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Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown rose 0.1 percentage points in November 2023 to 4.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in April 2020 at 18.7% and is now 14.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in April 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Kentucky 4.3% +0.1 +0.4
Elizabethtown 4.4% +0.1 +0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December 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 April 2020 at 12,757. There are now 9,959 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,549 in June 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 249.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Elizabethtown 2,798 +69 +119

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Kentucky
Unemployment Rate
Elizabethtown
Unemployment Rate
Elizabethtown
Unemployed
December
2023
3.7%
November
2023
3.7% 4.3% 4.4% 2,798
October
2023
3.8% 4.2% 4.3% 2,729
September
2023
3.8% 4.1% 4.2% 2,701
August
2023
3.8% 4.0% 4.1% 2,622
July
2023
3.5% 3.9% 4.0% 2,556
June
2023
3.6% 3.8% 4.0% 2,549
May
2023
3.7% 3.8% 4.0% 2,567
April
2023
3.4% 3.7% 4.0% 2,572
March
2023
3.5% 3.8% 4.1% 2,621
February
2023
3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 2,708
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 4.2% 2,669

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.