Union County, KY Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change Year Ago |
| 1990 | 6,631 | - | 7.0 | - |
| 1991 | 6,627 | -0.1 | 9.1 | 2.1 |
| 1992 | 6,542 | -1.3 | 8.6 | -0.4 |
| 1993 | 6,339 | -3.1 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 6,299 | -0.6 | 5.5 | -3.3 |
| 1995 | 6,206 | -1.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
| 1996 | 5,963 | -3.9 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 5,428 | -9.0 | 9.4 | 2.0 |
| 1998 | 5,400 | -0.5 | 6.4 | -3.0 |
| 1999 | 5,781 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 7,031 | 21.6 | 4.8 | -1.6 |
| 2001 | 6,976 | -0.8 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 7,214 | 3.4 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
| 2003 | 7,112 | -1.4 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 6,839 | -3.8 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| 2005 | 6,732 | -1.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| 2006 | 6,747 | 0.2 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| 2007 | 6,761 | 0.2 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 6,627 | - | 9.5 | - |
| Feb | 6,564 | - | 8.8 | - |
| Mar | 6,703 | - | 5.8 | - |
| Apr | 6,540 | - | 6.0 | - |
| May | 6,617 | - | 6.3 | - |
| Jun | 6,721 | - | 6.7 | - |
| Jul | 6,833 | - | 6.6 | - |
| Aug | 6,726 | - | 5.7 | - |
| Sep | 6,673 | - | 5.9 | - |
| Oct | 6,632 | - | 7.1 | - |
| Nov | 6,510 | - | 7.9 | - |
| Dec | 6,427 | - | 7.1 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 6,499 | -1.9 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 6,440 | -1.9 | 12.0 | 3.3 |
| Mar | 6,541 | -2.4 | 9.8 | 4.0 |
| Apr | 6,439 | -1.5 | 9.6 | 3.6 |
| May | 6,742 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 2.3 |
| Jun | 6,621 | -1.5 | 9.8 | 3.2 |
| Jul | 6,684 | -2.2 | 10.5 | 3.9 |
| Aug | 6,752 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 3.0 |
| Sep | 6,683 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 2.1 |
| Oct | 6,675 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 6,703 | 3.0 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 6,745 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| 1992-Jan | 6,686 | 2.9 | 8.4 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 6,659 | 3.4 | 8.7 | -3.3 |
| Mar | 6,637 | 1.5 | 8.2 | -1.6 |
| Apr | 6,602 | 2.5 | 7.8 | -1.8 |
| May | 6,802 | 0.9 | 7.4 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 6,704 | 1.3 | 8.6 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 6,458 | -3.4 | 10.4 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 6,506 | -3.6 | 8.9 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 6,388 | -4.4 | 8.9 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 6,314 | -5.4 | 9.0 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 6,355 | -5.2 | 9.3 | 1.9 |
| Dec | 6,396 | -5.2 | 8.4 | 1.2 |
| 1993-Jan | 6,259 | -6.4 | 9.8 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 6,121 | -8.1 | 10.8 | 2.2 |
| Mar | 6,241 | -6.0 | 9.4 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 6,080 | -7.9 | 11.6 | 3.8 |
| May | 6,419 | -5.6 | 8.9 | 1.5 |
| Jun | 6,553 | -2.3 | 9.9 | 1.3 |
| Jul | 6,584 | 2.0 | 9.1 | -1.2 |
| Aug | 6,514 | 0.1 | 8.2 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 6,412 | 0.4 | 7.8 | -1.1 |
| Oct | 6,341 | 0.4 | 7.0 | -1.9 |
| Nov | 6,194 | -2.5 | 6.5 | -2.9 |
| Dec | 6,352 | -0.7 | 6.3 | -2.1 |
| 1994-Jan | 6,149 | -1.8 | 6.9 | -2.9 |
| Feb | 6,113 | -0.1 | 6.1 | -4.7 |
| Mar | 6,135 | -1.7 | 5.6 | -3.8 |
| Apr | 6,177 | 1.6 | 5.9 | -5.7 |
| May | 6,240 | -2.8 | 5.4 | -3.5 |
| Jun | 6,442 | -1.7 | 5.1 | -4.8 |
| Jul | 6,518 | -1.0 | 5.9 | -3.2 |
| Aug | 6,378 | -2.1 | 4.8 | -3.4 |
| Sep | 6,270 | -2.2 | 5.2 | -2.6 |
| Oct | 6,359 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -1.5 |
| Nov | 6,408 | 3.5 | 4.8 | -1.7 |
| Dec | 6,395 | 0.7 | 4.4 | -2.0 |
| 1995-Jan | 6,261 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 6,275 | 2.7 | 5.9 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 6,213 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 6,200 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| May | 6,251 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 6,220 | -3.4 | 7.8 | 2.7 |
| Jul | 6,367 | -2.3 | 8.1 | 2.2 |
| Aug | 6,286 | -1.4 | 6.8 | 2.0 |
| Sep | 6,205 | -1.0 | 8.1 | 3.0 |
| Oct | 6,081 | -4.4 | 6.9 | 1.4 |
| Nov | 6,065 | -5.4 | 7.7 | 2.9 |
| Dec | 6,048 | -5.4 | 6.8 | 2.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 5,947 | -5.0 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 5,867 | -6.5 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 5,964 | -4.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 6,035 | -2.7 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| May | 6,116 | -2.2 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 6,177 | -0.7 | 6.0 | -1.8 |
| Jul | 6,188 | -2.8 | 5.2 | -2.9 |
| Aug | 6,065 | -3.5 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 5,968 | -3.8 | 8.8 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 5,847 | -3.8 | 10.2 | 3.3 |
| Nov | 5,719 | -5.7 | 11.2 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 5,657 | -6.5 | 9.9 | 3.2 |
| 1997-Jan | 5,448 | -8.4 | 10.6 | 4.1 |
| Feb | 5,412 | -7.8 | 9.6 | 2.8 |
| Mar | 5,525 | -7.4 | 9.6 | 3.5 |
| Apr | 5,446 | -9.8 | 10.2 | 4.8 |
| May | 5,404 | -11.6 | 12.0 | 6.1 |
| Jun | 5,501 | -10.9 | 12.6 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 5,480 | -11.4 | 11.9 | 6.7 |
| Aug | 5,461 | -10.0 | 9.3 | 2.1 |
| Sep | 5,347 | -10.4 | 8.4 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 5,327 | -8.9 | 6.5 | -3.7 |
| Nov | 5,389 | -5.8 | 5.7 | -5.5 |
| Dec | 5,401 | -4.5 | 5.6 | -4.3 |
| 1998-Jan | 5,314 | -2.5 | 5.4 | -5.1 |
| Feb | 5,261 | -2.8 | 5.5 | -4.1 |
| Mar | 5,280 | -4.4 | 6.4 | -3.2 |
| Apr | 5,306 | -2.6 | 5.8 | -4.5 |
| May | 5,329 | -1.4 | 8.0 | -4.0 |
| Jun | 5,505 | 0.1 | 7.9 | -4.6 |
| Jul | 5,489 | 0.2 | 7.8 | -4.1 |
| Aug | 5,446 | -0.3 | 6.3 | -3.1 |
| Sep | 5,389 | 0.8 | 5.9 | -2.6 |
| Oct | 5,478 | 2.8 | 5.2 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 5,506 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 5,495 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| 1999-Jan | 5,518 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 5,649 | 7.4 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 5,761 | 9.1 | 5.3 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 5,594 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 2.9 |
| May | 5,729 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 5,829 | 5.9 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 5,926 | 8.0 | 7.0 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 5,830 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Sep | 6,002 | 11.4 | 4.5 | -1.3 |
| Oct | 5,965 | 8.9 | 4.0 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 5,797 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 5,767 | 4.9 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| 2000-Jan | 7,008 | 27.0 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 6,995 | 23.8 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 7,075 | 22.8 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 7,119 | 27.3 | 4.0 | -4.6 |
| May | 7,098 | 23.9 | 4.6 | -3.4 |
| Jun | 7,145 | 22.6 | 4.7 | -3.0 |
| Jul | 7,104 | 19.9 | 4.5 | -2.6 |
| Aug | 7,007 | 20.2 | 4.2 | -3.1 |
| Sep | 6,991 | 16.5 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 7,005 | 17.4 | 4.3 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 7,022 | 21.1 | 5.2 | -1.2 |
| Dec | 6,797 | 17.9 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| 2001-Jan | 7,024 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
| Feb | 7,044 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 7,139 | 0.9 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 7,072 | -0.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 |
| May | 6,939 | -2.2 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 6,744 | -5.6 | 5.8 | 1.1 |
| Jul | 6,858 | -3.5 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 6,950 | -0.8 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Sep | 7,021 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 6,979 | -0.4 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 6,972 | -0.7 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 6,968 | 2.5 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| 2002-Jan | 6,951 | -1.0 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 7,037 | -0.1 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 7,098 | -0.6 | 5.4 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 7,240 | 2.4 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| May | 7,302 | 5.2 | 4.7 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 7,258 | 7.6 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 7,118 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 7,216 | 3.8 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 7,327 | 4.4 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 7,342 | 5.2 | 4.5 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 7,366 | 5.7 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 7,311 | 4.9 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| 2003-Jan | 7,284 | 4.8 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 7,204 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 7,351 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 7,271 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 1.3 |
| May | 7,049 | -3.5 | 6.7 | 2.0 |
| Jun | 6,950 | -4.2 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| Jul | 6,985 | -1.9 | 8.1 | 2.3 |
| Aug | 6,973 | -3.4 | 6.3 | 1.3 |
| Sep | 7,089 | -3.2 | 6.0 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 7,055 | -3.9 | 5.7 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 7,082 | -3.9 | 6.0 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 7,046 | -3.6 | 6.0 | 0.7 |
| 2004-Jan | 6,756 | -7.2 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 6,726 | -6.6 | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 6,833 | -7.0 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 6,904 | -5.0 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| May | 6,918 | -1.9 | 5.5 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 6,965 | 0.2 | 5.8 | -1.8 |
| Jul | 6,967 | -0.3 | 6.0 | -2.1 |
| Aug | 6,846 | -1.8 | 5.0 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 6,797 | -4.1 | 4.7 | -1.3 |
| Oct | 6,774 | -4.0 | 4.6 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 6,801 | -4.0 | 4.9 | -1.2 |
| Dec | 6,780 | -3.8 | 5.2 | -0.7 |
| 2005-Jan | 6,499 | -3.8 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 6,573 | -2.3 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 6,663 | -2.5 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 6,818 | -1.2 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| May | 6,852 | -1.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 6,815 | -2.2 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 6,879 | -1.3 | 7.1 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 6,758 | -1.3 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 6,783 | -0.2 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 6,738 | -0.5 | 5.3 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 6,703 | -1.4 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 6,705 | -1.1 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| 2006-Jan | 6,559 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 6,491 | -1.2 | 6.9 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 6,656 | -0.1 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 6,744 | -1.1 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| May | 6,755 | -1.4 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 6,822 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 6,874 | -0.1 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 6,809 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 6,814 | 0.5 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 6,819 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 6,834 | 2.0 | 5.2 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 6,788 | 1.2 | 5.1 | -0.8 |
| 2007-Jan | 6,629 | 1.1 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 6,578 | 1.3 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 6,708 | 0.8 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 6,752 | 0.1 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| May | 6,783 | 0.4 | 5.7 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 6,853 | 0.5 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 6,846 | -0.4 | 6.4 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 6,778 | -0.5 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 6,805 | -0.1 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 6,811 | -0.1 | 4.6 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 6,828 | -0.1 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 6,757 | -0.5 | 4.7 | -0.4 |
| 2008-Jan | 6,690 | 0.9 | 5.3 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 6,590 | 0.2 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Mar | - | - | - | - |
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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