KY receives exponentially more military and agro funding
Has a huge chunk of their economy under federal siege....coal
And as importantly does not serve as the worlds largest earning center’s bedroom......much like SW Connecticut will skew things a lot
Its apples and oranges
In addition to the regular DoD appropriations, a considerable amount of dollars have gone into a chemical demilitarization facility at Blue Grass. To be fair though NJ has their share of DoD facilities as well.