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County jobless rates released for December 2013

Adair, Green, Metcalfe, and Taylor County show improvements in job picture, in figures just released by the Kim Saylor Brannock of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

7-County Area Unemployment Comparison
December 2012 vs December 2013; ranked best to worst joblessness, December 2013
  1. Taylor Co. unemployment, down from 7.2%, 2012, to 6.9%, 2013
  2. Green Co, unemployment, down from 7.4%, 2012, to 7.0%, 2013
  3. Casey Co. unemployment, up from 7.5%, 2012, to 7.6%, 2013
  4. Metcalfe Co. unemployment, up from 8.1%, 2012, to 8.4%, 2013
  5. Adair Co. unemployment down from 9.0%, 2012, to 8.6%, 2013
  6. Cumberland Co. unemployment, down from 10.4%, 2012, to 9.3%, 2013
  7. Russell Co. unemployment, up from 8.9%, 2012, to 9.4%, 2013
The U.S. unemployment rate for December 2013 was 6.6%. The rate for the Lake Cumberland Area Development District rate for December 2013 was 8.6%. The rate for the Barren River Area Development District, which includes Metcalfe County, was 6.6% for December 2013, the same as that for the united States, and better than the Statewide Unemployment Rate of 7.4




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