Kentucky Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Updated on January 12, 2024.
According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May, 2021, Kentucky added 16,231 number of jobs to all business establishments. Among Kentucky counties, Jefferson added the highest number of jobs (5,426), followed by Fayette (1,050), and Kenton (890).
Interact with the charts below to see for each county, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in May, 2021. This information can also be found in a table below.
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Related Topics: Kentucky BLS Topic List.
Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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Kentucky Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Kentucky Jobs added
By County
All Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Kentucky Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in May, 2021
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| County | Number of Employment | Jobs Added |
|---|---|---|
| Adair | 4619 | 83 |
| Allen | 4572 | 65 |
| Anderson | 4751 | 78 |
| Ballard | 2289 | -40 |
| Barren | 15052 | 201 |
| Bath | 1957 | 26 |
| Bell | 8074 | 67 |
| Boone | 99035 | 526 |
| Bourbon | 6742 | 99 |
| Boyd | 23468 | 11 |
| Boyle | 14015 | 153 |
| Bracken | 1342 | 5 |
| Breathitt | 2599 | 16 |
| Breckinridge | 3590 | 38 |
| Bullitt | 26408 | 666 |
| Butler | 2857 | 5 |
| Caldwell | 4721 | 45 |
| Calloway | 15089 | -117 |
| Campbell | 29496 | 511 |
| Carlisle | 1097 | 21 |
| Carroll | 7153 | 103 |
| Carter | 5618 | -28 |
| Casey | 3922 | 19 |
| Christian | 29899 | 39 |
| Clark | 13059 | 271 |
| Clay | 3951 | -1 |
| Clinton | 3765 | 22 |
| Crittenden | 1875 | 11 |
| Cumberland | 2032 | 43 |
| Daviess | 44794 | 249 |
| Edmonson | 1533 | 21 |
| Elliott | 824 | -5 |
| Estill | 2198 | 0 |
| Fayette | 186979 | 1050 |
| Fleming | 3104 | 12 |
| Floyd | 10358 | -29 |
| Franklin | 32152 | -43 |
| Fulton | 2098 | 62 |
| Gallatin | 2385 | -26 |
| Garrard | 2226 | 62 |
| Grant | 5121 | 96 |
| Graves | 11325 | 30 |
| Grayson | 7444 | 33 |
| Green | 1789 | 28 |
| Greenup | 6719 | 56 |
| Hancock | 4013 | 50 |
| Hardin | 44841 | 121 |
| Harlan | 5845 | 89 |
| Harrison | 4975 | 62 |
| Hart | 4802 | 40 |
| Henderson | 18301 | 196 |
| Henry | 2693 | 17 |
| Hickman | 907 | 20 |
| Hopkins | 16080 | 72 |
| Jackson | 1666 | 27 |
| Jefferson | 457986 | 5426 |
| Jessamine | 17302 | 40 |
| Johnson | 5075 | 56 |
| Kenton | 69018 | 890 |
| Knott | 2081 | 47 |
| Knox | 7423 | -3 |
| Larue | 2570 | -27 |
| Laurel | 26758 | 297 |
| Lawrence | 3608 | 22 |
| Lee | 1598 | -7 |
| Leslie | 1497 | 8 |
| Letcher | 4144 | -48 |
| Lewis | 2004 | -1 |
| Lincoln | 4043 | 95 |
| Livingston | 2833 | 104 |
| Logan | 8757 | 147 |
| Lyon | 2506 | 28 |
| McCracken | 38307 | 293 |
| McCreary | 2915 | -68 |
| McLean | 1782 | -15 |
| Madison | 33859 | 299 |
| Magoffin | 1871 | 24 |
| Marion | 8213 | 72 |
| Marshall | 10602 | 158 |
| Martin | 1953 | 36 |
| Mason | 7936 | 107 |
| Meade | 4277 | 21 |
| Menifee | 927 | 24 |
| Mercer | 6345 | 221 |
| Metcalfe | 1926 | 4 |
| Monroe | 3211 | 33 |
| Montgomery | 10400 | 180 |
| Morgan | 2817 | -11 |
| Muhlenberg | 7604 | 123 |
| Nelson | 16420 | 206 |
| Nicholas | 857 | 13 |
| Ohio | 6937 | 40 |
| Oldham | 16776 | 397 |
| Owen | 1392 | -8 |
| Owsley | 630 | 8 |
| Pendleton | 2325 | 25 |
| Perry | 11149 | -27 |
| Pike | 19462 | -186 |
| Powell | 2855 | 43 |
| Pulaski | 25362 | 275 |
| Robertson | 297 | 12 |
| Rockcastle | 3730 | 23 |
| Rowan | 10348 | 110 |
| Russell | 5638 | 92 |
| Scott | 28224 | 267 |
| Shelby | 15702 | 458 |
| Simpson | 8963 | 114 |
| Spencer | 2086 | 57 |
| Taylor | 11406 | -17 |
| Todd | 2261 | -21 |
| Trigg | 2940 | 15 |
| Trimble | 1008 | -178 |
| Union | 4902 | -5 |
| Warren | 64006 | 357 |
| Washington | 3320 | 31 |
| Wayne | 5829 | 11 |
| Webster | 2692 | 6 |
| Whitley | 12338 | -316 |
| Wolfe | 1576 | 37 |
| Woodford | 8965 | 65 |