RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Highest poverty rate, Kentucky counties · 1990

Kentucky counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 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

01Owsley County, KYKY3,93252.1%+15%

02McCreary County, KYKY17,12445.5%+41%

03Wolfe County, KYKY6,29844.3%+23%

04Magoffin County, KYKY11,11042.5%+16%

05Knott County, KYKY13,32140.4%+30%

06Clay County, KYKY19,46540.2%+1%

07Breathitt County, KYKY12,55839.5%+19%

08Knox County, KYKY29,53238.9%+12%

09Morgan County, KYKY14,41538.8%+42%

10Jackson County, KYKY13,32538.2%+27%

11Clinton County, KYKY9,13938.1%+48%

12Elliott County, KYKY7,26538.0%+47%

13Lee County, KYKY7,29737.4%+23%

14Wayne County, KYKY19,59737.3%+27%

15Bell County, KYKY22,82936.2%+17%

16Lawrence County, KYKY15,76536.0%+17%

17Leslie County, KYKY9,62735.6%+9%

18Martin County, KYKY10,69735.4%−4%

19Menifee County, KYKY6,43035.0%+18%

20Harlan County, KYKY24,72533.1%+2%

21Whitley County, KYKY37,29733.0%+25%

22Perry County, KYKY26,55532.1%+10%

23Letcher County, KYKY19,95231.8%+17%

24Cumberland County, KYKY5,99231.6%+33%

25Floyd County, KYKY34,40131.2%+3%

26Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14830.7%+33%

27Lewis County, KYKY12,90130.7%+8%

28Fulton County, KYKY6,21830.3%+31%

29Casey County, KYKY16,20529.4%+15%

30Estill County, KYKY13,96229.0%+10%

31Rowan County, KYKY24,47628.9%+36%

32Johnson County, KYKY22,05128.7%+8%

33Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58327.9%+18%

34Bath County, KYKY13,17627.3%+24%

35Lincoln County, KYKY25,35327.2%+28%

36Hart County, KYKY20,11727.1%+21%

37Edmonson County, KYKY12,74927.0%+47%

38Monroe County, KYKY11,19126.9%+15%

39Carter County, KYKY26,14926.8%+20%

40Powell County, KYKY12,81226.2%+12%

41Russell County, KYKY18,60825.6%+6%

42Marion County, KYKY20,11525.6%+37%

43Fleming County, KYKY15,78725.4%+36%

44Pike County, KYKY54,72125.4%+9%

45Adair County, KYKY19,42325.1%+5%

46Robertson County, KYKY2,32524.8%+11%

47Laurel County, KYKY63,74624.8%+17%

48Allen County, KYKY22,53624.6%+42%

49Grayson County, KYKY27,40623.8%+31%

50Butler County, KYKY12,52023.8%+48%

51Ohio County, KYKY23,93423.6%+37%

52Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50323.2%+47%

53Pulaski County, KYKY67,38422.7%+19%

54Nicholas County, KYKY7,94922.6%+72%

55Union County, KYKY12,83922.1%+25%

56Carroll County, KYKY11,14122.0%+48%

57Green County, KYKY11,64421.6%+17%

58Barren County, KYKY45,64121.5%+38%

59Bracken County, KYKY8,51121.4%+98%

60Madison County, KYKY101,69621.2%+27%

61Montgomery County, KYKY28,82221.0%+38%

62Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63420.7%+5%

63Mason County, KYKY16,93620.3%+21%

64Hickman County, KYKY4,37220.1%+15%

65Larue County, KYKY15,18419.9%+29%

66Caldwell County, KYKY12,60919.9%+25%

67Henry County, KYKY16,44719.7%+44%

68Owen County, KYKY11,60119.5%+26%

69Taylor County, KYKY26,76319.5%+11%

70McLean County, KYKY9,06419.2%+21%

71Spencer County, KYKY20,99819.2%+119%

72Pendleton County, KYKY14,80018.9%+66%

73Todd County, KYKY12,97218.8%+10%

74Washington County, KYKY12,36818.8%+39%

75Crittenden County, KYKY8,80718.7%−2%

76Ballard County, KYKY7,59418.5%+37%

77Christian County, KYKY70,11518.1%+21%

78Garrard County, KYKY18,20718.1%+23%

79Trigg County, KYKY14,51218.0%+46%

80Carlisle County, KYKY4,74717.7%+35%

81Calloway County, KYKY39,42117.7%+6%

82Clark County, KYKY37,88817.7%+66%

83Greenup County, KYKY35,21317.6%+25%

84Bourbon County, KYKY20,24317.5%+25%

85Warren County, KYKY149,37517.5%+13%

86Hopkins County, KYKY45,12717.2%+4%

87Boyle County, KYKY31,63217.1%+43%

88Harrison County, KYKY19,62716.9%+41%

89Graves County, KYKY37,05016.9%+3%

90Hancock County, KYKY9,05016.8%+24%

91Mercer County, KYKY23,73316.7%+29%

92Webster County, KYKY12,92916.5%+7%

93Boyd County, KYKY47,75116.5%+7%

94Trimble County, KYKY8,70116.3%+20%

95Logan County, KYKY28,66916.1%+4%

96McCracken County, KYKY67,55315.8%+5%

97Simpson County, KYKY20,78815.5%+34%

98Livingston County, KYKY8,86315.5%+50%

99Daviess County, KYKY104,89815.4%+25%

100Grant County, KYKY26,18115.1%+37%

101Nelson County, KYKY49,03615.1%+24%

102Henderson County, KYKY44,25514.6%+19%

103Scott County, KYKY62,26214.5%+66%

104Gallatin County, KYKY8,84014.3%+7%

105Lyon County, KYKY9,12314.3%+12%

106Shelby County, KYKY51,24314.2%+43%

107Fayette County, KYKY329,75114.1%+10%

108Marshall County, KYKY31,65914.1%+48%

109Jefferson County, KYKY795,22213.7%+11%

110Hardin County, KYKY113,48213.5%+35%

111Jessamine County, KYKY57,14713.2%+26%

112Meade County, KYKY30,69912.8%+13%

113Campbell County, KYKY95,44111.0%+18%

114Franklin County, KYKY52,64910.9%+2%

115Bullitt County, KYKY86,45410.4%+31%

116Kenton County, KYKY175,7799.9%+9%

117Anderson County, KYKY25,2259.3%+24%

118Woodford County, KYKY27,8837.9%+8%

119Boone County, KYKY145,3167.4%+32%

120Oldham County, KYKY70,9866.3%+55%

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