Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Kentucky

Title Civilian Labor Force in Kentucky
Series ID LAUST210000000000006A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-04-16 1:08 PM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 1493465
1977-01-01 1537832
1978-01-01 1576591
1979-01-01 1611702
1980-01-01 1658848
1981-01-01 1664748
1982-01-01 1678475
1983-01-01 1691845
1984-01-01 1697823
1985-01-01 1690143
1986-01-01 1695692
1987-01-01 1691868
1988-01-01 1701404
1989-01-01 1727853
1990-01-01 1751669
1991-01-01 1759109
1992-01-01 1777669
1993-01-01 1799817
1994-01-01 1828540
1995-01-01 1855089
1996-01-01 1871151
1997-01-01 1907764
1998-01-01 1920154
1999-01-01 1943526
2000-01-01 1954096
2001-01-01 1950605
2002-01-01 1942848
2003-01-01 1964485
2004-01-01 1968689
2005-01-01 1987235
2006-01-01 2023550
2007-01-01 2032678
2008-01-01 2036279
2009-01-01 2060598
2010-01-01 2064566
2011-01-01 2062869
2012-01-01 2063320
2013-01-01 2060902
2014-01-01 2011838
2015-01-01 1981664
2016-01-01 2013219
2017-01-01 2046110
2018-01-01 2047139
2019-01-01 2064040
2020-01-01 2010262
2021-01-01 2022997
2022-01-01 2047025
2023-01-01 2057308
2024-01-01 2095496
2025-01-01 2115589

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