# Cities in Kentucky by unemployment 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: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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/unemployment-rate-acs/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Radcliff, KY | 9.3 |
| 2 | Somerset, KY | 8.7 |
| 3 | Frankfort, KY | 7.8 |
| 4 | Ashland, KY | 7.7 |
| 5 | Campbellsville, KY | 7.4 |
| 6 | Newport, KY | 7.2 |
| 7 | Shively, KY | 6.9 |
| 8 | Madisonville, KY | 6.9 |
| 9 | Richmond, KY | 6.7 |
| 10 | Danville, KY | 6.6 |
| 11 | Hopkinsville, KY | 6.2 |
| 12 | Franklin, KY | 6.2 |
| 13 | Murray, KY | 5.8 |
| 14 | Covington, KY | 5.7 |
| 15 | Louisville, KY | 5.5 |
| 16 | Owensboro, KY | 5.3 |
| 17 | Elizabethtown, KY | 5.2 |
| 18 | Bowling Green, KY | 4.9 |
| 19 | Lexington, KY | 4.9 |
| 20 | Lyndon, KY | 4.6 |
| 21 | Mount Washington, KY | 4.6 |
| 22 | Independence, KY | 4.3 |
| 23 | Erlanger, KY | 4.3 |
| 24 | Glasgow, KY | 4.3 |
| 25 | Shepherdsville, KY | 4.2 |
| 26 | Georgetown, KY | 4.2 |
| 27 | Berea, KY | 4.2 |
| 27 | La Grange, KY | 4.2 |
| 29 | Paducah, KY | 4 |
| 30 | Bardstown, KY | 4 |
| 31 | St. Matthews, KY | 3.8 |
| 32 | Nicholasville, KY | 3.6 |
| 33 | Winchester, KY | 3.6 |
| 34 | Paris, KY | 3.6 |
| 35 | Fort Thomas, KY | 3.5 |
| 36 | Shelbyville, KY | 3.5 |
| 37 | Alexandria, KY | 3.2 |
| 38 | Florence, KY | 3.1 |
| 39 | Versailles, KY | 3 |
| 40 | Jeffersontown, KY | 2.8 |
| 41 | Henderson, KY | 2.4 |
| 42 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 1.8 |