Unemployment decreases in all 120 Kentucky counties in December

Unemployment rates in the Lincoln Trail District, and Kentucky as a whole, saw declines in December.

The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in all 120 counties when comparing December 2025 with December 2024.

The state unemployment average for December was 3.5 percent. That’s down from the 4.4 percent average reported in November 2025 and from the December 2024 average of 5 percent.

Hardin County’s unemployment rate for December came in above the state average at 4.1 percent. That is a decrease from the November rate of 5 percent and from December 2024 when the rate was reported at 5.5 percent.

The unemployment average for the Lincoln Trail District in December was 3.8 percent. Grayson County posted the highest unemployment rate in the district at 4.6 percent. Washington County posted the lowest unemployment rate in the district, and tied for the seventh-lowest rate in the state, at 3 percent.

Learn more about how the unemployment rate is calculated and find more labor market information by visiting kystats.ky.gov.