RANKING · 2024 ACS · 86 SHOWN OF 86

Highest poverty rate, Kentucky cities

Kentucky cities with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 ACS). This list covers the 86 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Morehead, KYKY6,77638.0%+46%

02Middlesborough, KYKY8,77631.0%+10%

03Williamsburg, KYKY5,37130.9%−13%

04Cynthiana, KYKY6,57630.5%+89%

05Monticello, KYKY5,72130.4%−11%

06London, KYKY7,63730.2%+46%

07Somerset, KYKY12,69527.2%+23%

08Pikeville, KYKY7,27027.1%+7%

09Mayfield, KYKY9,85126.9%−2%

10Corbin, KYKY7,91126.0%+24%

11Central City, KYKY5,79325.6%+25%

12Lebanon, KYKY6,69925.6%−15%

13Bowling Green, KYKY78,50525.6%+17%

14Leitchfield, KYKY7,01524.3%+14%

15Maysville, KYKY8,68824.3%+29%

16Murray, KYKY18,96424.1%+9%

17Campbellsville, KYKY11,78323.4%+8%

18Madisonville, KYKY19,42823.3%+42%

19Oak Grove, KYKY7,83023.1%+119%

20Ashland, KYKY20,99622.4%+22%

21Paducah, KYKY26,73022.3%−0%

22Glasgow, KYKY15,30221.9%+13%

23Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93121.5%+42%

24Covington, KYKY41,84720.8%+13%

25Newport, KYKY13,99820.8%−7%

26Russellville, KYKY7,45420.7%−10%

27Highland Heights, KYKY6,34119.9%+123%

28Richmond, KYKY40,66319.5%−22%

29Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41119.3%+15%

30Frankfort, KYKY28,65719.1%+37%

31Owensboro, KYKY60,89218.9%+19%

32Henderson, KYKY27,82218.7%+13%

33Flatwoods, KYKY7,43918.4%+59%

34Berea, KYKY16,66217.9%+2%

35Danville, KYKY17,73617.4%+41%

36Winchester, KYKY19,51417.3%+12%

37Franklin, KYKY10,75917.1%+24%

38Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44817.0%+62%

39Paris, KYKY10,13016.9%−5%

40Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58616.9%−13%

41Versailles, KYKY10,73416.4%+17%

42Radcliff, KYKY22,57615.9%+28%

43Dayton, KYKY5,97415.9%−3%

44Louisville, KYKY641,96215.8%–

45Princeton, KYKY6,16815.8%−15%

46Elsmere, KYKY9,52115.6%+91%

47Lexington, KYKY329,75114.9%+16%

48Shively, KYKY15,89514.7%+1%

49Bardstown, KYKY14,16114.7%−17%

50Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57614.5%−15%

51Shelbyville, KYKY18,45314.5%−6%

52Erlanger, KYKY20,15813.7%+144%

53Nicholasville, KYKY33,85713.1%+13%

54Walton, KYKY5,86813.0%+69%

55Wilmore, KYKY6,38012.5%+8%

56Georgetown, KYKY40,88312.1%+13%

57Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32912.0%+39%

58Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35611.7%−11%

59Bellevue, KYKY5,84711.4%+12%

60Hillview, KYKY9,02011.2%+57%

61Vine Grove, KYKY7,01811.1%+9%

62Taylor Mill, KYKY7,14410.9%+126%

63Hebron, KYKY6,40710.0%–

64Cold Spring, KYKY6,6409.9%+748%

65Florence, KYKY34,0189.5%+0%

66Lyndon, KYKY11,3019.2%+76%

67Middletown, KYKY9,9449.1%+121%

68Fort Knox, KYKY8,8369.0%+36%

69Independence, KYKY30,1988.8%+34%

70Crestwood, KYKY6,5828.1%+10%

71Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7518.1%+135%

72La Grange, KYKY10,6698.0%−25%

73Reidland, KYKY5,2777.9%+77%

74Alexandria, KYKY10,9947.7%+91%

75St. Matthews, KYKY17,8687.2%+7%

76Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1936.5%+51%

77Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5756.4%+111%

78Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1426.1%+28%

79Burlington, KYKY18,0085.5%+112%

80Mount Washington, KYKY18,9895.3%−33%

81Edgewood, KYKY8,5033.8%+150%

82Villa Hills, KYKY7,7973.7%+50%

83Fort Wright, KYKY6,2403.0%−22%

84Union, KYKY7,9372.9%+111%

85Oakbrook, KYKY10,2112.5%+119%

86Francisville, KYKY10,5651.7%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES