Unemployment down in all nine Pennyrile counties last month

Unemployment fell in all nine Pennyrile counties from February to March.

Christian County’s jobless rate was 4.5 percent, down from 5.1 percent in February and down three tenths from a year ago. It equated to 1,118 people who were looking for work and unable to find it.

Todd County now has the third-lowest unemployment rate in the Pennyrile at 3.7 percent, down from 3.9 percent in February and up from 3.3 percent a year ago.

The jobless rate in Trigg County was 4.6 percent, down seven-tenths from February and down a tenth from March of last year.

Kentucky’s jobless rate was 3.8 percent last month and the national average was 3.6 percent.