1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Unemployed Persons Percent 1990 1996 Change Kentucky 124,354 105,003 -15.6 Adair 402 720 79.1 Allen 629 578 -8.1 Anderson 306 439 43.5 Ballard 410 272 -33.7 Barren 1,086 1,239 14.1 Bath 403 364 -9.7 Bell 1,487 811 -45.5 Boone 1,094 1,560 42.6 Bourbon 596 331 -44.5 Boyd 1,709 1,579 -7.6 Boyle 834 587 -29.6 Bracken 219 232 5.9 Breathitt 782 508 -35.0 Breckinridge 688 546 -20.6 Bullitt 1,545 1,166 -24.5 Butler 304 427 40.5 Caldwell 586 630 7.5 Calloway 1,117 811 -27.4 Campbell 2,157 1,987 -7.9 Carlisle 180 174 -3.3 Carroll 397 216 -45.6 Carter 1,130 1,357 20.1 Casey 448 474 5.8 Christian 2,381 1,155 -51.5 Clark 928 652 -29.7 Clay 958 651 -32.0 Clinton 364 476 30.8 Crittenden 304 319 4.9 Cumberland 242 462 90.9 Daviess 2,906 2,776 -4.5 Edmonson 448 486 8.5 Elliott 386 423 9.6 Estill 771 339 -56.0 Fayette 5,739 3,366 -41.3 Fleming 375 330 -12.0 Floyd 1,845 1,523 -17.5 Franklin 1,035 914 -11.7 Fulton 314 619 97.1 Gallatin 111 180 62.2 Garrard 430 257 -40.2 Grant 354 547 54.5 Graves 1,302 1,400 7.5 Grayson 793 810 2.1 Green 232 406 75.0 Greenup 1,257 1,058 -15.8 Hancock 410 253 -38.3 Hardin 3,293 1,975 -40.0 Harlan 1,633 1,288 -21.1 Harrison 484 378 -21.9 Hart 544 512 -5.9 Henderson 1,568 1,701 8.5 Henry 385 307 -20.3 Hickman 156 186 19.2 Hopkins 1,920 1,489 -22.4 Jackson 519 391 -24.7 Jefferson 20,647 16,550 -19.8 Jessamine 687 471 -31.4 Johnson 1,036 942 -9.1 Kenton 3,224 3,224 0.0 Knott 858 633 -26.2 Knox 1,268 1,273 0.4 Larue 408 249 -39.0 Laurel 1,739 1,458 -16.2 Lawrence 778 687 -11.7 Lee 344 159 -53.8 Leslie 507 301 -40.6 Letcher 1,205 882 -26.8 Lewis 498 628 26.1 Lincoln 750 487 -35.1 Livingston 335 276 -17.6 Logan 713 691 -3.1 Lyon 205 252 22.9 McCracken 1,729 1,438 -16.8 McCreary 1,002 737 -26.4 McLean 391 362 -7.4 Madison 2,202 1,141 -48.2 Magoffin 755 724 -4.1 Marion 434 670 54.4 Marshall 1,012 861 -14.9 Martin 530 484 -8.7 Mason 480 434 -9.6 Meade 1,039 501 -51.8 Menifee 262 231 -11.8 Mercer 666 424 -36.3 Metcalfe 231 312 35.1 Monroe 255 356 39.6 Montgomery 786 602 -23.4 Morgan 506 485 -4.2 Muhlenberg 1,425 1,025 -28.1 Nelson 936 1,322 41.2 Nicholas 227 164 -27.8 Ohio 973 852 -12.4 Oldham 634 567 -10.6 Owen 206 197 -4.4 Owsley 245 86 -64.9 Pendleton 304 331 8.9 Perry 1,403 1,054 -24.9 Pike 3,218 2,704 -16.0 Powell 735 475 -35.4 Pulaski 1,555 1,392 -10.5 Robertson 72 48 -33.3 Rockcastle 717 419 -41.6 Rowan 978 522 -46.6 Russell 395 762 92.9 Scott 521 448 -14.0 Shelby 435 417 -4.1 Simpson 545 458 -16.0 Spencer 148 193 30.4 Taylor 447 662 48.1 Todd 340 241 -29.1 Trigg 298 267 -10.4 Trimble 174 135 -22.4 Union 548 489 -10.8 Warren 2,616 2,993 14.4 Washington 328 335 2.1 Wayne 625 683 9.3 Webster 435 426 -2.1 Whitley 1,840 1,262 -31.4 Wolfe 345 230 -33.3 Woodford 308 282 -8.4