Inez, KY Unemployment Rate Report

Inez, KY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Inez, Kentucky has ranged from 4.9% in November 2018 to 19.1% in November 1998. The current unemployment rate for Inez is 8.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Inez, KY Unemployment Rate by Month

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Inez, KY Current Unemployment - 8.9%

Inez, KY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2022	8.8%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.3%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	7.9%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	7.3%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	7.8%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	8.8%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	8.7%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	8.9%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2021	9.0%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.9%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.3%	5.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.3%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	8.4%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	10.8%	5.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	10.9%	5.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	9.9%	4.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	9.0%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	9.5%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	8.0%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	8.3%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2020	9.0%	4.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	9.4%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	11.3%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	18.5%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.0%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.2%	5.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.3%	5.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.7%	7.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	10.2%	5.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.5%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.3%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.5%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2019	7.1%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	7.1%	4.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.1%	4.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	6.2%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.5%	4.2%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.7%	4.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.8%	4.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.9%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	6.2%	3.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.5%	3.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.8%	3.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.7%	3.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2018	7.2%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.7%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.5%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.5%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.3%	4.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.3%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.9%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.8%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.3%	4.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.6%	3.9%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.9%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.4%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2017	9.3%	5.9%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.6%	5.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	9.2%	5.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.8%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.7%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	8.0%	5.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.6%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.1%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.1%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.5%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.5%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.5%	3.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2016	12.7%	5.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	12.6%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	12.2%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	10.3%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	10.2%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	11.4%	5.5%	4.9%
7 / 2016	10.8%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	9.9%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	9.3%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.8%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	8.1%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.3%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2015	10.6%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.6%	6.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.0%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.5%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.0%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	10.0%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	10.6%	5.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	10.6%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	9.8%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	10.1%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	9.8%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	10.8%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2014	11.3%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.8%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.3%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.9%	6.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.2%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.0%	6.7%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.5%	6.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.4%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.6%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.0%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.1%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.8%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2013	10.4%	8.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.4%	8.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.0%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.3%	7.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.0%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.6%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.1%	8.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.6%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.5%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.2%	7.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.4%	7.4%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.3%	7.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2012	8.9%	9.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.7%	9.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.6%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.9%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.7%	8.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.2%	8.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.1%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.4%	8.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.1%	7.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.9%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.4%	7.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.9%	7.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2011	10.1%	10.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.1%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.4%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.4%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.8%	9.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.3%	9.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.9%	9.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.8%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.7%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.4%	8.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.0%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2010	11.8%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.7%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.0%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.5%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.1%	10.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.2%	10.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.9%	10.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.3%	9.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.8%	9.6%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.5%	9.4%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.6%	9.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.1%	9.5%	9.3%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2009	9.5%	10.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.7%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.6%	10.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.3%	10.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.6%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.4%	11.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.4%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.2%	10.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.7%	10.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.4%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.8%	9.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.1%	10.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2008	8.4%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.1%	6.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.2%	6.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.0%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	8.1%	5.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.4%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.1%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.5%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.2%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.6%	6.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.8%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.7%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2007	8.0%	6.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.9%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.4%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.5%	5.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	8.4%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	8.7%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.1%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.4%	5.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.5%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.9%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.9%	4.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.3%	5.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2006	7.8%	6.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.1%	6.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	8.1%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	7.5%	5.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	7.1%	5.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	8.1%	5.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.7%	6.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.8%	5.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.7%	5.3%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.1%	4.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.8%	5.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.7%	5.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2005	8.0%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.9%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.4%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.5%	5.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.7%	5.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.0%	6.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.8%	6.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.9%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.0%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.7%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.7%	5.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.6%	5.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2004	8.4%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.3%	6.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.5%	6.3%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.8%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.7%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.1%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.5%	4.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.3%	4.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.3%	4.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.5%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.7%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2003	9.4%	6.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.4%	7.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.9%	6.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.8%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.8%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.3%	6.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.2%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.5%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.2%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.9%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.2%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.8%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2002	7.8%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.6%	6.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.7%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.0%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.1%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.5%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.1%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.9%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.7%	5.2%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.2%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.0%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.1%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2001	8.1%	5.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.0%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.6%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.3%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.2%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.1%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.2%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.2%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.6%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.1%	5.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.5%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.5%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2000	8.2%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.0%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.1%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.6%	3.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.3%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.5%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.0%	4.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.8%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.5%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.5%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.8%	4.1%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.5%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1999	16.2%	5.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	16.1%	5.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	14.5%	5.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	13.5%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	15.0%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	15.7%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	11.7%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	10.8%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	10.7%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	8.8%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.2%	3.8%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.9%	3.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1998	9.1%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.5%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	10.0%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	9.3%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	9.9%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	10.9%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.8%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.9%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	10.7%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.4%	4.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	19.1%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	16.6%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1997	13.3%	6.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	13.1%	6.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	11.9%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.2%	5.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	9.0%	5.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	10.3%	5.6%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.7%	5.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	11.0%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	11.2%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.4%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	8.4%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	9.3%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1996	15.4%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	15.2%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	14.2%	5.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	13.1%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	15.4%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	16.1%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	13.5%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.7%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	13.3%	4.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	14.3%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	14.9%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	14.6%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1995	7.3%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.7%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.2%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.1%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	14.9%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	15.7%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	15.8%	5.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	13.5%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	13.7%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	13.0%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.9%	5.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	12.6%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1994	9.4%	6.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.6%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.6%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.3%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.4%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.3%	5.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	8.3%	5.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.4%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.3%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.0%	4.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.3%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.2%	4.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1993	11.7%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.7%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.5%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	12.0%	6.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	12.1%	6.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	12.1%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.5%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.8%	5.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.2%	5.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.2%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.0%	5.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.8%	4.9%	6.5%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1992	8.6%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.4%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.0%	7.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.6%	6.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.6%	6.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.4%	7.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.6%	7.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.7%	6.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	12.1%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.9%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	11.4%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.3%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1991	7.2%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.0%	8.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.2%	8.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.5%	7.2%	6.7%
5 / 1991	11.4%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.5%	7.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.8%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	10.6%	6.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	10.8%	6.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	11.6%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.3%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.8%	6.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Inez, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1990	8.9%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.8%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.0%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.8%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.7%	5.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.6%	6.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.5%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.2%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.3%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.8%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.0%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.9%	6.3%	6.3%