Kentucky
Purchasing-power index for Kentucky, National Average archetype. State-specific prices are used where source data exists; remaining strata fall back to national data per the documented ladder.
All archetypes for Kentucky
Long-run annualized rate for Kentucky across all 10 published archetypes. Click an archetype for its full decomposition and coverage breakdown for Kentucky.
| Archetype | Annual rate | Action |
|---|---|---|
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National Average
Headline
The headline citation surface. Weighted from BLS CEX 2000 single-table consumer-unit average. |
3.47% | View → |
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Homeowner
Owner-occupied household profile from CEX 2000 Table 3. Owned-shelter operating cost replaces rent. |
3.43% | View → |
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Renter
Tenant-occupied household profile from CEX 2000 Table 5. Market-rent shelter dominates. |
3.56% | View → |
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Working Parent
Household with own children under 18 from CEX 2000 Table 7. Higher Household Goods share captures childcare implicitly. |
3.43% | View → |
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Retiree
Age-65+ reference person profile from CEX 2000 Table 7. Healthcare premium augmentation set to zero (Medicare). |
3.26% | View → |
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Income — Lowest Quintile
First income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. Higher healthcare premium share. |
3.74% | View → |
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Income — Second Quintile
Second income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. |
3.57% | View → |
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Income — Middle Quintile
Third income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. |
3.47% | View → |
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Income — Fourth Quintile
Fourth income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. |
3.39% | View → |
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Income — Highest Quintile
Fifth income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. Lower healthcare premium share. |
3.32% | View → |
Coverage disclosure
Per METHODOLOGY.md §5.8: each state value derives from a mix of state-direct and national data per stratum. The fraction shown here is the share of basket weight by source band. For Kentucky, 22% of basket weight is genuinely state-resolved, and the remaining 78% falls back to national pass-through.
Fallback ladder: KY → US
| Stratum | Source band | Weight | State data range | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food at home | National | 11.31% | — | bls_apu/APU0000709112 |
| Gasoline | National | 4.83% | — | eia/eia_gasoline_regular_weekly |
| Home energy | State | 4.92% | 1989-01 → 2026-03 | eia/eia_natgas_residential_monthly |
| Shelter — rent | National | 7.62% | — | zillow_zori/zillow_zori_us_national_smoothed |
| Shelter — owned operating cost | National | 7.35% | — | census_property_tax/fred_us_property_tax_per_capita_quarterly |
| Other lodging | National | 1.79% | — | ahla_str_adr/str_us_hotel_adr_annual |
| Apparel | National | 6.95% | — | levis_501/levis_501_stf_msrp_us |
| Transportation — vehicles | National | 12.80% | — | manheim_uvvi/manheim_uvvi_seasonally_adjusted |
| Transportation — services | National | 10.14% | — | aaa_driving/aaa_ydc_composite_cents_per_mile |
| Healthcare — total premium | State | 14.95% | 2013 → 2024 | kff_ehbs/kff_ehbs_premium_family_total |
| Healthcare — out-of-pocket | National | 4.06% | — | nadac/nadac_metformin_hcl_500mg_tablet |
| Education | State | 2.37% | 2004 → 2023 | ipeds/ipeds_in_state_tuition_and_fees |
| Communications | National | 3.28% | — | fcc_urs/fcc_urs_voice_us_residential_annual |
| Entertainment and reading | National | 7.52% | — | nato_tickets/nato_us_avg_ticket_price |
| Postage (USPS) | National | 0.11% | — | usps_stamp/usps_first_class_stamp_1oz |
Methodology
State values use national CEX 2000 weights × Kentucky-specific prices for strata with state-level source data. For strata without state-level data, the engine walks the fallback ladder per period (state → national) with chain-link rescale at the geography transition.
See the methodology page for the load-bearing pillars and the basket page for per-stratum weights and source map.