2000 vs. 2017 Total Employment Growth and Change
Kentucky Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Kentucky Employment Growth by County
Bullitt County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 76.11%
Rank = #1
Ballard County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = -44.01%
Rank = #120
Owen County 2000 vs. 2017
Net Percent Change = 2.24%
Rank = #47
With a spotlight on Owen County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Kentucky's 120 counties over the period 2000-2017.
Those counties whose employment growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of employment. Likewise, those counties whose employment growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment statewide.
Statewide Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017 employment grew in fifty-three Kentucky counties while declining in sixty-seven.
  • Employment growth in twenty-five counties outpaced the statewide average (9.26%), while growth in ninety-five counties trailed.
  • At the extremes of the distribution, Bullitt County posted the highest growth of employment (76.11%), while Ballard County placed last by logging a -44.01% decline.
  • The spread in employment growth between the highest (Bullitt County, 76.11%) and lowest (Ballard County, -44.01%) over 2000-2017 equated to 120.12% ( = 76.11%-44.01%).
  • Employment growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of employment statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Kentucky, Jefferson County's net employment growth over 2000-2017 of 62,524 made up 29.27% of the total net growth statewide (213,639):

Jefferson County: Percent Share of Kentucky's
Employment Growth, 2000-2017:

29.27% = (62,524 / 213,639) x 100
Owen County Snippets:
  • Over 2000-2017, Owen County posted a 2.24% net gain in employment.
  • Owen County was joined by ninety-four other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (9.26%).
  • Ranked #47 among Kentucky's 120 counties, Owen County's employment growth (2.24%) trailed the statewide average of 9.26% by a 7.03% margin.
  • Owen County's net employment growth (2.24%, #47) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Whitley County (1.68%, #48) and just below that of Lawrence County (2.54%, #46).

Data Definition

The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.

United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/

Employment Growth by County
2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change
Employment Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2017
More
than
30%
30%
to
20%
20%
to
10%
10%
to
0%
0%
to
-10%
-10%
to
-20%
-20%
to
-30%
-30%
or
Below
Total
2000 vs. 2017
7
8
9
29
35
26
2
4
120
 
     
Employment by County, 2017
Employment by County, 2017
Jefferson County 2017
Employment = 585,995
Percent of State = 23.25%
Rank = #1
Robertson County 2017
Employment = 793
Percent of State = 0.03%
Rank = #120
Owen County 2017
Employment = 3,610
Percent of State = 0.14%
Rank = #99
Again highlighting Owen County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 employment statewide (2,520,120).

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Statewide Snippets:
  • Ranked #1, Jefferson County's 2017 employment totaled 585,995, equating to 23.25% of the statewide total.
  • Ranked last (#120), Robertson County's employment of 793 in 2017 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Robertson County's employment in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Jefferson County's.
  • Jefferson County's 2017 employment (585,995) exceeded the combined employment (579,554) of Kentucky's ninety smallest counties.
Owen County Snippets:
  • Owen County's employment in 2017 ranked #99, amounting to 0.14% of the statewide total.
  • Owen County's employment of 3,610 placed below that of Edmonson County's (3,637, #98), and just above that of Lyon County's (3,510, #100).
  • Owen County's employment of 3,610 exceeds the combined total (2,007) of Kentucky's two smallest counties.
Employment by County, 2017
Employment by County, 2017
View Distribution Totals as: Actual Percent
     
 
County Distribution of Employment, 2017
More
than
125,000
125,000
to
100,000
100,000
to
75,000
75,000
to
50,000
50,000
to
25,000
25,000
or
Below
Total
2017
2
1
2
3
13
99
120
 
     

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Kentucky Employment by County:
2000 vs. 2017
 
2000
 
2017
 
2000 - 2017
 
 
 
 
7,928
0.34
 
7,951
0.32
 
0.29
23
0.01
-0.03
 
8,353
0.36
 
8,167
0.32
 
-2.23
-186
-0.09
-0.04
 
7,061
0.31
 
7,751
0.31
 
9.77
690
0.32
0.00
 
4,897
0.21
 
2,742
0.11
 
-44.01
-2,155
-1.01
-0.10
 
25,717
1.11
 
24,330
0.97
 
-5.39
-1,387
-0.65
-0.15
 
3,923
0.17
 
3,728
0.15
 
-4.97
-195
-0.09
-0.02
 
12,518
0.54
 
10,471
0.42
 
-16.35
-2,047
-0.96
-0.13
 
81,425
3.53
 
105,431
4.18
 
29.48
24,006
11.24
0.65
 
9,843
0.43
 
10,227
0.41
 
3.90
384
0.18
-0.02
 
32,955
1.43
 
29,634
1.18
 
-10.08
-3,321
-1.55
-0.25
 
22,580
0.98
 
18,838
0.75
 
-16.57
-3,742
-1.75
-0.23
 
3,107
0.13
 
2,816
0.11
 
-9.37
-291
-0.14
-0.02
 
4,798
0.21
 
4,106
0.16
 
-14.42
-692
-0.32
-0.05
 
6,968
0.30
 
7,169
0.28
 
2.88
201
0.09
-0.02
 
18,942
0.82
 
33,359
1.32
 
76.11
14,417
6.75
0.50
 
6,080
0.26
 
5,003
0.20
 
-17.71
-1,077
-0.50
-0.07
 
6,491
0.28
 
5,989
0.24
 
-7.73
-502
-0.23
-0.04
 
22,108
0.96
 
22,693
0.90
 
2.65
585
0.27
-0.06
 
36,065
1.56
 
42,257
1.68
 
17.17
6,192
2.90
0.11
 
1,968
0.09
 
2,085
0.08
 
5.95
117
0.05
0.00
 
7,617
0.33
 
7,883
0.31
 
3.49
266
0.12
-0.02
 
9,390
0.41
 
8,876
0.35
 
-5.47
-514
-0.24
-0.05
 
6,973
0.30
 
6,478
0.26
 
-7.10
-495
-0.23
-0.05
 
60,089
2.61
 
67,351
2.67
 
12.09
7,262
3.40
0.07
 
20,173
0.87
 
20,044
0.80
 
-0.64
-129
-0.06
-0.08
 
6,664
0.29
 
5,796
0.23
 
-13.03
-868
-0.41
-0.06
 
5,225
0.23
 
5,243
0.21
 
0.34
18
0.01
-0.02
 
3,925
0.17
 
3,716
0.15
 
-5.32
-209
-0.10
-0.02
 
3,083
0.13
 
2,921
0.12
 
-5.25
-162
-0.08
-0.02
 
54,619
2.37
 
59,578
2.36
 
9.08
4,959
2.32
0.00
 
3,068
0.13
 
3,637
0.14
 
18.55
569
0.27
0.01
 
1,472
0.06
 
1,894
0.08
 
28.67
422
0.20
0.01
 
4,144
0.18
 
3,960
0.16
 
-4.44
-184
-0.09
-0.02
 
208,454
9.04
 
251,334
9.97
 
20.57
42,880
20.07
0.94
 
6,607
0.29
 
6,174
0.24
 
-6.55
-433
-0.20
-0.04
 
14,494
0.63
 
14,466
0.57
 
-0.19
-28
-0.01
-0.05
 
39,683
1.72
 
39,385
1.56
 
-0.75
-298
-0.14
-0.16
 
4,306
0.19
 
2,842
0.11
 
-34.00
-1,464
-0.69
-0.07
 
3,108
0.13
 
3,297
0.13
 
6.08
189
0.09
0.00
 
5,316
0.23
 
5,003
0.20
 
-5.89
-313
-0.15
-0.03
 
8,736
0.38
 
8,200
0.33
 
-6.14
-536
-0.25
-0.05
 
18,478
0.80
 
17,029
0.68
 
-7.84
-1,449
-0.68
-0.13
 
12,580
0.55
 
12,186
0.48
 
-3.13
-394
-0.18
-0.06
 
4,682
0.20
 
4,058
0.16
 
-13.33
-624
-0.29
-0.04
 
12,829
0.56
 
12,267
0.49
 
-4.38
-562
-0.26
-0.07
 
6,306
0.27
 
5,159
0.20
 
-18.19
-1,147
-0.54
-0.07
 
60,678
2.63
 
64,835
2.57
 
6.85
4,157
1.95
-0.06
 
10,101
0.44
 
7,688
0.31
 
-23.89
-2,413
-1.13
-0.13
 
7,711
0.33
 
7,764
0.31
 
0.69
53
0.02
-0.03
 
7,508
0.33
 
9,403
0.37
 
25.24
1,895
0.89
0.05
 
27,808
1.21
 
24,688
0.98
 
-11.22
-3,120
-1.46
-0.23
 
6,170
0.27
 
5,449
0.22
 
-11.69
-721
-0.34
-0.05
 
2,107
0.09
 
1,707
0.07
 
-18.98
-400
-0.19
-0.02
 
22,449
0.97
 
23,062
0.92
 
2.73
613
0.29
-0.06
 
5,196
0.23
 
3,463
0.14
 
-33.35
-1,733
-0.81
-0.09
 
523,471
22.70
 
585,995
23.25
 
11.94
62,524
29.27
0.56
 
19,220
0.83
 
25,969
1.03
 
35.11
6,749
3.16
0.20
 
8,524
0.37
 
7,493
0.30
 
-12.10
-1,031
-0.48
-0.07
 
72,351
3.14
 
86,241
3.42
 
19.20
13,890
6.50
0.29
 
4,482
0.19
 
3,728
0.15
 
-16.82
-754
-0.35
-0.05
 
12,633
0.55
 
11,398
0.45
 
-9.78
-1,235
-0.58
-0.10
 
5,215
0.23
 
5,150
0.20
 
-1.25
-65
-0.03
-0.02
 
28,813
1.25
 
34,346
1.36
 
19.20
5,533
2.59
0.11
 
4,654
0.20
 
4,772
0.19
 
2.54
118
0.06
-0.01
 
2,571
0.11
 
2,202
0.09
 
-14.35
-369
-0.17
-0.02
 
3,543
0.15
 
2,290
0.09
 
-35.37
-1,253
-0.59
-0.06
 
7,847
0.34
 
5,922
0.23
 
-24.53
-1,925
-0.90
-0.11
 
4,015
0.17
 
3,839
0.15
 
-4.38
-176
-0.08
-0.02
 
7,254
0.31
 
7,576
0.30
 
4.44
322
0.15
-0.01
 
4,004
0.17
 
3,908
0.16
 
-2.40
-96
-0.04
-0.02
 
14,556
0.63
 
12,799
0.51
 
-12.07
-1,757
-0.82
-0.12
 
3,086
0.13
 
3,510
0.14
 
13.74
424
0.20
0.01
 
47,077
2.04
 
49,032
1.95
 
4.15
1,955
0.92
-0.10
 
4,692
0.20
 
4,074
0.16
 
-13.17
-618
-0.29
-0.04
 
3,247
0.14
 
3,086
0.12
 
-4.96
-161
-0.08
-0.02
 
37,704
1.63
 
45,573
1.81
 
20.87
7,869
3.68
0.17
 
3,826
0.17
 
3,063
0.12
 
-19.94
-763
-0.36
-0.04
 
9,076
0.39
 
11,847
0.47
 
30.53
2,771
1.30
0.08
 
15,721
0.68
 
15,784
0.63
 
0.40
63
0.03
-0.06
 
3,777
0.16
 
3,311
0.13
 
-12.34
-466
-0.22
-0.03
 
12,712
0.55
 
11,557
0.46
 
-9.09
-1,155
-0.54
-0.09
 
6,756
0.29
 
7,471
0.30
 
10.58
715
0.33
0.00
 
1,865
0.08
 
1,709
0.07
 
-8.36
-156
-0.07
-0.01
 
10,896
0.47
 
9,996
0.40
 
-8.26
-900
-0.42
-0.08
 
4,599
0.20
 
4,113
0.16
 
-10.57
-486
-0.23
-0.04
 
5,748
0.25
 
5,794
0.23
 
0.80
46
0.02
-0.02
 
13,589
0.59
 
14,120
0.56
 
3.91
531
0.25
-0.03
 
5,049
0.22
 
4,634
0.18
 
-8.22
-415
-0.19
-0.04
 
13,032
0.57
 
12,013
0.48
 
-7.82
-1,019
-0.48
-0.09
 
18,322
0.79
 
22,070
0.88
 
20.46
3,748
1.75
0.08
 
2,493
0.11
 
2,133
0.08
 
-14.44
-360
-0.17
-0.02
 
9,149
0.40
 
10,504
0.42
 
14.81
1,355
0.63
0.02
 
17,819
0.77
 
26,456
1.05
 
48.47
8,637
4.04
0.28
 
3,531
0.15
 
3,610
0.14
 
2.24
79
0.04
-0.01
 
1,394
0.06
 
1,214
0.05
 
-12.91
-180
-0.08
-0.01
 
4,615
0.20
 
4,552
0.18
 
-1.37
-63
-0.03
-0.02
 
14,753
0.64
 
13,827
0.55
 
-6.28
-926
-0.43
-0.09
 
30,310
1.31
 
26,622
1.06
 
-12.17
-3,688
-1.73
-0.26
 
4,820
0.21
 
3,999
0.16
 
-17.03
-821
-0.38
-0.05
 
32,855
1.42
 
34,279
1.36
 
4.33
1,424
0.67
-0.06
 
845
0.04
 
793
0.03
 
-6.15
-52
-0.02
-0.01
 
5,753
0.25
 
5,995
0.24
 
4.21
242
0.11
-0.01
 
12,078
0.52
 
13,062
0.52
 
8.15
984
0.46
-0.01
 
8,272
0.36
 
8,496
0.34
 
2.71
224
0.10
-0.02
 
28,021
1.21
 
34,387
1.36
 
22.72
6,366
2.98
0.15
 
19,493
0.85
 
25,019
0.99
 
28.35
5,526
2.59
0.15
 
10,993
0.48
 
11,766
0.47
 
7.03
773
0.36
-0.01
 
3,450
0.15
 
4,564
0.18
 
32.29
1,114
0.52
0.03
 
12,354
0.54
 
16,145
0.64
 
30.69
3,791
1.77
0.11
 
5,216
0.23
 
4,851
0.19
 
-7.00
-365
-0.17
-0.03
 
4,907
0.21
 
5,094
0.20
 
3.81
187
0.09
-0.01
 
2,151
0.09
 
2,337
0.09
 
8.65
186
0.09
0.00
 
7,945
0.34
 
6,875
0.27
 
-13.47
-1,070
-0.50
-0.07
 
61,304
2.66
 
84,584
3.36
 
37.97
23,280
10.90
0.70
 
5,519
0.24
 
5,734
0.23
 
3.90
215
0.10
-0.01
 
8,524
0.37
 
8,038
0.32
 
-5.70
-486
-0.23
-0.05
 
5,744
0.25
 
4,765
0.19
 
-17.04
-979
-0.46
-0.06
 
15,494
0.67
 
15,754
0.63
 
1.68
260
0.12
-0.05
 
2,430
0.11
 
2,010
0.08
 
-17.28
-420
-0.20
-0.03
 
14,846
0.64
 
14,687
0.58
 
-1.07
-159
-0.07
-0.06
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,306,481
100.00
 
2,520,120
100.00
 
9.26
213,639
100.00
0.00
 
1,462,913
63.43
 
1,684,864
66.86
 
15.17
221,951
103.89
3.43
 
843,568
36.57
 
835,256
33.14
 
-0.99
-8,312
-3.89
-3.43
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
165,370,800
 
196,394,100
 
18.76
31,023,300
 
142,396,424
 
172,909,128
 
21.43
30,512,704
 
22,974,376
 
23,484,972
 
2.22
510,596
Source: Calculations by the Kentucky Regional Economic Analysis Project (KY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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