State profile
Kentucky
United States · GDP 2025
#29 of 51 US states by GDPbottom-quartile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$306.9B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
1,708,602
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
94,402
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,502,935
Census PEP · 2022
Kentucky · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Jefferson$78.8BFayette$28.9BBoone$16.8BKenton$12.4BWarren$11.1BChristian$7.9BHardin$7.3BMcCracken$7.0BDaviess$6.2BCampbell$5.0BFranklin$4.6BScott$4.5BMadison$4.4BBullitt$3.8BBoyd$3.8BJessamine$3.1BPulaski$3.0BOldham$3.0BLaurel$3.0BHenderson$2.8BPike$2.7BHopkins$2.7BCarroll$2.5BShelby$2.4B
See all counties in Kentucky →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Yum! Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$8.2B75B+2Somnigroup International IncConsumer Cyclical$7.5B67B3Texas Roadhouse, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$5.9B73B4Humana Inc.Healthcare$5.8B86A5Brown-Forman CorporationConsumer Defensive$3.9B74B6Churchill Downs IncorporatedConsumer Cyclical$2.9B76B+7Papa John's International, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.1B61C8Valvoline Inc.Energy$1.7B63C9Holley Inc.Consumer Cyclical$613.5M49D10Ramaco Resources, Inc.Energy$536.6M49D11Turning Point Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$463.1M73B12Republic Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$417.5M65B13Charah Solutions, Inc.Industrials$293.2M——14Sypris Solutions, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$119.9M39D15Boyle Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$69.5M62C16Creative Realities, Inc.Technology$57.2M51D17UTG, Inc.Financial Services$42.3M56C18HFB Financial CorporationFinancial Services$34.9M51D19Citizens National CorporationFinancial Services$33.5M52D20Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$23.4M59C21LogicMark, Inc.Technology$11.4M48D22HealthWarehouse.com, Inc.Healthcare$10.4M——23Astro Communications, Inc.Industrials$6.8M50D24Angstrom Technologies, Inc.Basic Materials$4.2M64C25TX Rail Products, IncIndustrials$3.9M——HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation16%
Transportation11%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$238.7B2021
$262.6B2022
$283.3B2023
$295.4B2024
$306.9B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR20 filings from 11 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US states
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What is the GDP of Kentucky?
Kentucky's economy produced $306.9B in 2025, growing 3.9% year over year — slower than 86% of US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.