Unemployment Rate in Lee County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,815/3,222 · #60 in KY
44th
Lee 4.7%
KY 4.8% -2.5%
US 5.3% -11.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lee County's unemployment rate of 4.7% 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 Lee County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,812 | Jackson County, WI | 4.7% |
| #1,813 | Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | 4.7% |
| #1,814 | Elmore County, ID | 4.7% |
| #1,815 | Lee County, KY | 4.7% |
| #1,816 | Buckingham County, VA | 4.7% |
| #1,817 | Hardin County, TN | 4.7% |
| #1,818 | Davie County, NC | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lee County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,815 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 11.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #60 of 120. This places it in the 44th 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.