Unemployment Rate in Monroe County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.0%
Rank #1,339/3,222 · #32 in KY
58th
Monroe 4.0%
KY 4.8% -16.6%
US 5.3% -23.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's unemployment rate of 4.0% 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 Monroe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,336 | Abbeville County, SC | 4.0% |
| #1,337 | White Pine County, NV | 4.0% |
| #1,338 | Irwin County, GA | 4.0% |
| #1,339 | Monroe County, KY | 4.0% |
| #1,340 | Greene County, AL | 4.0% |
| #1,341 | Lamar County, GA | 4.0% |
| #1,342 | Lamar County, TX | 4.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Monroe County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 4.0%, ranking #1,339 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 23.9% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #32 of 120. This places it in the 58th 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.