Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown fell 0.4 percentage points in March 2012 to 8.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in August 2009 at 11.2% and is now 3.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.2% in July 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Kentucky	8.6%	-0.1	-1.1
Elizabethtown	8.2%	-0.4	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Elizabethtown peaked in September 2009 at 6,222. There are now 1,587 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Elizabethtown	4,635	-208	-402

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Kentucky Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.3%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	8.6%	8.2%	4,635
February 2012	8.3%	8.7%	8.6%	4,843
January 2012	8.3%	8.8%	9.2%	5,189
December 2011	8.5%	9.0%	9.6%	5,469
November 2011	8.7%	9.1%	9.8%	5,611
October 2011	8.9%	9.3%	9.7%	5,562
September 2011	9.0%	9.5%	9.1%	5,241
August 2011	9.1%	9.6%	8.4%	4,868
July 2011	9.1%	9.7%	8.2%	4,799
June 2011	9.1%	9.6%	8.4%	4,914
May 2011	9.0%	9.6%	8.5%	4,973
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	8.7%	5,061