FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say annual unemployment rates fell in 86 of the state's counties in 2016 compared to 2015. Annual rates rose in 26 counties and stayed the same in eight.
The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training says Woodford County had the state's lowest annual jobless rate in 2016 at 3.2 percent.
It was followed by Oldham County at 3.4 percent; Fayette and Shelby counties at 3.5 percent each; and Scott County at 3.7 percent.
Officials say Magoffin County had the state's highest annual unemployment rate in 2016 at 18.8 percent. It was followed by Leslie County at 13 percent; Harlan County at 12.1 percent; Letcher County at 11.9 percent; Knott County at 11.2 percent.
They say Russell County had the state's largest drop in its annual jobless rate.
