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June 26, 2026

ALLEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP IN MAY

Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
ALLEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UP IN MAY

ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS……THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ALLEN COUNTY ROSE FROM THREE-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT IN APRIL TO

FOUR-POINT-FIVE PERCENT IN MAY……WHICH WAS ALSO ABOVE THE FOUR-POINT-TWO PERCENT RECORD IN MAY  20-25……

 

IN THE BARREN RIVER AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT……JOBLESS RATES RANGED FROM FOUR-POINT-THREE PERCENT IN WARREN COUNTY TO FIVE-POINT-

FIVE PERCENT IN EDMONSON COUNTY…..

 

AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH…..UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ROSE IN 95 COUNTIES…..FELL IN 17…..AND REMAINED THE SAME IN EIGHT…..

 

WOODFORD COUNTY HAD THE LOWEST JOBLESS RATE AT  THREE-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT….

WHILE MARTIN COUNTY RECORDED THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENTRATE  AT NINE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT……

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