Unemployment rates for 2023 in the Lincoln Trail District landed mostly where they were in 2022.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics says annual unemployment averages in 2023 went up in 80 counties, went down in 22 counties, and stayed the same in 18 counties compared to 2022.
Hardin County’s unemployment average for 2023 was 4.1 percent. That’s a slight decrease from the 4.2 percent average for 2022. Hardin County’s combined labor force in 2023 was 47,422 people, an increase of about 600 from the year before.
The unemployment average for the Lincoln Trail District also decreased from 4.2 percent to 4.1 percent from 2022 to 2023. Breckinridge County had the highest unemployment average in the district at 4.9 percent, while Washington County had the lowest average in the district, and tied for the second lowest average in the state, at 3.3 percent. Six of the eight Lincoln Trail District counties reported lower average rates.
The statewide unemployment average for 2023 was 4.2 percent, while the national unemployment average was 3.6 percent.
Learn more about the Kentucky labor market by visiting the Kentucky Center for Statistics online.
