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Poverty Statistics

What is the poverty rate in your community?

Look at the chart on the right to find the number of people in your county who live every day in poverty.

Data Source: US Census

 
Poverty Rates per Kentucky County

Listing of all Counties in Kentucky with the number and percentage of people and living below the US poverty guidelines.

Location

Number of People Percentage
     
Kentucky 684,138 16.9
Adair County 4,169 24.9
Allen County 3,077 16.7
Anderson County 1,774 8.8
Ballard County 1,209 15.0
Barren County 6,959 17.7
Bath County 2,519 22.0
Bell County 10,204 35.4
Boone County 7,414 7.0
Bourbon County 3,355 17.2
Boyd County 8,142 17.2
Boyle County 3,908 15.2
Bracken County 1,093 12.8
Breathitt County 5,233 33.8
Breckinridge County 3,542 18.7
Bullitt County 6,070 8.9
Butler County 2,185 16.6
Caldwell County 2,077 16.4
Calloway County 6,379 19.9
Campbell County 10,310 12.1
Carlisle County 747 14.2
Carroll County 1,466 14.4
Carter County 5,350 20.1
Casey County 4,087 25.5
Christian County 10,198 16.0
Clark County 4,726 13.8
Clay County 8,137 37.2
Clinton County 2,553 27.0
Crittenden County 1,591 18.0
Cumberland County 1,629 23.2
Daviess County 13,124 14.6
Edmonson County 2,213 18.7
Elliott County 1,973 28.9
Estill County 4,337 29.1
Fayette County 37,359 14.7
Fleming County 2,673 18.5
Floyd County 11,868 28.9
Franklin County 5,484 11.9
Fulton County 1,764 25.4
Gallatin County 1,380 17.3
Garrard County 2,461 15.0
Grant County 3,025 12.5
Graves County 6,542 17.8
Grayson County 5,861 23.7
Green County 2,221 19.5
Greenup County 6,820 18.6
Hancock County 1,158 13.6
Hardin County 11,576 12.5
Harlan County 9,837 31.6
Harrison County 2,524 13.9
Hart County 4,366 24.2
Henderson County 6,413 14.4
Henry County 2,366 15.0
Hickman County 852 17.3
Hopkins County 8,081 17.7
Jackson County 3,754 27.9
Jefferson County 92,874 13.6
Jessamine County 5,193 12.5
Johnson County 5,714 24.4
Kenton County 16,744 11.1
Knott County 5,272 31.1
Knox County 11,330 36.2
Larue County 2,105 15.7
Laurel County 11,171 20.1
Lawrence County 5,324 33.4
Lee County 2,420 34.7
Leslie County 3,446 29.1
Letcher County 6,553 27.2
Lewis County 3,959 29.1
Lincoln County 4,774 19.3
Livingston County 1,273 13.3
Logan County 4,293 16.1
Lyon County 1,015 15.4
McCracken County 10,741 17.0
McCreary County 6,119 36.6
McLean County 1,575 16.1
Madison County 13,054 18.1
Magoffin County 4,718 35.6
Marion County 3,488 19.7
Marshall County 3,599 11.9
Martin County 5,093 42.2
Mason County 3,089 18.5
Meade County 3,352 11.9
Menifee County 1,791 27.4
Mercer County 3,015 14.1
Metcalfe County 2,455 24.5
Monroe County 2,826 24.6
Montgomery County 4,198 17.7
Morgan County 3,836 30.9
Muhlenberg County 5,908 19.8
Nelson County 4,830 12.0
Nicholas County 1,314 19.1
Ohio County 4,403 18.9
Oldham County 2,479 5.0
Owen County 1,801 16.1
Owsley County 2,112 45.5
Pendleton County 2,178 14.7
Perry County 8,580 29.6
Pike County 16,270 24.7
Powell County 3,176 23.5
Pulaski County 10,765 18.6
Robertson County 492 22.4
Rockcastle County 4,147 25.4
Rowan County 4,474 23.5
Russell County 4,023 24.0
Scott County 3,923 10.4
Shelby County 3,553 9.7
Simpson County 2,359 14.1
Spencer County 1,351 8.7
Taylor County 4,255 18.5
Todd County 2,003 17.0
Trigg County 1,736 13.1
Trimble County 1,315 14.7
Union County 2,160 15.3
Warren County 14,534 15.6
Washington County 1,692 15.3
Wayne County 5,317 26.5
Webster County 2,095 15.1
Whitley County 9,862 26.9
Wolfe County 2,327 33.7
Woodford County 2,161 9.1

Data Source: US Census

 
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