Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Elizabethtown fell 0.0 percentage points in October 2019 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Elizabethtown peaked in January 2010 at 11.2% and is now 7.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in February 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Elizabethtown unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.6%	+0.1	-0.2
Kentucky	4.3%	-0.1	0.0
Elizabethtown	4.2%	0.0	+0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2019 data as November 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 4,576 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 157.

Unemployed Persons	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Elizabethtown	2,843	-36	+46

Number of Unemployed Persons

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Kentucky Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployment Rate	Elizabethtown Unemployed
November 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
October 2019	3.6%	4.3%	4.2%	2,843
September 2019	3.5%	4.4%	4.2%	2,879
August 2019	3.7%	4.4%	4.3%	2,904
July 2019	3.7%	4.3%	4.2%	2,838
June 2019	3.7%	4.1%	4.0%	2,745
May 2019	3.6%	4.0%	4.0%	2,691
April 2019	3.6%	4.0%	4.0%	2,695
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