Kentucky Total Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Amounts By Business County (2020)

Updated on April 22, 2025.

According to data from the Small Businesss Administration (SBA), the SBA, as part of the paycheck protection program (PPP), has provided a total of 128,416 (128.42K) loans totaling $7,795,924,202 ($7.80B) to small businesses in Kentucky. The total number of jobs saved by these loans was 966,662 (966.66K).

As at April 2025, 121.62K number of loans has been completely forgiven by SBA (94.71% of the total number of loans), and a total of $7.65B has been forgiven (98.14% of the total loan amount). The PPP program was intended to provide incentives for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll.

See information below per county on the the total loan amount given to businesses, the total loan amount forgiven, and the total number of jobs saved by the PPP loan.

Total Loan Amount: In terms of total loan amounts given to businesses per county, Jefferson received the highest ($2,225,679,404), followed by Fayette ($882,350,865), and Kenton ($389,540,957).

Number of Loans: For total number of loans given to businesses in each county, Jefferson received the highest (22,543), followed by Fayette (10,238), and Warren (4,550).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount, and the number of loans given to businesses in Kentucky counties.

Kentucky Total PPP Loan Amount By Business County
Kentucky Total Number of PPP Loans and Total Loan Amount By Business County
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County Number of Loans Total Loan Amount ($)
Jefferson 22543 2225679404
Fayette 10238 882350865
Kenton 3385 389540957
Warren 4550 279588691
Boone 2885 263132856
Daviess 2612 196052894
Mccracken 2218 181131374
Hardin 2777 147302768
Campbell 1824 140442224
Madison 2245 102260409
Jessamine 1553 98099032
Pulaski 2328 96049512
Christian 1927 95440319
Boyd 1051 94512031
Henderson 1173 89827503
Laurel 1644 87171478
Pike 1130 80438802
Oldham 1387 79936401
Shelby 1175 79142562
Franklin 1174 76306739
Bullitt 1220 73123214
Barren 2058 72641597
Nelson 1532 67985106
Scott 1244 67569105
Marshall 858 67375180
Calloway 1737 65187196
Hopkins 1320 62512767
Boyle 956 58582661
Floyd 727 58112318
Woodford 911 51862176
Clark 973 51563190
Graves 1227 49407753
Bourbon 863 40775627
Perry 405 38146501
Russell 1058 35900694
Muhlenberg 800 34150075
Logan 1021 33399560
Whitley 854 33146064
Harrison 735 32788845
Taylor 1142 32703037
Simpson 651 31335861
Grayson 928 30763230
Adair 1452 29807376
Monroe 783 29564723
Marion 1258 29197369
Greenup 615 28623160
Ohio 801 28392722
Mason 726 28381050
Knox 564 28101947
Montgomery 859 27760506
Bell 380 25696256
Meade 751 22015869
Wayne 688 21774342
Union 532 20900559
Fleming 992 20668752
Breckinridge 835 20447303
Washington 746 20021970
Rowan 707 19621877
Mercer 719 19313734
Carter 618 18936439
Garrard 754 18830779
Letcher 252 17954867
Lincoln 685 17332376
Allen 603 17219380
Harlan 305 17044375
Johnson 284 16759338
Grant 470 16745297
Anderson 469 16273737
Hart 967 15800652
Caldwell 454 15097516
Casey 789 14188459
Lawrence 187 14182348
Martin 85 13497802
Webster 367 13378590
Trigg 340 13357516
Livingston 252 13024618
Todd 452 12684494
Morgan 399 12542115
Larue 658 11793375
Carroll 240 11530599
Lewis 506 11238642
Butler 685 11229137
Henry 522 11124169
Clay 209 10924867
Clinton 677 10852104
Ballard 266 10685389
Green 740 10530036
Cumberland 336 9699860
Crittenden 391 9614666
Powell 333 9477056
Lyon 204 9384178
Mclean 397 9075418
Bath 450 8993759
Mccreary 262 8824349
Rockcastle 457 8802164
Metcalfe 568 8312587
Pendleton 274 8052523
Knott 134 7975311
Edmonson 441 7802412
Breathitt 189 7197336

Total Loan Amount Forgiven: In terms of total loan amount forgiven per business county, Jefferson had the highest ($2,168,186,479), followed by Fayette ($869,328,062), and Warren ($276,100,234).

Number of Loans Completely Forgiven: For total number of loans that were completely forgiven per business county, Jefferson had the highest (20,194), followed by Fayette (9,606), and Warren (4,339).

The chart and table below shows the total loan amount forgiven, and the number of loans which were completely forgiven for Kentucky counties.

Kentucky Total PPP Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
Kentucky Total Number of PPP Loans Completely Forgiven and Total Loan Amount Forgiven By Business County
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County Number of Loans Completely Forgiven Total Loan Amount Forgiven ($)
Jefferson 20194 2168186479
Fayette 9606 869328062
Kenton 3108 386141148
Warren 4339 276100234
Boone 2678 251671902
Daviess 2505 194935625
Mccracken 2083 177351728
Hardin 2576 143861376
Campbell 1704 134328532
Madison 2149 101276610
Jessamine 1482 94943211
Pulaski 2277 94170162
Christian 1768 90473153
Boyd 990 93295980
Henderson 1121 89782268
Laurel 1566 85520736
Pike 1071 79402470
Oldham 1298 79306768
Shelby 1128 78832490
Franklin 1101 74984245
Bullitt 1132 72351398
Barren 1998 72568205
Nelson 1496 67716940
Scott 1189 65135951
Marshall 834 67168788
Calloway 1705 64521258
Hopkins 1278 62326533
Boyle 921 57763913
Floyd 708 58397471
Woodford 882 51153392
Clark 921 50848013
Graves 1187 48559640
Bourbon 829 39183329
Perry 398 38333330
Russell 1043 35533092
Muhlenberg 763 33317396
Logan 984 33255847
Whitley 822 32956620
Harrison 719 32890521
Taylor 1117 32748656
Simpson 627 31192732
Grayson 898 29988940
Adair 1432 29813495
Monroe 769 29620088
Marion 1240 28402132
Greenup 586 28488462
Ohio 788 28490514
Mason 708 28428878
Knox 519 27176788
Montgomery 830 27504343
Bell 368 25578842
Meade 721 21834094
Wayne 675 21673661
Union 514 20706717
Fleming 978 20429165
Breckinridge 815 20285908
Washington 737 19992930
Rowan 695 19574022
Mercer 701 19109176
Carter 603 18898934
Garrard 738 18854473
Letcher 240 16506905
Lincoln 662 17189754
Allen 586 17117902
Harlan 285 15815559
Johnson 269 16754694
Grant 443 15350152
Anderson 440 15477791
Hart 942 15627010
Caldwell 442 14695231
Casey 769 14080758
Lawrence 179 14225764
Martin 80 12145007
Webster 362 13411032
Trigg 336 13394464
Livingston 245 13013540
Todd 436 12595047
Morgan 386 12517490
Larue 645 11722825
Carroll 232 11137778
Lewis 498 11249369
Butler 672 11143539
Henry 507 10808832
Clay 194 10914216
Clinton 671 10833315
Ballard 260 10674304
Green 730 10506854
Cumberland 330 9581216
Crittenden 378 9546012
Powell 326 9446519
Lyon 197 9377772
Mclean 385 8935439
Bath 428 8790369
Mccreary 246 8711794
Rockcastle 448 8800714
Metcalfe 561 8290732
Pendleton 257 7584036
Knott 133 8011706
Edmonson 434 7743352
Breathitt 183 7208594

Number of Jobs Saved By Loan: In terms of number of jobs saved by the PPP Loan per business county, Jefferson had the highest (248,865), followed by Fayette (108,498), and Kenton (41,999).

The chart and table below shows the number of jobs saved by the PPP loan for Kentucky counties.

Kentucky Total Number of Jobs Saved by the PPP Loan By Business County
Kentucky Total Number of Jobs Saved By Business County
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County Number of Jobs Saved
Jefferson 248865
Fayette 108498
Kenton 41999
Warren 35488
Boone 30503
Daviess 25395
Mccracken 22289
Hardin 20518
Campbell 17864
Madison 15315
Jessamine 13084
Pulaski 13442
Christian 13013
Boyd 11826
Henderson 9826
Laurel 12679
Pike 9219
Oldham 9597
Shelby 11077
Franklin 8933
Bullitt 9102
Barren 10548
Nelson 8701
Scott 9212
Marshall 7427
Calloway 9284
Hopkins 8508
Boyle 7229
Floyd 6182
Woodford 6771
Clark 7208
Graves 6458
Bourbon 4757
Perry 4150
Russell 3786
Muhlenberg 4535
Logan 3917
Whitley 4584
Harrison 3903
Taylor 5037
Simpson 3829
Grayson 4518
Adair 4312
Monroe 3531
Marion 3824
Greenup 3927
Ohio 3685
Mason 3783
Knox 4280
Montgomery 3827
Bell 4437
Meade 3123
Wayne 3794
Union 2944
Fleming 2750
Breckinridge 2675
Washington 2796
Rowan 3931
Mercer 2754
Carter 3254
Garrard 2377
Letcher 2569
Lincoln 2239
Allen 2255
Harlan 2213
Johnson 2960
Grant 2312
Anderson 2210
Hart 2120
Caldwell 2367
Casey 2140
Lawrence 2192
Martin 1762
Webster 1668
Trigg 2293
Livingston 1808
Todd 1570
Morgan 1721
Larue 1516
Carroll 1576
Lewis 1437
Butler 1578
Henry 1589
Clay 1934
Clinton 1992
Ballard 1105
Green 1614
Cumberland 1342
Crittenden 1346
Powell 1624
Lyon 1537
Mclean 1185
Bath 1147
Mccreary 1386
Rockcastle 1314
Metcalfe 1343
Pendleton 1302
Knott 1210
Edmonson 1046
Breathitt 1167

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Data Source: SBA.