Unemployment Rate in Butler County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.4%
Rank #1,558/3,222 · #47 in KY
52th
Butler 4.4%
KY 4.8% -9.8%
US 5.3% -17.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Butler County's unemployment rate of 4.4% 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 Butler County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,555 | Midland County, MI | 4.4% |
| #1,556 | Parke County, IN | 4.4% |
| #1,557 | McCormick County, SC | 4.4% |
| #1,558 | Butler County, KY | 4.4% |
| #1,559 | Hamilton County, TN | 4.4% |
| #1,560 | Victoria County, TX | 4.4% |
| #1,561 | Llano County, TX | 4.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Butler County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 4.4%, ranking #1,558 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.7% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #47 of 120. This places it in the 52th 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.