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Demographic Data Report for Kentucky by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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County
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States 12.6 40,661,636 N/A
Kentucky 16.3 709,140 47 of 52
Woodford County 7.3 1,929 285
Wolfe County 34.6 2,250 3,117
Whitley County 21.6 7,471 2,771
Webster County 16.7 2,109 2,204
Wayne County 22.5 4,351 2,833
Washington County 13.7 1,596 1,633
Warren County 16.7 21,032 2,216
Union County 18.8 2,526 2,511
Trimble County 14.3 1,189 1,759
Trigg County 17.4 2,432 2,332
Todd County 21.5 2,575 2,767
Taylor County 14.8 3,658 1,856
Spencer County 6.6 1,259 189
Simpson County 12.5 2,344 1,342
Shelby County 9.4 4,358 616
Scott County 10.2 5,548 790
Russell County 23.0 4,026 2,870
Rowan County 25.4 5,495 2,971
Rockcastle County 21.2 3,331 2,735
Robertson County 22.9 468 2,863
Pulaski County 23.0 14,548 2,864
Powell County 18.6 2,358 2,495
Pike County 25.6 14,755 2,984
Perry County 21.5 5,940 2,769
Pendleton County 18.8 2,694 2,516
Owsley County 27.7 1,092 3,041
Owen County 15.4 1,703 1,997
Oldham County 4.2 2,696 24
Ohio County 15.5 3,612 2,008
Nicholas County 19.3 1,424 2,574
Nelson County 8.1 3,725 395
Muhlenberg County 15.1 4,555 1,930
Morgan County 22.3 2,722 2,822
Montgomery County 17.8 4,904 2,391
Monroe County 24.3 2,691 2,929
Metcalfe County 21.2 2,153 2,734
Mercer County 12.0 2,675 1,209
Menifee County 26.4 1,606 3,017
Meade County 13.1 3,856 1,496
McLean County 10.8 979 932
McCreary County 30.0 4,671 3,082
McCracken County 15.1 9,947 1,916
Mason County 16.3 2,729 2,143
Martin County 22.4 2,281 2,827
Marshall County 11.7 3,624 1,145
Marion County 19.8 3,663 2,628
Magoffin County 29.0 3,394 3,067
Madison County 16.0 13,767 2,105
Lyon County 10.1 744 770
Logan County 18.0 4,861 2,413
Livingston County 16.8 1,500 2,231
Lincoln County 18.9 4,494 2,526
Lewis County 27.0 3,499 3,028
Letcher County 31.2 6,673 3,095
Leslie County 34.6 3,522 3,116
Lee County 30.0 2,012 3,079
Lawrence County 26.1 4,215 3,002
Laurel County 22.2 13,537 2,816
Larue County 16.1 2,326 2,120
Knox County 34.5 10,217 3,115
Knott County 29.5 4,091 3,076
Kenton County 11.9 19,754 1,183
Johnson County 20.5 4,554 2,676
Jessamine County 12.6 6,435 1,374
Jefferson County 13.7 104,960 1,644
Jackson County 28.3 3,639 3,055
Hopkins County 20.0 8,867 2,639
Hickman County 20.4 897 2,665
Henry County 17.4 2,709 2,331
Henderson County 16.4 7,185 2,155
Hart County 21.8 4,096 2,785
Harrison County 16.9 3,099 2,250
Harlan County 33.6 8,842 3,109
Hardin County 11.2 12,037 1,038
Hancock County 13.1 1,170 1,479
Greenup County 14.8 5,251 1,855
Green County 22.1 2,430 2,810
Grayson County 23.7 6,173 2,907
Graves County 18.5 6,686 2,491
Grant County 12.7 3,122 1,405
Garrard County 14.5 2,428 1,793
Gallatin County 18.1 1,547 2,422
Fulton County 25.1 1,530 2,962
Franklin County 13.3 6,562 1,533
Floyd County 29.0 10,274 3,066
Fleming County 15.5 2,328 2,018
Fayette County 15.7 48,501 2,047
Estill County 25.7 3,596 2,989
Elliott County 25.4 1,519 2,977
Edmonson County 16.9 2,031 2,259
Daviess County 14.8 14,727 1,868
Cumberland County 24.9 1,472 2,945
Crittenden County 15.2 1,327 1,962
Clinton County 22.9 2,107 2,857
Clay County 33.6 6,429 3,108
Clark County 14.1 5,093 1,729
Christian County 17.0 11,150 2,266
Casey County 24.9 3,843 2,946
Carter County 30.2 7,869 3,088
Carroll County 24.3 2,554 2,931
Carlisle County 19.7 938 2,611
Campbell County 12.2 10,937 1,282
Calloway County 18.4 6,185 2,481
Caldwell County 14.7 1,843 1,837
Butler County 18.2 2,183 2,439
Bullitt County 10.2 8,232 788
Breckinridge County 19.5 3,898 2,598
Breathitt County 31.3 4,184 3,097
Bracken County 18.4 1,523 2,479
Boyle County 14.5 3,987 1,806
Boyd County 17.6 8,215 2,363
Bourbon County 13.7 2,732 1,630
Boone County 6.1 8,095 136
Bell County 28.3 6,740 3,056
Bath County 22.5 2,832 2,835
Barren County 23.6 10,207 2,899
Ballard County 14.0 1,078 1,709
Anderson County 13.7 3,218 1,636
Allen County 18.4 3,739 2,475
Adair County 18.2 3,179 2,452
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/10/2024 11:12 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.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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