Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Louisville rose 0.2 percentage points in April 2018 to 3.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Kentucky rate. The unemployment rate in Louisville peaked in December 2009 at 10.4% and is now 6.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.3% in January 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Louisville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
Kentucky	4.0%	0.0	-1.2
Louisville	3.6%	+0.2	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2018 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Louisville, Kentucky, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Louisville, Kentucky Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Louisville peaked in February 2010 at 64,650. There are now 40,507 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 21,777 in January 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,366. Louisville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Louisville, Kentucky) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Louisville	24,143	+1,167	-3,979

Number of Unemployed Persons

Louisville, Kentucky Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Kentucky Unemployment Rate	Louisville Unemployment Rate	Louisville Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	4.1%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	4.0%	3.6%	24,143
March 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.4%	22,976
February 2018	4.1%	4.1%	3.4%	22,502
January 2018	4.1%	4.3%	3.3%	21,777
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.6%	23,993
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.7%	24,575
October 2017	4.1%	4.6%	3.8%	25,294
September 2017	4.2%	4.7%	4.0%	26,500
August 2017	4.4%	4.9%	4.2%	28,062
July 2017	4.3%	5.0%	4.3%	28,753
June 2017	4.3%	5.1%	4.3%	28,371