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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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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
Leslie County 38.0 3,680 3,128
Clay County 36.6 6,940 3,125
Harlan County 36.0 9,335 3,120
Bell County 35.5 9,218 3,117
Lee County 34.6 2,236 3,108
Breathitt County 34.4 4,367 3,104
Letcher County 33.6 7,409 3,100
McCreary County 33.4 5,330 3,097
Knox County 33.2 10,113 3,096
Jackson County 32.0 4,240 3,088
Knott County 31.2 4,531 3,079
Estill County 30.9 4,345 3,075
Floyd County 30.7 10,973 3,071
Elliott County 30.6 1,808 3,069
Owsley County 30.3 1,305 3,063
Wolfe County 29.2 2,058 3,049
Magoffin County 28.3 3,486 3,031
Fulton County 28.2 1,604 3,027
Nicholas County 28.0 1,965 3,024
Rowan County 27.9 5,991 3,021
Robertson County 27.1 522 3,001
Lawrence County 26.5 4,115 2,983
Perry County 26.1 6,712 2,972
Casey County 25.5 3,936 2,947
Grayson County 25.4 6,585 2,945
Carter County 25.3 6,674 2,940
Wayne County 25.3 5,073 2,934
Pike County 24.9 14,545 2,923
Lewis County 24.4 3,219 2,905
Barren County 24.2 10,368 2,892
Clinton County 24.1 2,423 2,886
Carroll County 24.1 2,474 2,879
Monroe County 23.8 2,493 2,864
Menifee County 23.7 1,507 2,857
Whitley County 23.6 8,037 2,847
Russell County 23.2 4,054 2,828
Laurel County 23.2 13,790 2,824
Metcalfe County 23.2 2,304 2,823
Marion County 23.0 4,236 2,813
Webster County 23.0 2,897 2,810
Morgan County 22.7 2,629 2,795
Pulaski County 22.7 14,330 2,791
Johnson County 22.7 5,003 2,786
Calloway County 21.5 7,541 2,701
Hart County 21.5 3,944 2,699
Powell County 21.4 2,548 2,695
Cumberland County 21.4 1,406 2,693
Lincoln County 21.3 5,086 2,685
Adair County 20.5 3,655 2,614
Bath County 20.4 2,501 2,606
Union County 20.4 2,905 2,603
Rockcastle County 20.0 3,284 2,560
Martin County 20.0 2,064 2,559
Fleming County 19.9 2,877 2,551
Graves County 19.6 7,165 2,524
Christian County 19.6 12,635 2,520
Hopkins County 19.4 8,534 2,492
Butler County 19.3 2,407 2,484
Owen County 19.1 2,021 2,467
Madison County 18.9 15,901 2,434
Ohio County 18.9 4,435 2,432
Boyd County 18.9 8,622 2,427
Allen County 18.7 3,866 2,402
Todd County 18.7 2,254 2,400
Breckinridge County 18.6 3,674 2,375
Henderson County 18.5 8,273 2,373
Henry County 18.3 2,890 2,333
Montgomery County 18.2 5,006 2,330
Edmonson County 18.2 2,182 2,318
Green County 18.0 1,953 2,295
Taylor County 17.9 4,365 2,269
Bracken County 17.8 1,463 2,262
Pendleton County 17.8 2,554 2,259
Mason County 17.8 2,978 2,255
Harrison County 17.6 3,225 2,222
Trimble County 17.3 1,460 2,179
Logan County 17.0 4,507 2,129
Jessamine County 16.9 8,651 2,119
Greenup County 16.9 5,909 2,108
Carlisle County 16.8 796 2,105
Fayette County 16.8 51,715 2,096
Warren County 16.8 20,285 2,092
Caldwell County 16.8 2,112 2,090
Daviess County 16.6 16,174 2,050
Grant County 16.4 4,012 2,024
McLean County 16.1 1,471 1,954
Lyon County 15.8 1,100 1,907
McCracken County 15.8 10,042 1,904
Garrard County 15.7 2,712 1,898
Anderson County 15.7 3,480 1,891
Simpson County 15.6 2,770 1,883
Ballard County 15.4 1,213 1,833
Bourbon County 15.3 3,005 1,818
Washington County 15.2 1,777 1,808
Muhlenberg County 15.2 4,587 1,793
Hickman County 14.9 647 1,713
Gallatin County 14.8 1,258 1,697
Clark County 14.7 5,205 1,681
Larue County 14.6 2,013 1,661
Livingston County 14.6 1,331 1,648
Crittenden County 14.5 1,258 1,625
Jefferson County 14.2 106,938 1,586
Boyle County 14.2 3,801 1,585
Mercer County 14.2 3,032 1,571
Campbell County 13.5 12,081 1,428
Hardin County 13.2 13,938 1,365
Woodford County 13.0 3,375 1,315
Franklin County 12.4 6,015 1,172
Meade County 12.1 3,369 1,128
Trigg County 11.8 1,673 1,039
Hancock County 11.8 1,015 1,033
Scott County 11.6 6,111 987
Kenton County 11.5 18,716 970
Shelby County 11.2 5,174 903
Marshall County 10.4 3,177 746
Spencer County 9.7 1,799 607
Nelson County 9.2 4,147 516
Bullitt County 9.0 7,150 465
Boone County 7.2 9,271 197
Oldham County 5.9 3,664 97
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2023 11:10 am.
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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