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Adair County jobless rate reaches 7.1% for July, 2008

Taylor, Russell, Casey show better employment; Cumberland, Metcalfe, Green worse than Adair

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Adair County's unemployment rose to 7.1% in July 2007, following a trend in the sate, which is now experiencing 6.8% unemployment, almost a full percent higher than the national 6.0% jobless rate.

In Adair and Surrounding Counties, the picture looked like this for July 2008:
  1. Taylor County, 6.6% unemployment
  2. Russell County, 6.814% unemployment
  3. Casey County, 6.806% unemployment
  4. Adair County, 7.1% unemployment
  5. Cumberland County, 7.2% unemployment
  6. Metcalfe County, 7.9% unemployment
  7. Green County, 8.0% unemployment
Metcalfe is in the Barren River Area Development District. The other six counties are in the Lake Cumberland Area Development District.



Other Lake Cumberland Counties reported for July 2008, are Clinton, with 6.5%; Pulaski with 6.8 %, Wayne with 8.4%, and McCreary, with 9.9%. McCreary's rate is the 113th worst among Kentucky 120 counties.

For Adair County, July show an big increase in civilian work force, to 9,148, third highest in the Lake Cumberland ADD. The actual number seeking work and unable to find it were 652. The July report for Adair County was up from 6.3% a year ago, and up from 6.6% in June, 2008.

Jobless rates were up in 112 of the 120 Kentucky counties from July 2007 to July 2008
Data from Kentucky Office of Unemployment and Training, Kentucky Education Cabinet, Frankfort, KY.


This story was posted on 2008-08-26 08:33:21
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