Local Contact:
Bluegrass WIB
699 Perimeter Drive
Lexington, KY 40517-4120
Phone: (859) 269-8021
Fax: (859) 269-7917

Counties:
Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

Data Topics:
Population Statistics, 1990-2000
Educational Attainment, 1990
Industry Employment, 1989-1999
Industry Earnings, 1989-1999

Population Statistics, 1990-2000-WIA: Bluegrass-Kentucky

	2000		1990		1990-2000 Change
	Population	Percent	Population	Percent	Population	Percent
Total	686,003	100.0	589,974	100.0	96,029	16.3
White*	607,203	89.6	534,276	90.6	72,927	13.7
African American*	55,454	8.2	48,860	8.3	6,594	13.5
Other Races*	15,122	2.2	6,838	1.2	8,284	121.2
Hispanic (of any race)**	14,043	2.1	3,968	2.4	10,075	253.9

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
*Some individuals do not report their race so race category totals do not equal the total population
**Hispanic refers to ethnicity and is not a mutually exclusive category with the race variables

Educational Attainment, 1990-WIA: Bluegrass-Kentucky

	Percent of the Population 25 and up
	Less than a High School Diploma	High School Diploma	Some College or Associate's Degree	Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Overall	29.4	29.1	21.1	19.2
White	28.7	29.2	21.1	21.0
African American	38.7	30.4	22.1	8.8
Other Races	16.7	14.8	17.0	51.5
Hispanic (of any race)*	28.2	25.1	26.6	20.2

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
**Hispanic refers to ethnicity and is not a mutually exclusive category with the race variables

Industry Employment, 1989-1999-WIA: Bluegrass-Kentucky

Industry	1989	1999	1989-1999
			Change in Number Employed	Percent Change
Total Full and Part Time Employment	352,473	447,209	94,736	26.9
Farm	25,145	22,237	-2,908	-11.6
Nonfarm	327,328	424,972	97,644	29.8
Agricultural Services	7,212	7,112	-100	-1.4
Mining	911	330	-581	-63.8
Construction	19,947	26,783	6,836	34.3
Manufacturing	53,608	67,528	13,920	26.0
Transportation and Public Utilities	12,365	14,932	2,567	20.8
Wholesale Trade	12,848	16,132	3,284	25.6
Retail Trade	58,247	74,224	15,977	27.4
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	19,613	22,101	2,488	12.7
Services	79,939	118,295	38,356	48.0
Government and Government Enterprises	62,317	72,443	10,126	16.3

Source: Regional Economic Information System

N/A = Not applicable. Due to missing or suppressed data at the county level, some smaller industries had significant amounts of missing data. WIA's with more than 15% of missing or suppressed data have been excluded. Yearly totals for these industries are underestimated as well.

Industry Earnings, 1989-1999-WIA: Bluegrass-Kentucky

Industry	1989	1999	1989-1999
			Change in Earnings	Percent Change
Farm	$288,258	$394,819	$106,561	37.0
Nonfarm	$6,939,930	$12,737,382	$5,797,452	83.5
Agricultural Services	$112,682	$170,193	N/A	N/A
Mining	$72,432	$147,879	N/A	N/A
Construction	$480,294	$804,078	$323,784	67.4
Manufacturing	$1,633,639	$2,921,763	$1,288,124	78.9
Transportation and Public Utilities	$364,908	$554,056	$189,148	51.8
Wholesale Trade	$320,190	$615,937	$295,747	92.4
Retail Trade	$675,196	$1,190,395	$515,199	76.3
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	$315,095	$568,476	$253,381	80.4
Services	$1,393,628	$2,964,427	$1,570,799	112.7
Government and Government Enterprises	$1,571,866	$2,694,769	$1,122,903	71.4

Source: Regional Economic Information System

N/A = Not applicable. Due to missing or suppressed data at the county level, some smaller industries had significant amounts of missing data. WIA's with more than 15% of missing or suppressed data have been excluded. Yearly totals for these industries are underestimated as well.