Kentucky’s unemployment rate was down slightly from March to April and down significantly from a year ago when the pandemic was shutting the commonwealth down.
The state’s April jobless rate was 4.7 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics.
That was down by three tenths of a point from March and down 12.2 percentage points from the 16.9 percent recorded for the state one year ago when the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 had the largest impact on the state’s economy.
The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April was 6.1 percent, up from the 6% reported in March 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.