Eastern, KY Unemployment Rate Report

Eastern, KY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Eastern, Kentucky has ranged from 5.3% in November 2018 to 17.1% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Eastern is 6.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Eastern, KY Unemployment Rate by Month

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Eastern, KY Current Unemployment - 6.3%

Eastern, KY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2022	6.9%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.7%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.4%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.7%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.0%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.7%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.5%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.3%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2021	7.5%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.6%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.5%	5.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.1%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.5%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.1%	5.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.8%	5.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.0%	4.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.1%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.1%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.1%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.4%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2020	7.9%	4.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	7.5%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.8%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.1%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.9%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.9%	5.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.0%	5.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.2%	7.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.2%	5.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.7%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.7%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.0%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2019	6.8%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.9%	4.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.7%	4.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.7%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.3%	4.2%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.2%	4.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.0%	4.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.1%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.7%	3.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.9%	3.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.1%	3.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.5%	3.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2018	6.7%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.0%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.6%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.8%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.2%	4.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.5%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.2%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.2%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.2%	4.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.2%	3.9%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.3%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.6%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2017	10.9%	5.9%	4.7%
2 / 2017	10.8%	5.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	9.8%	5.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	8.3%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	8.3%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	8.7%	5.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.2%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.4%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.6%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.2%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.2%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.0%	3.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2016	12.2%	5.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	12.8%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	11.9%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	10.7%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	10.7%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	11.5%	5.5%	4.9%
7 / 2016	11.3%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	10.9%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	10.8%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	10.2%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	9.2%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	9.6%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2015	9.5%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.8%	6.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.8%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.6%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	8.6%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.2%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.5%	5.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	8.8%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.4%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.9%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	9.0%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	10.0%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2014	13.2%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	13.3%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	12.6%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	10.5%	6.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.8%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.4%	6.7%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.6%	6.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.6%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.6%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.7%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.9%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.8%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2013	14.7%	8.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	14.7%	8.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	14.2%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	13.2%	7.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.4%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.9%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	13.6%	8.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	12.9%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	12.6%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	12.5%	7.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	12.3%	7.4%	6.9%
12 / 2013	12.0%	7.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2012	10.2%	9.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.4%	9.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.4%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.8%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.9%	8.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.0%	8.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.3%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.4%	8.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	12.5%	7.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	12.3%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	12.3%	7.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	13.8%	7.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2011	13.1%	10.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.8%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.0%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.1%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.1%	9.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.8%	9.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.3%	9.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.8%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.8%	9.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.2%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.7%	8.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.6%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2010	15.5%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	15.3%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.7%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.4%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.5%	10.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.5%	10.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.1%	10.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.0%	9.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.6%	9.6%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.3%	9.4%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.4%	9.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.0%	9.5%	9.3%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2009	8.6%	10.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.9%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.6%	10.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.3%	10.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.0%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.7%	11.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.6%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.0%	10.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.8%	10.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.9%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.4%	9.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.8%	10.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2008	7.1%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.0%	6.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.6%	6.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.8%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.7%	5.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.3%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.9%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.8%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.5%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.3%	6.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.5%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.7%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2007	6.9%	6.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.7%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.6%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.2%	5.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.3%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.9%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.5%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.3%	5.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.2%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.8%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.1%	4.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.3%	5.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2006	6.9%	6.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.4%	6.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.8%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.2%	5.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.1%	5.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.2%	5.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.7%	6.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.3%	5.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.0%	5.3%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.6%	4.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.9%	5.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.7%	5.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2005	7.2%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.9%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.6%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.0%	5.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.2%	5.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.0%	6.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.5%	6.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.7%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.3%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.9%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.7%	5.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.5%	5.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2004	8.1%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.1%	6.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.1%	6.3%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.2%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.9%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.5%	4.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.1%	4.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.9%	4.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.0%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.1%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2003	8.8%	6.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.0%	7.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.7%	6.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.8%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.2%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.1%	6.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.2%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.0%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.6%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.2%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.5%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.1%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2002	7.6%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.4%	6.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.4%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.3%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.7%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.3%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.9%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.8%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.6%	5.2%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.6%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.5%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.8%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2001	7.7%	5.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.7%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.6%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.2%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.3%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.1%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.3%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.1%	5.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.5%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.3%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2000	8.0%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.2%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.3%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.0%	3.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.8%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.4%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.1%	4.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.6%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.1%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.3%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.5%	4.1%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.3%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1999	7.2%	5.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.1%	5.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.8%	5.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	8.4%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	8.5%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.5%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.3%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.2%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.3%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.6%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	7.5%	3.8%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.3%	3.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1998	7.7%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	7.8%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.7%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.0%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.8%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.4%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.1%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.2%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.6%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.3%	4.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.2%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.1%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1997	10.9%	6.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.1%	6.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	10.5%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.7%	5.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.2%	5.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.8%	5.6%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.6%	5.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	9.6%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	9.2%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.6%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.9%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.9%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1996	12.6%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	11.8%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	11.2%	5.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	10.3%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.8%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.8%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.7%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	9.4%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	10.2%	4.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	9.8%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	9.9%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.9%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1995	10.0%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	9.9%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.5%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.7%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	11.1%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.8%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	10.1%	5.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	11.3%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	11.6%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.5%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	10.1%	5.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.9%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1994	8.5%	6.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.1%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.4%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.1%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.1%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.6%	5.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	8.2%	5.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.8%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.8%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.7%	4.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.5%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.5%	4.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1993	10.5%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.7%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	12.0%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.6%	6.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.6%	6.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.2%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.9%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.0%	5.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.8%	5.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.1%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.1%	5.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.6%	4.9%	6.5%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1992	11.6%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.0%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.5%	7.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.2%	6.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.1%	6.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.5%	7.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.9%	7.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.6%	6.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.2%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.8%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.0%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.9%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1991	9.4%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.1%	8.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.7%	8.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.1%	7.2%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.4%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	13.2%	7.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.8%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	12.5%	6.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	11.5%	6.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	11.1%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.8%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.0%	6.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Eastern, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1990	9.4%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.9%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.3%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.1%	5.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.2%	6.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.9%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.7%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.7%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.7%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.7%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.1%	6.3%	6.3%