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Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in August 2009 at 11.2% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.2% in July 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.4 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
National 8.5% -0.2 -0.9
Kentucky 9.1% -0.3 -1.2
Elizabethtown 9.6% -0.2 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, National

Elizabethtown, Kentucky monthly unemployment rate chart

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 753 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,799 in July 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 670.

Unemployed Persons December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
Elizabethtown 5,469 -142 -92

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Kentucky
Unemployment Rate
Elizabethtown
Unemployment Rate
Elizabethtown
Unemployed
January
2012
8.3%
December
2011
8.5% 9.1% 9.6% 5,469
November
2011
8.7% 9.4% 9.8% 5,611
October
2011
8.9% 9.6% 9.7% 5,562
September
2011
9.0% 9.7% 9.1% 5,241
August
2011
9.1% 9.5% 8.4% 4,868
July
2011
9.1% 9.5% 8.2% 4,799
June
2011
9.1% 9.6% 8.4% 4,914
May
2011
9.0% 9.8% 8.5% 4,973
April
2011
9.0% 10.0% 8.7% 5,061
March
2011
8.9% 10.2% 8.7% 5,037
February
2011
9.0% 10.4% 9.1% 5,229
January
2011
9.1% 10.4% 9.5% 5,470

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.