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Calumet Farm is the stuff of Kentucky horse country legend. During its glory years from 1932-82, Calumet horses captured eight Kentucky Derbies and two Triple Crowns.
Photograph by Melissa Farlow
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Kentucky Information and History

Bluegrass and the music named for it are rooted here. In 1769 Daniel Boone entered the region through the Cumberland Gap. Today Kentucky ranks with Wyoming and West Virginia as a leading coal producer. More than 20 percent of its farm receipts come from tobacco. The state has the largest concentration of whiskey distilleries in the U.S., although 70 of the 120 counties are dry. Derby Day has drawn horse racing enthusiasts to Churchill Downs every year since 1875.

ECONOMY

Industry: manufacturing, services, government, finance, insurance, real estate, retail trade, transportation, wholesale trade, construction, mining.
Agriculture: tobacco, horses, cattle, corn, dairy products.

Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004
Kentucky Flag and Fast Facts
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Area
104,659 square kilometers
(40,409 square miles)
Population
4,117,827
Capital
Frankfort; 27,660
Per Capita Income
U.S. $25,657
Date Statehood Achieved
June 1, 1792
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Country: United States
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