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Highest poverty rate, Kentucky cities · 2020

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, KYKY6,77634.9%+34%

02Mayfield, KYKY9,85134.9%+27%

03Middlesborough, KYKY8,77633.2%+18%

04Monticello, KYKY5,72131.3%−8%

05Somerset, KYKY12,69530.7%+39%

06Pikeville, KYKY7,27029.8%+17%

07Leitchfield, KYKY7,01529.4%+38%

08Glasgow, KYKY15,30228.9%+48%

09Lebanon, KYKY6,69928.6%−6%

10London, KYKY7,63727.8%+34%

11Williamsburg, KYKY5,37127.7%−22%

12Richmond, KYKY40,66327.0%+8%

13Murray, KYKY18,96426.6%+20%

14Newport, KYKY13,99826.4%+18%

15Cynthiana, KYKY6,57626.4%+63%

16Bowling Green, KYKY78,50525.9%+19%

17Corbin, KYKY7,91125.7%+23%

18Mount Sterling, KYKY7,58624.2%+24%

19Madisonville, KYKY19,42824.0%+46%

20Campbellsville, KYKY11,78323.8%+10%

21Russellville, KYKY7,45423.7%+3%

22Maysville, KYKY8,68823.5%+24%

23Highland Heights, KYKY6,34123.5%+162%

24Hopkinsville, KYKY30,41123.0%+37%

25Henderson, KYKY27,82223.0%+40%

26Covington, KYKY41,84723.0%+25%

27Winchester, KYKY19,51421.8%+41%

28Paducah, KYKY26,73021.8%−3%

29Berea, KYKY16,66221.3%+22%

30Ashland, KYKY20,99621.2%+15%

31Dayton, KYKY5,97420.8%+27%

32Owensboro, KYKY60,89220.5%+29%

33Shively, KYKY15,89519.1%+32%

34Radcliff, KYKY22,57618.8%+51%

35Danville, KYKY17,73618.6%+50%

36Frankfort, KYKY28,65717.9%+29%

37Oak Grove, KYKY7,83017.7%+67%

38Nicholasville, KYKY33,85717.2%+49%

39Harrodsburg, KYKY9,57617.1%−0%

40Elsmere, KYKY9,52116.8%+106%

41Lawrenceburg, KYKY12,32916.6%+92%

42Princeton, KYKY6,16816.2%−13%

43Paris, KYKY10,13016.2%−9%

44Versailles, KYKY10,73415.9%+13%

45Lexington, KYKY329,75115.8%+23%

46Flatwoods, KYKY7,43915.7%+35%

47Shepherdsville, KYKY14,93115.6%+3%

48Louisville, KYKY641,96215.2%–

49Franklin, KYKY10,75914.9%+8%

50Elizabethtown, KYKY35,44813.4%+28%

51Central City, KYKY5,79313.0%−36%

52Georgetown, KYKY40,88312.1%+13%

53Bardstown, KYKY14,16111.7%−34%

54Hebron, KYKY6,40711.1%–

55Fort Campbell North, KYKY11,35611.0%−16%

56Shelbyville, KYKY18,45310.7%−31%

57Bellevue, KYKY5,84710.6%+4%

58Erlanger, KYKY20,15810.3%+84%

59La Grange, KYKY10,66910.3%−5%

60Middletown, KYKY9,9449.7%+136%

61Wilmore, KYKY6,3809.3%−19%

62Lyndon, KYKY11,3018.7%+67%

63Walton, KYKY5,8688.7%+13%

64Taylor Mill, KYKY7,1448.5%+76%

65Independence, KYKY30,1988.5%+29%

66St. Matthews, KYKY17,8688.0%+19%

67Hillview, KYKY9,0207.7%+8%

68Crestwood, KYKY6,5827.6%+2%

69Florence, KYKY34,0187.5%−21%

70Mount Washington, KYKY18,9897.4%−6%

71Jeffersontown, KYKY29,1936.7%+54%

72Fort Knox, KYKY8,8366.4%−3%

73Alexandria, KYKY10,9946.0%+50%

74Cold Spring, KYKY6,6405.5%+374%

75Reidland, KYKY5,2775.5%+25%

76Fort Thomas, KYKY17,1425.4%+11%

77Burlington, KYKY18,0085.3%+103%

78Vine Grove, KYKY7,0184.8%−53%

79Villa Hills, KYKY7,7974.3%+76%

80Fort Mitchell, KYKY8,7514.2%+21%

81Fort Wright, KYKY6,2403.6%−7%

82Edgewood, KYKY8,5032.6%+73%

83Francisville, KYKY10,5652.0%–

84Oakbrook, KYKY10,2111.6%+42%

85Douglass Hills, KYKY5,5751.0%−69%

86Union, KYKY7,9370.8%−41%

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