FRANKFORT, KY.–UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FELL IN 107 KENTUCKY COUNTIES BETWEEEN NOVEMBER 2017 AND NOVEMBER 2018, ROSE IN NINE AND STAYED THE SAME IN FOUR COUNTIES, THAT ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS, AN AGENCY OF THE KENTUCKY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET. WOODFORD COUNTY HAD THE LOWEST JOBLESS RATE AT 2.5 PERCENT, WHILE MAGOFFIN COUNTY RECORDED THE STATE’S HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 9.9 PERCENT. ELSEWHERE IN THE BIG SANDY REGION FLOYD COUNTY REPORTED 5.3 PERCENT, JOHNSON COUNTY 5.0 PERCENT, MARTIN COUNTY 5.0 PERCENT AND PIKE COUNTY REPORTED 5.1 PERCENT. STATEWIDE, THE RATE WAS THE SAME AS THE NATIONAL RATE AT 3.5 PERCENT.