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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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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Kentucky N/A 16.1 707,480 47 of 52
Woodford County Urban 10.0 2,656 772
Wolfe County Rural 38.1 2,404 3,135
Whitley County Rural 25.1 8,772 2,983
Webster County Rural 13.9 1,746 1,708
Wayne County Rural 24.3 4,690 2,951
Washington County Rural 12.6 1,489 1,398
Warren County Urban 16.8 22,098 2,236
Union County Rural 17.4 2,281 2,337
Trimble County Rural 13.2 1,107 1,552
Trigg County Urban 20.4 2,888 2,690
Todd County Rural 21.7 2,618 2,804
Taylor County Rural 16.6 4,156 2,213
Spencer County Urban 7.4 1,450 259
Simpson County Rural 15.1 2,914 1,963
Shelby County Urban 8.6 4,066 484
Scott County Urban 10.4 5,933 869
Russell County Rural 23.4 4,142 2,912
Rowan County Rural 24.5 5,308 2,959
Rockcastle County Rural 24.4 3,824 2,954
Robertson County Rural 27.4 573 3,039
Pulaski County Rural 20.3 13,006 2,678
Powell County Rural 21.7 2,755 2,804
Pike County Rural 25.0 14,081 2,976
Perry County Rural 25.5 6,894 2,994
Pendleton County Urban 14.3 2,061 1,803
Owsley County Rural 24.9 960 2,972
Owen County Rural 17.2 1,913 2,305
Oldham County Urban 4.0 2,561 14
Ohio County Rural 13.1 3,023 1,530
Nicholas County Rural 18.5 1,396 2,500
Nelson County Urban 9.7 4,512 708
Muhlenberg County Rural 17.8 5,250 2,405
Morgan County Rural 18.2 2,224 2,463
Montgomery County Rural 15.2 4,229 1,979
Monroe County Rural 22.2 2,484 2,841
Metcalfe County Rural 25.7 2,634 3,003
Mercer County Rural 11.4 2,557 1,109
Menifee County Rural 28.2 1,730 3,056
Meade County Urban 13.7 4,091 1,663
McLean County Urban 9.3 840 621
McCreary County Rural 35.1 5,358 3,123
McCracken County Urban 15.3 10,173 1,995
Mason County Rural 18.4 3,073 2,485
Martin County Rural 29.2 2,862 3,075
Marshall County Rural 13.4 4,148 1,600
Marion County Rural 19.5 3,665 2,619
Magoffin County Rural 33.4 3,775 3,113
Madison County Rural 15.8 13,938 2,080
Lyon County Rural 10.6 778 923
Logan County Rural 14.0 3,839 1,728
Livingston County Urban 18.9 1,677 2,552
Lincoln County Rural 18.5 4,459 2,500
Lewis County Rural 22.6 2,915 2,867
Letcher County Rural 26.8 5,539 3,023
Leslie County Rural 27.3 2,701 3,035
Lee County Rural 28.9 1,876 3,069
Lawrence County Urban 22.0 3,529 2,821
Laurel County Rural 21.3 13,047 2,774
Larue County Urban 18.9 2,789 2,552
Knox County Rural 36.7 10,761 3,130
Knott County Rural 25.9 3,511 3,009
Kenton County Urban 11.9 20,065 1,235
Johnson County Rural 23.4 5,116 2,912
Jessamine County Urban 10.5 5,480 896
Jefferson County Urban 14.5 110,819 1,844
Jackson County Rural 23.0 2,945 2,898
Hopkins County Rural 19.2 8,405 2,584
Hickman County Rural 20.8 893 2,723
Henry County Urban 16.6 2,602 2,213
Henderson County Rural 15.4 6,734 2,022
Hart County Rural 21.2 4,022 2,764
Harrison County Rural 16.4 3,039 2,175
Harlan County Rural 27.2 6,930 3,030
Hardin County Urban 11.7 12,623 1,180
Hancock County Rural 15.9 1,409 2,098
Greenup County Urban 15.1 5,292 1,963
Green County Rural 21.5 2,384 2,789
Grayson County Rural 19.3 5,027 2,595
Graves County Rural 20.5 7,406 2,697
Grant County Urban 12.3 3,045 1,323
Garrard County Rural 17.1 2,922 2,293
Gallatin County Urban 14.4 1,245 1,824
Fulton County Rural 25.7 1,509 3,003
Franklin County Rural 13.4 6,683 1,600
Floyd County Rural 26.6 9,177 3,020
Fleming County Rural 22.9 3,480 2,893
Fayette County Urban 15.7 48,466 2,066
Estill County Rural 22.0 3,064 2,821
Elliott County Rural 27.2 1,659 3,030
Edmonson County Urban 16.8 2,030 2,236
Daviess County Urban 15.2 15,314 1,979
Cumberland County Rural 33.9 1,987 3,120
Crittenden County Rural 18.1 1,578 2,452
Clinton County Rural 18.4 1,674 2,485
Clay County Rural 31.8 5,887 3,103
Clark County Urban 12.9 4,696 1,487
Christian County Urban 17.2 11,580 2,305
Casey County Rural 24.4 3,791 2,954
Carter County Urban 19.6 5,058 2,627
Carroll County Rural 18.9 2,001 2,552
Carlisle County Urban 16.7 783 2,219
Campbell County Urban 10.8 9,728 965
Calloway County Rural 17.2 6,012 2,305
Caldwell County Rural 13.9 1,731 1,708
Butler County Urban 18.6 2,230 2,511
Bullitt County Urban 9.5 7,882 669
Breckinridge County Rural 21.3 4,331 2,774
Breathitt County Rural 28.2 3,726 3,056
Bracken County Urban 20.1 1,675 2,660
Boyle County Rural 14.2 3,946 1,779
Boyd County Urban 17.7 8,154 2,385
Bourbon County Urban 13.7 2,724 1,663
Boone County Urban 6.6 8,997 153
Bell County Rural 27.1 6,268 3,029
Bath County Rural 23.5 2,974 2,916
Barren County Rural 21.0 9,207 2,745
Ballard County Urban 13.8 1,037 1,681
Anderson County Rural 12.5 2,981 1,373
Allen County Urban 15.0 3,120 1,944
Adair County Rural 18.0 3,208 2,433
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/12/2025 6:09 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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