ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS……THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ALLEN COUNTY ROSE FROM FOUR-POINT-THREE PERCENT IN
AUGUST TO FOUR-POINT-FOUR PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER……WHICH WAS DOWN FROM THE FOUR-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST
YEAR……
IN THE BARRERN RIVER AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT…..JOBLESS RATES RANGED FROM FOUR-POINT-TWO PERCENT IN WARREN COUNTY…..TO FIVE-POINT-
THREE PERCENT IN EDMONSON COUNTY…..
AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH…..UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FELL IN 116 COUNTIES….ROSE IN THREE…..AND STAYED THE SAME IN ONE….
CUMBERLAND, SCOTT, SHELBY AND WOODFORD COUNTIES RECORDED THE LOWEST JOBLESS RATES AT THREE-POINT-SEVEN PERCENT…..
AND MARTIN COUNTY HAD THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT EIGHT-POINT-FIVE PERCENT……
THE COMMONWEALTH’S JOBLESS NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUT-DOWN…….
