Correction – The headline and first sentence of the earlier issued June Kentucky county unemployment rate release are incorrect. The charts in the Editors Note are correct. The corrected release is below.

Kentucky Education Cabinet

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Kim Saylor Brannock (502) 564-6606 ext. 130

EDITORS NOTE: June county unemployment rate charts are posted at http://workforce.ky.gov/June06charts.pdf. Acrobat Reader is required to view charts. To download Acrobat Reader, please see the end of this news release.

Jobless rates down in 61 counties from June 2005 to June 2006

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 2, 2006) — Unemployment rates fell in 61 Kentucky counties between June 2005 and June 2006, rose in 45 counties and stayed the same in 14 counties, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training in the Education Cabinet.

In June 2006, seven counties had a jobless rate at or above 10 percent compared to four counties that recorded double-digit rates in June 2005.

Boone County’s 4.3 percent jobless rate was the lowest in the commonwealth. Other low rates were recorded in Spencer County, 4.4 percent; Oldham, Shelby and Woodford counties, 4.6 percent each; Gallatin County, 4.8 percent; Fayette and Grant counties, 4.9 percent each; Jessamine, Kenton, and Scott and Trigg counties, 5 percent each.

McCreary County recorded the state’s highest unemployment rate—11.1 percent. It was followed by Magoffin County, 11 percent; Wolfe County 10.8 percent; Clay and Muhlenberg counties, 10.6 percent each; Elliott County, 10.1 percent; Leslie County, 10 percent; Jackson County, 9.7 percent; Todd County, 9.6 percent; and Harlan and Lee counties, 9.3 percent each.

Unemployment statistics are based on estimates and are compiled to measure trends rather than actually to count people working. Civilian labor force statistics include non-military workers and unemployed Kentuckians who are actively seeking work. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians who have not looked for employment within the past four weeks. The statistics in this news release are not seasonally adjusted to allow for comparisons between United States, state and counties figures.

Learn more about the Office of Employment and Training at www.workforce.ky.gov.

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