Unemployment Rate in Bell County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
10.1%
Rank #3,103/3,222 · #118 in KY
4th
Bell 10.1%
KY 4.8% +109.1%
US 5.3% +90.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Bell County's unemployment rate of 10.1% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Bell County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,100 | Caldwell Parish, LA | 10.1% |
| #3,101 | Dougherty County, GA | 10.1% |
| #3,102 | Madera County, CA | 10.1% |
| #3,103 | Bell County, KY | 10.1% |
| #3,104 | Tallahatchie County, MS | 10.1% |
| #3,105 | Rio Grande County, CO | 10.1% |
| #3,106 | Crittenden County, AR | 10.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Bell County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 10.1%, ranking #3,103 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 90.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #118 of 120. This places it in the 4th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.