RANKING · 2024 ACS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Highest Medicare coverage, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01Lyon County, KYKY9,12331.7%−2.3 pts

02Menifee County, KYKY6,43029.3%+3.5 pts

03Lee County, KYKY7,29728.1%+3.2 pts

04Leslie County, KYKY9,62728.0%+1.8 pts

05Elliott County, KYKY7,26527.9%−1.3 pts

06Owsley County, KYKY3,93227.7%+2.5 pts

07Letcher County, KYKY19,95227.5%+1.8 pts

08Edmonson County, KYKY12,74927.1%+0.2 pts

09Hickman County, KYKY4,37226.9%−2.0 pts

10Pike County, KYKY54,72126.9%+0.6 pts

11Harlan County, KYKY24,72526.7%+0.3 pts

12Knott County, KYKY13,32126.7%+0.8 pts

13Fulton County, KYKY6,21826.3%−3.0 pts

14Greenup County, KYKY35,21326.2%−0.2 pts

15Wayne County, KYKY19,59726.1%+0.2 pts

16Crittenden County, KYKY8,80725.9%+2.0 pts

17Lawrence County, KYKY15,76525.9%+2.0 pts

18Breathitt County, KYKY12,55825.7%+0.7 pts

19Green County, KYKY11,64425.7%+0.3 pts

20Cumberland County, KYKY5,99225.6%+2.6 pts

21Marshall County, KYKY31,65925.4%−0.2 pts

22Livingston County, KYKY8,86325.3%+1.0 pts

23Ballard County, KYKY7,59425.1%+0.3 pts

24Boyd County, KYKY47,75125.0%−0.5 pts

25Bell County, KYKY22,82925.0%−0.3 pts

26Floyd County, KYKY34,40125.0%−1.5 pts

27Mason County, KYKY16,93625.0%+2.6 pts

28Trigg County, KYKY14,51225.0%−2.0 pts

29Martin County, KYKY10,69724.8%+2.6 pts

30Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63424.6%−0.3 pts

31Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50324.5%+0.3 pts

32Carter County, KYKY26,14924.5%+1.8 pts

33Clinton County, KYKY9,13924.5%−0.5 pts

34Pulaski County, KYKY67,38424.5%+0.8 pts

35Union County, KYKY12,83924.3%+4.1 pts

36Russell County, KYKY18,60824.3%−1.1 pts

37Casey County, KYKY16,20523.8%−1.3 pts

38Caldwell County, KYKY12,60923.7%+0.3 pts

39Wolfe County, KYKY6,29823.7%−1.6 pts

40Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58323.7%+1.0 pts

41Lewis County, KYKY12,90123.6%+0.8 pts

42Morgan County, KYKY14,41523.6%−1.3 pts

43Estill County, KYKY13,96223.5%+0.2 pts

44Jackson County, KYKY13,32523.5%+1.1 pts

45Ohio County, KYKY23,93423.5%+2.0 pts

46Perry County, KYKY26,55523.5%+0.2 pts

47Clay County, KYKY19,46523.3%−0.5 pts

48Magoffin County, KYKY11,11023.3%−0.5 pts

49McCracken County, KYKY67,55323.2%+0.3 pts

50Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14823.2%+0.0 pts

51Adair County, KYKY19,42323.1%−0.2 pts

52Carlisle County, KYKY4,74723.0%−1.1 pts

53Lincoln County, KYKY25,35322.9%−0.1 pts

54Johnson County, KYKY22,05122.9%−1.3 pts

55Butler County, KYKY12,52022.7%+0.7 pts

56Monroe County, KYKY11,19122.7%+0.5 pts

57Owen County, KYKY11,60122.6%+1.6 pts

58Pendleton County, KYKY14,80022.6%−0.8 pts

59Trimble County, KYKY8,70122.5%+2.0 pts

60Allen County, KYKY22,53622.5%−0.4 pts

61Harrison County, KYKY19,62722.5%−0.9 pts

62Bath County, KYKY13,17622.4%+1.0 pts

63Hopkins County, KYKY45,12722.4%+0.8 pts

64Logan County, KYKY28,66922.3%+0.0 pts

65Graves County, KYKY37,05022.1%+0.1 pts

66Henderson County, KYKY44,25522.1%+0.8 pts

67McLean County, KYKY9,06422.0%−1.5 pts

68Marion County, KYKY20,11522.0%+0.3 pts

69Bracken County, KYKY8,51121.9%−2.9 pts

70Washington County, KYKY12,36821.9%−0.5 pts

71Webster County, KYKY12,92921.9%−0.4 pts

72Woodford County, KYKY27,88321.8%+1.8 pts

73Barren County, KYKY45,64121.8%+1.2 pts

74Clark County, KYKY37,88821.7%−0.3 pts

75McCreary County, KYKY17,12421.7%−2.8 pts

76Hart County, KYKY20,11721.6%+0.4 pts

77Knox County, KYKY29,53221.6%−0.1 pts

78Bourbon County, KYKY20,24321.5%−0.8 pts

79Nicholas County, KYKY7,94921.5%+1.2 pts

80Boyle County, KYKY31,63221.4%−0.8 pts

81Henry County, KYKY16,44721.3%+1.0 pts

82Fleming County, KYKY15,78721.3%−0.1 pts

83Powell County, KYKY12,81221.3%+0.8 pts

84Franklin County, KYKY52,64921.2%+1.3 pts

85Mercer County, KYKY23,73320.9%−0.7 pts

86Laurel County, KYKY63,74620.8%−1.0 pts

87Taylor County, KYKY26,76320.8%−1.5 pts

88Robertson County, KYKY2,32520.6%+0.3 pts

89Grayson County, KYKY27,40620.5%−5.3 pts

90Daviess County, KYKY104,89820.4%+0.3 pts

91Bullitt County, KYKY86,45420.3%+1.2 pts

92Garrard County, KYKY18,20720.3%−1.2 pts

93Larue County, KYKY15,18420.3%−3.2 pts

94Hancock County, KYKY9,05020.0%+0.3 pts

95Nelson County, KYKY49,03619.9%+1.0 pts

96Whitley County, KYKY37,29719.8%−1.4 pts

97Montgomery County, KYKY28,82219.4%−1.1 pts

98Rowan County, KYKY24,47619.3%+1.0 pts

99Campbell County, KYKY95,44119.2%+0.3 pts

100Todd County, KYKY12,97219.0%−0.8 pts

101Carroll County, KYKY11,14118.9%+0.4 pts

102Calloway County, KYKY39,42118.8%−1.8 pts

103Jefferson County, KYKY795,22218.8%+0.5 pts

104Meade County, KYKY30,69918.8%+0.6 pts

105Anderson County, KYKY25,22518.7%+0.1 pts

106Jessamine County, KYKY57,14718.6%+0.7 pts

107Gallatin County, KYKY8,84018.5%+0.9 pts

108Shelby County, KYKY51,24318.3%+1.0 pts

109Hardin County, KYKY113,48218.2%−0.1 pts

110Simpson County, KYKY20,78818.2%−2.3 pts

111Grant County, KYKY26,18117.0%−0.9 pts

112Christian County, KYKY70,11517.0%+0.5 pts

113Kenton County, KYKY175,77916.9%+0.3 pts

114Spencer County, KYKY20,99816.6%+1.9 pts

115Madison County, KYKY101,69616.4%+0.2 pts

116Boone County, KYKY145,31615.9%+1.0 pts

117Fayette County, KYKY329,75115.4%+0.6 pts

118Oldham County, KYKY70,98615.4%+1.5 pts

119Warren County, KYKY149,37515.1%+0.3 pts

120Scott County, KYKY62,26215.0%+0.9 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES