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Highest poverty rate, Kentucky counties

Kentucky counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01McCreary County, KYKY17,12438.9%+21%

02Magoffin County, KYKY11,11038.2%+4%

03Wolfe County, KYKY6,29837.7%+5%

04Knox County, KYKY29,53236.9%+6%

05Owsley County, KYKY3,93236.1%−20%

06Martin County, KYKY10,69733.2%−10%

07Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833.1%−0%

08Clay County, KYKY19,46532.4%−19%

09Leslie County, KYKY9,62730.3%−7%

10Bell County, KYKY22,82928.8%−7%

11Floyd County, KYKY34,40128.0%−7%

12Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58327.5%+16%

13Harlan County, KYKY24,72527.4%−16%

14Lee County, KYKY7,29727.4%−10%

15Menifee County, KYKY6,43026.9%−9%

16Perry County, KYKY26,55526.8%−8%

17Whitley County, KYKY37,29726.3%−0%

18Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14825.6%+11%

19Bath County, KYKY13,17625.3%+16%

20Elliott County, KYKY7,26525.1%−3%

21Cumberland County, KYKY5,99224.8%+4%

22Wayne County, KYKY19,59724.8%−16%

23Pike County, KYKY54,72124.4%+4%

24Letcher County, KYKY19,95224.4%−10%

25Rowan County, KYKY24,47624.2%+14%

26Knott County, KYKY13,32123.3%−25%

27Carroll County, KYKY11,14123.1%+55%

28Russell County, KYKY18,60823.1%−5%

29Johnson County, KYKY22,05122.8%−14%

30Fulton County, KYKY6,21822.6%−2%

31Powell County, KYKY12,81222.5%−4%

32Monroe County, KYKY11,19122.1%−5%

33Lewis County, KYKY12,90122.0%−23%

34Lawrence County, KYKY15,76521.8%−29%

35Casey County, KYKY16,20521.7%−15%

36Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50321.4%+35%

37Fleming County, KYKY15,78721.2%+14%

38Robertson County, KYKY2,32521.1%−5%

39Todd County, KYKY12,97220.9%+22%

40Estill County, KYKY13,96220.7%−22%

41Trigg County, KYKY14,51220.6%+67%

42Butler County, KYKY12,52020.5%+28%

43Hickman County, KYKY4,37220.5%+18%

44Laurel County, KYKY63,74620.5%−4%

45Green County, KYKY11,64420.4%+11%

46Grayson County, KYKY27,40620.1%+11%

47Hopkins County, KYKY45,12720.0%+21%

48Graves County, KYKY37,05019.9%+21%

49Pulaski County, KYKY67,38419.7%+3%

50Bracken County, KYKY8,51119.5%+80%

51Jackson County, KYKY13,32519.5%−35%

52Barren County, KYKY45,64119.4%+24%

53Hart County, KYKY20,11719.3%−14%

54Livingston County, KYKY8,86319.3%+87%

55Carter County, KYKY26,14919.2%−14%

56Mason County, KYKY16,93618.8%+12%

57Union County, KYKY12,83918.4%+4%

58Adair County, KYKY19,42318.4%−23%

59Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63418.4%−7%

60Owen County, KYKY11,60118.3%+18%

61Larue County, KYKY15,18417.9%+16%

62Crittenden County, KYKY8,80717.7%−7%

63Nicholas County, KYKY7,94917.6%+33%

64Clinton County, KYKY9,13917.5%−32%

65Taylor County, KYKY26,76317.5%−0%

66Calloway County, KYKY39,42117.2%+3%

67Harrison County, KYKY19,62717.1%+43%

68Christian County, KYKY70,11517.1%+14%

69Morgan County, KYKY14,41517.1%−37%

70Warren County, KYKY149,37517.0%+10%

71Marion County, KYKY20,11517.0%−9%

72Boyd County, KYKY47,75116.9%+10%

73Logan County, KYKY28,66916.8%+8%

74Henry County, KYKY16,44716.4%+20%

75Lincoln County, KYKY25,35316.3%−23%

76Hancock County, KYKY9,05016.2%+20%

77Garrard County, KYKY18,20715.9%+9%

78Pendleton County, KYKY14,80015.9%+39%

79Boyle County, KYKY31,63215.6%+31%

80Simpson County, KYKY20,78815.5%+35%

81Greenup County, KYKY35,21315.4%+9%

82Montgomery County, KYKY28,82215.4%+2%

83Edmonson County, KYKY12,74915.3%−17%

84McCracken County, KYKY67,55315.2%+0%

85Caldwell County, KYKY12,60915.1%−5%

86Carlisle County, KYKY4,74715.1%+15%

87Madison County, KYKY101,69615.1%−10%

88Ballard County, KYKY7,59415.0%+11%

89Fayette County, KYKY329,75114.9%+16%

90Daviess County, KYKY104,89814.7%+19%

91Henderson County, KYKY44,25514.6%+19%

92Clark County, KYKY37,88814.6%+37%

93Jefferson County, KYKY795,22214.3%+16%

94Bourbon County, KYKY20,24314.2%+2%

95Gallatin County, KYKY8,84013.8%+3%

96Franklin County, KYKY52,64913.6%+28%

97Webster County, KYKY12,92913.5%−12%

98Allen County, KYKY22,53613.5%−22%

99Trimble County, KYKY8,70113.3%−2%

100Hardin County, KYKY113,48213.1%+30%

101Washington County, KYKY12,36812.7%−6%

102Ohio County, KYKY23,93412.5%−27%

103Marshall County, KYKY31,65912.3%+30%

104Meade County, KYKY30,69912.2%+8%

105Kenton County, KYKY175,77911.8%+31%

106Grant County, KYKY26,18111.7%+6%

107Anderson County, KYKY25,22511.5%+53%

108Jessamine County, KYKY57,14711.3%+8%

109Campbell County, KYKY95,44111.1%+19%

110Nelson County, KYKY49,03610.8%−11%

111Mercer County, KYKY23,73310.7%−18%

112Scott County, KYKY62,26210.6%+21%

113Woodford County, KYKY27,88310.5%+45%

114Spencer County, KYKY20,9989.8%+12%

115Shelby County, KYKY51,2439.7%−2%

116Bullitt County, KYKY86,4549.7%+23%

117Lyon County, KYKY9,1239.5%−25%

118McLean County, KYKY9,0649.5%−41%

119Boone County, KYKY145,3166.3%+12%

120Oldham County, KYKY70,9864.3%+6%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES