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Demographic Data Report for Kentucky by County
Poverty: Persons 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 16.1 707,480 47 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Robertson County Rural 27.4 573 3,039
Lyon County Rural 10.6 778 923
Carlisle County Urban 16.7 783 2,219
McLean County Urban 9.3 840 621
Hickman County Rural 20.8 893 2,723
Owsley County Rural 24.9 960 2,972
Ballard County Urban 13.8 1,037 1,681
Trimble County Rural 13.2 1,107 1,552
Gallatin County Urban 14.4 1,245 1,824
Nicholas County Rural 18.5 1,396 2,500
Hancock County Rural 15.9 1,409 2,098
Spencer County Urban 7.4 1,450 259
Washington County Rural 12.6 1,489 1,398
Fulton County Rural 25.7 1,509 3,003
Crittenden County Rural 18.1 1,578 2,452
Elliott County Rural 27.2 1,659 3,030
Clinton County Rural 18.4 1,674 2,485
Bracken County Urban 20.1 1,675 2,660
Livingston County Urban 18.9 1,677 2,552
Menifee County Rural 28.2 1,730 3,056
Caldwell County Rural 13.9 1,731 1,708
Webster County Rural 13.9 1,746 1,708
Lee County Rural 28.9 1,876 3,069
Owen County Rural 17.2 1,913 2,305
Cumberland County Rural 33.9 1,987 3,120
Carroll County Rural 18.9 2,001 2,552
Edmonson County Urban 16.8 2,030 2,236
Pendleton County Urban 14.3 2,061 1,803
Morgan County Rural 18.2 2,224 2,463
Butler County Urban 18.6 2,230 2,511
Union County Rural 17.4 2,281 2,337
Green County Rural 21.5 2,384 2,789
Wolfe County Rural 38.1 2,404 3,135
Monroe County Rural 22.2 2,484 2,841
Mercer County Rural 11.4 2,557 1,109
Oldham County Urban 4.0 2,561 14
Henry County Urban 16.6 2,602 2,213
Todd County Rural 21.7 2,618 2,804
Metcalfe County Rural 25.7 2,634 3,003
Woodford County Urban 10.0 2,656 772
Leslie County Rural 27.3 2,701 3,035
Bourbon County Urban 13.7 2,724 1,663
Powell County Rural 21.7 2,755 2,804
Larue County Urban 18.9 2,789 2,552
Martin County Rural 29.2 2,862 3,075
Trigg County Urban 20.4 2,888 2,690
Simpson County Rural 15.1 2,914 1,963
Lewis County Rural 22.6 2,915 2,867
Garrard County Rural 17.1 2,922 2,293
Jackson County Rural 23.0 2,945 2,898
Bath County Rural 23.5 2,974 2,916
Anderson County Rural 12.5 2,981 1,373
Ohio County Rural 13.1 3,023 1,530
Harrison County Rural 16.4 3,039 2,175
Grant County Urban 12.3 3,045 1,323
Estill County Rural 22.0 3,064 2,821
Mason County Rural 18.4 3,073 2,485
Allen County Urban 15.0 3,120 1,944
Adair County Rural 18.0 3,208 2,433
Fleming County Rural 22.9 3,480 2,893
Knott County Rural 25.9 3,511 3,009
Lawrence County Urban 22.0 3,529 2,821
Marion County Rural 19.5 3,665 2,619
Breathitt County Rural 28.2 3,726 3,056
Magoffin County Rural 33.4 3,775 3,113
Casey County Rural 24.4 3,791 2,954
Rockcastle County Rural 24.4 3,824 2,954
Logan County Rural 14.0 3,839 1,728
Boyle County Rural 14.2 3,946 1,779
Hart County Rural 21.2 4,022 2,764
Shelby County Urban 8.6 4,066 484
Meade County Urban 13.7 4,091 1,663
Russell County Rural 23.4 4,142 2,912
Marshall County Rural 13.4 4,148 1,600
Taylor County Rural 16.6 4,156 2,213
Montgomery County Rural 15.2 4,229 1,979
Breckinridge County Rural 21.3 4,331 2,774
Lincoln County Rural 18.5 4,459 2,500
Nelson County Urban 9.7 4,512 708
Wayne County Rural 24.3 4,690 2,951
Clark County Urban 12.9 4,696 1,487
Grayson County Rural 19.3 5,027 2,595
Carter County Urban 19.6 5,058 2,627
Johnson County Rural 23.4 5,116 2,912
Muhlenberg County Rural 17.8 5,250 2,405
Greenup County Urban 15.1 5,292 1,963
Rowan County Rural 24.5 5,308 2,959
McCreary County Rural 35.1 5,358 3,123
Jessamine County Urban 10.5 5,480 896
Letcher County Rural 26.8 5,539 3,023
Clay County Rural 31.8 5,887 3,103
Scott County Urban 10.4 5,933 869
Calloway County Rural 17.2 6,012 2,305
Bell County Rural 27.1 6,268 3,029
Franklin County Rural 13.4 6,683 1,600
Henderson County Rural 15.4 6,734 2,022
Perry County Rural 25.5 6,894 2,994
Harlan County Rural 27.2 6,930 3,030
Graves County Rural 20.5 7,406 2,697
Bullitt County Urban 9.5 7,882 669
Boyd County Urban 17.7 8,154 2,385
Hopkins County Rural 19.2 8,405 2,584
Whitley County Rural 25.1 8,772 2,983
Boone County Urban 6.6 8,997 153
Floyd County Rural 26.6 9,177 3,020
Barren County Rural 21.0 9,207 2,745
Campbell County Urban 10.8 9,728 965
McCracken County Urban 15.3 10,173 1,995
Knox County Rural 36.7 10,761 3,130
Christian County Urban 17.2 11,580 2,305
Hardin County Urban 11.7 12,623 1,180
Pulaski County Rural 20.3 13,006 2,678
Laurel County Rural 21.3 13,047 2,774
Madison County Rural 15.8 13,938 2,080
Pike County Rural 25.0 14,081 2,976
Daviess County Urban 15.2 15,314 1,979
Kenton County Urban 11.9 20,065 1,235
Warren County Urban 16.8 22,098 2,236
Fayette County Urban 15.7 48,466 2,066
Jefferson County Urban 14.5 110,819 1,844
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/13/2025 6:42 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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