This week, the Kentucky Center for
Education and Workforce Statistics released its 2014-15 Kentucky County Profile
Report which complied statistics on each Kentucky County relating to income,
education and employment data.
These reports showed that when compared to
Boone and Kenton Counties, Campbell County has the:
· Lowest
Median Household Income
· Lowest
Per Capita Income
· Highest
Unemployment Rate
· Highest
Rate of Residents Without a High School Diploma or Equivalent
· Lowest
Rate of Public High School Students Not Attending College
· Lowest
Rate of Residents Attaining a Bachelor’s Degree of Higher
Campbell County Judge-Executive Candidate
Kevin Sell (R-Alexandria) made the following comments concerning the report:
“This is a sad day for Campbell
County. There was a time not so long ago
when Campbell County was a leader in these areas,” said
Sell. “Our county is falling behind due to a lack
of economic leadership. For the last 16
years, the county administration has focused on recruiting jobs to other parts
of Northern Kentucky instead of Campbell County and now those policies are
having disastrous results on Campbell County families.
“I’m especially disturbed that the proud
home of Northern Kentucky University is last among Northern Kentucky counties
in both those that attend college and those that finish college,” Sell
continued. “If you couple those cold hard
facts with the evidence that household and per capita income is lower in
Campbell County than in Boone and Kenton, it becomes clear that the lack of
economic activity in our county has put enough of a financial strain on our
families that sending their children to college is becoming a harder goal to
grasp.”
“It’s time to stop with the complacency and
get aggressive on our economic efforts in Campbell County. We must cultivate a growing relationship with
existing industrial entities, facilitate growth with NKU, in terms of their
campus and surrounding communities, and better support our County regional
employers,” said Sell. “On
my first day as Judge-Executive, creating jobs in our county will be a day one
priority. I want people to live and
work in our county to the greatest extent possible.”
According to the Kentucky Center for Education
and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS) report, the Center collects and links data to
evaluate education and workforce efforts in the Commonwealth. This includes
developing reports and providing statistical data about these efforts so policy
makers, agencies, and the general public can make better informed decisions. The reports contain a mixture of education,
population, employment, and other data about each of Kentucky’s 120 counties,
as well as our Area Development Districts, and Workforce Investment Boards. The
data are compiled from a variety of federal, state, and independent data
sources and are prepared by KCEWS staff.
The full statistics are
available at https://kentuckyp20.ky.gov/
Source// Press Release
