Unemployment Rate in Whitley County, KY

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
5.3% +0.9% vs nat'l
Rank #2,217 of 3,222
31th percentile

How Whitley County Compares

Whitley County
5.3%
Kentucky Average
5.3%
Rank #78 of 120 in state
National
5.3%
0.9% above

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Whitley County: 5.3%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,214 Marion County, OR 5.3%
#2,215 Portage County, OH 5.3%
#2,216 Wood County, WV 5.3%
#2,217 Whitley County, KY 5.3%
#2,218 Fulton County, GA 5.3%
#2,219 LaSalle County, IL 5.3%
#2,220 Iron County, MI 5.4%
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Unemployment Rate in Whitley County, Kentucky

Whitley County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 5.3%, which ranks #2,217 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 0.9% above the national value of 5.3%.

Within Kentucky, Whitley County ranks #78 of 120 out of 120 counties. This places it in the 31th 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.