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Unemployed Workers in Civilian Labor Force

People in the noninstitutional civilian labor force (aged 16+) who are unemployed as a percent of the total non-institutional civilian labor force. Unemployed persons are those who were not employed during the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.

  • Measurement Period: 2021
Unemployed Workers in Civilian Labor Force
6.2%
KY VALUE
(4.7%)
US VALUE
(5.3%)
TREND
RANGE: 3.4%<12.5%

Understanding the color Range

Each Health Indicator includes five-color range indexes. The color range index compares all counties in the state that have the same indicator in the same timeframe. It then calculates where the selected county falls in that range and displays the color that best reflects how the county is doing in comparison to the other counties in the filtered group. The range displays the highest and lowest county values within the state that have the same indicator for the same measurement period.

Current county values will be compared to State and National values if they are available.

Green and red arrows indicate that the county value is better or worse than the state or national value. The arrows will change directions and colors based on which end of the range is positive.
This icon simply means that the county value is equal to the state or national value.
Some indicators display blue, which means the data is not meant for health-status comparison, but is intended simply to provide information.
If history data is available the trend icon will point up or down based on its relationship to the last county value.
History
Dimensions 2021
Dimension Low Value High Number of Counties Compared
CDC Treatment Guidelines
Source
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/lau/

Methodology

The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program is a Federal-State cooperative effort in which monthly estimates of total employment and unemployment are prepared for approximately 7,300 areas. This includes: census regions and divisions, states, metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New England city and town areas (NECTAs),metropolitan divisions, NECTA divisions, metropolitan statistical areas, micropolitan NECTAs, Combined metropolitan statistical Areas and combined NECTAs, small labor market areas, counties and county equivalents, cities of 25,000 population or more, cities and towns in New England regardless of population.