KENTUCKY Fact Sheet

Database: USA State Land Area

Record Name State Country Rank Land Area
Kentucky Land Area KENTUCKY United States 37 40,411 square miles

Database: Miss America Winners by State

Record Name Year City State
Heather French 2000 Augusta KENTUCKY

Database: USA City Population

Record Name City State Country Source Population Year
Louisvillea[›], Kentucky City Population Louisvillea[›] KENTUCKY United States US Census Bureau 2007 554,496 2007
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky City Population Lexington-Fayette KENTUCKY United States US Census Bureau 2007 270,789 2007

Database: United States Minimum Wages By State

Record Name State Minimum Wage Notes Source
Minimum Wage for Kentucky KENTUCKY $5.85 Increasing to $6.55 on July 1, 2008, then to $7.25 on July 1, 2009. Wikipedia

Database: United States Per Capita Electricity Use By State

Record Name State Country Year Population (thousands) kWh (millions) kWh per capita Source
Electricity Use for Kentucky KENTUCKY United States 2005 4,173 89,351 21,414 California Energy Comission

Database: USA State Motto List

Record Name State Country Motto Translation (if applicable) Source
State Motto for Kentucky KENTUCKY English: United we stand, divided we fall Wikipedia

Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List

Record Name Country Organization Name Source
Bluegrass Cultural Landscape of Kentucky (UNITED STATES) United States Bluegrass Cultural Landscape of Kentucky World Monuments Fund

Database: Telephone area codes by State

Record Name State Country
270,502,606,859 KENTUCKY United States

Database: Largest US School Districts

Record Name Primary City State Country Source Enrollment Expenditure (2003-2004) Expenditure per student (2003-2004)
Jefferson County KENTUCKY United States American School and University 97,976 $847,073,000 $8,400

Database: Average Annual Rainfall for USA States

Record Name Country State Area (Square Miles) Rainfall (in./yr.) Rainfall (mi,/yr.) Rainfall (cu.mi,/yr.) Source
Average Annual Rainfall for Kentucky United States KENTUCKY 40,409 43.56 0.0006875 27.7812 The World Almanac (1988)

Database: Top Supercomputers of the world

Record Name Year Country Manufacturer Source Site Processors Rmax (GFlops) Rpeak (GFlops)
BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon dual core 3.0 GHz, Infiniband 2007 United States IBM Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) University of Kentucky 1360 12832 16320

Database: Public Road Length by State

Record Name State Country Region Interstate (Miles) Other Principal and minor Arterials (Miles) Major and Minor Collectors (Miles) Local (Miles) Total (Miles) Source
Road Length for Kentucky KENTUCKY 762 5,587 17,564 54,459 78,372 Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions

Record Name Year Sport City Location Winner Champion Opponent In Final 4 In Final 4
NCAA Tournament Champion (1998) 1998 Basketball San Antonio Kentucky Kentucky (2) Utah (3) Stanford (3) North Carolina (1)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1997) 1997 Basketball Indianapolis Arizona Arizona (4) Kentucky (1) North Carolina (1) Minnesota (1)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1996) 1996 Basketball E. Rutherford Kentucky Kentucky (1) Syracuse (4) Umass (1) Miss. St. (5)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1993) 1993 Basketball New Orleans North Carolina North Carolina (1) Michigan (1) Kansas (2) Kentucky (1)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1984) 1984 Basketball Seattle Georgetown Georgetown (1) Houston (2) Kentucky (1) Virginia (7)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1978) 1978 Basketball Saint Louis KENTUCKY KENTUCKY Duke Arkansas Notre Dame
NCAA Tournament Champion (1975) 1975 Basketball San Diego UCLA UCLA KENTUCKY Louisville Syracuse
NCAA Tournament Champion (1971) 1971 Basketball Houston UCLA UCLA Villanova Western Kentucky Kansas
NCAA Tournament Champion (1966) 1966 Basketball College Park Texas Western Texas Western KENTUCKY Duke Utah
NCAA Tournament Champion (1958) 1958 Basketball Louisville KENTUCKY KENTUCKY Seattle Temple Kansas State
NCAA Tournament Champion (1951) 1951 Basketball Minneapolis KENTUCKY KENTUCKY Kansas State Illinois Oklahoma State
NCAA Tournament Champion (1949) 1949 Basketball Seattle KENTUCKY KENTUCKY Oklahoma State Illinois Oregon State
NCAA Tournament Champion (1948) 1948 Basketball NEW YORK KENTUCKY KENTUCKY Baylor Holy Cross Kansas State
NCAA Tournament Champion (1942) 1942 Basketball Kansas City Stanford Stanford Dartmouth Colorado KENTUCKY

Database: US State Population

Record Name State Country Year Source Rank Population
Kentucky Population KENTUCKY United States 2000 US Census Bureau 25 4,041,769

Database: US Presidents

Record Name Birth State Religion Political Party Died Country Term Start Term Finish Birthdate Date of Death Inauguration Age Age at Death Number
Lincoln KENTUCKY Liberal Repubilican Assasinated in Office United States 1861 1865 2/12/1809 4/15/1865 52 56 Assassinated in office

Database: 3 Year Average Household Income By State

Record Name State Country Source Household Income
Kentucky Household Income KENTUCKY United States United States Census Bureau 37,396

Database: Highway Speed Limits for US States

Record Name Country State Source Rural Interstates (MPH) Urban Interstates (MPG) Other Limited (MPH) Other Roads (MPH)
Highway Interstate Freeway Speed Limits for Kentucky United States KENTUCKY Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 65 65 65 55

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