Kentucky
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N/A of the households in Kentucky reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
The largest universities in Kentucky are University of Kentucky (8,890 degrees awarded in 2022), University of the Cumberlands (6,956 degrees), and University of Louisville (5,751 degrees).
In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Kentucky than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
In N/A there were 4,502,935 residents in Kentucky.
The Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMA) with the highest resident population were Purchase Area Development District PUMA, KY (196,944 people), Barren River Area Development District (Outer) PUMA, KY (177,820 people), and Northern Kentucky Area Development District (North Central)--Kenton County PUMA, KY (167,990 people).
The following map shows all of the states in Kentucky colored by the resident population.
In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kentucky was Mexico, the natal country of 28,651 Kentucky residents, followed by Cuba with 14,970 and India with 12,312.
The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Kentucky compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The economy of Kentucky employs 1.94M people. The largest industries in Kentucky are Elementary & secondary schools (124,439 people), Restaurants & Food Services (117,715 people), and Construction (107,053 people), and the highest paying industries are Petroleum refining ($133,675), Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($117,447), and Pipeline transportation ($112,936).
Males in Kentucky have an average income that is 1.32 times higher than the average income of females, which is $52,220. The income inequality in Kentucky (measured using the Gini index) is 0.452, which is lower than than the national average.
The workforce of Kentucky in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.
The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Kentucky.
With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.
In N/A there were 1,935,323 people working in Kentucky. The Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMA) that concentrated the largest workforce were Northern Kentucky Area Development District (North Central)--Kenton County PUMA, KY (84,933 people), Purchase Area Development District PUMA, KY (81,585 people), and Northern Kentucky Area Development District (Outer) PUMA, KY (76,258 people).
The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Kentucky colored by workforce or average wage.
With the upper buttons you can see the yearly change and add a filter by race.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Kentucky, are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (49,868 people), Registered nurses (49,434 people), and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (47,048 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Kentucky.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in N/A (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Kentucky, are Elementary & secondary schools (124,439 people), Restaurants & Food Services (117,715 people), and Construction (107,053 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Kentucky, though some of these residents may live in Kentucky and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($68,677), Public Administration ($56,495), and Manufacturing ($55,139).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($47,386), Public Administration ($43,238), and Manufacturing ($40,935).
The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.
Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.
The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.
In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 62.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (36.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.23%).
The most partisan county was Leslie County, KY with 89.8% of the vote going to Donald J. Trump running for the Republican Party.
N/A are the senators currently representing the state of N/A. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 62.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (36.2%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.23%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Kentucky for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.
In the 2020 presidential election, the most partisan county in N/A was Leslie County, KY with 89.8% of the vote going to Donald J. Trump running for the Republican Party.
The following map shows the counties in N/A colored by their party leaning.
N/A are the senators currently representing N/A.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in N/A over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kentucky have changed over time starting in 2008.
Most students graduating from Universities in Kentucky are White (66,085 and 76.9%), followed by Black or African American (6,114 and 7.11%), Unknown (5,421 and 6.31%), and Hispanic or Latino (3,747 and 4.36%).
The largest universities in Kentucky by number of degrees awarded are University of Kentucky (8,890 and NaNM%), University of the Cumberlands (6,956 and NaNM%), and University of Louisville (5,751 and NaNM%).
The most popular majors in Kentucky are Liberal Arts & Sciences (5,399 and NaNM%), Registered Nursing (5,198 and NaNM%), and General Business Administration & Management (4,707 and NaNM%).
In 2022 in Kentucky, the percentage of applicants admitted was 81.9%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 24.6%. The number of students enrolled in N/A was N/A (N/A% men and N/A% women).
The map shows the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.
The line chart below shows the annual evolution of the indicator by gender.
In 2022, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Kentucky was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Kentucky according to their major.
In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of Kentucky with 8,890 degrees awarded.
In 2022, 41,645 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Kentucky, which is 0.841 times less than the 49,533 female students who received degrees in the same year.
In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 66,085 degrees mean that there were 10.8 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 6,114 degrees awarded.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($26,422) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2022.
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($818) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2022.
Private for-profit, 2-year ($2,608) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.
The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.
In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Kentucky in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.17M), Some college (766k), and Secondary Education (551k).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
The following map shows all of the counties in Kentucky colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Kentucky distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.452 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.286% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2022, 79% of workers in Kentucky drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.12%) and those who worked at home (7.95%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Kentucky have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, 2.3% of the workforce in Kentucky have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Kentucky compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Kentucky distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Kentucky have N/A.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Kentucky (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Kentucky is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
94.1% of the population of Kentucky has health coverage, with 44.9% on employee plans, 23.2% on Medicaid, 13.1% on Medicare, 11.3% on non-group plans, and 1.76% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Kentucky see 1551 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.977% increase from the previous year (1536 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1512 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 365 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Kentucky see an average of 1,551 patients per year. This represents a 0.977% increase from the previous year (1,536 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Kentucky in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in N/A.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.6% were men and 51.4% were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Kentucky changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
The map shows the distribution of the indicator in the counties of Kentucky and the graphic underneath the paragraph shows the trend of the indicator in Kentucky.
The map shows the distribution of the indicator in the counties of Kentucky and the graphic underneath the paragraph shows the trend of the indicator in Kentucky.
