ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STASTICS……THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ALLEN COUNTY FELL FROM FOUR-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT IN JULY TO THREE-
POINT-EIGHT PERCENT IN AUGUST….WHICH IS ALSO BELOW THE FOUR-POINT-THREE PERCENT RECORDED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR…..
IN THE BARREN RIVER AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT…..JOBLESS RATES RANGED FROM THREE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT IN ALLEN COUNTY….TO FIVE-PERCENT IN EDMONSON
COUNTY……
AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH…..UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FELL IN 96 COUNTIES….ROSE IN 11…..AND STAYED THE SAME IN 13 COUNTIES……
WOODFORD COUNTY RECORDED THE LOWEST JOBLESS RATE AT THREE-POINT-TWO PERCENT…..
WHILE MARTIN COUNTY HAD THE COMMONWEALTH’S HIGHEST UNEMPLOYENT RATE AT EIGHT-POINT-FIVE PERCENT……