Business & Economy
- Earnings & Income (Compiled by Claudia Fitch, Louisville Free Public Library)
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- Child Poverty
- Click on KidsCount for data from 1995-present.
- Local Area Personal
Income
- This table, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Labor,
gives personal income, per capita income and other income data for Kentucky
and other states from 1969.
- Expenditures & Wealth (Compiled by Claudia Fitch, Louisville Free Public Library)
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- Actual Expenditures
by Program: Kentucky State Supported Institutions
- This table includes data for each state supported university. Source:
Council on Postsecondary Education
- Kentucky
State
and Local Government Expenditures 1977-1979, 1997-1999.
- Source: Kentucky Long Term Policy Research Center
- Finance (Compiled by Claudia Fitch, Louisville Free Public Library)
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- Consolidated Federal Funds Report
- This link provides access to the latest version of this report. Data includes
state breakdowns for all federal funding distributed at the state and county
level. Reports for
previous years are also available. (PDF format)
- Economic Census- Finance and Insurance- Kentucky, 1997
- This document provides economic data on the finance industry in Kentucky. (PDF format). Note: 2002 Economic Census for this report will be released in September 2005.
- Finance and Insurance by Employment Size of Enterprise
- This is part of the Statistics of U.S. Businesses Report released in 2001 by the Census Bureau.
- Office of Financial Institutions Annual Report
- In PDF format. Previous years also available.
- Industrial Outlook
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- Bizsites.com
- This site provides access to current and recent industrial outlook information
from its online periodical, "Plant Sites and Parks Magazine, relative to
business expansion and relocation throughout the fifty states. Articles
are brief and present business forecasting data in narrative form. Read
about trends in various fields of industry or do a search for all PSP articles
on Kentucky from the last five years by using the "search site" key.
- Kentucky Cabinet for Economic
Development
- Kentucky's Economic Development Cabinet offers this useful site that
is split 50/50 between content and links to other agencies (Federal, State
and Trade Groups) providing statistical data in the economic development area.
Of the half dozen or so sub-links on the EDC web page, researchers can locate:
Community Profiles; Kentucky Facts; Statistics on Kentucky, and Economic
Development Resource links, which include data from both the U.S. Economic
Census and Census of Population and Housing. The Facts Sheets, particularly
those under the "Doing Business in Kentucky" sub-link, provide relatively
recent forecasting information. The open-file contents table on the EDC
navigator bar makes searching quick and easy.
- Kentucky Long-Term
Policy Research Center Bookshelf
- The KLTPRC posts a cumulative list of planning and forecasting reports
ranging from healthcare in Appalachian Kentucky to the changing workforce.
Numerous reports cover key industries in Kentucky, as well as the state's
general economic climate. Statistical charts and graphs are linked as "Figure
nos." within each report. Although primary presentation emphasis is on text,,
the accompanying graphs and charts supplement the text and provide the researcher
with concise, easy-to-understand data. The KLTPRC site is highly supportive
of many research activities including environmental scanning, business forecasting,
and economic outlook.
- Kentucky Small Business Development Center
- Although this site's content is largely geared to small business start-ups
and operations on a national level, researchers will find a wealth of forecasting
information, geared to specific areas of entrepreneurship, on the site's
link to "Small Business Learning.Net". The SBLN's links to the Business
Library- Reference Materials- Industry Information" provide numerous outlook
snapshots of key small business areas, e.g. retailing, technology, and hospitality.
Current articles are also linked under each Small Business area. The trends
and industry outlooks provided apply to all regions and states, including
Kentucky.
- Insurance (Compiled by Sandra McAninch, University of Kentucky)
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- Current Population
Reports--Health Insurance Coverage
- On page 10, this document provides data on gaps in health insurance coverage
by state for the three years indicated. (PDF format)
- 2002 Economic Census--
Finance and Insurance--Kentucky
- This document provides economic data on the insurance industry in Kentucky.
(PDF format)
- Health
Insurance Reform in the 1990's
- This report provides data on the health insurance industry in Kentucky
over the last decade. (PDF format)
- Kentucky Deskbook
of Economic Statistics
- This website provides data on employment in various sectors of the Kentucky
economy, including the insurance sector.
- Labor & Workforce (Compiled by Claudia Fitch, Louisville Free Public Library)
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- County Business
Patterns
- The County Business Patterns for Kentucky is published annually by the
U.S. Department of Labor. It includes the number of businesses, employment
and classifications. The data for County Business Patterns are published
on the basis of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).
(PDF format)
The data is from 1993-2004 when it stopped publication.
- Current Employment Statistics
- This site reports current state and metropolitan area employment statistics from the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
- Kentucky At A Glance
- "The Bureau of Labor Statistics produces Economy At A Glance pages at
the national, regional, state and metropolitan area levels. The data displayed
in these pages are assembled from different surveys and programs conducted
by BLS. The Economy At A Glance pages are refreshed with current data every
time any of the source programs releases new statistics. This typically
occurs 7 to 9 times per month."
- Kentucky Civilian Labor Force
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Kentucky labor statistics from
1993 to current. Other employment data is available here as well
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- Manufacturing
Employment by County
- Report for manufacturing employment by county by type of manufacturing
production. From the Kentucky Deskbook of Economic Statistics
- Nonagricultural
Employment by State: 1990-present
- This report about nonagricultural employment in Kentucky covers the period
from 1990-2001 (PDF format)
- State and Regional
Unemployment, Annual Averages
- This report covers state and regional employment and unemployment statistics
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Manufactures (Compiled by Claudia Fitch, Louisville Free Public Library)
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- Automobile
Production in Kentucky
- This report presents statistics about total car and truck production
in Kentucky and compares production with competitor states.
- Kentucky
Top 10 Manufacturers
- This report shows the top 10 manufacturing firms in Kentucky. (PDF format)
- Top 100
Manufacturing Firms by Employment
- This chart shows the top 100 manufacturing firms in Kentucky. It includes
employment figures, city and division.
- Technology and Communications (Compiled by Kurt Metzmeier, University of Louisville)
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- Consolidated
Database System (CDBS) Public Access
- This is a database of license application and ownership information from
the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Mass Media Bureau databases
for AM, FM, TV, LPTV, and DTV broadcast stations. It allows users to search
by city or state name.
- Internet Access Providers/Web
Hosting Companies
- This free, commercially produced database of Internet Service Providers
can be searched by area code or by zip code.
- Kentucky
Area Codes
- This map shows Kentucky's four area codes, broken down by county. (PDF
format)
- Kentucky Network Servers-
By Locality
- This website, maintained by the University of Kentucky, lists Internet
servers in Kentucky by locality.
- Kentucky Radio and Television
Markets
- This is a comprehensive listing of television stations in Kentucky, with
full FCC information for all commercial stations. There is a less comprehensive
listing of radio stations but it includes, in addition to FCC information,
information on streaming audio access. The site is maintained by TvRadioWorld,
a web-based commercial information directory in operation since 1996.
- Utility Information
- The Kentucky Public Service Commission provides maps and other information
about utility services in Kentucky, including cellular and local exchange
telephone information, electrical service, and natural gas distribution.
- Local Universe Estimates
for the 2002-2003 Broadcast Season
- This report by America's top media analysis firm, Nielsen Media Research,
lists the top 210 U.S. television markets, and includes Louisville (50),
Lexington (65), Paducah,KY - Cape Girardeau, MO-Harrisburg-Mt. Vernon, IL
(75), and Bowling Green, KY (180).
- Transportation (Compiled by Roxanna Jones, University of Kentucky)
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- 1999 Statewide
Transportation Plan
- This 20 year plan for all modes of transportation in Kentucky is updated
every four years and includes a demographic picture of Kentucky, an overview
of all transportation systems, a description of the transportation planning
and public involvement processes in Kentucky, a funding summary for all
systems and projects listings for each mode.
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