Very High Unemployment Area
Carter County, KY Current Unemployment - 7.9%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
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1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Carter County, KY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2022
8.9%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
9.0%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
7.6%
4.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
6.5%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.7%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
8.2%
4.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
8.5%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
7.9%
3.7%
3.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2021
8.7%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
9.0%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.4%
5.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.8%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.9%
3.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.6%
5.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.3%
5.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.8%
4.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.8%
4.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.0%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.0%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
7.6%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2020
10.0%
4.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
8.8%
4.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
8.9%
5.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
19.9%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.1%
10.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.1%
5.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
7.2%
5.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.4%
7.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.4%
5.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.3%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.3%
5.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
9.5%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2019
10.6%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
10.1%
4.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
8.8%
4.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
7.1%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.6%
4.2%
3.6%
6 / 2019
9.0%
4.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
9.2%
4.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
8.8%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.2%
3.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.3%
3.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.4%
3.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
8.2%
3.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2018
14.7%
4.8%
4.1%
2 / 2018
11.0%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
9.6%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
8.4%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.9%
4.3%
3.8%
6 / 2018
9.7%
4.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
9.7%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
9.2%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
8.1%
4.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.8%
3.9%
3.8%
11 / 2018
7.0%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
8.2%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2017
13.2%
5.9%
4.7%
2 / 2017
12.5%
5.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
10.9%
5.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
9.6%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2017
9.4%
5.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
10.8%
5.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
10.5%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
9.8%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.7%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.9%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.5%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
9.2%
3.9%
4.1%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2016
13.3%
5.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
12.3%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2016
10.8%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.1%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
9.7%
4.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
11.0%
5.5%
4.9%
7 / 2016
11.2%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
11.3%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
10.5%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
9.1%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.7%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
10.2%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2015
12.0%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
12.3%
6.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.5%
5.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.4%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.7%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
10.6%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
11.2%
5.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
10.1%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.7%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.6%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.6%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.2%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2014
13.8%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 2014
13.8%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.9%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.2%
6.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.7%
6.8%
6.3%
6 / 2014
11.3%
6.7%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.7%
6.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.6%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.9%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.6%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.1%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2014
9.9%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2013
14.9%
8.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
13.7%
8.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.5%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
12.1%
7.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.9%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
14.0%
8.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.7%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
12.2%
7.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.1%
7.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
11.4%
7.4%
6.9%
12 / 2013
11.7%
7.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2012
13.7%
9.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.5%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.8%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.5%
7.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.8%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.6%
8.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.1%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.3%
8.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.6%
7.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.0%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.9%
7.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.7%
7.8%
7.9%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2011
17.0%
10.7%
9.1%
2 / 2011
16.4%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.5%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.9%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.4%
9.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.4%
9.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.2%
9.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.4%
9.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.8%
9.1%
9.0%
10 / 2011
11.8%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.8%
8.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.8%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2010
15.5%
11.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
16.5%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.1%
11.0%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.1%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.6%
10.0%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.6%
10.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.1%
10.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.6%
9.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.3%
9.6%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.1%
9.4%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.4%
9.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
14.2%
9.5%
9.3%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2009
12.5%
10.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.0%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.8%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.7%
10.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.6%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
14.8%
11.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.7%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.2%
10.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.9%
10.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.6%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.3%
9.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.1%
10.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2008
8.2%
5.9%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.1%
6.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.6%
6.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.8%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.1%
5.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.5%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.5%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.4%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.9%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.1%
6.5%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.2%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.4%
7.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2007
8.9%
6.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
9.8%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.4%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.7%
5.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.7%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.4%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.9%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.0%
5.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.3%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.8%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.7%
4.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.5%
5.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2006
8.9%
6.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
9.8%
6.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.3%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.3%
5.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.0%
5.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.2%
5.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.3%
6.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.6%
5.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.2%
5.3%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
4.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.0%
5.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.8%
5.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2005
9.8%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.9%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.1%
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
8.8%
6.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.7%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.9%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.5%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.2%
5.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.3%
5.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2004
8.7%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.7%
6.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.3%
6.3%
5.8%
4 / 2004
8.4%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
8.8%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.5%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.5%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.2%
4.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.1%
4.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.8%
4.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.8%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.6%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2003
10.1%
6.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.0%
7.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.8%
6.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.6%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.8%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
10.2%
6.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.5%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.6%
5.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.3%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.5%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.4%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.6%
5.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2002
12.2%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.4%
6.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
10.5%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
9.6%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
9.4%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.9%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
9.1%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.3%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.7%
5.2%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.6%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.3%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.7%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2001
9.6%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.8%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
10.8%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
9.9%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
9.9%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
11.4%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.7%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.7%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
10.2%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.6%
5.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
9.9%
5.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.1%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2000
9.5%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
8.6%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.9%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.8%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.0%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
8.2%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.7%
4.2%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.0%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.2%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.5%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.4%
4.1%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.4%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1999
17.5%
5.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
18.2%
5.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
14.7%
5.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
13.4%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
14.3%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
15.0%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
13.1%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
13.0%
4.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
10.2%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.7%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.4%
3.8%
4.1%
12 / 1999
10.0%
3.8%
4.0%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1998
14.0%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
15.2%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
13.2%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.0%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.0%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
13.0%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.0%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.0%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.0%
4.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.0%
4.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
10.7%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
12.9%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1997
15.8%
6.8%
5.3%
2 / 1997
15.1%
6.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
12.4%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
12.3%
5.2%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.8%
5.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
14.1%
5.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.0%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.3%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
10.3%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.5%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.7%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
11.0%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1996
14.1%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
15.3%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
13.8%
5.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
12.6%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.7%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.2%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.4%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
10.5%
4.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.9%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.5%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.8%
5.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
13.2%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1995
18.4%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
19.5%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
15.8%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
12.5%
5.2%
5.8%
5 / 1995
15.5%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1995
16.0%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
13.8%
5.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
12.6%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
12.0%
5.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.4%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
10.7%
5.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
12.2%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1994
21.0%
6.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
19.9%
6.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
16.9%
6.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
13.1%
5.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
11.7%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
14.6%
5.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
16.4%
5.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
14.6%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
11.6%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.9%
4.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
11.3%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
16.1%
4.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1993
19.8%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
21.1%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
19.5%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
16.5%
6.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
15.6%
6.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
17.1%
6.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
16.5%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
14.3%
5.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
12.6%
5.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
12.6%
5.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
11.2%
5.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
15.9%
4.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1992
20.3%
7.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
19.1%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
17.2%
7.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
13.6%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
13.1%
6.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
15.5%
7.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
14.7%
7.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
16.2%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
14.4%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
12.2%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
13.3%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
16.2%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1991
17.7%
7.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
19.2%
8.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
17.6%
8.1%
6.8%
4 / 1991
15.4%
7.2%
6.7%
5 / 1991
15.5%
7.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
15.3%
7.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
15.4%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
14.4%
6.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
15.1%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
13.0%
6.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
14.2%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
17.8%
6.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Carter County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1990
17.7%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
17.8%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.6%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
11.0%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
15.6%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.1%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
12.7%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
13.2%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.7%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.5%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.8%
6.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
15.4%
6.3%
6.3%