Unemployment saw a slight uptick across the Lincoln Trail Region in November.
Data from the Kentucky Center for Statistics shows that unemployment rates rose in 117 of Kentucky’s counties from November 2022 to November 2023.
All eight counties in the Lincoln Trail Region saw increases, with the average going from 3.5 percent in November 2022 to 3.9 percent in November 2023.
In Hardin County, the unemployment rate for November 2023 was reported at 4.0 percent. That’s an increase from November 2022 when the rate came in at 3.6 percent as well as October 2023 when the rate was reported at 3.8 percent. Hardin County unemployment is also higher than the state average of 3.9 percent and the federal average of 3.5 percent.
Breckinridge County posted the highest unemployment rate in the region at 4.5 percent while Marion and Washington counties tied for the lowest at 3.2 percent.
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