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

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