Jobless rates rose half a percent between January and February but remain below levels recorded during the same time last year.
According to recent figures from the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training in the Education Cabinet, unemployment in Clark County rose from 5.7 percent in January to 6.4 percent in February. It was 7.1 percent in February last year.
Out of a civilian labor force of 17,701 workers, 16,562 were employed, according to the cabinet.
Meanwhile, unemployment rates dropped in 74 Kentucky counties between February 2006 and February 2007, rose in 40 counties and remained the same in six counties.
In the Bluegrass region, which includes Clark County, unemployment rates (compared to the previous month's) were: Anderson 8 percent (5.5 percent in January); Bourbon 5.7 (5.1); Boyle 7.4 (6.8); Estill 9 (8); Fayette 4.7 (4.2); Franklin 5.5 (5.1); Garrard 7.2 (6.6); Harrison 6.4 (5.7); Jessamine 5.6 (5); Lincoln 9 (8.3); Madison 5.6 (4.9); Mercer 7.5 (6.2); Nicholas 8.5 (6.7); Powell 9.5 (8.7); Scott 5.4 (4.9), and Woodford 4.7 (4).
