# Cities in Kentucky by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 42 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Independence, KY | 72.6 |
| 2 | St. Matthews, KY | 72.4 |
| 3 | Lyndon, KY | 71.5 |
| 4 | Shepherdsville, KY | 71.2 |
| 5 | Alexandria, KY | 69.7 |
| 6 | Georgetown, KY | 69.6 |
| 7 | Versailles, KY | 69.6 |
| 8 | Mount Washington, KY | 69.4 |
| 9 | Erlanger, KY | 69.1 |
| 10 | Fort Thomas, KY | 68.6 |
| 11 | Lexington, KY | 68.4 |
| 12 | Richmond, KY | 67.8 |
| 13 | Covington, KY | 67.3 |
| 14 | La Grange, KY | 67.1 |
| 15 | Louisville, KY | 65.6 |
| 16 | Shelbyville, KY | 65.5 |
| 17 | Bowling Green, KY | 64.8 |
| 18 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 64.4 |
| 19 | Frankfort, KY | 63.7 |
| 20 | Florence, KY | 63.5 |
| 21 | Jeffersontown, KY | 63.4 |
| 22 | Newport, KY | 63.2 |
| 23 | Bardstown, KY | 63 |
| 24 | Nicholasville, KY | 62.8 |
| 25 | Radcliff, KY | 62.8 |
| 26 | Elizabethtown, KY | 62.4 |
| 27 | Paducah, KY | 60 |
| 28 | Paris, KY | 59.4 |
| 29 | Owensboro, KY | 59.4 |
| 30 | Winchester, KY | 58.4 |
| 31 | Berea, KY | 57.7 |
| 32 | Danville, KY | 56.9 |
| 33 | Campbellsville, KY | 56.8 |
| 34 | Murray, KY | 56.4 |
| 35 | Ashland, KY | 56.3 |
| 36 | Henderson, KY | 56.2 |
| 37 | Franklin, KY | 55.9 |
| 38 | Hopkinsville, KY | 55.3 |
| 39 | Shively, KY | 55.2 |
| 40 | Madisonville, KY | 53 |
| 41 | Somerset, KY | 50 |
| 42 | Glasgow, KY | 48.7 |