Commonwealth Progress Council

WHY KENTUCKY NEEDS TO BE A RIGHT TO WORK STATE. . .NOW!

Per capital income in Kentucky is $5,228 less than the national average of all states, ranking the Commonwealth among the lowest states in that category.*
Fewer people have access to health care in Kentucky than ten years ago.**
Our best and brightest are leaving the state to find jobs. From 1992-2001, Kentucky lost a net of 22,000 workers in the 25-34 population.***

AND the news is even worse. Per capita income in relation to other states has not changed significantly in Kentucky for the past thirty years. We have consistently ranked at or near the bottom ten of all states.

* Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce Kentucky ranks Kentucky 41st
**Percentage of Kentuckians with access to healthcare, U.S. Census Bureau 1995, 14.6; 2003, 13.8
***Stastical Abstract, 114th Edition. From 1992-2002 Kentucky lost a net of 3.7% of workers in the 25-34 population.

KENTUCKY TAKES TENNESSEE’S SPOT IN THE BOTTOM TEN

In 1969 Tennessee ranked 42nd among all the states in per capita disposable income while Kentucky ranked 44th. Today, Kentucky is still in the bottom ten, taking over Tennessee’s spot at number 42. Tennessee, a Right to Work state, has risen to 29th.