by employed residents 16 places

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Lexington, KY, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Lexington, KY, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lexington-ky. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Lexington, KY, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lexington-ky.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Lexington, KY, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lexington-ky (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Lexington, KY, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/lexington-ky. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the employed residents in Lexington, KY?

Employed residents in Lexington, KY was 172,327 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.7% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 16 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Lexington, KY?

172,327 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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