Unemployment rates fell in 88 Kentucky counties between January 2007 and January 2008 - including in Logan County, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Education Cabinet.

Logan County had a jobless rate of 6.0 percent in January of 2008 and that was down to 5.6 percent.

For the Barren River Developement District (BRADD), which includes Logan County, the rate fell from 6.1 percent in 2007 to 5.5 percent in 2008.

The biggest drop came in Butler County, where unemployment dropped from 8.8 percent to 6.7 percent.

The lowest rate in a BRADD county was in Warren County, which was 4.6 percent. The highest was in Monroe County at 8.4 percent - which was down from 9.0 percent in 2007.

Across the state jobless rates, rose in 24 counties and remained the same in eight counties.

Fayette and Woodford counties recorded the lowest jobless rates in the commonwealth at 4.2 percent each. Other counties with low unemployment rates were Boone and Jessamine counties, 4.8 percent each and Madison and Scott counties, 4.9 percent each.