| 1 | Bowling Green, KY Metro Area | Above average opportunities | 1.42 | 
| 2 | Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.13 | 
| 3 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.06 | 
| 4 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | Average opportunities | 1.04 | 
| 5 | South Central Kentucky Balance of State | Average opportunities | 0.74 | 
| 6 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area | Average opportunities | 0.73 | 
| 7 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | Below average opportunities | 0.69 | 
| 8 | Kentucky | Below average opportunities | 0.67 | 
| 9 | Central Kentucky Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.59 | 
| 10 | West Kentucky Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.57 | 
| 11 | East Kentucky Balance of State | Below average opportunities | 0.49 | 
| 12 | Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 13 | Owensboro, KY Metro Area | No data available | No data available | 
| 14 | Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area | No data available | No data available |