WACO —
Unemployment rates fell in 98 of Kentucky’s 120 counties between August 2011 and August 2012, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.
The jobless rate worsened in 20 counties, while two other saw no change.
Although the vast majority of Kentucky counties saw improved rates from a year earlier, the statewide rate rose from 8.3 percent in July to 8.5 percent in August.
Madison County, in which the August jobless rate was 6.9 percent, was one of eight counties reporting rates of 7 percent or better.
One month earlier, the county’s unemployment rate was 7.1 percent. One year earlier, it was 7.5 percent.
Of the county’s 44,013 person labor force, 3,024 were listed as unemployed and actively seeking work in August.
Oldham County reported the state’s lowest August jobless rate, 6.5 percent. It was followed by Franklin, Scott and Union counties, 6.6 percent each; Fayette County, 6.7 percent; Boone and Jessamine counties, 6.8 percent each; Madison County, 6.9 percent; and Hancock, Ohio and Shelby counties, 7 percent each.
Fulton County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate in August — 16.7 percent. It was followed by Magoffin County, 16.6 percent; Harlan and Leslie counties, 14.3 percent each; Letcher County, 14 percent; Bell and McCreary counties, 13.8 percent each; Jackson County, 13.7 percent; Knott County, 13.2 percent; and Wolfe County, 13.1 percent.
Unemployment statistics are based on estimates and are compiled to measure trends rather than actually to count people working, the state’s report noted. Civilian labor force statistics include non-military workers and unemployed Kentuckians who are actively seeking work. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians who have not looked for employment within the past four weeks.
The statistics cited in Thursday’s news release are not seasonally adjusted to allow for comparisons between national, state and county figures.
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