1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Unemployment Rate Percent 1990 1996 Change Kentucky 5.9 5.6 -5.1 Adair 5.9 8.9 50.8 Allen 14.1 6.5 -53.9 Anderson 3.5 4.8 37.1 Ballard 8.7 6.8 -21.8 Barren 5.3 6.6 24.5 Bath 11.6 7.2 -37.9 Bell 9.8 8.0 -18.4 Boone 3.2 4.1 28.1 Bourbon 5.7 3.4 -40.4 Boyd 6.1 7.1 16.4 Boyle 6.2 4.3 -30.6 Bracken 6.8 6.2 -8.8 Breathitt 10.8 11.4 5.6 Breckinridge 6.6 6.9 4.5 Bullitt 4.5 3.9 -13.3 Butler 10.6 7.5 -29.2 Caldwell 7.2 9.8 36.1 Calloway 5.7 4.8 -15.8 Campbell 3.4 4.4 29.4 Carlisle 8.0 6.4 -20.0 Carroll 4.4 4.7 6.8 Carter 13.1 12.3 -6.1 Casey 5.1 6.8 33.3 Christian 6.8 4.8 -29.4 Clark 6.8 4.2 -38.2 Clay 7.5 9.0 20.0 Clinton 9.6 10.5 9.4 Crittenden 8.7 7.5 -13.8 Cumberland 7.2 15.8 119.4 Daviess 5.7 5.8 1.8 Edmonson 9.1 10.2 12.1 Elliott 13.5 15.1 11.9 Estill 12.2 5.7 -53.3 Fayette 3.6 2.5 -30.6 Fleming 5.2 5.4 3.8 Floyd 8.2 10.7 30.5 Franklin 2.9 3.7 27.6 Fulton 8.8 15.0 70.5 Gallatin 4.6 5.9 28.3 Garrard 6.1 3.9 -36.1 Grant 4.4 6.0 36.4 Graves 10.6 8.2 -22.6 Grayson 8.6 7.3 -15.1 Green 4.7 7.8 66.0 Greenup 6.3 6.6 4.8 Hancock 8.7 7.0 -19.5 Hardin 6.1 5.5 -9.8 Harlan 9.2 13.7 48.9 Harrison 4.7 5.1 8.5 Hart 6.3 6.5 3.2 Henderson 5.5 7.2 30.9 Henry 3.5 4.3 22.9 Hickman 7.2 7.3 1.4 Hopkins 6.7 7.3 9.0 Jackson 11.1 6.5 -41.4 Jefferson 5.1 4.6 -9.8 Jessamine 3.9 2.5 -35.9 Johnson 7.9 9.4 19.0 Kenton 3.2 4.2 31.3 Knott 9.3 10.8 16.1 Knox 7.8 11.2 43.6 Larue 5.5 4.2 -23.6 Laurel 6.9 6.9 0.0 Lawrence 11.3 13.0 15.0 Lee 10.2 6.5 -36.3 Leslie 8.0 7.1 -11.3 Letcher 9.3 11.4 22.6 Lewis 9.4 11.6 23.4 Lincoln 6.9 4.9 -29.0 Livingston 8.2 5.8 -29.3 Logan 5.8 5.3 -8.6 Lyon 7.5 7.8 4.0 McCracken 4.8 4.4 -8.3 McCreary 14.9 11.5 -22.8 McLean 8.3 8.4 1.2 Madison 6.0 3.5 -41.7 Magoffin 15.2 15.0 -1.3 Marion 5.8 7.7 32.8 Marshall 7.6 6.2 -18.4 Martin 7.6 14.4 89.5 Mason 4.2 5.1 21.4 Meade 6.3 4.9 -22.2 Menifee 14.0 9.2 -34.3 Mercer 6.0 4.0 -33.3 Metcalfe 5.2 6.4 23.1 Monroe 6.5 6.5 0.0 Montgomery 10.7 5.4 -49.5 Morgan 10.0 10.0 0.0 Muhlenberg 8.7 8.5 -2.3 Nelson 5.3 7.4 39.6 Nicholas 5.5 5.1 -7.3 Ohio 8.3 8.8 6.0 Oldham 3.0 2.6 -13.3 Owen 3.5 4.3 22.9 Owsley 8.4 5.4 -35.7 Pendleton 3.9 5.2 33.3 Perry 8.3 9.3 12.0 Pike 7.7 9.9 28.6 Powell 11.4 6.8 -40.4 Pulaski 8.6 5.7 -33.7 Robertson 4.9 4.8 -2.0 Rockcastle 9.9 6.9 -30.3 Rowan 9.0 6.0 -33.3 Russell 6.4 11.7 82.8 Scott 4.3 2.9 -32.6 Shelby 2.8 2.5 -10.7 Simpson 6.3 6.1 -3.2 Spencer 3.4 4.2 23.5 Taylor 4.2 5.8 38.1 Todd 6.6 4.5 -31.8 Trigg 5.2 4.5 -13.5 Trimble 4.5 4.4 -2.2 Union 7.0 7.5 7.1 Warren 7.1 6.2 -12.7 Washington 5.5 5.8 5.5 Wayne 8.8 8.8 0.0 Webster 6.3 7.6 20.6 Whitley 7.8 9.0 15.4 Wolfe 13.7 6.9 -49.6 Woodford 3.1 2.3 -25.8