Opportunity Zones in Kentucky

Kentucky has 144 designated opportunity zones, including 139 low-income communities, plus 5 non-low-income contiguous tracts.

Urban vs. Rural

Kentucky gave preference to their rural communities when they nominated their opportunity zones. Statewide, just 43 percent of Kentucky’s census tracts are rural, but rural tracts make up 64 percent of the state’s opportunity zones.

Kentucky Opportunity Zones Map

Website: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

Analysis of Kentucky’s Opportunity Zones

Data Source: Urban Institute

Kentucky Counties & Cities

List of counties in Kentucky: 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, McCracken, McCreary, McLean, Madison, Magoffin, Marion, Marshall, Martin, Mason, 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

List of top 150 U.S. cities located in Kentucky: Louisville, Lexington

Census tracts designated as opportunity zones in Kentucky