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Highest poverty rate, Kentucky counties · 2010

Kentucky counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 ACS). This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01Wolfe County, KYKY6,29842.2%+6.3 pts
02Owsley County, KYKY3,93241.5%−3.9 pts
03Elliott County, KYKY7,26536.5%+10.6 pts
04Knox County, KYKY29,53236.5%+1.6 pts
05McCreary County, KYKY17,12435.2%+3.1 pts
06Clay County, KYKY19,46534.4%−5.3 pts
07Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833.2%−0.0 pts
08Jackson County, KYKY13,32533.1%+2.9 pts
09Martin County, KYKY10,69733.0%−4.0 pts
10Lee County, KYKY7,29731.6%+1.2 pts
11Harlan County, KYKY24,72530.7%−1.8 pts
12Magoffin County, KYKY11,11029.8%−6.8 pts
13Rowan County, KYKY24,47629.8%+8.5 pts
14Bath County, KYKY13,17629.6%+7.7 pts
15Bell County, KYKY22,82929.4%−1.7 pts
16Clinton County, KYKY9,13929.1%+3.3 pts
17Whitley County, KYKY37,29728.9%+2.5 pts
18Casey County, KYKY16,20528.2%+2.7 pts
19Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14828.1%+5.0 pts
20Floyd County, KYKY34,40128.1%−2.2 pts
21Perry County, KYKY26,55527.9%−1.2 pts
22Fulton County, KYKY6,21827.6%+4.5 pts
23Lewis County, KYKY12,90127.5%−1.0 pts
24Monroe County, KYKY11,19127.1%+3.7 pts
25Letcher County, KYKY19,95226.8%−0.3 pts
26Wayne County, KYKY19,59726.7%−2.7 pts
27Cumberland County, KYKY5,99226.6%+2.8 pts
28Powell County, KYKY12,81226.3%+2.9 pts
29Robertson County, KYKY2,32525.1%+2.9 pts
30Estill County, KYKY13,96225.1%−1.3 pts
31Leslie County, KYKY9,62724.6%−8.0 pts
32Lawrence County, KYKY15,76524.4%−6.3 pts
33Russell County, KYKY18,60824.2%−0.0 pts
34Knott County, KYKY13,32124.1%−7.0 pts
35Morgan County, KYKY14,41523.6%−3.6 pts
36Hart County, KYKY20,11723.5%+1.1 pts
37Gallatin County, KYKY8,84023.5%+10.1 pts
38Taylor County, KYKY26,76322.8%+5.3 pts
39Pike County, KYKY54,72122.1%−1.3 pts
40Johnson County, KYKY22,05122.1%−4.5 pts
41Lincoln County, KYKY25,35321.9%+0.7 pts
42Carroll County, KYKY11,14121.8%+6.9 pts
43Todd County, KYKY12,97221.4%+4.2 pts
44Adair County, KYKY19,42321.3%−2.7 pts
45Mason County, KYKY16,93621.1%+4.3 pts
46Montgomery County, KYKY28,82221.1%+5.9 pts
47Pulaski County, KYKY67,38421.1%+2.0 pts
48Carter County, KYKY26,14920.6%−1.7 pts
49Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63420.6%+0.9 pts
50Menifee County, KYKY6,43020.4%−9.1 pts
51Harrison County, KYKY19,62720.4%+8.5 pts
52Allen County, KYKY22,53620.3%+2.9 pts
53Laurel County, KYKY63,74620.1%−1.2 pts
54Fleming County, KYKY15,78720.1%+1.4 pts
55Christian County, KYKY70,11520.0%+5.0 pts
56Graves County, KYKY37,05019.9%+3.6 pts
57Bracken County, KYKY8,51119.7%+8.8 pts
58Grayson County, KYKY27,40619.5%+1.4 pts
59Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50319.2%+3.4 pts
60Butler County, KYKY12,52019.1%+3.1 pts
61Ohio County, KYKY23,93419.0%+1.8 pts
62Madison County, KYKY101,69618.9%+2.1 pts
63Edmonson County, KYKY12,74918.8%+0.5 pts
64Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58318.7%−4.9 pts
65Barren County, KYKY45,64118.7%+3.1 pts
66Boyle County, KYKY31,63218.6%+6.7 pts
67Caldwell County, KYKY12,60918.6%+2.7 pts
68Pendleton County, KYKY14,80018.6%+7.2 pts
69Warren County, KYKY149,37518.5%+3.1 pts
70Union County, KYKY12,83918.5%+0.7 pts
71Henry County, KYKY16,44718.5%+4.8 pts
72Logan County, KYKY28,66918.3%+2.8 pts
73Nicholas County, KYKY7,94918.3%+5.1 pts
74Hopkins County, KYKY45,12718.2%+1.7 pts
75Boyd County, KYKY47,75118.1%+2.6 pts
76Green County, KYKY11,64418.0%−0.4 pts
77Marion County, KYKY20,11517.8%−0.9 pts
78Garrard County, KYKY18,20717.5%+2.8 pts
79Grant County, KYKY26,18117.4%+6.3 pts
80Fayette County, KYKY329,75117.4%+4.5 pts
81Crittenden County, KYKY8,80717.0%−2.1 pts
82Calloway County, KYKY39,42117.0%+0.4 pts
83Trimble County, KYKY8,70116.9%+3.3 pts
84Bourbon County, KYKY20,24316.1%+2.1 pts
85Hickman County, KYKY4,37216.1%−1.3 pts
86Clark County, KYKY37,88816.0%+5.4 pts
87McLean County, KYKY9,06416.0%+0.1 pts
88Webster County, KYKY12,92916.0%+0.6 pts
89Carlisle County, KYKY4,74715.7%+2.6 pts
90Larue County, KYKY15,18415.5%+0.1 pts
91Hancock County, KYKY9,05015.5%+1.9 pts
92Jefferson County, KYKY795,22215.5%+3.1 pts
93McCracken County, KYKY67,55315.3%+0.2 pts
94Greenup County, KYKY35,21315.0%+0.8 pts
95Jessamine County, KYKY57,14714.8%+4.3 pts
96Daviess County, KYKY104,89814.6%+2.2 pts
97Simpson County, KYKY20,78814.5%+2.9 pts
98Henderson County, KYKY44,25514.4%+2.1 pts
99Nelson County, KYKY49,03614.2%+2.0 pts
100Lyon County, KYKY9,12314.0%+1.3 pts
101Franklin County, KYKY52,64913.9%+3.2 pts
102Scott County, KYKY62,26213.4%+4.6 pts
103Meade County, KYKY30,69913.4%+2.0 pts
104Washington County, KYKY12,36813.2%−0.3 pts
105Ballard County, KYKY7,59413.0%−0.5 pts
106Hardin County, KYKY113,48213.0%+2.9 pts
107Trigg County, KYKY14,51213.0%+0.6 pts
108Mercer County, KYKY23,73312.4%−0.5 pts
109Owen County, KYKY11,60112.0%−3.5 pts
110Marshall County, KYKY31,65911.6%+2.1 pts
111Anderson County, KYKY25,22511.4%+3.9 pts
112Shelby County, KYKY51,24311.4%+1.5 pts
113Kenton County, KYKY175,77911.4%+2.3 pts
114Woodford County, KYKY27,88311.3%+4.0 pts
115Campbell County, KYKY95,44111.3%+1.9 pts
116Livingston County, KYKY8,86311.2%+0.9 pts
117Bullitt County, KYKY86,4549.5%+1.6 pts
118Boone County, KYKY145,3167.5%+1.9 pts
119Oldham County, KYKY70,9867.4%+3.4 pts
120Spencer County, KYKY20,9987.0%−1.8 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS