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The South > Kentucky > Labor

KENTUCKY LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Employment Ratio 64.9 [48th of 51]
Mean Travel Time to Work 22.7 [28th of 51]
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Carpool 10.7 % [17th of 51]
Textile product mills > Production workers (average per year) 1,767 [14th of 32]
Textile product mills > Production workers hours 295,000 [29th of 32]
Total Manufacturing > Number of employees 246,749 [21st of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 187,621 [18th of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Production workers hours 382,472,000 [19th of 51]
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Number of employees 50,032 [8th of 46]
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 41,325 [4th of 46]
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers hours 84,448,000 [6th of 46]
U.S. state minimum wages > Minimum Wage levels > Level $5.15 [38th of 53]
Unemployment Rate > 2004 5.3 [23rd of 51]
Unemployment Rate > January, 2006 6.3 [3rd of 51]
Union affiliation > Union Affiliation > Percent Represented by Unions 10.8 [30th of 50]
Union affiliation > Union Affiliation > Percent Union Members 9.7 [30th of 50]
Union affiliation > Union Affiliation > Total Employed 1,696,000 [25th of 50]
Wood product manufacturing > Number of employees 12,515 [15th of 45]
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 10,713 [17th of 45]
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers hours 2,169,000 [41st of 45]

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SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004 ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minimum wages ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate ; Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state

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