Unemployment Rate in Laurel County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Laurel County Compares
National Distribution
Where Laurel County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Laurel County: 3.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #978 | White County, IN | 3.5% |
| #979 | Crawford County, IN | 3.5% |
| #980 | Somerset County, ME | 3.5% |
| #981 | Laurel County, KY | 3.5% |
| #982 | Huntington County, IN | 3.5% |
| #983 | Woodford County, IL | 3.5% |
| #984 | Broadwater County, MT | 3.5% |
Unemployment Rate in Laurel County, Kentucky
Laurel County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, which ranks #981 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 34.0% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Kentucky, Laurel County ranks #22 of 120 out of 120 counties. This places it in the 70th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.