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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
Adair County Rural 18.0 3,208 2,433
Allen County Urban 15.0 3,120 1,944
Anderson County Rural 12.5 2,981 1,373
Ballard County Urban 13.8 1,037 1,681
Barren County Rural 21.0 9,207 2,745
Bath County Rural 23.5 2,974 2,916
Bell County Rural 27.1 6,268 3,029
Boone County Urban 6.6 8,997 153
Bourbon County Urban 13.7 2,724 1,663
Boyd County Urban 17.7 8,154 2,385
Boyle County Rural 14.2 3,946 1,779
Bracken County Urban 20.1 1,675 2,660
Breathitt County Rural 28.2 3,726 3,056
Breckinridge County Rural 21.3 4,331 2,774
Bullitt County Urban 9.5 7,882 669
Butler County Urban 18.6 2,230 2,511
Caldwell County Rural 13.9 1,731 1,708
Calloway County Rural 17.2 6,012 2,305
Campbell County Urban 10.8 9,728 965
Carlisle County Urban 16.7 783 2,219
Carroll County Rural 18.9 2,001 2,552
Carter County Urban 19.6 5,058 2,627
Casey County Rural 24.4 3,791 2,954
Christian County Urban 17.2 11,580 2,305
Clark County Urban 12.9 4,696 1,487
Clay County Rural 31.8 5,887 3,103
Clinton County Rural 18.4 1,674 2,485
Crittenden County Rural 18.1 1,578 2,452
Cumberland County Rural 33.9 1,987 3,120
Daviess County Urban 15.2 15,314 1,979
Edmonson County Urban 16.8 2,030 2,236
Elliott County Rural 27.2 1,659 3,030
Estill County Rural 22.0 3,064 2,821
Fayette County Urban 15.7 48,466 2,066
Fleming County Rural 22.9 3,480 2,893
Floyd County Rural 26.6 9,177 3,020
Franklin County Rural 13.4 6,683 1,600
Fulton County Rural 25.7 1,509 3,003
Gallatin County Urban 14.4 1,245 1,824
Garrard County Rural 17.1 2,922 2,293
Grant County Urban 12.3 3,045 1,323
Graves County Rural 20.5 7,406 2,697
Grayson County Rural 19.3 5,027 2,595
Green County Rural 21.5 2,384 2,789
Greenup County Urban 15.1 5,292 1,963
Hancock County Rural 15.9 1,409 2,098
Hardin County Urban 11.7 12,623 1,180
Harlan County Rural 27.2 6,930 3,030
Harrison County Rural 16.4 3,039 2,175
Hart County Rural 21.2 4,022 2,764
Henderson County Rural 15.4 6,734 2,022
Henry County Urban 16.6 2,602 2,213
Hickman County Rural 20.8 893 2,723
Hopkins County Rural 19.2 8,405 2,584
Jackson County Rural 23.0 2,945 2,898
Jefferson County Urban 14.5 110,819 1,844
Jessamine County Urban 10.5 5,480 896
Johnson County Rural 23.4 5,116 2,912
Kenton County Urban 11.9 20,065 1,235
Knott County Rural 25.9 3,511 3,009
Knox County Rural 36.7 10,761 3,130
Larue County Urban 18.9 2,789 2,552
Laurel County Rural 21.3 13,047 2,774
Lawrence County Urban 22.0 3,529 2,821
Lee County Rural 28.9 1,876 3,069
Leslie County Rural 27.3 2,701 3,035
Letcher County Rural 26.8 5,539 3,023
Lewis County Rural 22.6 2,915 2,867
Lincoln County Rural 18.5 4,459 2,500
Livingston County Urban 18.9 1,677 2,552
Logan County Rural 14.0 3,839 1,728
Lyon County Rural 10.6 778 923
Madison County Rural 15.8 13,938 2,080
Magoffin County Rural 33.4 3,775 3,113
Marion County Rural 19.5 3,665 2,619
Marshall County Rural 13.4 4,148 1,600
Martin County Rural 29.2 2,862 3,075
Mason County Rural 18.4 3,073 2,485
McCracken County Urban 15.3 10,173 1,995
McCreary County Rural 35.1 5,358 3,123
McLean County Urban 9.3 840 621
Meade County Urban 13.7 4,091 1,663
Menifee County Rural 28.2 1,730 3,056
Mercer County Rural 11.4 2,557 1,109
Metcalfe County Rural 25.7 2,634 3,003
Monroe County Rural 22.2 2,484 2,841
Montgomery County Rural 15.2 4,229 1,979
Morgan County Rural 18.2 2,224 2,463
Muhlenberg County Rural 17.8 5,250 2,405
Nelson County Urban 9.7 4,512 708
Nicholas County Rural 18.5 1,396 2,500
Ohio County Rural 13.1 3,023 1,530
Oldham County Urban 4.0 2,561 14
Owen County Rural 17.2 1,913 2,305
Owsley County Rural 24.9 960 2,972
Pendleton County Urban 14.3 2,061 1,803
Perry County Rural 25.5 6,894 2,994
Pike County Rural 25.0 14,081 2,976
Powell County Rural 21.7 2,755 2,804
Pulaski County Rural 20.3 13,006 2,678
Robertson County Rural 27.4 573 3,039
Rockcastle County Rural 24.4 3,824 2,954
Rowan County Rural 24.5 5,308 2,959
Russell County Rural 23.4 4,142 2,912
Scott County Urban 10.4 5,933 869
Shelby County Urban 8.6 4,066 484
Simpson County Rural 15.1 2,914 1,963
Spencer County Urban 7.4 1,450 259
Taylor County Rural 16.6 4,156 2,213
Todd County Rural 21.7 2,618 2,804
Trigg County Urban 20.4 2,888 2,690
Trimble County Rural 13.2 1,107 1,552
Union County Rural 17.4 2,281 2,337
Warren County Urban 16.8 22,098 2,236
Washington County Rural 12.6 1,489 1,398
Wayne County Rural 24.3 4,690 2,951
Webster County Rural 13.9 1,746 1,708
Whitley County Rural 25.1 8,772 2,983
Wolfe County Rural 38.1 2,404 3,135
Woodford County Urban 10.0 2,656 772
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 10:57 pm.

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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