Unemployment Rate in Boyd County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.4%
Rank #2,664/3,222 · #95 in KY
17th
Boyd 6.4%
KY 4.8% +32.3%
US 5.3% +20.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Boyd County's unemployment rate of 6.4% 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 Boyd County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,661 | Calhoun County, MI | 6.4% |
| #2,662 | Dawson County, TX | 6.4% |
| #2,663 | Josephine County, OR | 6.4% |
| #2,664 | Boyd County, KY | 6.4% |
| #2,665 | Saginaw County, MI | 6.4% |
| #2,666 | Lyon County, NV | 6.4% |
| #2,667 | Yuba County, CA | 6.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Boyd County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 6.4%, ranking #2,664 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 20.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #95 of 120. This places it in the 17th 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.