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by cmendel 1840 days ago
That's because of the history of coal mining/factory jobs in KY. When The coal jobs dried up and the factories closed a fair portion of the people who were previously employed dropped out of the labor force and never went back.

The other piece is this: Population of Texas in 2020: 29,360,759 Population of Kentucky in 2020: 4,477,251