Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Louisville fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Louisville peaked in December 2009 at 10.8% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Louisville 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
Louisville	9.4%	-0.1	-1.0

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: Louisville, Kentucky, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Louisville, Kentucky Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Louisville peaked in December 2009 at 68,500. There are now 7,466 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Louisville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Louisville, Kentucky) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Louisville	61,034	-1,035	-5,100

Number of Unemployed Persons

Louisville, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Kentucky Unemployment Rate	Louisville Unemployment Rate	Louisville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.1%	9.4%	61,034
November 2011	8.7%	9.4%	9.5%	62,069
October 2011	8.9%	9.6%	9.7%	62,743
September 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.7%	62,792
August 2011	9.1%	9.5%	9.5%	61,555
July 2011	9.1%	9.5%	9.6%	62,168
June 2011	9.1%	9.6%	9.6%	62,420
May 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.7%	63,060
April 2011	9.0%	10.0%	9.8%	63,447
March 2011	8.9%	10.2%	9.8%	63,057
February 2011	9.0%	10.4%	10.1%	64,336
January 2011	9.1%	10.4%	10.3%	65,670