Unemployment Rate in Lewis County, KY

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
6.0% +13.9% vs nat'l
Rank #2,546 of 3,222
21th percentile

How Lewis County Compares

Lewis County
6.0%
Kentucky Average
6.0%
Rank #88 of 120 in state
National
5.3%
13.9% above

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Lewis County: 6.0%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,543 Portsmouth city, VA 6.0%
#2,544 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 6.0%
#2,545 Aiken County, SC 6.0%
#2,546 Lewis County, KY 6.0%
#2,547 Greene County, IN 6.0%
#2,548 Guaynabo Municipio, PR 6.0%
#2,549 Lowndes County, MS 6.0%
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Unemployment Rate in Lewis County, Kentucky

Lewis County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 6.0%, which ranks #2,546 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 13.9% above the national value of 5.3%.

Within Kentucky, Lewis County ranks #88 of 120 out of 120 counties. This places it in the 21th 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.