Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2019 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in January 2010 at 11.2% and is now 7.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in February 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.6%	-0.2	-0.3
Kentucky	4.0%	0.0	-0.4
Elizabethtown	4.0%	0.0	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2019 data as May 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 May 2009 at 7,419. There are now 4,731 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,686 in February 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2.

Unemployed Persons	April 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Elizabethtown	2,688	-1	-160

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Kentucky Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployed
May 2019	3.6%	—	—	—
April 2019	3.6%	4.0%	4.0%	2,688
March 2019	3.8%	4.0%	4.0%	2,689
February 2019	3.8%	4.1%	4.0%	2,686
January 2019	4.0%	4.2%	4.1%	2,741
December 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.1%	2,788
November 2018	3.7%	4.3%	4.1%	2,785
October 2018	3.8%	4.3%	4.1%	2,797
September 2018	3.7%	4.3%	4.2%	2,832
August 2018	3.8%	4.4%	4.2%	2,869
July 2018	3.9%	4.4%	4.3%	2,892
June 2018	4.0%	4.4%	4.3%	2,897