Data Sites

Below are links to websites that contain county data. 

Some are specific to Kentucky,

but many are national sources containing county data for any state.

For more information on how to define rural,

visit the Briefing Room on Measuring Rurality at the USDA Economic Research Service

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/

  Kentucky Websites:

Kentucky State Data Center

Info available: Census data, tract maps, and graphs for area development districts.

          http://ksdc.louisville.edu/

Workforce Kentucky

Info available: Labor force data, unemployment rates. 

          http://www.workforcekentucky.ky.gov/

Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

Info available: Community information, industrial site and building information for cities and counties.  Click on "Community Profiles."  For more data, click on “Data Center” and select a category.

          http://www.thinkkentucky.com

Kentucky Kids Count

Info available: Profiles on indicators of child well-being including economic, education, and social data.

          http://www.kyyouth.org/KIDS_COUNT/

          or http://ksdc.louisville.edu/1kidscount.htm

Kentucky County Health Profiles

Info available: Produced by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, county data profiles contain many health and social indicators.

  http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/epi/cohealthprofiles.htm

American FactFinder

Info available:  Clink on "data sets" to find 2000 Census, 1990 Census, Economic Census, population estimates, and the American Community Survey.

          http://factfinder.census.gov

Quick Facts

Info available:  2000 Census, 1990 Census, Economic Census, maps.

          http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Info available: Data on employment and income by economic sector.

           http://www.bea.gov/regional/index.htm

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Info available: 1997, 2002, and 2007 Census of Agriculture. For “Quick Stats,” click on “Data and Statistics.
For the current and previous censuses of agriculture, click on “Census.”

          http://www.nass.usda.gov

Poverty Estimates

Info available: Most recent estimates of individuals living in poverty, children in poverty, and median income.

          http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/

County Business Patterns

Info available: Data on businesses by state and county.

          http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Info available: Local unemployment rates and "at a glance" compilations of labor and economic data.

          http://stats.bls.gov/

This list is from  By the Numbers: Finding Data on the Internet.  2009.  Julie N. Zimmerman.  Social and Economic Education for Development (SEED): University of Kentucky. 

Updated: Feb. 2009.  http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl  Online Links Updated: March, 2009.