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Highest poverty rate, Kentucky cities · 1990

Kentucky cities with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 ACS). This list covers the 82 cities in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Morehead, KYKY6,77633.6%+29%

02Monticello, KYKY5,72132.5%−5%

03Lebanon, KYKY6,69931.7%+5%

04Richmond, KYKY40,66331.7%+27%

05Middlesborough, KYKY8,77630.0%+7%

06Pikeville, KYKY7,27029.3%+16%

07Williamsburg, KYKY5,37128.6%−19%

08Leitchfield, KYKY7,01527.7%+30%

09Shelbyville, KYKY18,45326.6%+72%

10Newport, KYKY13,99825.8%+16%

11Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58625.2%+30%

12Glasgow, KYKY15,30224.7%+27%

13Mayfield, KYKY9,85124.6%−11%

14London, KYKY7,63724.1%+16%

15Bowling Green, KYKY78,50523.9%+9%

16Paducah, KYKY26,73023.8%+6%

17Cynthiana, KYKY6,57623.6%+46%

18Princeton, KYKY6,16823.0%+24%

19Paris, KYKY10,13022.9%+29%

20Campbellsville, KYKY11,78322.7%+5%

21Corbin, KYKY7,91122.6%+8%

22Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57622.6%+32%

23Central City, KYKY5,79322.4%+9%

24Somerset, KYKY12,69522.2%+1%

25Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41121.8%+29%

26Winchester, KYKY19,51421.7%+40%

27Maysville, KYKY8,68820.7%+10%

28Danville, KYKY17,73620.0%+62%

29Covington, KYKY41,84719.8%+8%

30Murray, KYKY18,96419.6%−11%

31Franklin, KYKY10,75919.6%+43%

32Oak Grove, KYKY7,83019.4%+83%

33Wilmore, KYKY6,38019.2%+66%

34Owensboro, KYKY60,89218.9%+19%

35Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93118.9%+24%

36Madisonville, KYKY19,42818.5%+13%

37Ashland, KYKY20,99618.1%−2%

38Russellville, KYKY7,45418.0%−22%

39Bardstown, KYKY14,16117.7%+0%

40Walton, KYKY5,86817.6%+129%

41Berea, KYKY16,66217.4%−1%

42Georgetown, KYKY40,88317.3%+61%

43Henderson, KYKY27,82217.0%+4%

44Dayton, KYKY5,97416.0%−2%

45La Grange, KYKY10,66915.9%+48%

46Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44814.7%+40%

47Flatwoods, KYKY7,43914.2%+22%

48Radcliff, KYKY22,57613.2%+5%

49Frankfort, KYKY28,65713.0%−7%

50Nicholasville, KYKY33,85712.7%+10%

51Vine Grove, KYKY7,01812.2%+20%

52Mount Washington, KYKY18,98911.3%+43%

53Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32911.0%+28%

54Shively, KYKY15,89510.7%−26%

55Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35610.3%−21%

56Bellevue, KYKY5,84710.0%−2%

57Fort Knox, KYKY8,83610.0%+50%

58Versailles, KYKY10,7349.8%−30%

59Crestwood, KYKY6,5829.6%+29%

60Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1449.2%+92%

61Florence, KYKY34,0188.9%−6%

62Elsmere, KYKY9,5218.6%+6%

63Middletown, KYKY9,9446.9%+67%

64Hillview, KYKY9,0206.5%−9%

65Lyndon, KYKY11,3016.5%+24%

66Independence, KYKY30,1985.8%−11%

67Highland Heights, KYKY6,3415.7%−36%

68Alexandria, KYKY10,9945.6%+39%

69Reidland, KYKY5,2775.4%+22%

70Erlanger, KYKY20,1585.4%−4%

71Union, KYKY7,9374.8%+247%

72Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1424.4%−9%

73St. Matthews, KYKY17,8684.3%−36%

74Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1933.4%−21%

75Burlington, KYKY18,0083.3%+28%

76Cold Spring, KYKY6,6402.8%+137%

77Villa Hills, KYKY7,7972.7%+10%

78Fort Wright, KYKY6,2402.2%−45%

79Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7512.0%−43%

80Oakbrook, KYKY10,2111.6%+41%

81Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5751.5%−51%

82Edgewood, KYKY8,5031.3%−16%

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