Unemployment rates across the Lincoln Trail District were up in December from where they were the year prior.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates increased in all 120 of the state’s counties in December.
The state unemployment average for December was reported at 5.1 percent. That is a slight increase from the 4.9 percent average seen in November, and it is up from the 3.9 percent average that was reported in December of 2023. Five counties in the Lincoln Trail District had December unemployment rates higher than the state average, with three counties below the state average.
Hardin County’s unemployment rate for December 2024 was slightly above the state average at 5.4 percent. That’s an increase from the 4.9 percent rate reported in November and an increase from the 3.8 percent rate reported in December 2023.
Breckinridge and Grayson counties posted the highest unemployment rate in the Lincoln Trail District for December at 5.9 percent. Washington County had the lowest rate in the district, and tied for the second-lowest rate in the state, at 4.0 percent.
Learn more about how the unemployment rate is calculated and find more labor market information by visiting kystats.ky.gov.
