Lee County, KY Unemployment Rate Report

Lee County, KY Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Lee County, Kentucky has ranged from 3.7% in November 1999 to 17.2% in July 1993. The current unemployment rate for Lee County is 5.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Lee County, KY Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Lee County, KY Current Unemployment - 5.4%

Lee County, KY Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2022	6.0%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.6%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.6%	4.2%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.7%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.0%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.5%	4.2%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.2%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.4%	3.7%	3.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2021	5.6%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.5%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.0%	5.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.6%	3.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.3%	3.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.1%	5.5%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.9%	5.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.6%	4.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.6%	4.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.8%	4.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.6%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.1%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2020	6.6%	4.8%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.3%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.6%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.5%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.4%	10.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.1%	5.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.4%	5.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.3%	7.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.0%	5.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.4%	6.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.6%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.2%	5.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2019	6.3%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.5%	4.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.2%	4.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.1%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.3%	4.2%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.8%	4.8%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.6%	4.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.8%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.8%	3.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.8%	3.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.1%	3.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.5%	3.9%	3.5%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2018	8.0%	4.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.0%	5.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.0%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.9%	4.1%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.9%	4.3%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.2%	4.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.8%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.0%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.8%	4.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.4%	3.9%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.4%	3.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.5%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2017	9.7%	5.9%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.9%	5.8%	4.7%
3 / 2017	9.4%	5.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	8.5%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	9.0%	5.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	10.1%	5.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	9.7%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	8.0%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	7.4%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.2%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.7%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.6%	3.9%	4.1%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2016	11.0%	5.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	12.3%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	11.4%	5.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	9.4%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	9.4%	4.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	11.3%	5.5%	4.9%
7 / 2016	10.8%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	9.2%	4.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.5%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.5%	4.7%	4.9%
11 / 2016	8.0%	4.5%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.3%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2015	9.0%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.9%	6.0%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.7%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.3%	4.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.3%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 2015	8.3%	5.6%	5.3%
7 / 2015	8.8%	5.7%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.1%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	9.1%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	9.6%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.9%	4.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	9.7%	5.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2014	12.2%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	13.3%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.6%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.6%	6.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.9%	6.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.1%	6.7%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.1%	6.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.7%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.1%	5.4%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.3%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.3%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.7%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2013	13.6%	8.9%	8.0%
2 / 2013	13.8%	8.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.5%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	12.3%	7.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.1%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.2%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	13.1%	8.4%	7.3%
8 / 2013	12.4%	7.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.9%	7.8%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.7%	7.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.1%	7.4%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.1%	7.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2012	13.1%	9.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	13.2%	9.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.2%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	12.2%	7.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	13.3%	8.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	13.8%	8.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	13.3%	8.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.2%	8.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.7%	7.8%	7.8%
10 / 2012	11.6%	7.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.6%	7.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	12.4%	7.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2011	13.3%	10.7%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.8%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.6%	10.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.2%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	12.3%	9.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.6%	9.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.1%	9.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.9%	9.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	13.3%	9.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.7%	8.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	12.9%	8.3%	8.6%
12 / 2011	12.8%	8.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2010	14.6%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.5%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.7%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.4%	10.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.2%	10.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.9%	10.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.4%	10.1%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.6%	9.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.9%	9.6%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.6%	9.4%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.7%	9.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.1%	9.5%	9.3%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2009	10.9%	10.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.7%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.4%	10.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.4%	10.0%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.6%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	13.3%	11.0%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.2%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.6%	10.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.7%	10.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.6%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.7%	9.8%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.3%	10.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2008	7.3%	5.9%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.4%	6.2%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.6%	6.1%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.0%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.8%	5.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.4%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.8%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.2%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.9%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.2%	6.5%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.8%	6.8%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.9%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2007	8.1%	6.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.6%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.1%	5.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.2%	5.1%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.0%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.3%	5.4%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.9%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.8%	5.0%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.0%	5.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.4%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.2%	4.7%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.8%	5.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2006	8.2%	6.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.1%	6.8%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.7%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.8%	5.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	7.2%	5.6%	4.6%
6 / 2006	8.6%	5.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.3%	6.0%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.7%	5.4%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.3%	5.3%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.1%	4.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	7.0%	5.2%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.2%	5.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2005	7.9%	6.1%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.1%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.4%	6.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	7.1%	5.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.0%	5.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.2%	6.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.3%	6.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.1%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.4%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.7%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.5%	5.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.7%	5.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2004	10.0%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.6%	6.5%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.7%	6.3%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.3%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.7%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.8%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.2%	4.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.0%	4.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.1%	4.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.5%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.5%	4.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2003	9.4%	6.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	11.2%	7.0%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.8%	6.5%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.6%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.9%	6.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	10.4%	6.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.7%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.4%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.1%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.3%	5.4%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.6%	5.6%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.8%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2002	9.1%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.3%	6.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.0%	6.2%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.7%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.3%	5.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.1%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.6%	5.6%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.7%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.7%	5.2%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.5%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.7%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.8%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2001	8.6%	5.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.6%	5.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.1%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.7%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.2%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.8%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.4%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.0%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.9%	5.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.8%	5.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.8%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 2000	6.9%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.4%	5.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.1%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.0%	3.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.4%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.8%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.6%	4.2%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.7%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.4%	3.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.1%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.8%	4.1%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.0%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1999	7.3%	5.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.8%	5.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.3%	5.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.0%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.4%	4.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.7%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.4%	4.6%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.4%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.0%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	9.1%	3.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.7%	3.8%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.8%	3.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1998	6.9%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.0%	5.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.7%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.0%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.2%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	6.9%	4.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.7%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.9%	4.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.3%	4.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.3%	4.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.6%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1997	8.7%	6.8%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.2%	6.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.7%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.8%	5.2%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.8%	5.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.2%	5.6%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.0%	5.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.6%	5.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.3%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.1%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.2%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.5%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1996	10.2%	6.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.8%	6.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.3%	5.8%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.8%	5.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.2%	5.2%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.7%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.3%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.8%	4.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.5%	4.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.8%	5.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	6.9%	5.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.3%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1995	10.0%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	11.4%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.7%	5.5%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.1%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.5%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.7%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.2%	5.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.9%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.2%	5.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.8%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.0%	5.0%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.3%	4.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1994	11.6%	6.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.6%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.5%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.1%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.4%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.1%	5.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.1%	5.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.4%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.6%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.0%	4.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.7%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.5%	4.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1993	12.6%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.7%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.3%	7.3%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.1%	6.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.8%	6.6%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.0%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	17.2%	6.3%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.6%	5.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.2%	5.5%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.0%	5.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.6%	5.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.8%	4.9%	6.5%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1992	14.3%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1992	14.4%	8.1%	7.4%
3 / 1992	13.3%	7.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.5%	6.3%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.1%	6.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.3%	7.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	10.8%	7.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.3%	6.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.5%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.3%	6.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.5%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.3%	6.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1991	12.0%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	14.3%	8.4%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.5%	8.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.0%	7.2%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.3%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.3%	7.6%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.6%	7.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.9%	6.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.0%	6.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.8%	6.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.2%	6.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	11.7%	6.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lee County, KY%	Kentucky%	National %
1 / 1990	12.4%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	12.7%	6.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	12.7%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	10.6%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	10.5%	5.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.7%	6.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	9.9%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	10.0%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.8%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.8%	5.5%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.5%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.3%	6.3%	6.3%