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The Kentucky State Data Center serves as your comprehensive gateway to essential data and statistics about the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Our curated collection of data sources provides researchers, policymakers, businesses, and citizens with reliable information spanning key areas of Kentucky life and infrastructure.

Whether you're conducting academic research, developing business strategies, informing policy decisions or simply seeking to understand your community better, our data sources offer authoritative information from trusted federal, state and local agencies. Each topic area below connects you to detailed resources, including data repositories, interactive tools, reports and analysis platforms specific to that subject matter.

Explore the topics below to access comprehensive data resources tailored to your research and information needs. Each section provides detailed source information, access methods and guidance on how to effectively utilize the available data.

Data Sources

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Area Profiles

Area Profiles

County and city demographic profiles, Census Business Builder tools, ACS data profiles, and CEDIK county profiles covering agriculture, economics, healthcare, retail and workforce data.
Business and Industry

Business and Industry

Economic Census, business surveys, manufacturing data, GDP statistics and industry classifications using NAICS codes. Includes employer/nonemployer data and Bureau of Economic Analysis reports.
Crime

Crime

Kentucky State Police crime reports, FBI Uniform Crime Reports, and local agency crime mapping tools. Covers statewide crime statistics, county-level data and interactive crime analysis platforms.
Demographics

Demographics

Population data from Decennial Census, American Community Survey, population estimates and projections. Covers age, race, ethnicity, household composition and demographic characteristics.
Education

Education

CDC WONDER health data, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Kentucky Health Facts, County Health Rankings, cancer registry data and maternal/child health indicators by county and region.
Health

Health

CDC WONDER health data, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Kentucky Health Facts, County Health Rankings, cancer registry data and maternal/child health indicators by county and region.
Housing

Housing

Housing characteristics from ACS and American Housing Survey, including costs, occupancy, tenure and physical conditions. HUD data covers housing assistance and mortgage information.
Income and Poverty

Income and Poverty

Income and poverty statistics from ACS, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) and Survey of Income and Program Participation. Includes household income and poverty thresholds
Labor Force

Labor Force

Employment data from ACS, Bureau of Labor Statistics programs, Quarterly Workforce Indicators and Kentucky Labor Market Information. Covers wages, unemployment and occupational statistics.
Maps and GIS

Maps and GIS

Interactive Census mapping tools, TIGER/Line shapefiles for GIS applications, historical geographic data from NHGIS and Kentucky's geospatial data clearinghouse KyGeoNet.
Traffic

Traffic

Kentucky State Police collision reports, Transportation Cabinet traffic count data and federal FARS fatal crash statistics. Includes interactive mapping and downloadable datasets.

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