Kentucky Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 1,513,000 | - | 5.3 | - |
| 1979 | 1,517,000 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| 1980 | 1,529,000 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 1,528,000 | -0.1 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| 1982 | 1,506,000 | -1.4 | 10.6 | 2.2 |
| 1983 | 1,502,000 | -0.3 | 11.6 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,554,000 | 3.5 | 9.3 | -2.3 |
| 1985 | 1,535,000 | -1.2 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| 1986 | 1,534,000 | -0.1 | 9.3 | -0.2 |
| 1987 | 1,537,000 | 0.2 | 8.8 | -0.5 |
| 1988 | 1,578,000 | 2.7 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| 1989 | 1,634,000 | 3.5 | 6.2 | -1.7 |
| 1990 | 1,662,154 | 1.7 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| 1991 | 1,624,101 | -2.3 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 1,644,594 | 1.3 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
| 1993 | 1,689,935 | 2.8 | 6.2 | -0.7 |
| 1994 | 1,725,887 | 2.1 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| 1995 | 1,757,111 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| 1996 | 1,777,259 | 1.1 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| 1997 | 1,809,785 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| 1998 | 1,832,775 | 1.3 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| 1999 | 1,854,270 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 1,866,348 | 0.7 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| 2001 | 1,852,056 | -0.8 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 1,838,495 | -0.7 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 1,848,059 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 1,854,703 | 0.4 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| 2005 | 1,871,981 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| 2006 | 1,908,784 | 2.0 | 5.9 | -0.2 |
| 2007 | 1,923,471 | 0.8 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| 2008 | 1,911,240 | -0.6 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 1,717,659 | 3.4 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,717,324 | 3.3 | 6.1 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 1,735,646 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 1,754,337 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,764,599 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 1,788,768 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 1,787,166 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 1,767,103 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 1,761,148 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 1,759,428 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 1,768,453 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 1,763,703 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,720,905 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 1,722,702 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 1,745,270 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 1,761,183 | 0.4 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,780,486 | 0.9 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,808,480 | 1.1 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 1,808,937 | 1.2 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 1,793,674 | 1.5 | 4.7 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 1,792,174 | 1.8 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 1,791,798 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,800,519 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 1,800,984 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,760,633 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 1,755,221 | 1.9 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 1,782,766 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 1,798,918 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,817,707 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 1,838,764 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 1,838,957 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 1,824,471 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 1,819,785 | 1.5 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 1,814,801 | 1.3 | 4.4 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 1,833,169 | 1.8 | 4.3 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 1,832,226 | 1.7 | 4.3 | -1.4 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,791,099 | 1.7 | 5.1 | -1.8 |
| Feb | 1,790,969 | 2.0 | 5.0 | -1.8 |
| Mar | 1,811,391 | 1.6 | 5.1 | -1.2 |
| Apr | 1,828,302 | 1.6 | 4.0 | -1.2 |
| May | 1,841,797 | 1.3 | 4.4 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 1,860,063 | 1.2 | 4.8 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 1,853,566 | 0.8 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 1,839,739 | 0.8 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 1,840,586 | 1.1 | 4.3 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 1,833,018 | 1.0 | 4.3 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 1,848,549 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,854,216 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,820,067 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 1,812,932 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 1,832,894 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 1,845,629 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| May | 1,864,030 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 1,885,733 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 1,874,800 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 1,859,045 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 1,857,467 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 1,855,387 | 1.2 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 1,869,808 | 1.2 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 1,873,445 | 1.0 | 4.1 | -0.4 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,834,420 | 0.8 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 1,832,269 | 1.1 | 5.2 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 1,848,793 | 0.9 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,869,755 | 1.3 | 3.7 | -0.8 |
| May | 1,871,907 | 0.4 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,895,593 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 1,878,695 | 0.2 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 1,866,719 | 0.4 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 1,868,199 | 0.6 | 3.8 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 1,865,906 | 0.6 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,878,833 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,885,084 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,851,604 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 1,846,607 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 1,864,568 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 1,880,749 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| May | 1,891,094 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 1,861,262 | -1.8 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,854,083 | -1.3 | 5.3 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 1,830,750 | -1.9 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 1,838,544 | -1.6 | 4.9 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 1,829,580 | -1.9 | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 1,838,384 | -2.2 | 5.7 | 1.6 |
| Dec | 1,837,448 | -2.5 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,795,499 | -3.0 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 1,804,546 | -2.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 1,818,726 | -2.5 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 1,832,859 | -2.5 | 5.5 | 0.7 |
| May | 1,847,328 | -2.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 1,863,487 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 1,856,483 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 1,845,638 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 1,855,697 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 1,845,846 | 0.9 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 1,849,305 | 0.6 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 1,846,520 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,812,012 | 0.9 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 1,812,397 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 1,830,438 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 1,847,655 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| May | 1,853,303 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 1,874,090 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| Jul | 1,863,472 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 1,852,950 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 1,854,642 | -0.1 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 1,851,267 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 1,864,546 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 1,859,931 | 0.7 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,822,995 | 0.6 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,816,843 | 0.2 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,832,238 | 0.1 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,851,470 | 0.2 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| May | 1,859,325 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 1,879,076 | 0.3 | 5.9 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 1,875,811 | 0.7 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
| Aug | 1,863,150 | 0.6 | 5.0 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 1,862,530 | 0.4 | 4.7 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 1,858,472 | 0.4 | 4.7 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 1,871,432 | 0.4 | 4.8 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 1,863,088 | 0.2 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
| 2005-Jan | 1,826,666 | 0.2 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,822,431 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 1,839,166 | 0.4 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,863,561 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| May | 1,874,231 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 1,893,890 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 1,889,293 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 1,881,010 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 1,891,956 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 1,890,115 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 1,897,833 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 1,893,624 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 0.9 |
| 2006-Jan | 1,859,283 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 1,859,295 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 1,880,571 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 1,897,369 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,909,196 | 1.9 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 1,932,876 | 2.1 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 1,926,124 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 1,917,697 | 2.0 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 1,921,387 | 1.6 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 1,925,754 | 1.9 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 1,938,087 | 2.1 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,937,768 | 2.3 | 5.3 | -0.7 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,895,576 | 2.0 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,890,415 | 1.7 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 1,911,727 | 1.7 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,922,811 | 1.3 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| May | 1,933,051 | 1.2 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,954,700 | 1.1 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,943,275 | 0.9 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 1,921,935 | 0.2 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,929,779 | 0.4 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 1,919,937 | -0.3 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 1,936,686 | -0.1 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 1,921,757 | -0.8 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| 2008-Jan | 1,888,935 | -0.4 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,880,047 | -0.5 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 1,896,048 | -0.8 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 1,917,418 | -0.3 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| May | 1,923,262 | -0.5 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 1,943,828 | -0.6 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 1,935,081 | -0.4 | 6.6 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 1,918,325 | -0.2 | 6.5 | 1.4 |
| Sep | 1,916,303 | -0.7 | 6.5 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 1,908,808 | -0.6 | 6.3 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 1,911,726 | -1.3 | 6.7 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 1,895,095 | -1.4 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| 2009-Jan | 1,854,054 | -1.8 | 9.5 | 3.3 |
| Feb | 1,849,007 | -1.7 | 10.2 | 3.8 |
| Mar | 1,855,880 | -2.1 | 10.3 | 4.1 |
| Apr | 1,865,874 | -2.7 | 9.7 | 4.2 |
| May | 1,861,512 | -3.2 | 10.5 | 4.4 |
| Jun | 1,878,891 | -3.3 | 11.1 | 4.6 |
| Jul | 1,864,395 | -3.7 | 11.0 | 4.4 |
| Aug | 1,847,689 | -3.7 | 10.8 | 4.3 |
| Sep | 1,849,226 | -3.5 | 10.5 | 4.0 |
| Oct | 1,839,948 | -3.6 | 10.7 | 4.3 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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