High Unemployment Area
Russell County, KY Current Unemployment - 4.8%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
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1991
1990
Russell County, KY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2022
5.4%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.0%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.1%
4.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.1%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.5%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.5%
4.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.1%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.8%
3.7%
3.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2021
5.9%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.9%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.9%
5.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
4.8%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.1%
3.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.6%
5.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.1%
5.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.5%
4.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.1%
4.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.1%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.4%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.6%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2020
6.4%
4.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.8%
4.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.9%
5.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
21.8%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.4%
10.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
6.0%
5.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
6.4%
5.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
5.1%
7.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
5.0%
5.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.6%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.7%
5.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.3%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2019
6.9%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
7.0%
4.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.9%
4.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.3%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.4%
4.2%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.9%
4.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.6%
4.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.9%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.9%
3.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.2%
3.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.2%
3.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.4%
3.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2018
6.8%
4.8%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.0%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.8%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.5%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.4%
4.3%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.9%
4.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.7%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.1%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.1%
4.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.2%
3.9%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.2%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.7%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2017
9.5%
5.9%
4.7%
2 / 2017
9.6%
5.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
8.8%
5.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.1%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.4%
5.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.1%
5.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.1%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.1%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.6%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.5%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.3%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.5%
3.9%
4.1%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2016
12.2%
5.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.5%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2016
9.6%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.7%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.5%
4.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.9%
5.5%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.6%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.4%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.4%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.9%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.4%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.5%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2015
14.2%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
13.6%
6.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
12.9%
5.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
10.7%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
11.8%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
12.3%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
12.3%
5.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
12.8%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.9%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
10.0%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.7%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.6%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2014
11.8%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 2014
12.5%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.5%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.5%
6.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.1%
6.8%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.0%
6.7%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.7%
6.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.6%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.4%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.6%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
12.1%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2014
12.1%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2013
13.5%
8.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.5%
8.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.8%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.8%
7.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.3%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.0%
8.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.1%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.1%
7.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.1%
7.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
11.4%
7.4%
6.9%
12 / 2013
11.2%
7.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2012
12.1%
9.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.3%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.1%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.4%
7.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.7%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.7%
8.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.8%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.4%
8.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.1%
7.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.1%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.8%
7.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.7%
7.8%
7.9%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2011
14.1%
10.7%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.7%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.2%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.2%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.0%
9.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.1%
9.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
11.4%
9.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.8%
9.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.9%
9.1%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.5%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.8%
8.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.1%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2010
15.7%
11.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.5%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.8%
11.0%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.6%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.8%
10.0%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.5%
10.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.3%
10.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.3%
9.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.3%
9.6%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.9%
9.4%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.6%
9.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.6%
9.5%
9.3%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2009
14.5%
10.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.9%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.0%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.0%
10.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
11.8%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.9%
11.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.5%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.2%
10.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.1%
10.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.1%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.4%
9.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.7%
10.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2008
6.6%
5.9%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.0%
6.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.7%
6.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.9%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.3%
5.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.4%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.3%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.8%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.5%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.8%
6.5%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.7%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.1%
7.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2007
8.3%
6.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.1%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.0%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.9%
5.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.8%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.8%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.6%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.1%
5.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.1%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.2%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.2%
4.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.7%
5.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2006
8.3%
6.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.4%
6.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.8%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.5%
5.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.3%
5.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.4%
5.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.1%
6.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.5%
5.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.3%
5.3%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
4.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.4%
5.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.5%
5.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2005
8.1%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.1%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.4%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.9%
5.6%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.9%
5.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.9%
6.2%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.5%
6.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.6%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.3%
5.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.7%
5.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2004
8.8%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.7%
6.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.9%
6.3%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.8%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.6%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.7%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.1%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
4.6%
4.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.2%
4.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.9%
4.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.3%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.0%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2003
9.6%
6.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.6%
7.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.2%
6.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.3%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.5%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.4%
6.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.5%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.1%
5.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.2%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.8%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.5%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.5%
5.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2002
9.8%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.9%
6.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.3%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.6%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.8%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.6%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.5%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.3%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.2%
5.2%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.8%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.1%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.3%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2001
7.3%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.3%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.7%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.4%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.2%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.0%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.2%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.4%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.5%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.9%
5.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.5%
5.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.5%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2000
8.4%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
8.9%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.3%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.3%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.0%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.9%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.4%
4.2%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.5%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.2%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.5%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.7%
4.1%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.8%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1999
20.4%
5.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
19.4%
5.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
17.1%
5.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
13.7%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
11.6%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.2%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.3%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
8.9%
4.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.2%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.1%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.2%
3.8%
4.1%
12 / 1999
11.0%
3.8%
4.0%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1998
27.5%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
31.1%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
30.9%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 1998
25.7%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
27.2%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
29.9%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
25.5%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
24.9%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
23.3%
4.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
22.3%
4.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
21.6%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
21.7%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1997
18.2%
6.8%
5.3%
2 / 1997
18.2%
6.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
18.2%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
13.0%
5.2%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.4%
5.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.3%
5.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.9%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
9.5%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
9.2%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
16.3%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
14.9%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
14.2%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1996
14.7%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
15.2%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
13.4%
5.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.0%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.1%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.6%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.7%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
7.6%
4.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.0%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
10.5%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
14.7%
5.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
15.7%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1995
8.7%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
10.9%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.7%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.7%
5.2%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.2%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.4%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.5%
5.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.8%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.1%
5.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
12.0%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
13.8%
5.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
13.9%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1994
11.3%
6.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.1%
6.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.3%
6.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
6.5%
5.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
5.5%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.0%
5.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
6.5%
5.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.8%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
5.9%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.4%
4.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.6%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.7%
4.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1993
12.2%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
11.6%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.0%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.6%
6.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
7.8%
6.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.5%
6.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.5%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
6.8%
5.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
6.9%
5.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.6%
5.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
17.2%
5.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
12.5%
4.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1992
15.6%
7.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
15.9%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
13.7%
7.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
11.0%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.9%
6.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.6%
7.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.7%
7.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.2%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.9%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.5%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.7%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
10.4%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1991
16.7%
7.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
31.5%
8.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
16.6%
8.1%
6.8%
4 / 1991
17.3%
7.2%
6.7%
5 / 1991
19.0%
7.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
17.6%
7.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
17.8%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
12.4%
6.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
11.7%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
13.2%
6.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
14.8%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
15.0%
6.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Russell County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1990
6.7%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.8%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
5.4%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
5.2%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
4.7%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
4.7%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.8%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.5%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.4%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.3%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.5%
6.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.8%
6.3%
6.3%