Columbia, KY Unemployment Rate Report

Columbia, KY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Columbia, Kentucky has ranged from 3.7% in November 2021 to 20.6% in June 1997. The current unemployment rate for Columbia is 4.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Columbia, KY Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Columbia, KY Current Unemployment - 4.2%

Columbia, KY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2022	4.8%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.3%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.4%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.9%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.9%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.0%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.9%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.2%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2021	5.5%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.5%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.6%	5.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.6%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.7%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.3%	5.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.8%	5.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.0%	4.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.6%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.6%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.7%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2020	6.0%	4.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.0%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.7%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.5%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.5%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.9%	5.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.0%	5.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.0%	7.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.5%	5.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.1%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.2%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.9%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2019	6.0%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.4%	4.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.1%	4.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.9%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.1%	4.2%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.0%	4.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.8%	4.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.0%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.4%	3.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.6%	3.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.7%	3.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.8%	3.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2018	5.9%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.0%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.5%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.7%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.6%	4.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.5%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.7%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.5%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.3%	4.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2017	8.1%	5.9%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.7%	5.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.0%	5.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.9%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.0%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.8%	5.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.7%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.8%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.8%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.6%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.7%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.7%	3.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2016	8.0%	5.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.9%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.4%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.9%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.2%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.2%	5.5%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.9%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.2%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.9%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.8%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.8%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.4%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2015	8.9%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.7%	6.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.1%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.7%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.9%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.4%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.5%	5.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.5%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.9%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.0%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.4%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.7%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2014	11.1%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.5%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.1%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.6%	6.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.4%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.4%	6.7%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.6%	6.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.8%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.0%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.9%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.7%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.3%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2013	11.4%	8.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.3%	8.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.9%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.6%	7.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.4%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.5%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.5%	8.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.2%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.7%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.8%	7.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.5%	7.4%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.6%	7.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2012	10.9%	9.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.9%	9.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.8%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.0%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.9%	8.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.5%	8.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.7%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.2%	8.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.0%	7.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.0%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.8%	7.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.3%	7.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2011	14.0%	10.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	14.1%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.9%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.8%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.9%	9.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.7%	9.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.3%	9.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.7%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.8%	9.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.1%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.9%	8.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.2%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2010	14.5%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.8%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.8%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.0%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.9%	10.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.8%	10.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.2%	10.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.1%	9.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.2%	9.6%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.2%	9.4%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.8%	9.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.0%	9.5%	9.3%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2009	11.9%	10.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.7%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.9%	10.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.6%	10.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.2%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.1%	11.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.3%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.1%	10.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.4%	10.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.0%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.7%	9.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.1%	10.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2008	6.6%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.1%	6.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.9%	6.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.9%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.2%	5.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.5%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.2%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.8%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.4%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.4%	6.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.2%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.6%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2007	6.7%	6.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.2%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.4%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.0%	5.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.3%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.6%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.2%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.4%	5.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.5%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.7%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.2%	4.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.7%	5.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2006	7.0%	6.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.0%	6.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.5%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.5%	5.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.5%	5.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.8%	5.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.9%	6.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.0%	5.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.9%	5.3%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.4%	4.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.2%	5.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.2%	5.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2005	6.1%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.6%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.2%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	5.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.4%	5.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.7%	6.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.1%	6.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.9%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.8%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.9%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.4%	5.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.0%	5.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2004	6.7%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.4%	6.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.5%	6.3%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.0%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.1%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.4%	4.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.0%	4.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.1%	4.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.3%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.7%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2003	6.2%	6.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.6%	7.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.0%	6.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.2%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.2%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.1%	6.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.4%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.1%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.6%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.9%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.9%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.1%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2002	6.7%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.2%	6.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.7%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.6%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.6%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.0%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.0%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.7%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.5%	5.2%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.4%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.0%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.4%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2001	5.7%	5.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.6%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.5%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.3%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.1%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.3%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.0%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.5%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.5%	5.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.5%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.9%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2000	6.6%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.8%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.9%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.8%	3.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.7%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.9%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.8%	4.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.5%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.2%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.1%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.6%	4.1%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.5%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1999	13.0%	5.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	12.6%	5.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	12.3%	5.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.4%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	9.0%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.5%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.8%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.8%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.2%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.3%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.8%	3.8%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.9%	3.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1998	18.5%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	18.0%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	18.1%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	14.6%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	15.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	16.4%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	16.9%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	16.2%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	15.3%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	14.0%	4.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	12.7%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	12.3%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1997	16.1%	6.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	16.7%	6.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	20.5%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	18.9%	5.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	19.4%	5.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	20.6%	5.6%	5.0%
7 / 1997	18.4%	5.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	17.4%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	16.1%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	17.9%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	16.1%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	15.0%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1996	8.8%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.1%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.1%	5.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.8%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.0%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.8%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.9%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.4%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.2%	4.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.5%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.0%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.1%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1995	6.3%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.3%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.5%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.0%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.6%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.6%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.3%	5.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.6%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.6%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.5%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.7%	5.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.5%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1994	6.7%	6.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.5%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.3%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.8%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.3%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.5%	5.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.9%	5.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.2%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.1%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.7%	4.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.4%	4.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1993	6.9%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.0%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.1%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.3%	6.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.1%	6.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.9%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.4%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.5%	5.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.2%	5.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.6%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.9%	5.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.3%	4.9%	6.5%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1992	8.8%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.2%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.6%	7.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.9%	6.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.9%	6.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.6%	7.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.3%	7.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.3%	6.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.2%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.5%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.2%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.0%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1991	8.1%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	15.0%	8.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.8%	8.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.9%	7.2%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.0%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.9%	7.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	13.2%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.1%	6.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.0%	6.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	7.3%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.2%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.5%	6.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Columbia, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1990	7.7%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.0%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.7%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.1%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.2%	5.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.0%	6.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.5%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.4%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.2%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.8%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.4%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.3%	6.3%	6.3%