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Unemployment rates across the Lincoln Trail District continue to trend a little higher than they did a year prior.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates rose in 115 counties from December 2022 to December 2023, with the state unemployment average for December 2023 reported at 3.8 percent.
All eight counties in the Lincoln Trail District did see unemployment rates come down a bit from November to December 2023, but all eight counties saw increases from rates reported in December 2022.
The unemployment rate for Hardin County in December 2023 was reported at 3.9 percent. That’s down from the 4 percent rate reported the month prior, but up from the 3.4 percent rate reported in December 2022.
Marion and Washington counties tied for the lowest rates in the region at 3 percent, while Breckinridge County posted the highest unemployment rate in the region at 4.6 percent.
The national unemployment average for December 2023 was 3.5 percent.
Visit the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet online for more information.