RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Highest poverty rate, Kentucky counties · 2010

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

01Wolfe County, KYKY6,29842.2%+18%

02Owsley County, KYKY3,93241.5%−9%

03Elliott County, KYKY7,26536.5%+41%

04Knox County, KYKY29,53236.5%+5%

05McCreary County, KYKY17,12435.2%+9%

06Clay County, KYKY19,46534.4%−13%

07Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833.2%−0%

08Jackson County, KYKY13,32533.1%+10%

09Martin County, KYKY10,69733.0%−11%

10Lee County, KYKY7,29731.6%+4%

11Harlan County, KYKY24,72530.7%−6%

12Magoffin County, KYKY11,11029.8%−19%

13Rowan County, KYKY24,47629.8%+40%

14Bath County, KYKY13,17629.6%+35%

15Bell County, KYKY22,82929.4%−5%

16Clinton County, KYKY9,13929.1%+13%

17Whitley County, KYKY37,29728.9%+10%

18Casey County, KYKY16,20528.2%+11%

19Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14828.1%+22%

20Floyd County, KYKY34,40128.1%−7%

21Perry County, KYKY26,55527.9%−4%

22Fulton County, KYKY6,21827.6%+19%

23Lewis County, KYKY12,90127.5%−3%

24Monroe County, KYKY11,19127.1%+16%

25Letcher County, KYKY19,95226.8%−1%

26Wayne County, KYKY19,59726.7%−9%

27Cumberland County, KYKY5,99226.6%+12%

28Powell County, KYKY12,81226.3%+12%

29Robertson County, KYKY2,32525.1%+13%

30Estill County, KYKY13,96225.1%−5%

31Leslie County, KYKY9,62724.6%−25%

32Lawrence County, KYKY15,76524.4%−20%

33Russell County, KYKY18,60824.2%−0%

34Knott County, KYKY13,32124.1%−22%

35Morgan County, KYKY14,41523.6%−13%

36Hart County, KYKY20,11723.5%+5%

37Gallatin County, KYKY8,84023.5%+75%

38Taylor County, KYKY26,76322.8%+31%

39Pike County, KYKY54,72122.1%−6%

40Johnson County, KYKY22,05122.1%−17%

41Lincoln County, KYKY25,35321.9%+3%

42Carroll County, KYKY11,14121.8%+46%

43Todd County, KYKY12,97221.4%+25%

44Adair County, KYKY19,42321.3%−11%

45Mason County, KYKY16,93621.1%+26%

46Montgomery County, KYKY28,82221.1%+39%

47Pulaski County, KYKY67,38421.1%+10%

48Carter County, KYKY26,14920.6%−7%

49Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63420.6%+5%

50Menifee County, KYKY6,43020.4%−31%

51Harrison County, KYKY19,62720.4%+71%

52Allen County, KYKY22,53620.3%+17%

53Laurel County, KYKY63,74620.1%−6%

54Fleming County, KYKY15,78720.1%+8%

55Christian County, KYKY70,11520.0%+34%

56Graves County, KYKY37,05019.9%+22%

57Bracken County, KYKY8,51119.7%+82%

58Grayson County, KYKY27,40619.5%+8%

59Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50319.2%+21%

60Butler County, KYKY12,52019.1%+19%

61Ohio County, KYKY23,93419.0%+10%

62Madison County, KYKY101,69618.9%+13%

63Edmonson County, KYKY12,74918.8%+3%

64Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58318.7%−21%

65Barren County, KYKY45,64118.7%+20%

66Boyle County, KYKY31,63218.6%+56%

67Caldwell County, KYKY12,60918.6%+17%

68Pendleton County, KYKY14,80018.6%+63%

69Warren County, KYKY149,37518.5%+20%

70Union County, KYKY12,83918.5%+4%

71Henry County, KYKY16,44718.5%+35%

72Logan County, KYKY28,66918.3%+18%

73Nicholas County, KYKY7,94918.3%+39%

74Hopkins County, KYKY45,12718.2%+10%

75Boyd County, KYKY47,75118.1%+17%

76Green County, KYKY11,64418.0%−2%

77Marion County, KYKY20,11517.8%−5%

78Garrard County, KYKY18,20717.5%+19%

79Grant County, KYKY26,18117.4%+57%

80Fayette County, KYKY329,75117.4%+35%

81Crittenden County, KYKY8,80717.0%−11%

82Calloway County, KYKY39,42117.0%+2%

83Trimble County, KYKY8,70116.9%+25%

84Bourbon County, KYKY20,24316.1%+15%

85Hickman County, KYKY4,37216.1%−8%

86Clark County, KYKY37,88816.0%+51%

87McLean County, KYKY9,06416.0%+0%

88Webster County, KYKY12,92916.0%+4%

89Carlisle County, KYKY4,74715.7%+20%

90Larue County, KYKY15,18415.5%+1%

91Hancock County, KYKY9,05015.5%+14%

92Jefferson County, KYKY795,22215.5%+25%

93McCracken County, KYKY67,55315.3%+1%

94Greenup County, KYKY35,21315.0%+6%

95Jessamine County, KYKY57,14714.8%+41%

96Daviess County, KYKY104,89814.6%+18%

97Simpson County, KYKY20,78814.5%+25%

98Henderson County, KYKY44,25514.4%+17%

99Nelson County, KYKY49,03614.2%+17%

100Lyon County, KYKY9,12314.0%+10%

101Franklin County, KYKY52,64913.9%+30%

102Scott County, KYKY62,26213.4%+52%

103Meade County, KYKY30,69913.4%+18%

104Washington County, KYKY12,36813.2%−2%

105Ballard County, KYKY7,59413.0%−4%

106Hardin County, KYKY113,48213.0%+29%

107Trigg County, KYKY14,51213.0%+5%

108Mercer County, KYKY23,73312.4%−4%

109Owen County, KYKY11,60112.0%−23%

110Marshall County, KYKY31,65911.6%+22%

111Anderson County, KYKY25,22511.4%+53%

112Shelby County, KYKY51,24311.4%+15%

113Kenton County, KYKY175,77911.4%+26%

114Woodford County, KYKY27,88311.3%+55%

115Campbell County, KYKY95,44111.3%+21%

116Livingston County, KYKY8,86311.2%+9%

117Bullitt County, KYKY86,4549.5%+20%

118Boone County, KYKY145,3167.5%+33%

119Oldham County, KYKY70,9867.4%+83%

120Spencer County, KYKY20,9987.0%−20%

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