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Demographic Data Report for Kentucky by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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County
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Value (Percent)
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3146 counties)
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Kentucky 17.3 747,010 47 of 52
United States 13.4 42,510,843 N/A
Adair County 20.5 3,655 2,614
Allen County 18.7 3,866 2,402
Anderson County 15.7 3,480 1,891
Ballard County 15.4 1,213 1,833
Barren County 24.2 10,368 2,892
Bath County 20.4 2,501 2,606
Bell County 35.5 9,218 3,117
Boone County 7.2 9,271 197
Bourbon County 15.3 3,005 1,818
Boyd County 18.9 8,622 2,427
Boyle County 14.2 3,801 1,585
Bracken County 17.8 1,463 2,262
Breathitt County 34.4 4,367 3,104
Breckinridge County 18.6 3,674 2,375
Bullitt County 9.0 7,150 465
Butler County 19.3 2,407 2,484
Caldwell County 16.8 2,112 2,090
Calloway County 21.5 7,541 2,701
Campbell County 13.5 12,081 1,428
Carlisle County 16.8 796 2,105
Carroll County 24.1 2,474 2,879
Carter County 25.3 6,674 2,940
Casey County 25.5 3,936 2,947
Christian County 19.6 12,635 2,520
Clark County 14.7 5,205 1,681
Clay County 36.6 6,940 3,125
Clinton County 24.1 2,423 2,886
Crittenden County 14.5 1,258 1,625
Cumberland County 21.4 1,406 2,693
Daviess County 16.6 16,174 2,050
Edmonson County 18.2 2,182 2,318
Elliott County 30.6 1,808 3,069
Estill County 30.9 4,345 3,075
Fayette County 16.8 51,715 2,096
Fleming County 19.9 2,877 2,551
Floyd County 30.7 10,973 3,071
Franklin County 12.4 6,015 1,172
Fulton County 28.2 1,604 3,027
Gallatin County 14.8 1,258 1,697
Garrard County 15.7 2,712 1,898
Grant County 16.4 4,012 2,024
Graves County 19.6 7,165 2,524
Grayson County 25.4 6,585 2,945
Green County 18.0 1,953 2,295
Greenup County 16.9 5,909 2,108
Hancock County 11.8 1,015 1,033
Hardin County 13.2 13,938 1,365
Harlan County 36.0 9,335 3,120
Harrison County 17.6 3,225 2,222
Hart County 21.5 3,944 2,699
Henderson County 18.5 8,273 2,373
Henry County 18.3 2,890 2,333
Hickman County 14.9 647 1,713
Hopkins County 19.4 8,534 2,492
Jackson County 32.0 4,240 3,088
Jefferson County 14.2 106,938 1,586
Jessamine County 16.9 8,651 2,119
Johnson County 22.7 5,003 2,786
Kenton County 11.5 18,716 970
Knott County 31.2 4,531 3,079
Knox County 33.2 10,113 3,096
Larue County 14.6 2,013 1,661
Laurel County 23.2 13,790 2,824
Lawrence County 26.5 4,115 2,983
Lee County 34.6 2,236 3,108
Leslie County 38.0 3,680 3,128
Letcher County 33.6 7,409 3,100
Lewis County 24.4 3,219 2,905
Lincoln County 21.3 5,086 2,685
Livingston County 14.6 1,331 1,648
Logan County 17.0 4,507 2,129
Lyon County 15.8 1,100 1,907
Madison County 18.9 15,901 2,434
Magoffin County 28.3 3,486 3,031
Marion County 23.0 4,236 2,813
Marshall County 10.4 3,177 746
Martin County 20.0 2,064 2,559
Mason County 17.8 2,978 2,255
McCracken County 15.8 10,042 1,904
McCreary County 33.4 5,330 3,097
McLean County 16.1 1,471 1,954
Meade County 12.1 3,369 1,128
Menifee County 23.7 1,507 2,857
Mercer County 14.2 3,032 1,571
Metcalfe County 23.2 2,304 2,823
Monroe County 23.8 2,493 2,864
Montgomery County 18.2 5,006 2,330
Morgan County 22.7 2,629 2,795
Muhlenberg County 15.2 4,587 1,793
Nelson County 9.2 4,147 516
Nicholas County 28.0 1,965 3,024
Ohio County 18.9 4,435 2,432
Oldham County 5.9 3,664 97
Owen County 19.1 2,021 2,467
Owsley County 30.3 1,305 3,063
Pendleton County 17.8 2,554 2,259
Perry County 26.1 6,712 2,972
Pike County 24.9 14,545 2,923
Powell County 21.4 2,548 2,695
Pulaski County 22.7 14,330 2,791
Robertson County 27.1 522 3,001
Rockcastle County 20.0 3,284 2,560
Rowan County 27.9 5,991 3,021
Russell County 23.2 4,054 2,828
Scott County 11.6 6,111 987
Shelby County 11.2 5,174 903
Simpson County 15.6 2,770 1,883
Spencer County 9.7 1,799 607
Taylor County 17.9 4,365 2,269
Todd County 18.7 2,254 2,400
Trigg County 11.8 1,673 1,039
Trimble County 17.3 1,460 2,179
Union County 20.4 2,905 2,603
Warren County 16.8 20,285 2,092
Washington County 15.2 1,777 1,808
Wayne County 25.3 5,073 2,934
Webster County 23.0 2,897 2,810
Whitley County 23.6 8,037 2,847
Wolfe County 29.2 2,058 3,049
Woodford County 13.0 3,375 1,315
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2023 8:37 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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