High Unemployment Area
Lawrence County, KY Current Unemployment - 5.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
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2010
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1991
1990
Lawrence County, KY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2022
6.7%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.7%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.6%
4.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.8%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.1%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.0%
4.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.8%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.4%
3.7%
3.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2021
7.5%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.6%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.2%
5.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.9%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.9%
3.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.5%
5.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.1%
5.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.1%
4.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.9%
4.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.7%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.0%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.7%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2020
8.6%
4.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.1%
4.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.1%
5.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
16.0%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
11.1%
10.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
6.0%
5.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
7.3%
5.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.0%
7.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.8%
5.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.0%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.6%
5.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.6%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2019
8.4%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.0%
4.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.5%
4.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.4%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.9%
4.2%
3.6%
6 / 2019
7.7%
4.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
7.4%
4.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.7%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
6.5%
3.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.9%
3.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.3%
3.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.0%
3.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2018
9.1%
4.8%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.5%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
8.0%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.8%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.9%
4.3%
3.8%
6 / 2018
8.3%
4.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.7%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.7%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.3%
4.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.0%
3.9%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.9%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.8%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2017
12.2%
5.9%
4.7%
2 / 2017
11.5%
5.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
10.8%
5.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
9.5%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2017
9.2%
5.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
9.8%
5.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
9.0%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.1%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.6%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
7.1%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.1%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.4%
3.9%
4.1%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2016
12.8%
5.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
12.7%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2016
11.6%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.7%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
10.5%
4.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
11.7%
5.5%
4.9%
7 / 2016
11.3%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
11.2%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
10.6%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
9.9%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
9.4%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
10.4%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2015
10.3%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.4%
6.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.7%
5.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.6%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.1%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.6%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
10.1%
5.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.1%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.1%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.8%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.1%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.7%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2014
12.7%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 2014
12.7%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.7%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.4%
6.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.7%
6.8%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.5%
6.7%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.6%
6.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.6%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.8%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.0%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.1%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.9%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2013
12.7%
8.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.9%
8.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.6%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.9%
7.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.4%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.9%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.6%
8.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.1%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.9%
7.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.4%
7.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.5%
7.4%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.9%
7.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2012
11.2%
9.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.4%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.8%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.7%
7.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.6%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.9%
8.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.1%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.6%
8.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.2%
7.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.6%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.8%
7.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.1%
7.8%
7.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2011
14.1%
10.7%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.9%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.1%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.7%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.0%
9.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
12.7%
9.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.0%
9.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
11.0%
9.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.7%
9.1%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.0%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.8%
8.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.7%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2010
15.2%
11.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.8%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.2%
11.0%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.2%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.4%
10.0%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.9%
10.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.5%
10.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.8%
9.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.7%
9.6%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.2%
9.4%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.5%
9.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.7%
9.5%
9.3%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2009
11.1%
10.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.6%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
11.8%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.1%
10.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.1%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.0%
11.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.7%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.3%
10.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.9%
10.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.5%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.2%
9.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.7%
10.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2008
9.1%
5.9%
5.0%
2 / 2008
9.5%
6.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.8%
6.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
8.0%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.6%
5.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.0%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.5%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.3%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.2%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.4%
6.5%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.8%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.2%
7.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2007
9.3%
6.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
10.0%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.3%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.7%
5.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.4%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
8.3%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.0%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.2%
5.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.0%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.1%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.8%
4.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.4%
5.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2006
8.7%
6.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
9.9%
6.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
9.1%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.9%
5.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.7%
5.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.0%
5.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.6%
6.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.6%
5.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
8.0%
5.3%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.9%
4.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.3%
5.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.6%
5.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2005
8.4%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.9%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.0%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.9%
5.6%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.9%
5.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.0%
6.2%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.1%
6.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.6%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.1%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.9%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.6%
5.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.1%
5.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2004
8.9%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.8%
6.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.0%
6.3%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.9%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
8.3%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.9%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.1%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.5%
4.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.6%
4.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.6%
4.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.7%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.1%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2003
9.6%
6.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.6%
7.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.3%
6.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.8%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.7%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.7%
6.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.2%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.9%
5.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.3%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.0%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.2%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.1%
5.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2002
8.8%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.3%
6.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.6%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.8%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.0%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.4%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.5%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.4%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.6%
5.2%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.5%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.3%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.5%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2001
9.2%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.2%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
9.0%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.5%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.4%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
8.1%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.4%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.1%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.8%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.2%
5.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
8.8%
5.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.7%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2000
8.6%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
9.1%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.5%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.0%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.7%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.8%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.4%
4.2%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.3%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.9%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.0%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.6%
4.1%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.9%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1999
14.3%
5.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
15.3%
5.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
12.7%
5.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
11.5%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
11.6%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
12.5%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.9%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
10.3%
4.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
10.2%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.1%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.0%
3.8%
4.1%
12 / 1999
8.5%
3.8%
4.0%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1998
11.3%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
12.5%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
11.8%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.3%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
10.4%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.3%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
7.7%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.3%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.9%
4.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.4%
4.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
9.4%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
11.3%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1997
14.9%
6.8%
5.3%
2 / 1997
16.0%
6.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
14.0%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
12.4%
5.2%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.1%
5.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.3%
5.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.7%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
9.0%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
10.2%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
8.6%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.0%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.4%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1996
15.3%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
17.4%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
16.7%
5.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
13.8%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.3%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.3%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.1%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.3%
4.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
10.7%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
11.2%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
12.3%
5.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
13.0%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1995
14.0%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.8%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
13.4%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
11.3%
5.2%
5.8%
5 / 1995
15.2%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.5%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.3%
5.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
12.3%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
12.1%
5.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
11.5%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
11.7%
5.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
11.6%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1994
14.5%
6.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
15.0%
6.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
13.5%
6.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.8%
5.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
11.9%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
12.5%
5.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.6%
5.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.9%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.9%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.6%
4.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.4%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.5%
4.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1993
14.3%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
13.4%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.3%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
11.8%
6.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
12.4%
6.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
13.5%
6.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.1%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.6%
5.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.8%
5.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.2%
5.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.0%
5.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
10.0%
4.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1992
15.9%
7.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
15.9%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
14.5%
7.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
13.1%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
12.8%
6.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
14.8%
7.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
13.4%
7.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.9%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.2%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.0%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
11.2%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
13.0%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1991
14.9%
7.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
16.1%
8.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
14.6%
8.1%
6.8%
4 / 1991
12.9%
7.2%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.3%
7.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
14.1%
7.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
13.8%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
15.5%
6.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
14.9%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
14.4%
6.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
13.9%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
15.0%
6.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lawrence County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1990
12.6%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
14.6%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
12.2%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
12.4%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.7%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.4%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.9%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.1%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.1%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.9%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.6%
6.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
12.2%
6.3%
6.3%