| 1 | Bowling Green, KY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.74 | 
| 2 | West Kentucky Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 2.69 | 
| 3 | Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.21 | 
| 4 | Central Kentucky Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 2.06 | 
| 5 | Owensboro, KY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 2.04 | 
| 6 | South Central Kentucky Balance of State | Above average opportunities | 1.91 | 
| 7 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.68 | 
| 8 | Kentucky | Above average opportunities | 1.66 | 
| 9 | Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.63 | 
| 10 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.46 | 
| 11 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.38 | 
| 12 | Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.09 | 
| 13 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.87 | 
| 14 | East Kentucky Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.49 |