Warren County's jobless rate was 4% in September, down from 5.2% in June and below Kentucky's 4.5%. About 3,065 people were looking for work, federal figures show.

Warren County’s unemployment rate was 4% in September. That is down from 5.2% in June, the highest monthly rate of the past year.

The figures come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ county unemployment series for Warren County. The September number is preliminary and can be revised next month.

The September numbers

The bureau’s Local Area Unemployment Statistics for Warren County show:

September 2026 June 2026 September 2025
Unemployment rate 4% 5.2% 4.1%
People unemployed 3,065 3,923 3,082
People employed 72,658 71,013 72,397
Labor force 75,723 74,936 75,479

So from June to September:

  • the number of people out of work and looking fell by 858
  • the number of people with a job rose by 1,645

Compared with a year earlier, the rate is down a tenth of a point. The county has 261 more people working and 17 fewer unemployed than in September 2025.

How the county compares

These county figures are not seasonally adjusted. The fair comparison is with the state and national rates on the same basis.

Warren County has been below the state rate in every month of the past year. In June, when the county hit 5.2%, Kentucky was at 5.6%.

A year of monthly rates

Bar chart of Warren County's monthly unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted: September 2025 4.1%, November 3.5%, December 3.2%, January 2026 4%, February 4.1%, March 4%, April 3.6%, May 4.3%, June 5.2%, July 4.8%, August 3.9% and September 4%. No October 2025 figure was published.
Chart by Bowling Green Daily, from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures. September 2026 is preliminary.
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The low point of the year was 3.2% in December 2025. The rate then climbed through the spring, peaked in June and fell back over the summer.

There is no October 2025 figure. The bureau’s series says that month’s data is “unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations,” the federal government shutdown.

What it means for you

  • Job seekers: about 3,065 people in Warren County were looking for work in September, out of a labor force of 75,723. That is roughly one in 25.
  • Little has changed over the year. The county’s rate is almost exactly where it was a year ago, and below Kentucky’s.
  • Monthly swings are normal in unadjusted figures. A single month up or down is less telling than the same month a year apart.
  • The September figure is preliminary. The bureau can revise it when it publishes October’s numbers.

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