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Demographic Data Report for Kentucky by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Kentucky N/A 11.8 136,096 47 of 52
United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Adair County Rural 12.7 571 2,361
Allen County Urban 11.2 620 2,077
Anderson County Rural 8.8 587 1,489
Ballard County Urban 11.4 249 2,127
Barren County Rural 16.5 1,999 2,792
Bath County Rural 17.0 552 2,836
Bell County Rural 21.2 1,264 3,020
Boone County Urban 4.2 1,482 215
Bourbon County Urban 10.4 540 1,894
Boyd County Urban 12.4 1,531 2,298
Boyle County Rural 10.6 839 1,933
Bracken County Urban 14.7 356 2,607
Breathitt County Rural 22.1 792 3,048
Breckinridge County Rural 14.9 763 2,637
Bullitt County Urban 7.1 1,652 964
Butler County Urban 11.9 371 2,216
Caldwell County Rural 12.5 443 2,318
Calloway County Rural 11.4 1,019 2,127
Campbell County Urban 6.7 1,574 833
Carlisle County Urban 11.3 151 2,101
Carroll County Rural 17.0 473 2,836
Carter County Urban 16.4 1,143 2,784
Casey County Rural 18.9 770 2,945
Christian County Urban 13.0 2,195 2,410
Clark County Urban 7.5 730 1,082
Clay County Rural 27.3 1,436 3,110
Clinton County Rural 14.2 342 2,563
Crittenden County Rural 13.3 302 2,455
Cumberland County Rural 28.6 406 3,116
Daviess County Urban 11.9 3,168 2,216
Edmonson County Urban 12.2 428 2,277
Elliott County Rural 19.2 304 2,961
Estill County Rural 16.8 675 2,820
Fayette County Urban 9.4 7,064 1,665
Fleming County Rural 18.7 749 2,938
Floyd County Rural 20.8 2,089 3,008
Franklin County Rural 10.5 1,403 1,912
Fulton County Rural 18.9 261 2,945
Gallatin County Urban 12.3 291 2,288
Garrard County Rural 13.7 654 2,510
Grant County Urban 9.1 561 1,580
Graves County Rural 15.6 1,461 2,710
Grayson County Rural 12.5 773 2,318
Green County Rural 16.4 491 2,784
Greenup County Urban 11.2 1,072 2,077
Hancock County Rural 14.5 364 2,592
Hardin County Urban 8.1 2,281 1,265
Harlan County Rural 22.2 1,569 3,050
Harrison County Rural 12.6 646 2,341
Hart County Rural 15.0 726 2,650
Henderson County Rural 13.0 1,581 2,410
Henry County Urban 10.3 417 1,873
Hickman County Rural 14.7 160 2,607
Hopkins County Rural 12.9 1,555 2,386
Jackson County Rural 16.7 574 2,811
Jefferson County Urban 10.6 20,402 1,933
Jessamine County Urban 8.4 1,148 1,362
Johnson County Rural 16.9 1,055 2,831
Kenton County Urban 7.8 3,287 1,175
Knott County Rural 21.6 836 3,033
Knox County Rural 31.7 2,367 3,130
Larue County Urban 15.8 658 2,725
Laurel County Rural 17.4 2,946 2,871
Lawrence County Urban 18.2 759 2,916
Lee County Rural 21.2 365 3,020
Leslie County Rural 18.0 436 2,908
Letcher County Rural 21.5 1,199 3,029
Lewis County Rural 16.6 540 2,803
Lincoln County Rural 13.6 924 2,494
Livingston County Urban 13.4 325 2,470
Logan County Rural 8.9 664 1,520
Lyon County Rural 9.4 190 1,665
Madison County Rural 12.2 2,869 2,277
Magoffin County Rural 28.2 862 3,114
Marion County Rural 14.1 683 2,551
Marshall County Rural 8.5 756 1,400
Martin County Rural 23.5 619 3,076
Mason County Rural 13.8 606 2,525
McCracken County Urban 10.9 1,826 2,012
McCreary County Rural 30.7 1,102 3,123
McLean County Urban 6.9 183 890
Meade County Urban 11.6 882 2,163
Menifee County Rural 21.7 353 3,037
Mercer County Rural 7.2 412 988
Metcalfe County Rural 16.5 474 2,792
Monroe County Rural 19.9 616 2,986
Montgomery County Rural 11.7 892 2,189
Morgan County Rural 14.0 465 2,544
Muhlenberg County Rural 12.9 1,036 2,386
Nelson County Urban 7.5 993 1,082
Nicholas County Rural 16.1 294 2,757
Ohio County Rural 9.4 603 1,665
Oldham County Urban 2.7 488 41
Owen County Rural 12.9 381 2,386
Owsley County Rural 24.0 223 3,082
Pendleton County Urban 9.2 336 1,613
Perry County Rural 22.8 1,763 3,063
Pike County Rural 19.3 3,115 2,965
Powell County Rural 16.3 513 2,775
Pulaski County Rural 16.5 2,840 2,792
Robertson County Rural 19.2 103 2,961
Rockcastle County Rural 19.6 875 2,974
Rowan County Rural 16.1 878 2,757
Russell County Rural 17.8 825 2,897
Scott County Urban 8.3 1,291 1,320
Shelby County Urban 5.6 738 533
Simpson County Rural 10.6 520 1,933
Spencer County Urban 3.1 174 66
Taylor County Rural 9.7 619 1,757
Todd County Rural 13.2 399 2,441
Trigg County Urban 16.1 617 2,757
Trimble County Rural 7.3 164 1,022
Union County Rural 10.6 375 1,933
Warren County Urban 10.7 3,498 1,959
Washington County Rural 8.1 239 1,265
Wayne County Rural 17.0 892 2,836
Webster County Rural 11.2 401 2,077
Whitley County Rural 19.2 1,744 2,961
Wolfe County Rural 32.6 555 3,131
Woodford County Urban 5.9 434 609
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 3:13 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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