Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Kentucky by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,521,584 | N/A |
| Kentucky | N/A | 16.1 | 704,758 | 46 of 52 |
| Oldham County | Urban | 4.0 | 2,561 | 16 |
| Boone County | Urban | 5.7 | 7,725 | 88 |
| Shelby County | Urban | 7.9 | 3,706 | 365 |
| McLean County | Urban | 7.9 | 721 | 366 |
| Spencer County | Urban | 8.3 | 1,607 | 438 |
| Woodford County | Urban | 8.4 | 2,228 | 457 |
| Nelson County | Urban | 8.8 | 4,051 | 520 |
| Scott County | Urban | 9.3 | 5,173 | 622 |
| Lyon County | Rural | 10.0 | 724 | 767 |
| Bullitt County | Urban | 10.6 | 8,667 | 897 |
| Mercer County | Rural | 11.2 | 2,515 | 1,041 |
| Hardin County | Urban | 11.5 | 12,401 | 1,116 |
| Campbell County | Urban | 11.7 | 10,536 | 1,164 |
| Kenton County | Urban | 11.9 | 19,922 | 1,221 |
| Jessamine County | Urban | 12.1 | 6,254 | 1,262 |
| Marshall County | Rural | 12.1 | 3,744 | 1,264 |
| Grant County | Urban | 12.8 | 3,157 | 1,429 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 13.3 | 6,596 | 1,532 |
| Meade County | Urban | 13.3 | 3,925 | 1,537 |
| Anderson County | Rural | 13.4 | 3,160 | 1,563 |
| Trimble County | Rural | 13.7 | 1,147 | 1,641 |
| Daviess County | Urban | 14.0 | 13,990 | 1,704 |
| Ohio County | Rural | 14.0 | 3,263 | 1,716 |
| Jefferson County | Urban | 14.1 | 107,897 | 1,732 |
| Washington County | Rural | 14.1 | 1,657 | 1,733 |
| Owen County | Rural | 14.1 | 1,571 | 1,735 |
| Simpson County | Rural | 14.2 | 2,694 | 1,751 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 14.3 | 3,551 | 1,769 |
| Ballard County | Urban | 14.3 | 1,085 | 1,777 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 14.9 | 46,179 | 1,898 |
| Boyle County | Rural | 15.0 | 4,154 | 1,909 |
| Clark County | Urban | 15.1 | 5,451 | 1,921 |
| Greenup County | Urban | 15.1 | 5,323 | 1,922 |
| Bourbon County | Urban | 15.1 | 3,015 | 1,932 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 15.1 | 1,345 | 1,936 |
| McCracken County | Urban | 15.2 | 10,045 | 1,941 |
| Garrard County | Rural | 15.7 | 2,657 | 2,025 |
| Logan County | Rural | 15.7 | 4,268 | 2,039 |
| Harrison County | Rural | 15.8 | 2,925 | 2,067 |
| Webster County | Rural | 16.1 | 2,022 | 2,105 |
| Madison County | Rural | 16.1 | 14,057 | 2,119 |
| Caldwell County | Rural | 16.2 | 2,024 | 2,130 |
| Nicholas County | Rural | 16.2 | 1,215 | 2,133 |
| Henry County | Urban | 16.2 | 2,534 | 2,139 |
| Muhlenberg County | Rural | 16.3 | 4,840 | 2,150 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.4 | 4,525 | 2,163 |
| Allen County | Urban | 16.5 | 3,381 | 2,190 |
| Hickman County | Rural | 16.7 | 726 | 2,238 |
| Christian County | Urban | 16.7 | 11,227 | 2,242 |
| Gallatin County | Urban | 16.8 | 1,445 | 2,251 |
| Livingston County | Urban | 16.8 | 1,503 | 2,256 |
| Edmonson County | Urban | 17.0 | 2,035 | 2,284 |
| Bracken County | Urban | 17.0 | 1,410 | 2,286 |
| Henderson County | Rural | 17.0 | 7,431 | 2,295 |
| Warren County | Urban | 17.2 | 22,132 | 2,321 |
| Lincoln County | Rural | 17.4 | 4,150 | 2,342 |
| Boyd County | Urban | 17.4 | 8,071 | 2,347 |
| Pendleton County | Urban | 17.8 | 2,550 | 2,393 |
| Crittenden County | Rural | 17.9 | 1,560 | 2,414 |
| Trigg County | Urban | 18.2 | 2,556 | 2,450 |
| Calloway County | Rural | 18.7 | 6,405 | 2,508 |
| Mason County | Rural | 18.7 | 3,142 | 2,509 |
| Larue County | Urban | 18.8 | 2,760 | 2,522 |
| Union County | Rural | 18.8 | 2,487 | 2,523 |
| Hopkins County | Rural | 19.2 | 8,424 | 2,562 |
| Butler County | Urban | 19.8 | 2,367 | 2,617 |
| Graves County | Rural | 19.8 | 7,141 | 2,618 |
| Adair County | Rural | 19.8 | 3,490 | 2,619 |
| Carlisle County | Urban | 20.1 | 949 | 2,642 |
| Clinton County | Rural | 20.3 | 1,850 | 2,661 |
| Carroll County | Rural | 20.3 | 2,140 | 2,664 |
| Morgan County | Rural | 20.4 | 2,494 | 2,679 |
| Laurel County | Rural | 20.5 | 12,608 | 2,687 |
| Monroe County | Rural | 20.9 | 2,334 | 2,720 |
| Fleming County | Rural | 21.0 | 3,167 | 2,728 |
| Grayson County | Rural | 21.1 | 5,462 | 2,738 |
| Barren County | Rural | 21.1 | 9,187 | 2,741 |
| Powell County | Rural | 21.1 | 2,680 | 2,743 |
| Todd County | Rural | 21.1 | 2,548 | 2,746 |
| Green County | Rural | 21.3 | 2,356 | 2,757 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 21.4 | 13,636 | 2,760 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 21.4 | 4,728 | 2,762 |
| Russell County | Rural | 21.6 | 3,803 | 2,776 |
| Robertson County | Rural | 22.0 | 450 | 2,803 |
| Marion County | Rural | 22.5 | 4,180 | 2,845 |
| Hart County | Rural | 22.6 | 4,259 | 2,855 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 22.6 | 2,905 | 2,856 |
| Bath County | Rural | 23.1 | 2,916 | 2,889 |
| Whitley County | Rural | 23.5 | 8,189 | 2,904 |
| Breckinridge County | Rural | 23.5 | 4,734 | 2,905 |
| Martin County | Rural | 23.5 | 2,357 | 2,906 |
| Rockcastle County | Rural | 23.6 | 3,693 | 2,911 |
| Perry County | Rural | 23.8 | 6,521 | 2,927 |
| Carter County | Urban | 23.9 | 6,195 | 2,931 |
| Pike County | Rural | 23.9 | 13,607 | 2,932 |
| Estill County | Rural | 24.0 | 3,353 | 2,934 |
| Metcalfe County | Rural | 24.0 | 2,447 | 2,936 |
| Rowan County | Rural | 24.6 | 5,366 | 2,959 |
| Elliott County | Rural | 24.7 | 1,492 | 2,962 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 25.4 | 4,898 | 2,985 |
| Casey County | Rural | 26.1 | 4,059 | 3,001 |
| Bell County | Rural | 26.3 | 6,153 | 3,006 |
| Lawrence County | Urban | 26.3 | 4,236 | 3,007 |
| Lewis County | Rural | 26.6 | 3,428 | 3,014 |
| Menifee County | Rural | 26.9 | 1,643 | 3,022 |
| Fulton County | Rural | 27.4 | 1,633 | 3,036 |
| Knott County | Rural | 27.7 | 3,798 | 3,046 |
| Cumberland County | Rural | 28.3 | 1,658 | 3,062 |
| Breathitt County | Rural | 28.5 | 3,801 | 3,065 |
| Owsley County | Rural | 28.8 | 1,114 | 3,070 |
| Letcher County | Rural | 29.0 | 6,082 | 3,073 |
| Floyd County | Rural | 29.3 | 10,254 | 3,077 |
| Harlan County | Rural | 30.0 | 7,799 | 3,085 |
| Magoffin County | Rural | 30.4 | 3,503 | 3,090 |
| Clay County | Rural | 31.2 | 5,891 | 3,098 |
| Lee County | Rural | 31.4 | 2,082 | 3,100 |
| Leslie County | Rural | 33.6 | 3,381 | 3,119 |
| McCreary County | Rural | 33.7 | 5,147 | 3,120 |
| Knox County | Rural | 34.0 | 10,030 | 3,124 |
| Wolfe County | Rural | 36.8 | 2,362 | 3,129 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/16/2025 7:20 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/16/2025 7:20 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.