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Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in April 2020 at 18.6% and is now 14.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in July 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown 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
Elizabethtown 4.2% 0.0 -0.4
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: 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 12,611. There are now 9,899 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,611 in July 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 101.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Elizabethtown 2,712 -7 -304

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Kentucky
Unemployment Rate
Elizabethtown
Unemployment Rate
Elizabethtown
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 4.2% 2,712
December
2022
3.5% 3.9% 4.2% 2,719
November
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.2% 2,746
October
2022
3.7% 4.0% 4.1% 2,678
September
2022
3.5% 4.0% 4.0% 2,613
August
2022
3.7% 4.0% 4.0% 2,636
July
2022
3.5% 3.9% 4.0% 2,611
June
2022
3.6% 3.9% 4.1% 2,646
May
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.1% 2,689
April
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.2% 2,697
March
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.3% 2,783

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.