Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Kentucky instead of Lebanon, you would:

Health

be 24.3% more likely to be obese

In Lebanon, 30.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kentucky, that number is 38.2% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 68.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Lebanon, 11.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 11.2 times more money

Lebanon has a GDP per capita of $4,473 as of 2024, while in Kentucky, the GDP per capita is $50,135 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2024), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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