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Kentucky annual unemployment up in 2024

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Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate saw an increase in 2024. 

The Kentucky Center for Statistics says the state’s annual unemployment rate for 2024 was 5.1 percent. That is up from the 4.3 percent annual rate for 2023, and trends higher than the national annual unemployment rate of 4 percent.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the Kentucky civilian labor force saw an increase in 2024 of about 37,000 people. The estimated number of Kentuckians in the labor force is 2,093,848, with an estimated 106,205 of them unemployed.

Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2024 ranked 48th in the country. Nevada posted the highest annual unemployment rate for 2024 at 5.6 percent while South Dakota posted the lowest at 1.8 percent. 21 states experienced significant increases in annual unemployment rates from 2023 to 2024.

Kentucky’s Education and Health Services, Government, Construction, Manufacturing, Leisure and Hospitality, and Trade, Transportation, and Utilities sectors saw increases in 2024. The Mining and Logging, Financial Activities, Information, and Professional and Business Services sectors saw decreases.

Find more unemployment and labor market information at kystats.ky.gov.

Deadline to provide input on design of Grayson County skatepark Friday

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Friday is the deadline for area residents to provide their input to the Twin Lakes Skatepark Project as they work with Hunger Skateparks on the design of the planned skatepark in Grayson County.

“We want to know ‘what do you want to see?’” said Twin Lakes Skatepark Project Chairman Casey Keown. “We don’t want to just put together a park based off of what we think it should be, right? ‘Unity through community’ is our motto, so we really want to incorporate everybody’s input in this new skate park.”

Keown says the organization wants to hear from Grayson County residents as well as residents of surrounding counties that would utilize the skatepark. A link to the survey can be found on the Twin Lakes Skatepark Project’s Facebook page and website.

Keown says the project team has continued to make progress, including official recognition as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

“Right now our focus is on community engagement and fundraising,” Keown said. “We’re all really excited to see where this is going and you know I think for the most part we’ve kind of got everybody on our side, and our cards are just falling in the right place at the right time.”

Visit twinlakesskatepark.org for more information on the project.