Kentucky
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Capitol Frankfort, KY
Land Area 39,700 mi2
Population
- Total 4,269,000
- Density 101.7 people/mi2
- Growth 0.7% per year
- Children 23.6%
- Adult 63.1%
- Elderly 13.3%
Bordering States
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
* Statistics by Wolfram|Alpha. "Christianity" is used in the statistical sense and includes Catholics, Protestants, and true Christians.
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the fifteenth state to join the Union. Kentucky is the thirty-seventh largest state in terms of total area, the thirty-sixth largest in land area, and ranks twenty-sixth in population.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that native bluegrass is present in many of the pastures throughout the state, based on the fertile soil. It made possible the breeding of high-quality livestock, especially thoroughbred racing horses. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park; the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the Lower forty-eight states; and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, the largest free-ranging elk herd east of Montana, and the nation's most productive coalfield. Kentucky is also known for thoroughbred horses, horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, automobile manufacturing, tobacco and college basketball.
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