Unemployment Rate in Wolfe County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.1%
Rank #3,174/3,222 · #120 in KY
1th
Wolfe 13.1%
KY 4.8% +171.5%
US 5.3% +147.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Wolfe County's unemployment rate of 13.1% 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 Wolfe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,171 | San Sebastián Municipio, PR | 13.0% |
| #3,172 | Lares Municipio, PR | 13.0% |
| #3,173 | Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR | 13.1% |
| #3,174 | Wolfe County, KY | 13.1% |
| #3,175 | Manatí Municipio, PR | 13.2% |
| #3,176 | Jasper County, TX | 13.2% |
| #3,177 | Big Horn County, MT | 13.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Wolfe County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 13.1%, ranking #3,174 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 147.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #120 of 120. This places it in the 1th 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.