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Bowling Green, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bowling Green fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Bowling Green peaked in April 2020 at 18.0% and is now 14.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.5% in May 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Bowling Green unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Kentucky 3.9% 0.0 -0.1
Bowling Green 3.8% 0.0 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Bowling Green, Kentucky, National

Bowling Green, Kentucky monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Bowling Green, Kentucky Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Bowling Green peaked in April 2020 at 14,524. There are now 11,352 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,904 in July 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 268.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Bowling Green 3,172 -4 -143

Number of Unemployed Persons

Bowling Green, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Kentucky
Unemployment Rate
Bowling Green
Unemployment Rate
Bowling Green
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 3.8% 3,172
December
2022
3.5% 3.9% 3.8% 3,176
November
2022
3.6% 3.9% 3.8% 3,179
October
2022
3.7% 4.0% 3.6% 3,042
September
2022
3.5% 4.0% 3.5% 2,948
August
2022
3.7% 4.0% 3.5% 2,935
July
2022
3.5% 3.9% 3.5% 2,904
June
2022
3.6% 3.9% 3.5% 2,922
May
2022
3.6% 3.8% 3.5% 2,975
April
2022
3.6% 3.8% 3.6% 3,044
March
2022
3.6% 3.8% 3.6% 3,077

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.