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Jobless Rates Drop in More than 100 Kentucky Counties

By AP

Frankfort, KY – Jobless rates fell in 111 Kentucky counties over a 12-year period ending in July. The state Office of Employment and Training County released the July jobless rates Wednesday.

Boyd County's rate of 7.7% was the state's lowest. Calloway, Clinton, Fayette and Oldham counties each had jobless rates of 8% or less. Magoffin County reported the Commonwealth's highest unemployment rate of 18.1%.