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LAND
Area: 104,665 sq km (40,411 sq mi); rank: 37th.
Capital: Frankfort (1990 pop., 25,968).
Largest city: Louisville (1992 est. 271,000).
Counties: 120.
Elevations: highest--1,262 m (4,139 ft), at Black Mountain; lowest--78 m (257 ft), at Mississippi River.
PEOPLE
Population (1993 est.): 3,789,000; rank: 24th; density: 36.8 persons per sq km (95.3 per sq mi).
Distribution (1990): 51.8% urban, 48.2% rural.
Average annual change (1990-93 est.): +0.93%.
EDUCATION
Public enrollment (1992): elementary--469,897; secondary--185,144; higher--158,000.
Nonpublic enrollment (1989): elementary--and secondary--68,540; higher (1992)--30,000.
Institutions of higher education (1992): 62.
ECONOMY
State personal income (1993): $56.1 billion; rank: 26th.
Median family income (1989): $27,028; rank: 46d.
Nonagricultural labor distribution (1993):
manufacturing--292,000 persons; wholesale and retail trade--360,000; government--276,000; services--363,000; transportation and public utilities--82,000; finance, insurance, and real estate--63,000; construction--69,000.
Agriculture: income (1992)--$3.2 billion.
Lumber production (1991): 553 million board feet.
Mining (nonfuel): value (1993)--$416 million.
Manufacturing: value added (1991)--$23.7 billion.
Services: value (1987)--$9.9 billion.
GOVERNMENT (1995)
Governor: Brereton C. Jones, Democrat.
U.S. Congress: Senate--1 Democrat, 1 Republican; House--2 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
Electoral college votes: 8.
State legislature: 38 senators, 100 representatives.
STATE SYMBOLS
Statehood: June 1, 1792; the 15th state.
Nickname: Bluegrass State.
Bird: Kentucky cardinal.
Flower: goldenrod.
Tree: Tulip poplar, Kentucky coffee tree.
Motto: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall."
Song: "My Old Kentucky Home.
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