Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties from March 2008 to March 2009, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.
Menifee County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate at 18.1 percent according to the office, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Fayette County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 7.4 percent.
In Northern Kentucky, the unemployment rate stood at 9 percent in Boone County, 9.3 percent in Campbell County and 9.7 percent in Kenton County,
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for March 2009 climbed to 9.8 percent – a 25-year high, according to figures issued by the office earlier this month.
Unemployment statistics are based on estimates and are compiled to measure trends rather than actually to count people working. Civilian labor force statistics include non-military workers and unemployed Kentuckians who are actively seeking work. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians who have not looked for employment within the past four weeks. These statistics are not seasonally adjusted.
