Recovery Tracker

How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County?

Kentucky

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U.S. Kentucky
Population 308,745,538 4,339,367
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $7,005,008,232
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,614
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
6.7
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+4.2
10.9
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
-1.0
9.9
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
-0.2
9.7
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
-1.2
8.5
Unemployment Rate, 7/08 – 7/12

Funding by Federal Agency and Department

Health and Human Services, Department of $1,714,809,753
Education, Department of $1,453,786,829
Agriculture, Department of $1,448,287,527
Transportation, Department of $517,558,633
Employment and Training Administration $373,212,265
Energy, Department of $267,138,006
Social Security Administration $230,008,528
Small Business Administration $228,186,324
Army, Department of $161,457,496
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $151,927,669
Housing and Urban Development, Department of $151,519,599
Environmental Protection Agency $151,401,197
Justice, Department of $44,300,304
Department of Veterans Affairs $32,049,837
Commerce, Department of $27,575,666
National Science Foundation $17,872,067
Interior, Department of $13,064,473
Homeland Security, Department of $9,608,245
Federal Communications Commission $4,959,077
Treasury, Department of $4,000,000
Office of Inspector General $2,976,277
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management $2,008,087
General Services Administration $1,728,775
Independent Agencies $872,079
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities $610,500
National Aeronautics and Space Administration $597,024
Navy, Department of $374,298

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This site was updated in September 2012. It includes recipient-reported data through the second quarter of 2012, which was released in July 2012.

Important: This interactive database is not kept up-to-date and should be treated as a historical snapshot. As records may have changed since we stopped making updates, researchers and consultants wishing to use the data should check against original sources for accuracy before using any data published here.

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Counties

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Stimulus Funds Unemployment Rate
Name Total Per Capita 2009 2010 2011 2012
Adair $10,103,972 $543 10.4 10.2 10.0 8.1
Allen $10,340,237 $518 14.7 12.0 11.1 9.1
Anderson $16,860,418 $785 11.9 10.6 9.9 9.5
Ballard $10,315,918 $1,248 9.3 8.6 8.4 9.1
Barren $66,464,638 $1,576 12.5 10.7 9.9 8.2
Bath $7,061,441 $608 15.9 12.0 11.8 9.9
Bell $23,542,825 $820 13.0 12.1 13.1 13.9
Boone $64,046,361 $537 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.2
Bourbon $9,936,494 $498 10.4 9.2 10.2 8.5
Boyd $21,030,143 $424 8.9 7.7 8.7 7.3
Boyle $15,627,240 $548 12.8 11.5 12.0 10.0
Bracken $2,946,924 $347 11.1 9.4 10.2 7.4
Breathitt $56,422,573 $4,066 11.0 10.9 10.5 13.0
Breckinridge $13,045,703 $650 12.0 10.4 9.8 8.3
Bullitt $75,654,018 $1,016 10.5 9.3 10.7 8.4
Butler $6,487,960 $510 15.0 12.0 10.8 9.1
Caldwell $19,429,289 $1,497 11.0 8.8 8.2 7.2
Calloway $37,097,850 $995 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.9
Campbell $85,447,742 $944 10.8 10.0 9.4 7.6
Carlisle $2,033,530 $399 9.2 8.5 7.8 7.9
Carroll $6,196,691 $574 13.1 12.5 10.8 9.4
Carter $17,623,807 $637 14.0 12.1 12.1 11.1
Casey $5,545,266 $347 11.0 10.7 9.8 7.9
Christian $133,376,760 $1,798 12.8 10.9 12.9 10.8
Clark $15,678,864 $440 10.8 9.5 9.3 8.1
Clay $13,433,740 $619 14.5 13.4 13.6 12.8
Clinton $26,099,796 $2,543 8.5 8.0 9.3 10.3
Crittenden $3,726,995 $400 11.2 9.7 8.7 8.3
Cumberland $5,713,290 $834 11.8 9.8 10.9 10.7
Daviess $113,261,392 $1,171 9.9 9.3 9.0 7.1
Edmonson $15,466,163 $1,271 12.9 10.8 10.6 9.3
Elliott $2,464,691 $312 13.6 11.9 11.8 11.1
Estill $14,942,141 $1,018 12.3 12.7 10.1 9.3
Fayette $478,573,684 $1,613 8.3 7.8 7.6 6.6
Fleming $12,664,851 $881 12.7 11.4 11.2 9.4
Floyd $36,187,373 $917 11.7 11.6 9.9 11.0
Franklin $2,757,121,842 $55,939 9.2 8.5 7.9 6.6
Fulton $6,473,216 $949 13.6 12.3 13.7 15.4
Gallatin $18,617,590 $2,166 12.3 9.7 9.7 8.4
Garrard $10,340,052 $611 12.6 11.1 10.3 8.8
Grant $12,106,973 $491 11.9 10.5 11.1 8.3
Graves $149,193,162 $4,010 10.4 9.6 8.9 8.8
Grayson $17,616,196 $683 14.9 13.4 12.7 12.7
Green $3,509,386 $313 12.2 12.7 10.1 8.8
Greenup $17,888,548 $485 9.7 8.8 9.0 7.5
Hancock $3,006,915 $351 14.9 8.4 8.3 6.9
Hardin $75,043,079 $702 10.7 8.9 8.8 7.9
Harlan $16,560,473 $567 12.0 11.3 10.4 14.6
Harrison $7,217,727 $383 13.3 11.5 10.8 7.8
Hart $7,487,557 $411 10.3 9.6 9.4 7.7
Henderson $18,445,542 $398 10.3 9.0 8.6 7.7
Henry $7,694,475 $500 10.7 9.5 9.2 8.0
Hickman $1,993,083 $408 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.0
Hopkins $40,374,051 $861 10.0 8.8 8.1 7.4
Jackson $43,361,157 $3,211 16.9 16.2 16.1 14.4
Jefferson $588,240,375 $793 10.4 9.8 10.3 8.9
Jessamine $34,122,663 $700 9.9 8.8 8.3 7.1
Johnson $32,953,473 $1,407 10.7 11.0 9.5 9.5
Kenton $91,952,600 $575 10.4 9.7 9.1 7.5
Knott $13,434,019 $824 11.6 11.7 10.7 13.3
Knox $22,060,634 $692 12.1 10.7 11.8 12.0
Larue $5,826,757 $411 14.1 9.7 8.8 8.3
Laurel $33,273,876 $564 10.2 9.8 10.6 9.8
Lawrence $9,146,407 $576 12.9 12.4 11.3 10.2
Lee $3,811,856 $484 12.3 11.8 12.6 12.4
Leslie $14,540,109 $1,287 13.9 12.8 11.9 14.3
Letcher $27,671,838 $1,127 12.5 10.9 10.0 13.5
Lewis $13,344,718 $964 15.9 13.9 13.7 12.0
Lincoln $74,700,535 $3,019 13.3 12.1 12.2 10.5
Livingston $78,823,935 $8,268 9.5 8.8 8.2 8.1
Logan $14,977,809 $558 11.4 10.4 9.2 7.3
Lyon $3,863,731 $465 12.0 9.7 9.3 9.1
McCracken $119,591,519 $1,825 9.1 8.4 8.1 8.1
McCreary $26,732,443 $1,460 14.6 14.4 14.3 13.6
McLean $6,030,793 $634 11.8 10.1 10.0 8.8
Madison $85,346,645 $1,026 9.9 8.5 7.8 7.1
Magoffin $6,020,628 $452 19.2 18.1 16.2 16.7
Marion $22,290,945 $1,124 15.5 13.8 11.1 8.7
Marshall $18,207,646 $579 10.5 10.0 8.9 8.6
Martin $7,283,930 $565 11.9 11.0 10.2 10.2
Mason $14,558,028 $832 11.5 10.0 9.3 8.6
Meade $10,011,081 $349 11.8 10.7 11.6 9.8
Menifee $3,857,593 $612 15.9 15.4 14.3 11.3
Mercer $7,668,412 $359 12.3 11.3 10.6 9.0
Metcalfe $4,950,395 $490 16.5 15.5 14.2 8.5
Monroe $13,756,130 $1,253 13.5 10.9 9.6 7.5
Montgomery $21,497,445 $811 13.2 11.7 10.8 8.7
Morgan $85,015,402 $6,104 13.8 13.4 11.6 12.0
Muhlenberg $22,408,757 $712 11.8 10.5 10.3 9.3
Nelson $36,220,017 $831 13.0 13.4 14.7 8.7
Nicholas $2,718,630 $381 12.6 11.6 11.3 9.4
Ohio $12,024,971 $505 10.8 9.3 8.5 7.3
Oldham $36,731,019 $608 8.7 7.8 7.5 6.7
Owen $5,572,465 $514 10.4 9.1 8.7 7.1
Owsley $2,566,763 $539 11.3 11.2 11.6 11.4
Pendleton $7,410,704 $497 12.2 11.2 10.3 8.9
Perry $36,239,114 $1,262 11.9 10.8 9.9 13.0
Pike $108,076,986 $1,664 11.0 9.6 8.7 9.7
Powell $7,123,650 $564 15.7 13.6 11.5 10.4
Pulaski $66,354,953 $1,051 11.7 10.7 11.2 9.4
Robertson $829,759 $364 10.0 9.3 9.6 8.8
Rockcastle $13,463,833 $791 14.3 11.1 12.2 9.0
Rowan $31,418,726 $1,347 9.9 9.1 9.0 7.6
Russell $34,897,089 $1,990 10.8 10.1 9.5 8.2
Scott $32,253,303 $680 12.4 10.6 10.6 6.8
Shelby $29,107,179 $689 9.8 9.8 9.6 6.8
Simpson $12,826,935 $739 13.2 12.8 11.6 9.1
Spencer $7,908,134 $462 10.0 9.9 10.4 7.6
Taylor $16,129,749 $657 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.6
Todd $6,657,942 $535 13.3 10.6 9.7 8.2
Trigg $43,244,723 $3,013 15.5 10.2 10.4 8.0
Trimble $12,872,872 $1,463 11.4 12.2 9.4 7.9
Union $14,663,212 $977 11.8 10.0 8.6 6.7
Warren $90,188,210 $790 10.8 8.9 8.6 7.6
Washington $20,093,673 $1,707 14.2 13.0 12.1 9.4
Wayne $19,628,997 $943 13.5 12.0 13.0 12.6
Webster $6,031,282 $443 10.4 8.5 8.3 8.8
Whitley $35,435,679 $996 11.8 11.1 10.7 10.0
Wolfe $8,347,789 $1,136 14.7 14.1 13.4 13.7
Woodford $41,094,942 $1,642 9.4 8.1 8.0 5.9