Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2018 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in January 2010 at 11.3% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.7% in January 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Kentucky	4.1%	-0.2	-1.0
Elizabethtown	3.7%	0.0	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March 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 7,432. There are now 4,947 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,427 in January 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 58.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Elizabethtown	2,485	+58	-608

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Kentucky Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.1%	3.7%	2,485
January 2018	4.1%	4.3%	3.7%	2,427
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.0%	2,710
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%	2,998
October 2017	4.1%	4.6%	4.6%	3,124
September 2017	4.2%	4.7%	4.7%	3,207
August 2017	4.4%	4.9%	5.3%	3,611
July 2017	4.3%	5.0%	5.4%	3,731
June 2017	4.3%	5.1%	5.1%	3,456
May 2017	4.3%	5.1%	4.7%	3,231
April 2017	4.4%	5.2%	5.0%	3,407