Unemployment rates fell in all 120 Kentucky counties between April 2020 and April 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics.
In the Pennyrile District, Todd County reported the lowest jobless rate in April at 2.9 percent, followed by Lyon County at 3.2 percent, Crittenden County at 3.5 percent, and Caldwell County at 3.6 percent. Hopkins County’s unemployment rate was 3.8 percent, followed by Trigg County at 4.2 percent, Christian County at 4.3 percent, and Muhlenberg County at 5.5 percent.
The jobless rates in all nine Pennyrile region counties fell in April of this year from double-digit rates in April of last year. The unemployment rate shot into the double digits last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused a lot of businesses to shut down and lay off employees.
Cumberland and Woodford counties recorded the lowest jobless rates in the state at 2.8 percent each, while Magoffin County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate at 10.3 percent.
Employment statistics are based on estimates and are compiled to measure trends rather than actually to count people working. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians who are actively seeking work.
The statewide unemployment rate for April was 3.8 percent compared to the U.S. jobless rate of 5.7 percent.
