Unemployment Rate in Lewis County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.0%
Rank #2,546/3,222 · #88 in KY
21th
Lewis 6.0%
KY 4.8% +24.8%
US 5.3% +13.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lewis County's unemployment rate of 6.0% 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 Lewis County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,543 | Portsmouth city, VA | 6.0% |
| #2,544 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 6.0% |
| #2,545 | Aiken County, SC | 6.0% |
| #2,546 | Lewis County, KY | 6.0% |
| #2,547 | Greene County, IN | 6.0% |
| #2,548 | Guaynabo Municipio, PR | 6.0% |
| #2,549 | Lowndes County, MS | 6.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lewis County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 6.0%, ranking #2,546 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 13.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #88 of 120. This places it in the 21th 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.