Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety50#1,560/3,096
Economy38#1,952/3,143
Housing100#10/3,140
Health13#2,748/3,144
Healthcare52#1,513/3,143
Environment1#3,063/3,108
Education38#1,951/3,144
Infrastructure36#2,026/3,144
Community60#1,273/3,144
Leisure & amenities18#2,563/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ballard County, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Cost of buying a home today · low15.3%
98/100Kentucky 27.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Child care cost burden · low19.6%
92/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low6.0%
89/100Kentucky 8.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Rent-burdened households · low34.8%
88/100Kentucky 45.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Violent crime rate · low79 /100k
87/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rent as share of income · low22.3%
87/100Kentucky 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-6.7%
3/100Kentucky -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Adult smoking · high22.3%
6/100Kentucky 17.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · low26 /100k
6/100Kentucky 329 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Depression · high29.4%
8/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
High ozone days · high3 days
8/100Kentucky 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Traffic deaths · high44.5 /100k
9/100Kentucky 17.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Job growthWorsening
35.4% (2021) → -6.7% (2026 Q1)
−42 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 27% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+27 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Mental health providersImproving
13 /100k (2021) → 26 /100k (2025)
+104%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
6.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Firearm deathsImproving
18.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Suicide rateImproving
20.1 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ballard County, Kentucky improved on 7 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Real income+44%$45,717 → $65,650
Violent crime−68%247 /100k → 79 /100k
Weekly wage+32%$936 → $1,237
New businesses+62%6.1 /1k → 9.9 /1k
Broadband+12 points75.4% → 87.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Ballard County, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	41%
Average commute time	23.1 min2015-2019	26.5 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Average weekly wage	$9362020	$1,2372025	+32%	Improved	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Broadband subscriptions	75.4%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	67%
Child poverty rate	23.7%2019	23.0%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Distance to an airport	140 mi2020	140 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	16.1 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−9.3%	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Grocery stores	3.9 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−32%	Within the margin of error	10%
High school diploma or higher	87.2%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	91%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,7172019	$65,6502024	+44%	Improved	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4352020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$48,0532019	$61,4312024	+28%	Improved	65%
New business applications	6.1 /1k2020	9.9 /1k2025	+62%	Improved	71%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	75%
Poverty rate	15.5%2019	15.9%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Property crime rate	755 /100k2020	671 /100k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	17%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+2.7%	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	23.5%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	37.9%2015-2019	34.8%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Restaurants and bars	6.5 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	15%
Students per teacher	15.6×2019	15.4×2024	−0.3×	Little change	33%
Traffic deaths	40.0 /100k2015-2019	44.5 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	5.0%2025	−1.4 points	Improved	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2019	6.0%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Violent crime rate	247 /100k2020	79 /100k2025	−68%	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Ballard County, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ballard County, Kentucky in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ballard County, Kentucky itself moved +2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,654 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,209 households (±123)

Ballard County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k15%497
$25k–50k24%784
$50k–75k17%549

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,209 households (±123)

Ballard County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own76%2,438
Rent24%771

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,396 workers (±201)

Ballard County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone87%2,962
Carpool7.6%259
Public transit0.2%†8

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Paducah, KY-IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Ballard County has 155 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Kentucky's), with 1,617 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,827. The Census Bureau also counts 510 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 155; 510 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 1,617
Average annual pay: $53,827; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ballard County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	12	15.8	2.84×More than typical	34	$18,794	—
Specialty trade contractors	11	14.5	0.93×About typical	40	$39,225	49
General merchandise stores	8	10.5	5.95×Too few to compare	39	$26,077	7
Banks and credit unions	7	9.2	2.85×Too few to compare	46	$48,196	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	9.2	0.50×Too few to compare	62	$16,065	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	7.9	0.38×Too few to compare	145	$31,834	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	7.9	1.57×Too few to compare	24	$18,875	20
Gasoline stations	6	7.9	2.43×Too few to compare	54	$17,630	—
Other specialty trade contractors	6	7.9	3.14×Too few to compare	9	$55,111	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	7.9	1.17×Too few to compare	18	$46,833	44
Grocery and convenience stores	5	6.6	2.22×Too few to compare	89	$17,517	—
Full-service restaurants	4	5.3	0.68×Too few to compare	59	$14,492	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,605 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $327.3K on contracts performed in Ballard County, Kentucky: $43.10 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $327.3K; −62% vs FY2025
Per resident: $43.10; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$327.3K100%

Top recipients

GEO/STANLEY JOINT VENTURE 2$327.3K100%

Spending by fiscal year

953.1KFY2017
2.6MFY2018
3.1MFY2019
4.1MFY2020
5.5MFY2021
2.2MFY2022
18.1MFY2023
-289.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$327.3K100%

Largest awards

DESIGN A 13,563 SQUARE FOOT HUSH HOUSE PAD WITH ALL SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PLACEMENT OF THE NEW T-10 HUSH HOUSE STRUCTURE FOR THE T-7A AIRCRAFT BED-DOWN AT VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA.$1.1M
GEO/STANLEY JOINT VENTURE 2· Ballard County, KY· Construction & real property· Jul 15, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· W912BV25FA017

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $58.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Ballard County, Kentucky: $7,648 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $58.1M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,648; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 5.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$33.7M58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.3M11%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Ballard County, Kentucky compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Ballard County, Kentucky
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	$119	$1,436
FY2018	$332	$1,552
FY2019	$403	$1,654
FY2020	$527	$1,880
FY2021	$712	$1,810
FY2022	$289	$1,917
FY2023	$2,379	$2,079
FY2024	-$38.04	$2,047
FY2025	$112	$2,165
FY2026	$43.10 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	$119	$93.28
FY2018	-$4.40	$105
FY2019	$320	$128
FY2020	$221	$145
FY2021	$17.14	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$1,631	$5,748
FY2022	$1,667	$5,221
FY2023	$2,645	$5,364
FY2024	$1,454	$5,501
FY2025	$1,769	$5,732
FY2026	$711

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$909	$298
FY2022	$965	$357
FY2023	$81.01	$301
FY2024	$1,399	$319
FY2025	$1,513	$360
FY2026	$668

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$81.62	$239
FY2022	$69.14	$185
FY2023	$87.93	$229
FY2024	$50.35	$229
FY2025	$89.55	$249
FY2026	$76.55

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$769	$1,186
FY2022	$0	$465
FY2023	-$23.52	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Ballard County, Kentucky
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Ballard County, Kentucky and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−1.0%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/21007

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ballard County, Kentucky is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James ComerR-KY-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Ballard County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Paducah, KY-IL53Outlying county

Cities and towns in Ballard County

Places whose residents live mostly in Ballard County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/21007

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	+13.9%	−4.2%
2015	+13.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.3%	+3.3%
2018	−6.2%	+6.8%
2019	−1.7%	+10.5%
2020	−1.2%	+19.4%
2021	−18.3%	+26.1%
2022	−19.4%	+30.6%
2023	−12.0%	+35.0%
2024	+29.9%	+41.0%
2025	+30.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−1.3%	−5.5%
2015	−0.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+3.3%	+8.9%
2019	+12.4%	+13.5%
2020	+23.6%	+20.8%
2021	+41.8%	+32.1%
2022	+45.4%	+35.4%
2023	+54.7%	+42.9%
2024	+58.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−0.8%	−6.9%
2015	−1.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−2.4%	+4.7%
2018	+5.7%	+7.5%
2019	+6.6%	+14.0%
2020	+7.9%	+16.9%
2021	+18.7%	+21.0%
2022	+25.6%	+29.7%
2023	+54.7%	+34.9%
2024	+36.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−3.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	+1.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	−0.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+2.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+15.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+25.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+46.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+48.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+55.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+50.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	7.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.9/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	8.0%	6.2%
2015	6.8%	5.3%
2016	8.6%	4.9%
2017	7.4%	4.4%
2018	6.7%	3.9%
2019	5.4%	3.7%
2020	6.4%	8.1%
2021	4.9%	5.4%
2022	5.0%	3.7%
2023	5.0%	3.6%
2024	5.1%	4.0%
2025	5.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	16.8%	15.5%
2015	15.1%	14.7%
2016	16.2%	14.0%
2017	16.0%	13.4%
2018	15.3%	13.1%
2019	15.5%	12.3%
2020	14.2%	11.9%
2021	14.4%	12.8%
2022	15.0%	12.6%
2023	14.4%	12.5%
2024	15.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Ballard County, Kentucky	United States
2014	9.7%	13.5%
2015	6.9%	10.9%
2016	5.7%	10.0%
2017	6.4%	10.2%
2018	6.7%	10.4%
2019	7.2%	10.8%
2020	8.2%	10.4%
2021	6.8%	10.2%
2022	6.5%	9.5%
2023	5.0%	9.5%
2024	6.0%	9.8%

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