Unemployment Rate in Laurel County, KY

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
3.5% −34.0% vs nat'l
Rank #981 of 3,222
70th percentile

How Laurel County Compares

Laurel County
3.5%
Kentucky Average
3.5%
Rank #22 of 120 in state
National
5.3%
34.0% below

National Distribution

Where Laurel County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ 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%
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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.