Kentucky’s unemployment rate last month plunged to 5.2 percent, the lowest rate in ten years. It was a decrease from January’s jobless rate of 5.7 percent.
Seven of the state’s 11 job sectors saw gains in February. One of the most encouraging signs is the rebound in the construction sector.
"Construction had gone down so much during the recession and we're seeing gains in that sector," says Kim Saylor Brannock, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. "We had 1.200 more jobs in February than we did in January. If you look at February a year ago, we've got 5,700 more jobs."
The professional and business services sector had the most gains last month.
February was the seventh straight month where jobless rates in Kentucky have been lower than the national average.
