U.S. State / FIPS 21
Kentucky
Kentucky has 120 counties, 1,550 public schools and 103 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS — the 67 carrying an overall star rating average 2.76 out of 5.
At a glance
Counts come from the current release; nothing here is estimated.
Public schools
1,550
School districts
185
Hospitals
103
Counties
120
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Kentucky. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$173.4B
Per resident
$38,482
Change since FY2017
+89%
Fiscal years covered
9
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $92B |
| 2018 | $90B |
| 2019 | $103B |
| 2020 | $125B |
| 2021 | $145B |
| 2022 | $150B |
| 2023 | $159B |
| 2024 | $163B |
| 2025 | $173B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Kentucky ranks 9th of 56 on this measure in FY2025.
Most complete reporters
Hospitals reporting the most quality measures to CMS. More measures means a fuller public record, not necessarily better care — the two are easy to confuse and are kept separate here.
- 1Baptist Health Louisville52 measures
- 2Norton Hospitals, Inc52 measures
- 3St Elizabeth Edgewood52 measures
- 4King'S Daughters' Medical Center51 measures
- 5Baptist Health Lexington50 measures
- 6Owensboro Health Regional Hospital50 measures
- 7Pikeville Medical Center49 measures
- 8The Medical Center (Bowling Green)49 measures
- 9Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital49 measures
- 10Baptist Health Paducah49 measures
Hospitals in Kentucky
40 of 103 shown, ordered by how complete their public record is.
School districts in Kentucky
The 40 largest of 185 by enrollment. The full list, and every school in each district, is on the districts page.
| District | Schools | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 168 | 95,230 |
| Fayette County | 80 | 41,422 |
| Boone County | 28 | 20,200 |
| Warren County | 34 | 17,799 |
| Hardin County | 26 | 14,675 |
| Kenton County | 22 | 14,066 |
| Bullitt County | 25 | 12,833 |
| Oldham County | 22 | 12,367 |
| Madison County | 23 | 11,198 |
| Daviess County | 24 | 11,164 |
| Scott County | 17 | 9,797 |
| Laurel County | 19 | 8,801 |
| Jessamine County | 14 | 8,392 |
| Christian County | 19 | 8,204 |
| Pulaski County | 14 | 8,115 |
| Pike County | 20 | 7,787 |
| Mccracken County | 14 | 6,968 |
| Henderson County | 13 | 6,955 |
| Shelby County | 14 | 6,935 |
| Hopkins County | 19 | 6,358 |
| Franklin County | 16 | 6,126 |
| Floyd County | 14 | 5,563 |
| Clark County | 9 | 5,359 |
| Barren County | 11 | 5,224 |
| Campbell County | 10 | 5,195 |
| Owensboro Independent | 13 | 5,040 |
| Meade County | 10 | 4,966 |
| Nelson County | 12 | 4,511 |
| Marshall County | 12 | 4,495 |
| Muhlenberg County | 11 | 4,486 |
| Montgomery County | 8 | 4,472 |
| Bowling Green Independent | 10 | 4,424 |
| Whitley County | 11 | 4,336 |
| Carter County | 12 | 4,138 |
| Grayson County | 9 | 4,039 |
| Woodford County | 7 | 4,010 |
| Graves County | 10 | 3,977 |
| Knox County | 15 | 3,943 |
| Ohio County | 10 | 3,910 |
| Anderson County | 7 | 3,752 |
Counties
All 120 counties, each with its own page.
Kentucky counties
- Adair
- Allen
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barren
- Bath
- Bell
- Boone
- Bourbon
- Boyd
- Boyle
- Bracken
- Breathitt
- Breckinridge
- Bullitt
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Calloway
- Campbell
- Carlisle
- Carroll
- Carter
- Casey
- Christian
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Crittenden
- Cumberland
- Daviess
- Edmonson
- Elliott
- Estill
- Fayette
- Fleming
- Floyd
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Gallatin
- Garrard
- Grant
- Graves
- Grayson
- Green
- Greenup
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Harlan
- Harrison
- Hart
- Henderson
- Henry
- Hickman
- Hopkins
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Jessamine
- Johnson
- Kenton
- Knott
- Knox
- Larue
- Laurel
- Lawrence
- Lee
- Leslie
- Letcher
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Livingston
- Logan
- Lyon
- Madison
- Magoffin
- Marion
- Marshall
- Martin
- Mason
- McCracken
- McCreary
- McLean
- Meade
- Menifee
- Mercer
- Metcalfe
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Muhlenberg
- Nelson
- Nicholas
- Ohio
- Oldham
- Owen
- Owsley
- Pendleton
- Perry
- Pike
- Powell
- Pulaski
- Robertson
- Rockcastle
- Rowan
- Russell
- Scott
- Shelby
- Simpson
- Spencer
- Taylor
- Todd
- Trigg
- Trimble
- Union
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Whitley
- Wolfe
- Woodford
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