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Jobless rates fall in 115 Kentucky counties

Boone, Campbell leading the pack
Jobless rates fall in 115 Kentucky counties
Posted at 2:17 PM, Sep 28, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-28 14:17:44-04

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- State officials say unemployment rates fell in 115 Kentucky counties between August 2017 and August 2018.

The Kentucky Center for Statistics says jobless rates rose during that period in Owen, Monroe and Metcalfe counties. The rates stayed the same in Nelson and Lyon counties.

The center says the state's lowest jobless rates were in Boone, Campbell and Woodford counties at 3.1 percent each. Next were Fayette, Kenton and Oldham counties at 3.2 percent each. Scott, Shelby and Spencer counties each had 3.3 percent rates.

The state's highest unemployment rate was in Magoffin County at 11.7 percent.

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