Very High Unemployment Area
Owsley County, KY Current Unemployment - 7.3%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
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1990
Owsley County, KY Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2022
7.0%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.6%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.9%
4.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
6.7%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.7%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
7.9%
4.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
7.7%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
7.3%
3.7%
3.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2021
7.3%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.3%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.8%
5.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.7%
3.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.0%
3.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.5%
5.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.7%
5.2%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.5%
4.5%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.2%
4.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.3%
4.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.1%
3.8%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.4%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2020
7.1%
4.8%
3.6%
2 / 2020
7.2%
4.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
8.6%
5.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
12.2%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
8.5%
10.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
4.9%
5.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
6.8%
5.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
5.9%
7.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.4%
5.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.8%
6.9%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.6%
5.1%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.4%
5.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2019
8.2%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.1%
4.8%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.8%
4.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.5%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.7%
4.2%
3.6%
6 / 2019
7.4%
4.8%
3.7%
7 / 2019
7.4%
4.8%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.6%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
6.3%
3.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.7%
3.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.2%
3.8%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.3%
3.9%
3.5%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2018
7.6%
4.8%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.9%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.8%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.8%
4.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.0%
4.3%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.8%
4.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.7%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
7.4%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
7.1%
4.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.9%
3.9%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.2%
3.6%
3.7%
12 / 2018
7.2%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2017
10.1%
5.9%
4.7%
2 / 2017
10.1%
5.8%
4.7%
3 / 2017
9.3%
5.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
8.0%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.1%
5.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
9.6%
5.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
9.1%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.1%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.4%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.8%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.5%
3.9%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.7%
3.9%
4.1%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2016
11.6%
5.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
12.1%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2016
11.3%
5.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.9%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
9.6%
4.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
10.1%
5.5%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.9%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.9%
4.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.9%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.9%
4.7%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.3%
4.5%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.6%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2015
10.2%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.8%
6.0%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.7%
5.8%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.4%
4.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.0%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.3%
5.6%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.7%
5.7%
5.2%
8 / 2015
11.5%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 2015
11.6%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
11.2%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
10.7%
4.8%
5.1%
12 / 2015
11.1%
5.0%
5.0%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2014
12.6%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 2014
13.6%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.7%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.4%
6.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.8%
6.8%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.4%
6.7%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.2%
6.7%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.3%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.3%
5.4%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.3%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.8%
5.1%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.4%
4.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2013
14.1%
8.9%
8.0%
2 / 2013
14.3%
8.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
13.6%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
12.1%
7.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.0%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.7%
8.4%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.3%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
12.3%
7.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
12.1%
7.7%
7.2%
11 / 2013
11.9%
7.4%
6.9%
12 / 2013
11.6%
7.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2012
12.8%
9.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.2%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.4%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.0%
7.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.7%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.8%
8.4%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.7%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.7%
8.2%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.2%
7.8%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.1%
7.5%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.5%
7.4%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.3%
7.8%
7.9%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2011
14.6%
10.7%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.4%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.8%
10.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.8%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.2%
9.4%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.8%
9.7%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.7%
9.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.0%
9.1%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.0%
9.1%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.3%
8.6%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.1%
8.3%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.5%
8.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2010
14.6%
11.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.8%
11.9%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.8%
11.0%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.0%
10.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.2%
10.0%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.8%
10.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.5%
10.1%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.1%
9.8%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.7%
9.6%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.1%
9.4%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.9%
9.7%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.1%
9.5%
9.3%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2009
9.4%
10.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.7%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.2%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.9%
10.0%
9.0%
5 / 2009
11.1%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.1%
11.0%
9.5%
7 / 2009
11.3%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.0%
10.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.6%
10.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.4%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.3%
9.8%
9.9%
12 / 2009
9.6%
10.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2008
8.6%
5.9%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.7%
6.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.4%
6.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.1%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.8%
5.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.3%
6.5%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.2%
6.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.4%
6.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.7%
6.6%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.1%
6.5%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.7%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.2%
7.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2007
11.2%
6.3%
4.6%
2 / 2007
12.3%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
10.5%
5.9%
4.4%
4 / 2007
9.6%
5.1%
4.5%
5 / 2007
9.0%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.0%
5.4%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.8%
5.5%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.9%
5.0%
4.6%
9 / 2007
8.5%
5.0%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.4%
4.8%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.5%
4.7%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.3%
5.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2006
9.4%
6.5%
4.7%
2 / 2006
9.0%
6.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.9%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.2%
5.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.0%
5.6%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.5%
5.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.0%
6.0%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.4%
5.4%
4.7%
9 / 2006
8.1%
5.3%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.4%
4.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.3%
5.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
9.2%
5.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2005
7.6%
6.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.0%
6.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.4%
6.2%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.5%
5.6%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.4%
5.9%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.6%
6.2%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.7%
6.1%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.5%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.9%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.4%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.1%
5.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.2%
5.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2004
9.5%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.1%
6.5%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.8%
6.3%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.2%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.3%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.9%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.8%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.2%
4.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.7%
4.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.1%
4.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.1%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.2%
4.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2003
8.7%
6.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.9%
7.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.7%
6.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.3%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.5%
6.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.7%
6.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.6%
6.5%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.3%
5.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.8%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.5%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.8%
5.6%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.8%
5.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2002
8.8%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.4%
6.5%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.2%
6.2%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.7%
5.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.8%
5.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.8%
5.8%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.9%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.1%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.2%
5.2%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.0%
5.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.5%
5.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.6%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2001
7.4%
5.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.3%
5.3%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.8%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.0%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.1%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.5%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.8%
5.2%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.2%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.4%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.5%
5.2%
5.3%
11 / 2001
8.0%
5.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.7%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 2000
7.4%
4.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.6%
5.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.4%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.7%
3.7%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.6%
4.1%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.3%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.0%
4.2%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.9%
3.9%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.5%
3.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.7%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.7%
4.1%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.3%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1999
7.0%
5.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.8%
5.4%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.4%
5.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.4%
4.4%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.8%
4.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.0%
4.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
4.4%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 1999
4.2%
4.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.3%
4.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.7%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.7%
3.8%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.3%
3.8%
4.0%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1998
5.1%
5.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.6%
5.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.2%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 1998
3.1%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.2%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.0%
5.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
3.7%
4.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.9%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.2%
4.4%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.2%
4.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.3%
4.2%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.5%
4.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1997
8.8%
6.8%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.1%
6.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.8%
6.3%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.0%
5.2%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.7%
5.3%
4.9%
6 / 1997
5.2%
5.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
3.9%
5.3%
4.9%
8 / 1997
4.5%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.8%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.2%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.4%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.1%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1996
8.0%
6.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
5.7%
6.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.1%
5.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
4.4%
5.2%
5.6%
5 / 1996
4.1%
5.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
5.0%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 1996
4.3%
5.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
4.7%
4.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
4.8%
4.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.2%
5.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.3%
5.6%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.3%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1995
5.3%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.1%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.5%
5.5%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.6%
5.2%
5.8%
5 / 1995
5.9%
5.4%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.1%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.8%
5.7%
5.7%
8 / 1995
7.0%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.7%
5.3%
5.6%
10 / 1995
5.4%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.2%
5.0%
5.6%
12 / 1995
4.4%
4.8%
5.6%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1994
6.8%
6.4%
6.6%
2 / 1994
6.6%
6.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
5.7%
6.1%
6.5%
4 / 1994
4.1%
5.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
4.0%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
4.3%
5.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
4.1%
5.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
4.1%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.2%
5.0%
5.9%
10 / 1994
3.4%
4.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.1%
4.6%
5.6%
12 / 1994
3.1%
4.6%
5.5%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1993
7.1%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
7.0%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
6.1%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.4%
6.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
5.5%
6.6%
7.1%
6 / 1993
5.2%
6.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
7.6%
6.3%
6.9%
8 / 1993
3.7%
5.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.2%
5.5%
6.7%
10 / 1993
3.2%
5.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.0%
5.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
3.2%
4.9%
6.5%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1992
11.5%
7.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.4%
8.1%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.5%
7.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
7.7%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
7.0%
6.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
8.7%
7.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.9%
7.0%
7.7%
8 / 1992
7.3%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
7.0%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
6.2%
6.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
6.7%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.0%
6.3%
7.4%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1991
7.9%
7.6%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.3%
8.4%
6.6%
3 / 1991
9.2%
8.1%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.1%
7.2%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.1%
7.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.8%
7.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.8%
7.3%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.8%
6.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.5%
6.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.8%
6.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.7%
6.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.1%
6.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Owsley County, KY%
Kentucky%
National %
1 / 1990
10.9%
6.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.0%
6.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
10.3%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
11.4%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 1990
11.5%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.7%
6.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
6.2%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.5%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.7%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.5%
5.5%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.4%
6.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.3%
6.3%
6.3%