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Kentucky

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U.S. Kentucky
Population 304,059,724 4,269,245
Total recovery funding $312,735,579,044 $4,058,231,575
Direct to County (see list) $290,999,413,356 $3,805,529,963
County Funds per Capita $957 $891
Statewide (see project list) $21,736,135,188 $0
Statewide funding per capita $71 $0
Unemployment
(12/08)		 7.4 7.6
Unemployment
(12/09)		 10 10.7
Median Household Income $50,007 $40,138
Poverty Rate 13.3% 17.1%

Funding by Federal Agency and Department
Health and Human Services, Department of $949,999,645
Education Department $935,311,038
Transportation Department $521,603,379
Agriculture Department $370,649,819
Energy Department $324,323,073
Labor Department $314,798,027
Housing and Urban Development Department $167,853,267
Small Business Administration $115,787,700
Army $98,804,198
Environmental Protection Agency $89,185,400
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $67,476,468
Justice Department $44,003,291
National Science Foundation $17,572,262
Commerce Department $13,718,377
Homeland Security Department $7,751,547
Federal Communications Commission $4,959,077
Treasury Department $4,000,000
General Services Administration $3,752,555
Department of Veterans Affairs $2,461,490
Independent Agencies $1,297,492
Interior Department $1,167,254
Joint House and Senate Entities $683,867
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities $610,500
Navy $210,289
No federal agency specified $125,000
Social Security Administration $102,778
Office of the Secretary of Defense $23,780

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Counties (see statewide items)

Note: County-level data does not include tax cuts, Medicaid, unemployment benefits or food stamps. There still may be overrepresentation of money going to counties where capitals are located because in some cases, awards to state agencies did not indicate that they were to be used statewide.

Key: Statewide | Countywide
County Name Population Unemployment
12/08 »6/09 »12/09		 Poverty Rate Total Funding Per Capita
Kentucky 4,269,245
7.610.910.7
 17.1
$4,058,231,575
$951
21001 Adair
17,773
8.411.311.1
 N/A
$4,809,559
$271
21003 Allen
19,090
10.115.413.9
 N/A
$3,095,013
$162
21005 Anderson
21,347
7.710.810.0
 8.0
$8,622,287
$404
21007 Ballard
8,323
7.58.610.4
 N/A
$3,952,943
$475
21009 Barren
41,566
7.912.812.1
 20.0
$30,317,595
$729
21011 Bath
11,750
12.316.315.7
 N/A
$2,754,599
$234
21013 Bell
29,055
9.013.312.6
 31.8
$10,198,418
$351
21015 Boone
115,231
6.99.79.4
 6.9
$39,983,352
$347
21017 Bourbon
19,828
6.710.29.1
 N/A
$5,215,954
$263
21019 Boyd
48,560
7.79.58.0
 16.2
$11,119,709
$229
21021 Boyle
28,933
7.513.110.8
 16.7
$8,445,771
$292
21023 Bracken
8,569
9.212.810.1
 N/A
$957,882
$112
21025 Breathitt
15,813
6.811.410.7
 N/A
$39,525,462
$2,500
21027 Breckinridge
19,132
9.012.512.0
 N/A
$2,678,949
$140
21029 Bullitt
75,028
9.411.211.4
 8.3
$47,902,008
$638
21031 Butler
13,276
10.115.612.8
 N/A
$2,784,552
$210
21033 Caldwell
12,866
7.411.610.0
 N/A
$14,829,078
$1,153
21035 Calloway
36,240
6.09.28.2
 16.3
$19,811,658
$547
21037 Campbell
87,038
7.310.110.8
 10.7
$56,180,295
$645
21039 Carlisle
5,162
8.09.69.4
 N/A
$880,332
$171
21041 Carroll
10,627
9.613.413.8
 N/A
$5,412,076
$509
21043 Carter
27,454
9.915.511.6
 20.0
$9,843,328
$359
21045 Casey
16,214
7.011.410.5
 N/A
$2,056,221
$127
21047 Christian
79,820
9.312.612.6
 17.7
$73,778,633
$924
21049 Clark
35,691
7.711.111.7
 15.8
$7,134,313
$200
21051 Clay
23,930
10.914.713.3
 30.7
$8,205,378
$343
21053 Clinton
9,568
8.99.710.0
 N/A
$1,858,406
$194
21055 Crittenden
9,244
8.011.610.3
 N/A
$1,606,369
$174
21057 Cumberland
6,817
11.113.513.4
 N/A
$2,955,154
$433
21059 Daviess
94,418
6.510.68.9
 15.7
$65,449,956
$693
21061 Edmonson
12,085
9.313.514.3
 N/A
$4,881,736
$404
21063 Elliott
7,280
8.314.413.0
 N/A
$718,318
$99
21065 Estill
14,948
10.215.112.7
 N/A
$13,019,154
$871
21067 Fayette
282,114
5.08.57.3
 15.9
$201,216,608
$713
21069 Fleming
14,735
9.413.712.4
 N/A
$4,072,258
$276
21071 Floyd
42,094
6.411.812.3
 28.6
$16,476,370
$391
21073 Franklin
48,844
6.19.68.6
 13.7
$1,661,972,778
$34,026
21075 Fulton
6,855
8.913.114.0
 N/A
$3,862,085
$563
21077 Gallatin
8,071
9.513.013.0
 N/A
$12,304,781
$1,525
21079 Garrard
17,021
8.212.912.0
 N/A
$6,853,579
$403
21081 Grant
25,549
9.512.611.2
 14.4
$6,800,469
$266
21083 Graves
37,487
7.410.810.6
 16.5
$12,961,931
$346
21085 Grayson
25,497
11.214.116.0
 23.5
$8,962,988
$352
21087 Green
11,613
9.113.212.0
 N/A
$980,404
$84
21089 Greenup
37,388
8.510.38.9
 17.5
$5,917,519
$158
21091 Hancock
8,663
6.214.89.7
 N/A
$974,616
$113
21093 Hardin
98,546
7.110.710.1
 11.4
$44,919,192
$456
21095 Harlan
30,783
8.012.312.5
 26.4
$8,650,681
$281
21097 Harrison
18,654
7.612.210.6
 N/A
$2,992,496
$160
21099 Hart
18,561
8.010.810.5
 N/A
$3,440,160
$185
21101 Henderson
45,462
9.011.010.6
 12.4
$9,083,035
$200
21103 Henry
15,741
7.512.110.3
 N/A
$4,054,450
$258
21105 Hickman
4,936
7.79.910.0
 N/A
$783,996
$159
21107 Hopkins
46,338
7.210.49.2
 16.8
$8,722,882
$188
21109 Jackson
13,645
13.418.017.8
 N/A
$9,992,712
$732
21111 Jefferson
713,877
7.610.710.5
 14.3
$324,328,794
$454
21113 Jessamine
46,716
6.49.98.3
 14.9
$21,882,389
$468
21115 Johnson
24,056
7.711.611.4
 24.4
$9,325,657
$388
21117 Kenton
157,629
7.510.410.2
 10.7
$54,688,423
$347
21119 Knott
17,385
5.711.812.3
 N/A
$3,882,875
$223
21121 Knox
32,810
8.512.511.1
 36.1
$10,572,600
$322
21123 Larue
13,722
8.511.910.1
 N/A
$1,956,009
$143
21125 Laurel
57,586
7.510.710.2
 20.2
$20,597,252
$358
21127 Lawrence
16,443
9.013.812.8
 N/A
$3,150,826
$192
21129 Lee
7,414
8.314.112.8
 N/A
$1,977,664
$267
21131 Leslie
11,639
8.213.713.2
 N/A
$1,503,969
$129
21133 Letcher
23,890
6.412.111.3
 24.4
$7,335,096
$307
21135 Lewis
13,807
11.516.315.0
 N/A
$8,293,667
$601
21137 Lincoln
25,072
9.313.313.0
 18.1
$35,492,589
$1,416
21139 Livingston
9,591
6.510.010.5
 N/A
$13,323,889
$1,389
21141 Logan
27,117
8.511.810.1
 16.1
$6,179,445
$228
21143 Lyon
8,245
9.112.912.8
 N/A
$1,949,612
$236
21151 Madison
82,192
6.410.18.2
 18.0
$45,627,947
$555
21153 Magoffin
13,151
11.618.821.4
 N/A
$2,335,985
$178
21155 Marion
19,063
7.913.211.8
 N/A
$19,550,913
$1,026
21157 Marshall
31,189
7.710.811.9
 13.5
$13,470,330
$432
21159 Martin
11,602
6.712.311.9
 N/A
$3,462,628
$298
21161 Mason
17,414
6.813.09.7
 N/A
$7,112,959
$408
21145 McCracken
65,109
6.49.29.0
 16.3
$179,827,253
$2,762
21147 McCreary
17,315
11.214.514.1
 N/A
$19,385,149
$1,120
21149 McLean
9,681
8.011.010.1
 N/A
$2,915,970
$301
21163 Meade
27,043
9.912.514.3
 17.4
$2,343,923
$87
21165 Menifee
6,744
13.115.917.5
 N/A
$2,017,401
$299
21167 Mercer
21,920
7.912.110.9
 11.3
$2,548,785
$116
21169 Metcalfe
10,288
9.016.514.4
 N/A
$1,581,380
$154
21171 Monroe
11,547
10.215.012.6
 N/A
$9,801,865
$849
21173 Montgomery
25,618
9.812.911.5
 19.8
$12,169,561
$475
21175 Morgan
14,156
10.414.515.1
 N/A
$3,655,160
$258
21177 Muhlenberg
31,187
8.612.210.5
 20.1
$6,504,146
$209
21179 Nelson
43,113
9.613.111.2
 9.7
$15,377,150
$357
21181 Nicholas
6,811
9.213.212.0
 N/A
$746,908
$110
21183 Ohio
23,789
6.910.89.3
 19.8
$6,290,860
$264
21185 Oldham
56,874
6.08.98.4
 5.7
$23,926,544
$421
21187 Owen
11,432
7.911.29.8
 N/A
$1,766,880
$155
21189 Owsley
4,634
7.812.710.1
 N/A
$1,361,015
$294
21191 Pendleton
14,992
9.813.312.3
 N/A
$3,877,197
$259
21193 Perry
29,241
6.512.711.7
 29.1
$23,075,554
$789
21195 Pike
65,331
5.511.010.1
 19.9
$13,385,532
$205
21197 Powell
13,859
11.316.316.9
 N/A
$3,816,117
$275
21199 Pulaski
60,851
7.810.810.6
 18.9
$17,317,767
$285
21201 Robertson
2,202
7.411.011.1
 N/A
$173,484
$79
21203 Rockcastle
16,788
10.413.911.3
 N/A
$6,119,015
$364
21205 Rowan
22,733
6.110.38.6
 25.7
$14,355,761
$631
21207 Russell
17,296
9.312.214.5
 N/A
$30,347,408
$1,755
21209 Scott
44,549
5.910.58.5
 11.0
$24,195,030
$543
21211 Shelby
41,157
6.910.19.5
 12.1
$9,481,767
$230
21213 Simpson
17,019
7.913.811.9
 N/A
$7,562,824
$444
21215 Spencer
17,382
9.010.110.6
 N/A
$3,809,654
$219
21217 Taylor
24,069
6.810.810.3
 18.6
$8,450,835
$351
21219 Todd
12,173
8.613.411.6
 N/A
$3,532,942
$290
21221 Trigg
13,418
13.115.816.5
 N/A
$40,094,401
$2,988
21223 Trimble
9,012
9.012.212.4
 N/A
$695,709
$77
21225 Union
15,024
10.512.510.1
 N/A
$6,657,408
$443
21227 Warren
105,862
6.111.38.9
 17.0
$54,010,796
$510
21229 Washington
11,595
9.113.411.8
 N/A
$16,854,634
$1,454
21231 Wayne
20,696
9.914.013.7
 23.4
$5,446,678
$263
21233 Webster
13,669
7.99.49.7
 N/A
$3,064,745
$224
21235 Whitley
38,668
8.412.511.6
 27.2
$24,076,850
$623
21237 Wolfe
6,989
10.615.115.6
 N/A
$4,718,192
$675
21239 Woodford
24,526
5.18.67.7
 10.8
$23,207,747
$946

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