Bell County, KY Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 9,541 | - | 9.8 | - |
| 1991 | 9,233 | -3.2 | 13.2 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | 9,022 | -2.3 | 12.0 | -1.2 |
| 1993 | 9,267 | 2.7 | 10.6 | -1.4 |
| 1994 | 9,241 | -0.3 | 9.1 | -1.5 |
| 1995 | 9,416 | 1.9 | 8.0 | -1.1 |
| 1996 | 9,272 | -1.5 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| 1997 | 9,366 | 1.0 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| 1998 | 9,269 | -1.0 | 6.2 | -1.9 |
| 1999 | 9,491 | 2.4 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | 9,209 | -3.0 | 6.6 | 0.9 |
| 2001 | 8,987 | -2.4 | 8.3 | 1.7 |
| 2002 | 8,724 | -2.9 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 8,680 | -0.5 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 8,787 | 1.2 | 7.2 | -1.6 |
| 2005 | 8,680 | -1.2 | 7.6 | 0.4 |
| 2006 | 8,842 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | 8,740 | -1.1 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| 2008 | 8,647 | -1.1 | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 9,618 | - | 9.9 | - |
| Feb | 9,250 | - | 10.5 | - |
| Mar | 9,495 | - | 10.0 | - |
| Apr | 9,767 | - | 8.3 | - |
| May | 9,524 | - | 8.5 | - |
| Jun | 9,919 | - | 8.1 | - |
| Jul | 9,856 | - | 9.5 | - |
| Aug | 9,680 | - | 7.8 | - |
| Sep | 9,521 | - | 8.7 | - |
| Oct | 9,266 | - | 13.2 | - |
| Nov | 9,305 | - | 12.3 | - |
| Dec | 9,295 | - | 11.4 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 9,169 | -4.7 | 13.1 | 3.3 |
| Feb | 9,083 | -1.8 | 14.6 | 4.0 |
| Mar | 9,296 | -2.1 | 13.8 | 3.8 |
| Apr | 9,087 | -7.0 | 13.1 | 4.8 |
| May | 9,553 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 3.1 |
| Jun | 9,717 | -2.0 | 11.9 | 3.8 |
| Jul | 9,599 | -2.6 | 12.5 | 3.0 |
| Aug | 9,344 | -3.5 | 11.6 | 3.8 |
| Sep | 9,076 | -4.7 | 14.3 | 5.6 |
| Oct | 8,979 | -3.1 | 14.9 | 1.7 |
| Nov | 8,963 | -3.7 | 13.5 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 8,928 | -3.9 | 13.9 | 2.5 |
| 1992-Jan | 8,828 | -3.7 | 14.3 | 1.1 |
| Feb | 8,729 | -3.9 | 13.9 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 8,902 | -4.2 | 12.7 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 8,959 | -1.4 | 11.9 | -1.3 |
| May | 9,235 | -3.3 | 11.1 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 9,227 | -5.0 | 11.3 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 9,176 | -4.4 | 10.1 | -2.4 |
| Aug | 9,150 | -2.1 | 10.2 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 8,961 | -1.3 | 11.7 | -2.6 |
| Oct | 8,951 | -0.3 | 11.9 | -3.0 |
| Nov | 9,109 | 1.6 | 11.2 | -2.3 |
| Dec | 9,037 | 1.2 | 14.1 | 0.2 |
| 1993-Jan | 9,038 | 2.4 | 13.7 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 8,927 | 2.3 | 13.4 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 9,071 | 1.9 | 11.6 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 9,246 | 3.2 | 11.1 | -0.7 |
| May | 9,283 | 0.5 | 10.7 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 9,543 | 3.4 | 10.6 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 9,531 | 3.9 | 9.4 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 9,476 | 3.6 | 9.2 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 9,227 | 3.0 | 9.3 | -2.4 |
| Oct | 9,227 | 3.1 | 9.0 | -2.9 |
| Nov | 9,295 | 2.0 | 9.5 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 9,345 | 3.4 | 9.4 | -4.7 |
| 1994-Jan | 9,361 | 3.6 | 10.5 | -3.2 |
| Feb | 9,190 | 2.9 | 10.7 | -2.7 |
| Mar | 9,079 | 0.1 | 9.8 | -1.9 |
| Apr | 9,033 | -2.3 | 9.3 | -1.8 |
| May | 9,167 | -1.2 | 9.1 | -1.7 |
| Jun | 9,413 | -1.4 | 9.7 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 9,373 | -1.7 | 8.3 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 9,348 | -1.4 | 8.1 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 9,146 | -0.9 | 8.5 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 9,217 | -0.1 | 8.2 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 9,237 | -0.6 | 8.9 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 9,323 | -0.2 | 8.3 | -1.1 |
| 1995-Jan | 9,322 | -0.4 | 9.1 | -1.3 |
| Feb | 9,294 | 1.1 | 9.0 | -1.7 |
| Mar | 9,319 | 2.6 | 9.0 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 9,369 | 3.7 | 8.4 | -0.9 |
| May | 9,392 | 2.5 | 8.0 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 9,551 | 1.5 | 7.7 | -1.9 |
| Jul | 9,497 | 1.3 | 7.3 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 9,275 | -0.8 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 9,481 | 3.7 | 8.0 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 9,564 | 3.8 | 7.0 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 9,500 | 2.8 | 7.0 | -1.8 |
| Dec | 9,427 | 1.1 | 7.8 | -0.5 |
| 1996-Jan | 9,076 | -2.6 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 9,105 | -2.0 | 8.7 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 9,190 | -1.4 | 7.4 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 9,237 | -1.4 | 6.8 | -1.6 |
| May | 9,262 | -1.4 | 7.3 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 9,476 | -0.8 | 7.6 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 9,552 | 0.6 | 6.5 | -0.9 |
| Aug | 9,307 | 0.3 | 6.7 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 9,178 | -3.2 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 9,236 | -3.4 | 8.3 | 1.3 |
| Nov | 9,338 | -1.7 | 9.2 | 2.2 |
| Dec | 9,305 | -1.3 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| 1997-Jan | 9,239 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 9,145 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 9,258 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 2.0 |
| Apr | 9,286 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 1.6 |
| May | 9,342 | 0.9 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 9,471 | -0.1 | 8.9 | 1.3 |
| Jul | 9,505 | -0.5 | 7.8 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 9,434 | 1.4 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 9,456 | 3.0 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 9,273 | 0.4 | 6.9 | -1.4 |
| Nov | 9,468 | 1.4 | 6.5 | -2.8 |
| Dec | 9,509 | 2.2 | 6.6 | -2.2 |
| 1998-Jan | 9,467 | 2.5 | 7.2 | -3.1 |
| Feb | 9,357 | 2.3 | 6.9 | -3.1 |
| Mar | 9,317 | 0.6 | 7.1 | -2.4 |
| Apr | 9,317 | 0.3 | 5.4 | -3.1 |
| May | 9,275 | -0.7 | 6.5 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 9,216 | -2.7 | 7.0 | -1.9 |
| Jul | 9,289 | -2.3 | 6.2 | -1.6 |
| Aug | 9,176 | -2.7 | 6.2 | -1.5 |
| Sep | 9,201 | -2.7 | 5.8 | -1.9 |
| Oct | 9,079 | -2.1 | 5.5 | -1.5 |
| Nov | 9,264 | -2.2 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 9,264 | -2.6 | 5.4 | -1.2 |
| 1999-Jan | 9,094 | -3.9 | 6.6 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 8,976 | -4.1 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 9,044 | -2.9 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 9,288 | -0.3 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 9,511 | 2.5 | 5.4 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 9,743 | 5.7 | 5.3 | -1.7 |
| Jul | 9,625 | 3.6 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 9,694 | 5.6 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 9,752 | 6.0 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 9,587 | 5.6 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 9,769 | 5.5 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 9,809 | 5.9 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| 2000-Jan | 9,267 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 9,125 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 9,180 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 9,306 | 0.2 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| May | 9,168 | -3.6 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 9,364 | -3.9 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 9,175 | -4.7 | 6.0 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 9,060 | -6.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 9,206 | -5.6 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 9,086 | -5.2 | 7.2 | 2.1 |
| Nov | 9,202 | -5.8 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 9,370 | -4.5 | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| 2001-Jan | 9,070 | -2.1 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
| Feb | 9,017 | -1.2 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 9,172 | -0.1 | 8.9 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 9,113 | -2.1 | 8.4 | 2.9 |
| May | 9,225 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 1.5 |
| Jun | 9,088 | -2.9 | 8.1 | 1.8 |
| Jul | 9,081 | -1.0 | 7.9 | 1.9 |
| Aug | 8,825 | -2.6 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
| Sep | 8,864 | -3.7 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 8,832 | -2.8 | 8.1 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 8,795 | -4.4 | 8.6 | 2.3 |
| Dec | 8,767 | -6.4 | 8.3 | 1.7 |
| 2002-Jan | 8,630 | -4.9 | 10.3 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 8,704 | -3.5 | 10.0 | 1.6 |
| Mar | 8,657 | -5.6 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 8,643 | -5.2 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
| May | 8,701 | -5.7 | 8.0 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 8,752 | -3.7 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 8,814 | -2.9 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 8,723 | -1.2 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 8,792 | -0.8 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 8,693 | -1.6 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 8,790 | -0.1 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 8,789 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| 2003-Jan | 8,424 | -2.4 | 10.4 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 8,461 | -2.8 | 10.6 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 8,557 | -1.2 | 9.7 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 8,702 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| May | 8,743 | 0.5 | 9.3 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 8,821 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 8,857 | 0.5 | 8.6 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 8,745 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 8,669 | -1.4 | 7.8 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 8,679 | -0.2 | 7.5 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 8,729 | -0.7 | 7.6 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 8,776 | -0.1 | 7.4 | -1.5 |
| 2004-Jan | 8,715 | 3.5 | 8.2 | -2.1 |
| Feb | 8,676 | 2.5 | 8.3 | -2.3 |
| Mar | 8,698 | 1.6 | 8.6 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 8,824 | 1.4 | 7.0 | -1.6 |
| May | 8,930 | 2.1 | 7.3 | -2.0 |
| Jun | 8,968 | 1.7 | 7.8 | -1.9 |
| Jul | 8,785 | -0.8 | 7.0 | -1.7 |
| Aug | 8,626 | -1.4 | 6.9 | -1.6 |
| Sep | 8,944 | 3.2 | 5.9 | -2.0 |
| Oct | 8,727 | 0.6 | 6.1 | -1.4 |
| Nov | 8,787 | 0.7 | 6.3 | -1.3 |
| Dec | 8,765 | -0.1 | 6.6 | -0.8 |
| 2005-Jan | 8,440 | -3.2 | 7.9 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 8,437 | -2.8 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 8,550 | -1.7 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 8,569 | -2.9 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| May | 8,596 | -3.7 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 8,675 | -3.3 | 8.1 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 8,716 | -0.8 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 8,694 | 0.8 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 8,679 | -3.0 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 8,870 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 9,000 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 8,934 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
| 2006-Jan | 8,753 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 8,788 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 8,889 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 8,866 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 0.7 |
| May | 8,872 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 8,907 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 8,840 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 8,786 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 8,786 | 1.2 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 8,849 | -0.2 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 8,845 | -1.7 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 8,918 | -0.2 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 8,724 | -0.3 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 8,654 | -1.5 | 9.7 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 8,802 | -1.0 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 8,845 | -0.2 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| May | 8,719 | -1.7 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 8,699 | -2.3 | 8.9 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 8,765 | -0.8 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 8,687 | -1.1 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 8,759 | -0.3 | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 8,682 | -1.9 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 8,781 | -0.7 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 8,763 | -1.7 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| 2008-Jan | 8,620 | -1.2 | 9.0 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 8,570 | -1.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 8,665 | -1.6 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
| Apr | 8,753 | -1.0 | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 8,686 | -0.4 | 9.6 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 8,662 | -0.4 | 10.0 | 1.1 |
| Jul | 8,688 | -0.9 | 9.5 | 1.2 |
| Aug | 8,608 | -0.9 | 9.0 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 8,658 | -1.2 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 8,593 | -1.0 | 8.6 | 1.7 |
| Nov | 8,639 | -1.6 | 8.8 | 1.5 |
| Dec | 8,618 | -1.7 | 9.0 | 1.1 |
| 2009-Jan | 8,435 | -2.1 | 10.7 | 1.7 |
| Feb | 8,408 | -1.9 | 12.1 | 2.5 |
| Mar | 8,433 | -2.7 | 11.9 | 2.7 |
| Apr | 8,477 | -3.2 | 10.9 | 3.1 |
| May | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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