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Jobless Rates Drop in 115 Kentucky Counties

Jobless Rates Drop in 115 Kentucky Counties
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By The Associated Press/West Kentucky Star Staff
Aug. 28, 2015 | FRANKFORT, KY
By The Associated Press/West Kentucky Star Staff Aug. 28, 2015 | 11:19 AM | FRANKFORT, KY
State officials say unemployment rates declined in 115 of Kentucky's 120 counties between July 2014 and last month.

In the Jackson Purchase region, Calloway County had the lowest jobless rate at 4.9 percent. Fulton County had the highest at 8.0 percent.

The state Office of Employment and Training says Woodford County had the state's lowest jobless rate at 4 percent. It was followed by Fayette and Owen counties at 4.1 percent each.

Magoffin County had the state's highest jobless rate at 12.8 percent. It was followed by Harlan County at 12 percent, Leslie County at 11.1 percent, Letcher County at 10.8 percent and Carter County at 10.3 percent.  

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