Employer establishments: mining in Kentucky

Employer establishments: mining in Kentucky was 309 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 6.2% from 2022. That is the 17th highest of 50 states in 2023.

2023, count309
Change on 2022+6.2%
Rank17th of 50US states ranked
Series high5792012
Series low2912022

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Employer establishments: mining in Kentucky, 2012 to 2023

2003004005006002012201420162018202020232012: 579 count2013: 552 count2014: 519 count2015: 487 count2016: 426 count2017: 389 count2018: 373 count2019: 370 count2020: 326 count2021: 310 count2022: 291 count2023: 309 count20030040050060020122016202020232012: 579 count2013: 552 count2014: 519 count2015: 487 count2016: 426 count2017: 389 count2018: 373 count2019: 370 count2020: 326 count2021: 310 count2022: 291 count2023: 309 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-06-26.
All 12 values
Periodcount
2023309
2022291
2021310
2020326
2019370
2018373
2017389
2016426
2015487
2014519
2013552
2012579

Compared with United States

Place2023
Kentucky309
United States23,360

Rankings

Definition

Number of establishments with paid employees in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.

County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms (Employer establishments: mining, Kentucky, 2012 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/

MLA 9

County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms, Employer establishments: mining, Kentucky, 2012 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 June 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/kentucky. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. Employer establishments: mining, Kentucky, 2012 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/kentucky.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms, Employer establishments: mining, Kentucky, 2012 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-establishments-mining/kentucky (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the employer establishments: mining in Kentucky?

Employer establishments: mining in Kentucky was 309 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 6.2% from 2022. That is the 17th highest of 50 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employer establishments: mining in Kentucky?

579 in 2012, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

Employer establishments: mining elsewhere in United States

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