Unemployment rates fell in 66 Kentucky counties between January 2020 and January 2021, rose in 48, and stayed the same in six counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Pendleton County was one of the 66 counties thaat saw unemployment rate drop. It was 4.8% in January 2020 and is 4.6% in January 2021. It also had a drop from month-to-month from 4.8% in December 2020.
In the Northern Kentucky region, Boone County had the lowest unemployment rate at 4.4%. Pendleton County was second with its 4.6%. Campbell County was at 4.9% with Grant County having the highest at 5.3%.
Other neighboring counties were Bracken County at 5.8%, Harrison County 4.4%, Mason County 6.1% and Robertson County at 4.9%
