Unemployment Rate in Carter County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.3%
Rank #2,200/3,222 · #77 in KY
32th
Carter 5.3%
KY 4.8% +9.8%
US 5.3% +0.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Carter County's unemployment rate of 5.3% 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 Carter County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,197 | Mitchell County, TX | 5.3% |
| #2,198 | Preston County, WV | 5.3% |
| #2,199 | Montmorency County, MI | 5.3% |
| #2,200 | Carter County, KY | 5.3% |
| #2,201 | Wise County, TX | 5.3% |
| #2,202 | Rowan County, NC | 5.3% |
| #2,203 | Morgan County, CO | 5.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Carter County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 5.3%, ranking #2,200 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #77 of 120. This places it in the 32th 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.