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Unemployment rates in several Lincoln Trail District counties saw decreases in May.
The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 97 counties, increased in 13 counties, and stayed the same in 10 counties when comparing May 2025 with May 2024.
The state unemployment average for May was 4.4 percent. That is the same average seen in April of this year and is down slightly from the 4.6 percent average reported in May 2024. Four of the eight Lincoln Trail District counties were at or below the state unemployment average in May.
Hardin County’s unemployment rate for May was just above the state average at 4.6 percent. That is down from the 4.7 percent rate that was reported in both April of this year and May of 2024.
Grayson County posted the highest May unemployment rate in the district at 5.6 percent, followed by Breckinridge County at 5 percent. Washington County had the lowest rate in the district, and tied for the sixth-lowest rate in the state, at 3.7 percent.
Learn more about how the unemployment rate is calculated and find more labor market information by visiting kystats.ky.gov.
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