# Counties in Kentucky by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 120 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 (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. 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-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wolfe County | 13.1 |
| 2 | Owsley County | 12.6 |
| 3 | Bell County | 10.1 |
| 4 | Harlan County | 9.5 |
| 5 | Breathitt County | 9.3 |
| 6 | Clay County | 9.3 |
| 7 | Knott County | 9.3 |
| 8 | Magoffin County | 9 |
| 9 | Casey County | 8.9 |
| 10 | Knox County | 8.1 |
| 11 | Menifee County | 7.9 |
| 12 | Lawrence County | 7.7 |
| 13 | Floyd County | 7.7 |
| 14 | Edmonson County | 7.7 |
| 15 | Fleming County | 7.5 |
| 16 | Green County | 7.2 |
| 17 | Estill County | 7 |
| 18 | Owen County | 7 |
| 19 | Allen County | 6.9 |
| 20 | Adair County | 6.8 |
| 21 | Greenup County | 6.8 |
| 22 | Grayson County | 6.6 |
| 23 | Hardin County | 6.6 |
| 24 | Elliott County | 6.5 |
| 24 | Lincoln County | 6.5 |
| 26 | Russell County | 6.5 |
| 27 | Boyd County | 6.4 |
| 28 | Christian County | 6.3 |
| 29 | Hopkins County | 6.2 |
| 30 | Trimble County | 6.2 |
| 31 | Letcher County | 6.2 |
| 32 | Nicholas County | 6.1 |
| 33 | Carroll County | 6.1 |
| 34 | Lewis County | 6 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 5.9 |
| 36 | Boyle County | 5.8 |
| 37 | Perry County | 5.8 |
| 38 | Powell County | 5.8 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 5.8 |
| 40 | Logan County | 5.7 |
| 41 | Muhlenberg County | 5.7 |
| 42 | McLean County | 5.6 |
| 43 | Martin County | 5.5 |
| 44 | Whitley County | 5.4 |
| 45 | Carter County | 5.3 |
| 46 | Pike County | 5.2 |
| 47 | Jefferson County | 5.2 |
| 48 | Garrard County | 5.2 |
| 49 | Taylor County | 5.1 |
| 50 | Madison County | 5.1 |
| 51 | Ohio County | 5 |
| 52 | Clinton County | 5 |
| 53 | Henry County | 5 |
| 53 | Spencer County | 5 |
| 55 | Pulaski County | 4.9 |
| 56 | Mason County | 4.9 |
| 57 | Grant County | 4.9 |
| 57 | Metcalfe County | 4.9 |
| 59 | Fayette County | 4.9 |
| 60 | Meade County | 4.8 |
| 61 | Bracken County | 4.8 |
| 62 | Lee County | 4.7 |
| 63 | Gallatin County | 4.6 |
| 64 | Rockcastle County | 4.6 |
| 65 | Pendleton County | 4.5 |
| 66 | Marshall County | 4.5 |
| 67 | Breckinridge County | 4.5 |
| 68 | Calloway County | 4.5 |
| 68 | Daviess County | 4.5 |
| 70 | Warren County | 4.4 |
| 71 | Clark County | 4.4 |
| 72 | Caldwell County | 4.4 |
| 72 | Hancock County | 4.4 |
| 74 | Butler County | 4.4 |
| 74 | Mercer County | 4.4 |
| 76 | Kenton County | 4.3 |
| 77 | Scott County | 4.3 |
| 78 | Bullitt County | 4.3 |
| 79 | Johnson County | 4.2 |
| 80 | Livingston County | 4.2 |
| 81 | Marion County | 4.2 |
| 82 | Bourbon County | 4.2 |
| 83 | McCreary County | 4.2 |
| 83 | Shelby County | 4.2 |
| 83 | Trigg County | 4.2 |
| 86 | Barren County | 4.2 |
| 87 | Rowan County | 4.1 |
| 88 | Webster County | 4.1 |
| 89 | Monroe County | 4 |
| 90 | Cumberland County | 4 |
| 91 | Montgomery County | 4 |
| 92 | Campbell County | 4 |
| 93 | Jackson County | 4 |
| 94 | Robertson County | 3.8 |
| 95 | Leslie County | 3.8 |
| 96 | Hart County | 3.8 |
| 97 | Carlisle County | 3.7 |
| 98 | Simpson County | 3.6 |
| 99 | Laurel County | 3.5 |
| 100 | Oldham County | 3.5 |
| 101 | Graves County | 3.4 |
| 102 | Crittenden County | 3.4 |
| 103 | Washington County | 3.4 |
| 104 | Fulton County | 3.3 |
| 105 | Nelson County | 3.3 |
| 106 | McCracken County | 3.2 |
| 107 | Harrison County | 3.2 |
| 107 | Todd County | 3.2 |
| 109 | Boone County | 3.1 |
| 110 | Jessamine County | 3.1 |
| 111 | Morgan County | 3.1 |
| 112 | Hickman County | 3.1 |
| 113 | Lyon County | 2.9 |
| 114 | Union County | 2.7 |
| 115 | Bath County | 2.6 |
| 116 | Woodford County | 2.5 |
| 117 | Henderson County | 2.5 |
| 118 | Anderson County | 2.2 |
| 119 | Ballard County | 1.6 |
| 120 | Larue County | 1.5 |