County · Kentucky

Boyd County, Kentucky

Boyd County, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 45 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,729 of 3,143 US counties. Within Kentucky it ranks #28 of 120 counties. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), mental health providers (high) and cost of buying a home today (low). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

45Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,729 of 3,143 counties
Kentucky: #28 of 120 in KY
Population: 47,751 (2025)
Land area: 160 mi²
Density: 298.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 21019

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety47#1,627/3,096
Economy31#2,160/3,143
Housing75#772/3,140
Health12#2,770/3,144
Healthcare74#820/3,143
Environment44#1,735/3,108
Education50#1,568/3,144
Infrastructure49#1,618/3,144
Community31#2,163/3,144
Leisure & amenities55#1,403/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
98/100Kentucky 78 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health providers · high800 /100k
97/100Kentucky 329 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Cost of buying a home today · low16.6%
96/100Kentucky 27.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Distance to an emergency room · low3.8 mi
91/100Kentucky 6.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Traffic deaths · low7.9 /100k
90/100Kentucky 17.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Primary care physicians · high94 /100k
89/100Kentucky 63 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high154 /100k
3/100Kentucky 115 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · high232 min
3/100Kentucky 153 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Preventable hospital stays · high4,591 /100k
7/100Kentucky 3,415 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · high73.2 /100k
8/100Kentucky 23.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Depression · high29.0%
9/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Premature death · high14,069 /100k
11/100Kentucky 11,364 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

New business applicationsImproving
5.3 /1k (2020) → 9.7 /1k (2025)
+82%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
2.5 /10k (2020) → 4.4 /10k (2025)
+77%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 11% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.4 /10k (2020) → 0.6 /10k (2025)
+51%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Homicide rateImproving
5.7 /100k (2021) → 3.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Child poverty rateImproving
32.1% (2019) → 22.8% (2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsUS 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Boyd County, Kentucky improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved9

Child poverty−9.3 points32.1% → 22.8%
New businesses+82%5.3 /1k → 9.7 /1k
Students / teacher−1.2×14.5× → 13.3×
Property crime−42%1,872 /100k → 1,089 /100k
Real income+32%$44,717 → $59,067

Declined1

Violent crime+42%127 /100k → 181 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Boyd County, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.5 /10k2020	4.4 /10k2025	+77%	Within the margin of error	95%
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Average weekly wage	$1,0122020	$1,1872025	+17%	Improved	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%2015-2019	20.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Broadband subscriptions	81.1%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	16%
Child poverty rate	32.1%2019	22.8%2024	−9.3 points	Improved	98%
Distance to an airport	107 mi2020	107 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	76.8 /100k2020	73.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−4.7%	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Firearm deaths	20.7 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−32%	Within the margin of error	89%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+1%	Within the margin of error	58%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	+51%	Within the margin of error	87%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	93%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,7172019	$59,0672024	+32%	Improved	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4862015-2019	0.4582020-2024	−0.027	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$50,0172019	$61,0942024	+22%	Improved	35%
New business applications	5.3 /1k2020	9.7 /1k2025	+82%	Improved	85%
Pharmacies	3.7 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	−27%	Within the margin of error	16%
Poverty rate	20.6%2019	18.0%2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Property crime rate	1,872 /100k2020	1,089 /100k2025	−42%	Improved	61%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	45.7%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Restaurants and bars	8.1 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	86%
Students per teacher	14.5×2019	13.3×2024	−1.2×	Improved	70%
Suicide rate	27.0 /100k2020	16.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Within the margin of error	94%
Traffic deaths	9.2 /100k2015-2019	7.9 /100k2020-2024	−14%	Within the margin of error	72%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	5.5%2025	−2.2 points	Improved	41%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.1%2019	7.1%2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Violent crime rate	127 /100k2020	181 /100k2025	+42%	Declined	11%

“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 Boyd County, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Boyd 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, Boyd County, Kentucky itself moved +3.2 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

47,911 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

19,309 households (±401)

Boyd County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k24%4,667
$25k–50k19%3,611
$50k–75k18%3,459

Homes

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

Owners and renters

19,309 households (±401)

Boyd County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own70%13,549
Rent30%5,760

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

18,936 workers (±641)

Boyd County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone81%15,290
Carpool9.6%1,818
Public transit0.1%†26

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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

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.

Boyd County has 1,169 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 1.18× Kentucky's), with 21,522 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,161. The Census Bureau also counts 2,664 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,169; 2,664 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 21,522
Average annual pay: $55,161; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	123	25.7	1.40×More than typical	2,743	$18,821	12
Ambulatory health care services	118	24.6	1.18×About typical	1,183	$128,667	154
Limited-service restaurants	77	16.1	2.01×More than typical	1,558	$17,491	5
Religious organizations	54	11.3	2.03×More than typical	223	$20,233	—
Specialty trade contractors	50	10.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	592	$62,346	216
Offices of physicians	38	7.9	1.23×About typical	531	$210,597	39
Full-service restaurants	33	6.9	0.90×About typical	1,059	$20,202	4
Clothing and accessories stores	31	6.5	1.78×More than typical	427	$15,925	32
Lessors of real estate	31	6.5	0.53×Fewer than typical	87	$33,149	272
Offices of other health practitioners	30	6.3	1.03×About typical	135	$70,504	71
Banks and credit unions	26	5.4	1.68×More than typical	366	$50,448	—
Gasoline stations	25	5.2	1.61×More than typical	225	$25,876	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,880 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 $12.2M on contracts performed in Boyd County, Kentucky: $256 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.2M; +241% vs FY2025
Per resident: $256; US $1,994
Sole-source: 75%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.3%; 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

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$12.1M99%
Department of Veterans Affairs$77.3K0.6%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$23.3K0.2%
Department of the Army$22.2K0.2%
Public Buildings Service$13.5K0.1%

Top recipients

SEVEN CORNERS INC$8.2M67%
MTNT FACILITY SOLUTIONS, LLC$1.6M13%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.$573K4.7%
NATURAL ENERGY UTILITY CORP$492.5K4.0%
KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM$254K2.1%

Spending by fiscal year

2.3MFY2017
2.5MFY2018
2.4MFY2019
2.8MFY2020
6.2MFY2021
5.5MFY2022
5MFY2023
570K

Top industries (NAICS)

General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$8.2M67%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$1.6M13%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$589.8K4.8%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$573K4.7%
Natural gas distribution · 2212$492.5K4.0%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113

Largest awards

FY26 B2 COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FEB$1.6M
SEVEN CORNERS INC· Boyd County, KY· Health & medical· Feb 17, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 15B10226P00000032
THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL MATERIALS, LABOR, AND EQUIPMENT TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT TITLED REPLACE ROOF STORM DAMAGE AT THE (FCI ASHLAND) LOCATED IN ASHLAND, KY.$1.6M
MTNT FACILITY SOLUTIONS, LLC· Boyd County, KY· Construction & real property· Oct 30, 2025 – Aug 10, 2026· 15BBNF26C00000008
FY26 B2 COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES OCT 25$1.4M
SEVEN CORNERS INC· Boyd County, KY· Health & medical· Dec 11, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026· 15B10226P00000010
FY26 B2 COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES MARCH

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 $359M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Boyd County, Kentucky: $7,517 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $359M; −7.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,517; US $12,955
Loan face value: $12.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$173M48%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$44.3M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$33.1M9.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$28.3M7.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$16.9M4.7%
84.411 · Education Innovation and Research (Formerly Investing in Innovation (I3) FUND)$12.6M3.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$9.6M2.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.4M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$17.9M5.0%
ASHLAND, KY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY$7.3M2.0%
FRANKFORT, KY
KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM$5M1.4%
ASHLAND, KY
ASHLAND, CITY OF$4.2M1.2%
ASHLAND, KY
BOYD COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$262.5M73%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$37.9M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$22.8M6.4%
Railroad Retirement Board$9.6M2.7%
Federal Highway Administration$7.3M2.0%

Assistance by fiscal year

343.8MFY2021
343.9MFY2022
357.6MFY2023
339.6MFY2024
387.1MFY2025
359MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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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 Boyd 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.

Boyd County, Kentucky
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	$47.67	$1,436
FY2018	$52.14	$1,552
FY2019	$51.32	$1,654
FY2020	$58.39	$1,880
FY2021	$130	$1,810
FY2022	$115	$1,917
FY2023	$105	$2,079
FY2024	$11.89	$2,047
FY2025	$74.97	$2,165
FY2026	$256 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0.15	$105
FY2019	$1.09	$128
FY2020	$0.10	$145
FY2021	$2.52	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$641	$5,748
FY2022	$798	$5,221
FY2023	$843	$5,364
FY2024	$284	$5,501
FY2025	$884	$5,732
FY2026	$930

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$14.54	$298
FY2022	$422	$357
FY2023	$516	$301
FY2024	$15.25	$319
FY2025	$343	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$149	$239
FY2022	$144	$185
FY2023	$249	$229
FY2024	$261	$229
FY2025	$245	$249
FY2026	$235

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$76.07	$2,304
FY2022	$86.38	$2,197
FY2023	$77.65	$2,274
FY2024	$119	$2,267
FY2025	$121	$2,397
FY2026	$76.94

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$720	$1,186
FY2022	$218	$465
FY2023	$28.38	$76.52
FY2024	$17.49	$120
FY2025	$35.30	$148
FY2026	$31.89

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.

Boyd County, Kentucky
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Boyd County, Kentucky and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−0.1%

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.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$422 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $14.54 (29× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

Boyd County, Kentucky
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

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/21019

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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.

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

House

Harold RogersR-KY-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH33Central county

Cities and towns in Boyd County

Places whose residents live mostly in Boyd 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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
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Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	+4.2%	−4.2%
2015	+4.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+6.6%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+18.6%	+19.4%
2021	+20.2%	+26.1%
2022	+24.6%	+30.6%
2023	+29.5%	+35.0%
2024	+33.5%	+41.0%
2025	+39.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−1.8%	−5.5%
2015	+1.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+11.3%	+13.5%
2020	+21.0%	+20.8%
2021	+32.2%	+32.1%
2022	+31.0%	+35.4%
2023	+40.6%	+42.9%
2024	+49.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	0.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−9.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−8.6%	+4.7%
2018	+7.7%	+7.5%
2019	+12.2%	+14.0%
2020	+22.7%	+16.9%
2021	+9.9%	+21.0%
2022	+24.3%	+29.7%
2023	+28.1%	+34.9%
2024	+37.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	23.1%	15.5%
2015	20.5%	14.7%
2016	18.2%	14.0%
2017	20.1%	13.4%
2018	18.3%	13.1%
2019	20.6%	12.3%
2020	15.8%	11.9%
2021	21.0%	12.8%
2022	18.4%	12.6%
2023	18.1%	12.5%
2024	18.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	7.5%	6.2%
2015	6.8%	5.3%
2016	7.8%	4.9%
2017	6.7%	4.4%
2018	5.5%	3.9%
2019	5.1%	3.7%
2020	7.7%	8.1%
2021	5.5%	5.4%
2022	4.9%	3.7%
2023	5.3%	3.6%
2024	5.8%	4.0%
2025	5.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−10.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+51.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+64.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+48.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+47.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	8.9%	13.5%
2015	6.4%	10.9%
2016	5.0%	10.0%
2017	5.4%	10.2%
2018	5.7%	10.4%
2019	7.1%	10.8%
2020	6.2%	10.4%
2021	5.9%	10.2%
2022	6.0%	9.5%
2023	5.6%	9.5%
2024	7.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Boyd County, Kentucky	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	3.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	4.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Boyd County, Kentucky	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−3.4 points	−3.1 points	−3.8 points to −2.5 points
Year −2	−7.6 points	−8.9 points	−10.9 points to −6.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.8 points	+1.6 points	−2.0 points to +7.4 points
Year +1	+0.7 points	+0.8 points	−0.8 points to +4.6 points
Year +2	−1.0 points	−2.0 points	−4.1 points to +1.1 points

Year	Boyd County, Kentucky	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.04 per 1,000 people	−0.02 per 1,000 people	−0.11 per 1,000 people to +0.10 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.06 per 1,000 people	+0.04 per 1,000 people	−0.03 per 1,000 people to +0.11 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.02 per 1,000 people	+0.16 per 1,000 people	−0.11 per 1,000 people to +0.90 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.10 per 1,000 people	+0.18 per 1,000 people	−0.08 per 1,000 people to +0.84 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.19 per 1,000 people	+0.17 per 1,000 people	−0.08 per 1,000 people to +0.80 per 1,000 people

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