Note: Rates are not seasonally adjusted

KENTUCKY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES

Preliminary December 2011
AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

BMK 10

U.S. Comparable Rate - 8.3%

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Dec 11
Nov 11
Dec 10

CIVILIAN
LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT

2,076,521

1,897,563

178,958

8.6%

8.6%

9.9%

PURCHASE
BALLARD
CALLOWAY
CARLISLE
FULTON
GRAVES
HICKMAN
MCCRACKEN
MARSHALL

92,267
4,138
17,815
2,450
2,552
16,554
2,262
31,566
14,930

84,082
3,724
16,469
2,231
2,172
14,963
2,035
29,007
13,481

8,185
414
1,346
219
380
1,591
227
2,559
1,449

8.9%
10.0%
7.6%
8.9%
14.9%
9.6%
10.0%
8.1%
9.7%

8.6%
9.5%
7.2%
8.0%
14.4%
9.3%
10.3%
8.1%
9.1%

9.4%
10.3%
8.6%
8.2%
12.2%
9.7%
8.4%
8.8%
11.1%

PENNYRILE
CALDWELL
CHRISTIAN
CRITTENDEN
HOPKINS
LIVINGSTON
LYON
MUHLENBERG
TODD
TRIGG

96,258
6,931
29,514
4,090
22,204
4,778
3,348
13,447
5,641
6,305

88,088
6,434
26,894
3,773
20,575
4,342
3,013
12,186
5,174
5,697

8,170
497
2,620
317
1,629
436
335
1,261
467
608

8.5%
7.2%
8.9%
7.8%
7.3%
9.1%
10.0%
9.4%
8.3%
9.6%

8.2%
7.0%
8.9%
7.4%
7.2%
8.2%
9.2%
9.1%
7.9%
8.3%

9.9%
8.4%
10.4%
9.7%
8.5%
10.9%
10.9%
10.8%
9.8%
11.5%

GREEN RIVER
DAVIESS
HANCOCK
HENDERSON
MCLEAN
OHIO
UNION
WEBSTER

108,495
48,527
4,250
23,474
4,620
12,737
8,366
6,521

100,188
44,986
3,927
21,473
4,193
11,840
7,751
6,018

8,307
3,541
323
2,001
427
897
615
503

7.7%
7.3%
7.6%
8.5%
9.2%
7.0%
7.4%
7.7%

7.5%
7.1%
8.0%
8.4%
7.6%
6.7%
7.7%
7.9%

8.9%
8.7%
9.1%
9.8%
9.7%
8.6%
8.4%
8.3%

BARREN RIVER
ALLEN
BARREN
BUTLER
EDMONSON
HART
LOGAN
METCALFE
MONROE
SIMPSON
WARREN

136,289
8,422
19,176
5,579
5,246
8,580
12,853
4,162
4,785
9,192
58,294

124,991
7,624
17,360
5,049
4,678
7,797
11,806
3,793
4,375
8,316
54,193

11,298
798
1,816
530
568
783
1,047
369
410
876
4,101

8.3%
9.5%
9.5%
9.5%
10.8%
9.1%
8.1%
8.9%
8.6%
9.5%
7.0%

8.3%
9.5%
9.3%
9.4%
10.6%
9.1%
7.9%
9.7%
8.5%
9.8%
7.1%

9.7%
11.1%
11.9%
11.4%
12.3%
10.4%
9.5%
10.5%
10.3%
11.4%
8.0%

COUNTY
Statewide

An Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D

Note: Rates are not seasonally adjusted

KENTUCKY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES

Preliminary December 2011
AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

BMK 10

U.S. Comparable Rate - 8.3%

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Dec 11
Nov 11
Dec 10

CIVILIAN
LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT

2,076,521

1,897,563

178,958

8.6%

8.6%

9.9%

LINCOLN TRAIL
BRECKINRIDGE
GRAYSON
HARDIN
LARUE
MARION
MEADE
NELSON
WASHINGTON

127,366
9,566
11,548
49,285
6,958
10,282
11,989
22,184
5,554

115,141
8,657
10,254
44,932
6,455
9,397
10,347
20,043
5,056

12,225
909
1,294
4,353
503
885
1,642
2,141
498

9.6%
9.5%
11.2%
8.8%
7.2%
8.6%
13.7%
9.7%
9.0%

9.4%
9.1%
11.4%
8.9%
7.4%
8.5%
13.5%
8.9%
9.0%

10.5%
10.7%
13.3%
8.9%
8.4%
10.1%
13.1%
11.9%
10.5%

KIPDA

480,757
40,319
8,091
367,830
28,641
22,116
9,379
4,381

438,376
36,660
7,382
334,614
26,582
20,548
8,617
3,973

42,381
3,659
709
33,216
2,059
1,568
762
408

8.8%
9.1%
8.8%
9.0%
7.2%
7.1%
8.1%
9.3%

8.9%
8.9%
8.0%
9.2%
7.2%
7.4%
7.9%
8.4%

9.8%
10.3%
9.7%
10.0%
7.7%
8.4%
9.3%
11.0%

226,199
63,688
44,586
5,407
3,894
12,580
83,322
5,574
7,148

208,614
59,274
41,045
4,809
3,583
11,508
76,778
5,135
6,482

17,585
4,414
3,541
598
311
1,072
6,544
439
666

7.8%
6.9%
7.9%
11.1%
8.0%
8.5%
7.9%
7.9%
9.3%

8.1%
7.5%
8.4%
10.7%
7.4%
8.6%
8.1%
7.4%
9.1%

10.0%
8.7%
10.5%
13.2%
10.1%
11.4%
10.0%
9.1%
12.6%

26,119
4,253
6,653
5,455
8,625
1,133

23,565
3,852
6,013
4,768
7,899
1,033

2,554
401
640
687
726
100

9.8%
9.4%
9.6%
12.6%
8.4%
8.8%

9.4%
9.4%
9.1%
11.7%
8.4%
8.7%

11.5%
12.3%
11.2%
15.6%
9.1%
8.9%

37,779
5,036
2,591
12,506
5,213
12,433

33,954
4,446
2,234
11,221
4,612
11,441

3,825
590
357
1,285
601
992

10.1%
11.7%
13.8%
10.3%
11.5%
8.0%

9.6%
10.4%
12.2%
9.9%
10.7%
7.9%

11.8%
14.3%
18.4%
11.4%
13.9%
8.7%

COUNTY
Statewide

BULLITT
HENRY
JEFFERSON
OLDHAM
SHELBY
SPENCER
TRIMBLE

NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE
CAMPBELL
CARROLL
GALLATIN
GRANT
KENTON
OWEN
PENDLETON
BUFFALO TRACE
BRACKEN
FLEMING
LEWIS
MASON
ROBERTSON
GATEWAY
BATH
MENIFEE
MONTGOMERY
MORGAN
ROWAN

Note: Rates are not seasonally adjusted

KENTUCKY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES

Preliminary December 2011
AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

BMK 10

U.S. Comparable Rate - 8.3%

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Dec 11
Nov 11
Dec 10

CIVILIAN
LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT

2,076,521

1,897,563

178,958

8.6%

8.6%

9.9%

BOYD
CARTER
ELLIOTT
GREENUP
LAWRENCE

64,206
22,924
13,685
3,351
17,980
6,266

58,313
21,087
12,177
2,971
16,408
5,670

5,893
1,837
1,508
380
1,572
596

9.2%
8.0%
11.0%
11.3%
8.7%
9.5%

8.9%
8.0%
10.1%
10.9%
8.4%
9.6%

10.8%
9.5%
12.7%
12.9%
10.2%
12.1%

BIG SANDY
FLOYD
JOHNSON
MAGOFFIN
MARTIN
PIKE

59,408
15,264
9,817
4,385
3,887
26,055

54,151
13,853
8,984
3,755
3,529
24,030

5,257
1,411
833
630
358
2,025

8.8%
9.2%
8.5%
14.4%
9.2%
7.8%

8.8%
9.2%
8.6%
14.0%
9.5%
7.8%

10.9%
11.4%
11.0%
18.7%
10.5%
9.2%

KENTUCKY RIVER
BREATHITT
KNOTT
LEE
LESLIE
LETCHER
OWSLEY
PERRY
WOLFE

43,032
5,709
6,210
2,817
3,819
8,753
1,609
11,663
2,452

38,462
5,107
5,511
2,469
3,343
7,882
1,456
10,552
2,142

4,570
602
699
348
476
871
153
1,111
310

10.6%
10.5%
11.3%
12.4%
12.5%
10.0%
9.5%
9.5%
12.6%

10.3%
9.9%
11.0%
12.4%
11.7%
9.6%
10.1%
9.2%
11.8%

11.5%
11.4%
12.1%
12.3%
12.6%
10.7%
11.2%
10.8%
14.5%

CUMBERLAND VALLEY
BELL
CLAY
HARLAN
JACKSON
KNOX
LAUREL
ROCKCASTLE
WHITLEY

93,880
9,345
7,061
10,982
4,311
12,653
26,297
7,265
15,966

83,701
8,141
6,155
9,883
3,657
11,348
23,714
6,406
14,397

10,179
1,204
906
1,099
654
1,305
2,583
859
1,569

10.8%
12.9%
12.8%
10.0%
15.2%
10.3%
9.8%
11.8%
9.8%

10.9%
12.7%
12.8%
10.1%
15.0%
10.4%
9.8%
11.8%
10.0%

11.7%
13.1%
13.6%
11.0%
16.6%
11.6%
10.9%
10.6%
11.2%

LAKE CUMBERLAND
ADAIR
CASEY
CLINTON
CUMBERLAND
GREEN
MCCREARY
PULASKI
RUSSELL
TAYLOR
WAYNE

96,908
9,574
7,330
4,949
3,110
5,731
6,042
28,229
8,733
13,862
9,348

87,454
8,762
6,676
4,471
2,769
5,250
5,223
25,465
7,900
12,700
8,238

9,454
812
654
478
341
481
819
2,764
833
1,162
1,110

9.8%
8.5%
8.9%
9.7%
11.0%
8.4%
13.6%
9.8%
9.5%
8.4%
11.9%

9.9%
8.3%
9.2%
9.0%
11.1%
8.4%
14.0%
10.2%
9.2%
8.4%
12.1%

11.1%
10.2%
10.6%
10.1%
12.5%
10.6%
14.9%
11.0%
10.7%
9.6%
13.1%

COUNTY
Statewide
FIVCO

Note: Rates are not seasonally adjusted

KENTUCKY LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES

Preliminary December 2011
AREA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

BMK 10

U.S. Comparable Rate - 8.3%

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Dec 11
Nov 11
Dec 10

CIVILIAN
LABOR FORCE

EMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT

2,076,521

1,897,563

178,958

8.6%

8.6%

9.9%

BLUEGRASS
ANDERSON
BOURBON
BOYLE
CLARK
ESTILL
FAYETTE
FRANKLIN
GARRARD
HARRISON
JESSAMINE
LINCOLN
MADISON
MERCER
NICHOLAS
POWELL
SCOTT
WOODFORD

387,564
10,957
9,398
12,808
17,347
6,433
155,894
24,560
7,804
9,486
23,374
10,532
43,007
10,556
3,292
5,648
23,287
13,181

358,489
10,117
8,698
11,491
15,760
5,795
145,813
22,783
7,072
8,689
21,533
9,328
39,937
9,577
2,983
4,990
21,541
12,382

29,075
840
700
1,317
1,587
638
10,081
1,777
732
797
1,841
1,204
3,070
979
309
658
1,746
799

7.5%
7.7%
7.4%
10.3%
9.1%
9.9%
6.5%
7.2%
9.4%
8.4%
7.9%
11.4%
7.1%
9.3%
9.4%
11.7%
7.5%
6.1%

7.6%
7.9%
7.4%
10.6%
8.7%
9.5%
6.7%
7.2%
9.3%
8.8%
7.8%
11.5%
7.2%
9.5%
9.3%
11.2%
7.4%
6.2%

8.8%
10.0%
9.7%
11.8%
10.6%
11.7%
7.5%
8.3%
10.9%
10.4%
8.5%
13.6%
8.1%
11.4%
11.0%
14.1%
9.2%
7.5%

BOWLING GREEN MSA

ELIZABETHTOWN MSA
LEXINGTON MSA
LOUISVILLE MSA
OWENSBORO MSA

63,540
56,243
242,479
643,985
57,396

58,871
51,387
225,726
587,742
53,105

4,669
4,856
16,753
56,243
4,291

7.3%
8.6%
6.9%
8.7%
7.5%

7.4%
8.7%
7.0%
8.8%
7.2%

8.4%
8.9%
8.1%
9.8%
8.8%

COUNTY
Statewide