Kentucky: By The Numbers

~ Unemployment Change ~

2001 to 2011

With the recent recession, many counties are wanting to know how their unemployment rates have been changing.

The years 2007 to 2009 were the official years for the recession and were key years when unemployment rates were rising. Since 2009, 102 counties (85% of all counties) in Kentucky have seen their unemployment rates decline ranging from a 0.7% decline to a 34.4% decline.

To see a graph of annual unemployment rates for 2000-2010, see the Building Strong Families for Kentucky 2012 county profiles at:

http://www.ca.uky.edu/HES/index.php?p=437

or

http://hes.uky.edu/StrongFamilies

For more information on unemployment rates, see the Kentucky: By The Numbers publication "What Counts: Understanding Data on Jobs, Income, and Unemployment"

http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl/KentuckyByTheNumbers/KYBTNPublications/

KYBTNPublications.htm

While the American Community Survey contains estimates of unemployment,

they are not the official unemployment rates

To find the official unemployment rates for your county,

use the unemployment rates produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

To view the files below, you will need Adobe Acrobat.

These publications are available online at the SNARL website at http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl