Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,672,223 |
1,988,101 |
3,660,324 |
| 1990 |
1,645,442 |
2,039,854 |
3,685,296 |
| 2000 |
1,769,275 |
2,272,494 |
4,041,769 |
| 2007 (latest estimates) |
1,811,654 |
2,429,820 |
4,241,474 |
More information on Kentucky population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
23,515 |
33,676 |
29,302 |
| 2006 |
23,751 |
34,219 |
29,729 |
| Percent change |
1.0 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
31,111 |
43,735 |
39,170 |
| 2006 |
30,580 |
43,578 |
38,895 |
| Percent change |
-1.7 |
-0.4 |
-0.7 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
23.0 |
13.0 |
17.6 |
| 1989 |
25.4 |
13.9 |
19.0 |
| 1999 |
21.2 |
11.6 |
15.8 |
| 2005 (latest model-based estimates) |
22.0 |
13.0 |
16.9 |
More information on Kentucky poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
56.7 |
38.6 |
46.9 |
| 1990 |
45.2 |
27.5 |
35.4 |
| 2000 |
34.3 |
19.2 |
25.9 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
28.0 |
34.5 |
31.3 |
| 1990 |
31.3 |
32.1 |
31.8 |
| 2000 |
35.5 |
32.1 |
33.6 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
8.0 |
13.1 |
10.7 |
| 1990 |
14.4 |
23.1 |
19.2 |
| 2000 |
19.0 |
26.9 |
23.4 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
7.8 |
13.8 |
11.1 |
| 1990 |
9.0 |
17.3 |
13.6 |
| 2000 |
11.3 |
21.8 |
17.1 |
More information on Kentucky education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2005 |
863,620 |
1,524,704 |
2,388,324 |
| 2006 |
876,606 |
1,556,295 |
2,432,901 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2006 |
6.5 |
5.4 |
5.8 |
| 2007 |
6.2 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
More information on Kentucky unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2004-2005 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
| 2005-2006 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
| 2006-2007 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
| |
| Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs |
| Total |
22.7 |
15.9 |
18.4 |
| Production |
8.8 |
2.6 |
4.8 |
| Farm inputs |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| Processing & marketing |
2.4 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
| Wholesale & retail trade |
10.5 |
10.9 |
10.7 |
More information on farm employment
• Farm and Farm-Related Employment data
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435
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Farm Characteristics
| 1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1992 |
1997 |
2002 |
| Total land area (million acres) |
25.43 |
25.43 |
25.43 |
| Total farmland (million acres) |
13.67 |
13.94 |
13.84 |
| Percent of total land area |
53.7 |
54.8 |
54.4 |
| |
| Cropland (million acres) |
8.88 |
8.89 |
8.41 |
| Percent of total farmland |
65.0 |
63.8 |
60.8 |
| Percent in pasture |
38.9 |
36.0 |
30.7 |
| Percent irrigated |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
| |
Harvested Cropland
(million acres) |
4.42 |
4.85 |
4.98 |
| |
| Woodland (million acres) |
3.13 |
3.18 |
3.11 |
| Percent of total farmland |
22.9 |
22.8 |
22.5 |
| Percent in pasture |
31.7 |
30.1 |
29.0 |
| |
| Pastureland (million acres) |
1.06 |
1.18 |
1.61 |
| Percent of total farmland |
7.8 |
8.5 |
11.7 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc.
(million acres) |
0.60 |
0.69 |
0.71 |
| Percent of total farmland |
4.4 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(million acres) |
0.27 |
0.37 |
0.40 |
| Percent of total farmland |
2.0 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
151 |
153 |
160 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
56.8 |
57.6 |
57.4 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
37.8 |
37.1 |
36.9 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
55.1 |
58.9 |
67.3 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
33.0 |
30.0 |
22.7 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
6.1 |
5.3 |
4.0 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
4.8 |
| More than $500,000 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
63,398 |
66,243 |
66,456 |
| Percent of total |
70.2 |
72.6 |
76.8 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
18,779 |
18,229 |
15,937 |
| Percent of total |
20.8 |
20.0 |
18.4 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
8,104 |
6,726 |
4,148 |
| Percent of total |
9.0 |
7.4 |
4.8 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
76,712 |
79,441 |
79,297 |
| Percent of total |
85.0 |
87.1 |
91.6 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
871 |
1,184 |
983 |
| Percent of total |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
12,135 |
10,004 |
5,764 |
| Percent of total |
13.4 |
11.0 |
6.7 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
193 |
183 |
136 |
| Percent of total |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
370 |
386 |
361 |
| Percent of total |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
53.2 |
53.7 |
55.2 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
44.5 |
39.5 |
54.2 |
| Men (persons) |
82,523 |
82,591 |
78,267 |
| Women (persons) |
7,758 |
8,607 |
8,274 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2005 |
2006 |
| |
| Number of farms |
84,000 |
84,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
1,147,015 |
1,354,131 |
| + Final animal output |
2,829,773 |
2,784,524 |
| + Services and forestry |
1,147,598 |
1,075,791 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
5,124,386 |
5,214,446 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
2,226,093 |
2,305,125 |
| + Net government transactions |
701,935 |
358,242 |
| = Gross value added |
3,600,228 |
3,267,563 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
745,934 |
779,664 |
| |
| = Net value added |
2,854,294 |
2,487,899 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
737,280 |
746,383 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
279,202 |
287,112 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
200,810 |
167,069 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
257,268 |
292,202 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
2,117,014 |
1,741,516 |
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More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Horses/mules |
1,110,000 |
27.7 |
84.5 |
| 2. Cattle and calves |
607,796 |
15.2 |
1.2 |
| 3. Broilers |
604,010 |
15.1 |
3.2 |
| 4. Corn |
339,260 |
8.5 |
1.6 |
| 5. Soybeans |
325,729 |
8.1 |
1.9 |
| |
| All commodities |
4,007,202 |
|
1.7 |
| |
More information on Kentucky's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2006 |
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Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Tobacco unmfd. |
2 |
295.4 |
| 2. Live animals and meat |
8 |
276.8 |
| 3. Soybeans and products |
14 |
156.9 |
| 4. Feed grains and products |
14 |
119.9 |
| 5. Wheat and products |
24 |
79.6 |
| |
| Overall rank |
21 |
1,090.9 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Million $ |
| 1. Fayette County |
5.8 |
178.9 |
| 2. Woodford County |
5.6 |
171.9 |
| 3. Graves County |
4.9 |
150.2 |
| 4. Bourbon County |
3.2 |
97.8 |
| 5. Webster County |
2.5 |
77.3 |
| |
| State total |
|
3,080.1 |
| |
More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, June 2005, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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