Kentucky State (U.S.A.), a land of agriculture, car manufacturing, U.S. Federal Penitentiaries

With its growing market of + 4 million consumers, Kentucky is a land of success for many car manufactures.

The bestselling car in the United States, the Toyota Camry, is manufactured in Georgetown, Kentucky. The best selling truck in the United States, the Ford F-Series, is manufactured in Louisville, Kentucky.

Goat farming, beef cattle production, corn production, tobacco industry is also at the core of stakes.

Kentucky ranks 4th among U.S. states in the number of automobiles and trucks assembled.

Kentucky produces 95% of the world's supply of bourbon whiskey, and the number of barrels of bourbon being aged in Kentucky (more than 5.7 million) exceeds the state's population.

Kentucky exports reached a record $22.1 billion in 2012, with products and services going to 199 countries. 

A United States Army post best known as the site of the U.S. Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States official gold reserves, is located in Kentucky between Louisville and Elizabethtown. 

Kentucky contains two of the twenty U.S. Federal Penitentiaries; USP Big Sandy (in the east in Martin County near Inez) and USP McCreary (in the south in McCreary County in the Daniel Boone National Forest).

There are six income tax brackets, ranging from 2% to 6% of personal income. The sales tax rate in Kentucky is 6%.

Kentucky has a broadly based classified property tax system.

Kentucky is served by six major interstate highways (I-24, I-64, I-65, I-69, I-71, and I-75), nine parkways, and four bypasses and spurs (I-264, I-265, I-275, and I-471).

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Ashland, South Portsmouth, Maysville and Fulton. 

Kentucky's primary airports include Louisville International Airport (Standiford Field (SDF)) of Louisville, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) of Cincinnati/Covington, and Blue Grass Airport (LEX) in Lexington.

As the state is bounded by two of the largest rivers in North America.

Many of the largest ports in the United States are located in or adjacent to Kentucky, including:

• Huntington-Tristate (includes Ashland, Kentucky), largest inland port and 7th largest overall
• Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, 5th largest inland port and 43rd overall
• Louisville-Southern Indiana, 7th largest inland port and 55th overall

As a state, Kentucky ranks 10th overall in port tonnage.

The only natural obstacle along the entire length of the Ohio River is the Falls of the Ohio, located just west of Downtown Louisville.