2024 County Profiles NEW
Part of having 21st century skills for a 21st century world means being able to find and use secondary data.
This issue of the Kentucky: By The Numbers Data Series is designed to provide a data-based overview for each county in Kentucky and information on some of the available data sources.
To learn more about finding data online, see: “By the Numbers: Finding and Using Data from the Internet”
For small counties with small populations, the margins of error can be quite large or confusing. The margin of error tells us how precise the estimate is by indicating the range within which the estimate most likely falls. For help in understanding the margin of error, see the brief Kentucky: By The Numbers publication “And Now for the Grain of Salt.”
County Data Sheets
The format of these files varies from the originals
For reference, the original design for individual counties can be found in the data archive.
Adair County through Daviess County
Edmonson County through Knox County
LaRue County through Ohio County
Oldham County through Woodford County
Data Sources
2000, 2010, and 2020 Decennial Census. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov
2022 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau.
2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2018-2022. data.census.gov
2022 Census of Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
2022 Vintage Population Projections. Kentucky State Data Center.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau.