Slight increases were once again seen in unemployment rates for counties in the Lincoln Trail District for February.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates rose in 112 counties from February 2023 to February 2024, with the state unemployment average for February 2024 reported at 5.1 percent.
Six counties in the Lincoln Trail District saw February unemployment rates increase from the year prior. Meade County, with a rate of 5.4 percent, and Washington County, with a rate of 3.8 percent, were among the four counties in the commonwealth where unemployment rates in February 2024 remained the same as February 2023.
The unemployment rate for Hardin County in February 2024 was reported at 5.1 percent. That’s an increase from the rates reported in January 2024 as well as February 2023, both of which came in at 4.7 percent.
Washington County’s 3.8 percent rate was the lowest in the district, while Breckinridge County posted the highest rate in the district at 5.9 percent.
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