Sandgap, KY Unemployment Rate Report

Sandgap, KY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Sandgap, Kentucky has ranged from 3.1% in December 1999 to 19.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Sandgap is 5.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Sandgap, KY Unemployment Rate by Month

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Sandgap, KY Current Unemployment - 5.9%

Sandgap, KY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2022	6.0%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.8%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.8%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.1%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.5%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.6%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.5%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.9%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2021	7.0%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.9%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	5.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.5%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.6%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.4%	5.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.2%	5.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.4%	4.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.2%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.0%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.2%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.4%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2020	7.3%	4.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.7%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.9%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	19.7%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.0%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.2%	5.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.6%	5.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.8%	7.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.9%	5.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.4%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.6%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.3%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2019	7.2%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	7.4%	4.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.1%	4.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.7%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.2%	4.2%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.9%	4.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.0%	4.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.2%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.7%	3.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.7%	3.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.8%	3.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.1%	3.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2018	7.1%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.1%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.0%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.4%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.6%	4.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.8%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	8.1%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.4%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.5%	4.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.6%	3.9%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.6%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.4%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2017	9.5%	5.9%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.9%	5.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	9.3%	5.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.8%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	8.1%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	9.1%	5.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	9.4%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	8.5%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	7.7%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.3%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.6%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.7%	3.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2016	8.7%	5.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.7%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.1%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.6%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.4%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.2%	5.5%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.1%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.3%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.4%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.2%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.7%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.3%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2015	10.5%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.5%	6.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.7%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.0%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	8.5%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.1%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.2%	5.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.9%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.4%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.6%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.7%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.7%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2014	14.0%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.0%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	14.3%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	12.5%	6.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	12.9%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	12.0%	6.7%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.7%	6.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.4%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.8%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.6%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.8%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.9%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2013	13.0%	8.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	12.9%	8.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.3%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	11.2%	7.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	11.4%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	12.4%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	12.1%	8.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.5%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.3%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	10.9%	7.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.4%	7.4%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.5%	7.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2012	12.8%	9.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.9%	9.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	12.6%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	11.2%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	11.9%	8.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.9%	8.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.7%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	11.5%	8.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.1%	7.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.4%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.6%	7.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.6%	7.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2011	14.8%	10.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	15.0%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	14.8%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	13.8%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	14.3%	9.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	13.8%	9.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	14.0%	9.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	13.1%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	12.8%	9.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.3%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.9%	8.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	12.0%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2010	15.9%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	16.2%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	16.2%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	14.2%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	14.5%	10.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.7%	10.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.4%	10.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.4%	9.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.0%	9.6%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.2%	9.4%	9.4%
11 / 2010	13.0%	9.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.0%	9.5%	9.3%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2009	16.1%	10.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	16.9%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	16.7%	10.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	15.8%	10.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	16.9%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	17.3%	11.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	16.5%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	16.5%	10.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	16.3%	10.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	15.5%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	15.5%	9.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	16.7%	10.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2008	11.6%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	12.0%	6.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	12.1%	6.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	10.7%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	10.8%	5.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	10.7%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.6%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.3%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	10.4%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.5%	6.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	12.0%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	14.0%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2007	15.4%	6.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	16.8%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	15.2%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	14.5%	5.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	14.7%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	14.4%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	14.0%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	12.9%	5.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	12.1%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	10.7%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	10.6%	4.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	11.2%	5.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2006	8.7%	6.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	11.5%	6.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.8%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.4%	5.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.2%	5.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	9.2%	5.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.6%	6.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.0%	5.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	9.6%	5.3%	4.5%
10 / 2006	10.4%	4.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	12.6%	5.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	13.3%	5.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2005	7.3%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.3%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.0%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.0%	5.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.5%	5.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.2%	6.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.5%	6.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.7%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.6%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.7%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.6%	5.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.7%	5.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2004	8.1%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.0%	6.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.9%	6.3%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.3%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.7%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.2%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.4%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.4%	4.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.4%	4.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.1%	4.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.4%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.3%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2003	8.4%	6.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.6%	7.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.8%	6.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.5%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.4%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.8%	6.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.8%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.8%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.3%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.6%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.9%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.7%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2002	9.8%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.6%	6.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.0%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.9%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.1%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.3%	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	6.0%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.2%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.0%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2001	8.3%	5.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.1%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.8%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	8.0%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.1%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	7.5%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.8%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.8%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.4%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.5%	5.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	9.3%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.6%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2000	6.7%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.6%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.0%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.5%	3.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.8%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.9%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.7%	4.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.4%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.8%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.0%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	8.0%	4.1%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.9%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1999	5.4%	5.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.7%	5.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.7%	5.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.5%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.2%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.8%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.1%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.4%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.8%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.8%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.7%	3.8%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.1%	3.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1998	6.7%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.1%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.4%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.3%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.4%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.6%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.5%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.6%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.3%	4.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.6%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.6%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1997	7.0%	6.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.4%	6.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.0%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.5%	5.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.4%	5.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.1%	5.6%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.0%	5.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.3%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.7%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.4%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.1%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.0%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1996	7.6%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.5%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.8%	5.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.5%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.3%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	7.1%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.4%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.5%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.7%	4.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.1%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.8%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.2%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1995	11.6%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	11.6%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.6%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.7%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.6%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	9.2%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.9%	5.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.6%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.0%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.6%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.4%	5.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.1%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1994	9.9%	6.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.5%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.5%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.0%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.4%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.9%	5.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.1%	5.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.2%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.8%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.9%	4.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.2%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.7%	4.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1993	10.7%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.6%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.4%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.3%	6.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.7%	6.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.7%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.1%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.3%	5.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.6%	5.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	10.2%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.2%	5.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.3%	4.9%	6.5%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1992	13.0%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.7%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.8%	7.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	12.3%	6.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.2%	6.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.6%	7.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.7%	7.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.5%	6.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.4%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.3%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.1%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.9%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1991	13.4%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	14.6%	8.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	13.7%	8.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.6%	7.2%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.6%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	11.6%	7.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.7%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.3%	6.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.7%	6.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	7.6%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.8%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.9%	6.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Sandgap, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1990	11.3%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	12.3%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	10.3%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	11.8%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	12.8%	5.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	11.6%	6.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	9.7%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	11.1%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	10.8%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	11.9%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.2%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.4%	6.3%	6.3%