The Cabinet for Economic Development's "Research & Statistics"
page provides support for economic development professionals and businesses
through data source identification, reporting and analysis. Of particular
interest for state and local government research are:
Community
Profiles: These profiles provide extensive community information on
Kentucky counties and cities.
Deskbook
of Economic Statistics: Provides statistics on population, employment
and wages, unemployment, education, crime, income and poverty, labor force,
and more.
Fact
Sheets on Doing Business in Kentucky: Provides information on taxes,
incentives, economic development programs, education, workers compensation,
utilities, transportation and more.
The Department for Local Government's "Links" page provides
web links to Federal and State agencies, as well as links to Kentucky Area
Development District resources and related professional association sites.
This site provides access to data on the finances of state governments,
both revenue and expenditures. Search boxes make it easy to select Kentucky
data for the year you need, or you can go directly to the data for 1998,
the most recent available.
Produced and distributed by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, this
report, includes all funds, account groups, and component units for which
the Commonwealth of Kentucky is financially accountable. The report describes
the Commonwealth's financial position and results of operations as measured
by the financial activity of various funds. Reports for the years 1996 through
2000 are available online. (PDF format)
The Office of Financial Management is responsible for the review and approval
of all debt issued in the name of the Commonwealth. They publish several
reports including-