Unemployment Rate in Lincoln County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.5%
Rank #2,698/3,222 · #98 in KY
16th
Lincoln 6.5%
KY 4.8% +35.1%
US 5.3% +23.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lincoln County's unemployment rate of 6.5% 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 Lincoln County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,695 | Newton County, IN | 6.5% |
| #2,696 | Baltimore city, MD | 6.5% |
| #2,697 | Elliott County, KY | 6.5% |
| #2,698 | Lincoln County, KY | 6.5% |
| #2,699 | Presque Isle County, MI | 6.5% |
| #2,700 | Mineral County, WV | 6.5% |
| #2,701 | Providence County, RI | 6.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lincoln County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 6.5%, ranking #2,698 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 23.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #98 of 120. This places it in the 16th 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.