Moderate Unemployment Area
Barren County, KY Current Unemployment - 4.0%
2022
2021
2020
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Barren County, KY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2022
4.8%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.5%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.3%
4.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.7%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.9%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.6%
4.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.3%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.0%
3.7%
3.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2021
5.9%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.1%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.0%
5.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.1%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.2%
3.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.3%
5.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.7%
5.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.1%
4.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.9%
4.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.9%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.1%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.1%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2020
5.2%
4.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.7%
4.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.6%
5.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.4%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
11.8%
10.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
5.6%
5.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
5.6%
5.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.3%
7.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.1%
5.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.4%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.2%
5.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.8%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2019
5.3%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.2%
4.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.1%
4.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.0%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.3%
4.2%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.0%
4.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.9%
4.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.3%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.9%
3.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.0%
3.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.0%
3.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.2%
3.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2018
5.1%
4.8%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.4%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.0%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.1%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.2%
4.3%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.8%
4.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.6%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.2%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.0%
4.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.0%
3.9%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.7%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.1%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2017
5.8%
5.9%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.5%
5.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.0%
5.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.4%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.5%
5.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.1%
5.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.9%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.5%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.1%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.0%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
3.9%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.8%
3.9%
4.1%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2016
5.9%
5.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.9%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.4%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.4%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.5%
4.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
4.8%
5.5%
4.9%
7 / 2016
4.7%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
4.2%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.2%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.2%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.2%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.6%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2015
6.4%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.2%
6.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.8%
5.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
4.7%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.0%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.3%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.2%
5.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
4.6%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.5%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.7%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.8%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.0%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2014
7.8%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.0%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.5%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.0%
6.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.5%
6.8%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.5%
6.7%
6.1%
7 / 2014
6.4%
6.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.0%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.4%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.0%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.2%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2014
4.8%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2013
8.9%
8.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.7%
8.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8.5%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.5%
7.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
7.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.1%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
7.6%
8.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.4%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.3%
7.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.3%
7.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.1%
7.4%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.1%
7.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2012
9.4%
9.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.2%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.4%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
7.2%
7.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
7.6%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
7.9%
8.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
7.9%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
7.6%
8.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
7.3%
7.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.1%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.1%
7.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
7.8%
7.8%
7.9%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2011
11.5%
10.7%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.2%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.7%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.8%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.2%
9.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.1%
9.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.0%
9.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
9.2%
9.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.1%
9.1%
9.0%
10 / 2011
8.8%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.5%
8.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
8.6%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2010
13.3%
11.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.0%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.1%
11.0%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.2%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.9%
10.0%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.8%
10.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.6%
10.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.4%
9.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.2%
9.6%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.1%
9.4%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.8%
9.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.7%
9.5%
9.3%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2009
12.5%
10.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.1%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.7%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.6%
10.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.0%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.9%
11.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.3%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.1%
10.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.6%
10.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.4%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.3%
9.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.1%
10.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2008
5.5%
5.9%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.0%
6.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.8%
6.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.2%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.5%
5.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.5%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.6%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.6%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.6%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.1%
6.5%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.9%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.4%
7.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2007
6.4%
6.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.4%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.5%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.0%
5.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.0%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.4%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.5%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.5%
5.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.8%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.1%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.5%
4.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.8%
5.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2006
6.6%
6.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.0%
6.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.2%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.6%
5.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.5%
5.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.7%
5.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.2%
6.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.0%
5.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.6%
5.3%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.4%
4.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.2%
5.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.4%
5.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2005
5.3%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.1%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
5.5%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4.6%
5.6%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.9%
5.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.2%
6.2%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.3%
6.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.0%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.1%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.2%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.6%
5.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.9%
5.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2004
5.7%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.8%
6.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
5.4%
6.3%
5.8%
4 / 2004
4.1%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
4.0%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
4.4%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.3%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
3.9%
4.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
3.6%
4.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
3.6%
4.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
3.8%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.2%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2003
5.6%
6.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
5.8%
7.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
5.4%
6.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.3%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.0%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
5.5%
6.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.5%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2003
5.1%
5.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
4.4%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
4.6%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
4.6%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
4.5%
5.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2002
6.4%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.2%
6.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.5%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
4.1%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
4.1%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
4.4%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
4.8%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2002
4.2%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
3.9%
5.2%
5.7%
10 / 2002
3.8%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
4.4%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
4.7%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2001
5.8%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.8%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.6%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.5%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.4%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.0%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.7%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.6%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.6%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.2%
5.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.2%
5.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
5.3%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2000
5.4%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.9%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.0%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.0%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.4%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.2%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.8%
4.2%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.3%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.9%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.1%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.5%
4.1%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.7%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1999
6.1%
5.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.6%
5.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.9%
5.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.7%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.2%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.3%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.0%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.2%
4.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.1%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.4%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.9%
3.8%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.2%
3.8%
4.0%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1998
5.5%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.3%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
5.0%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.4%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.8%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.0%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
4.5%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
3.1%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
3.9%
4.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
3.5%
4.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
3.8%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.4%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1997
8.0%
6.8%
5.3%
2 / 1997
7.8%
6.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.2%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.9%
5.2%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.7%
5.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
5.0%
5.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
4.9%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
3.9%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.6%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.8%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.1%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.2%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1996
8.2%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.7%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
7.8%
5.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
6.8%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.9%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.1%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.4%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
4.8%
4.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.0%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
4.8%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.9%
5.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.2%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1995
6.2%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
6.3%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.1%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
4.2%
5.2%
5.8%
5 / 1995
4.2%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.0%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.3%
5.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
3.7%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.6%
5.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.6%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.2%
5.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.4%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1994
5.3%
6.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
5.7%
6.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
4.8%
6.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
3.3%
5.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
2.9%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
3.3%
5.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
3.2%
5.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
3.6%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
3.7%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.0%
4.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.5%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.8%
4.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1993
8.2%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.1%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
7.4%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.0%
6.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
5.6%
6.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
5.3%
6.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
4.5%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
3.9%
5.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
3.9%
5.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
3.9%
5.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
3.9%
5.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.2%
4.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1992
9.3%
7.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.9%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
7.8%
7.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
6.1%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
5.7%
6.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
6.6%
7.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
5.4%
7.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
5.2%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.6%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
5.4%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
5.9%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
6.7%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1991
7.6%
7.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.3%
8.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.4%
8.1%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.5%
7.2%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.1%
7.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.1%
7.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.2%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.6%
6.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.6%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.6%
6.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.3%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.6%
6.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Barren County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1990
7.4%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.2%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.3%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
5.5%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.2%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
4.4%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
4.3%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.5%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
4.6%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
4.3%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.2%
6.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
5.4%
6.3%
6.3%