Unemployment Rate in Breathitt County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.3%
Rank #3,055/3,222 · #116 in KY
5th
Breathitt 9.3%
KY 4.8% +92.7%
US 5.3% +75.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Breathitt County's unemployment rate of 9.3% 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 Breathitt County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,052 | Wilbarger County, TX | 9.3% |
| #3,053 | Clay County, KY | 9.3% |
| #3,054 | Tulare County, CA | 9.3% |
| #3,055 | Breathitt County, KY | 9.3% |
| #3,056 | Braxton County, WV | 9.3% |
| #3,057 | Lander County, NV | 9.4% |
| #3,058 | San Juan County, CO | 9.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Breathitt County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 9.3%, ranking #3,055 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 75.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #116 of 120. This places it in the 5th 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.