FRANKFORT, KY. — UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FELL IN 69 KENTUCKY COUNTIES BETWEEN DECEMBER 2017 AND DECEMBER 2018, ROSE IN 38 AND STAYED THE SAME IN 13 COUNTIES, THAT ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS, AN AGENCY OF THE KENTUCKY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET. WOODFORD COUNTY RECORDED THE LOWEST JOBLESS RATE AT 2.6 PERCENT WHILE MAGOFFIN COUNTY RECORDED THE STATE’S HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 11.3 PERCENT. ELSEWHERE IN THE BIG SANDY REGION, FLOYD, JOHNSON AND MARTIN COUNTIES ALL REPORTED 5.6 PERCENT AND PIKE COUNTY REPORTED 5.4 PERCENT. STATEWIDE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STOOD AT 3.8 PERCENT IN DECEMBER WHILE THE NATIONAL RATE WAS 3.7 PERCENT.