Kentucky
Kentucky: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Kentucky at a glance
Rolled up from the 10 regions inside Kentucky on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Kentucky, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-09 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (CBSA) ↗ | 300,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY (CBSA) ↗ | 395,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (CBSA; includes Northern Kentucky) ↗ | 340,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com) | 2026-10 |
| Kentucky (statewide) ↗ | 275,000 USD | median sale (Kentucky REALTORS) | 2026-05 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English ↗ | official status | 2026 |
Largest companies in Kentucky
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana (Louisville) ↗ | revenue | 129.664 USD billions | 2025 |
| BrightSpring Health Services (Louisville) ↗ | revenue | 14.145 USD billions | 2025 |
| Yum! Brands (Louisville) ↗ | revenue | 8.214 USD billions | 2025 |
| Churchill Downs Inc. (Louisville) ↗ | revenue | 2.926 USD billions | 2025 |
Worth knowing
- 2025-12Kentucky's all-industry GDP was US$313.6 billion in 2025 (BEA via FRED). ↗
- 2026-09Kentucky's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7% in September 2026 (BLS via FRED). ↗
- 2026-05Kentucky REALTORS reported a May 2026 statewide median sale price of $275,000 (down 0.7% from a year earlier), with 3,055 homes sold and 5.3 months of supply. ↗
- 2019-12Andy Beshear took office as Kentucky's 63rd governor on December 10, 2019; before that he was the state's 50th attorney general (2016-2019). ↗
- 2020-01In January 2020, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman led the waiver of the GED testing fee for adults; the state says more than 8,100 Kentuckians have since earned a GED. ↗
- 2025-12Kentucky's homeownership rate was 72.4% in 2025 (Census Housing Vacancies and Homeownership via FRED). ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish138,283 · 3.1%
- Other Indo-European languages22,001 · 0.5%
- German or other West Germanic languages21,480 · 0.5%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages20,892 · 0.5%
- Other and unspecified languages18,066 · 0.4%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun12,042 · 0.3%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages10,690 · 0.2%
- Arabic9,637 · 0.2%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)7,689 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)5,020 · 0.1%
Largest places in Kentucky
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Louisville, Kentucky full782,969
- 2.Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky full322,570
- 3.Bowling Green, Kentucky full72,294
- 4.Owensboro, Kentucky full60,112
- 5.Florence, Kentucky full32,334
- 6.Paducah, Kentucky full27,137
- 7.Bardstown, KY13,567
- 8.Williamstown, Kentucky3,894
- 9.Cave City, Kentucky2,356
Inside Kentucky
10 regions have Kentucky as their parent.
Companies based in Kentucky
52 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Kentucky. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Kentucky are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.