RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 120 SHOWN OF 120

Highest poverty rate, Kentucky counties · 2020

Kentucky counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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, KYKY6,29836.1%+0.2 pts

02Clay County, KYKY19,46534.9%−4.8 pts

03Harlan County, KYKY24,72534.2%+1.7 pts

04Knox County, KYKY29,53233.5%−1.4 pts

05Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833.4%+0.2 pts

06Lee County, KYKY7,29732.2%+1.8 pts

07McCreary County, KYKY17,12431.7%−0.5 pts

08Leslie County, KYKY9,62731.5%−1.1 pts

09Bell County, KYKY22,82931.3%+0.2 pts

10Jackson County, KYKY13,32531.0%+0.9 pts

11Knott County, KYKY13,32131.0%−0.1 pts

12Letcher County, KYKY19,95229.7%+2.6 pts

13Magoffin County, KYKY11,11029.2%−7.4 pts

14Floyd County, KYKY34,40128.9%−1.4 pts

15Lewis County, KYKY12,90128.4%−0.1 pts

16Robertson County, KYKY2,32528.2%+6.0 pts

17Owsley County, KYKY3,93228.1%−17.3 pts

18Elliott County, KYKY7,26527.9%+2.0 pts

19Rowan County, KYKY24,47627.1%+5.9 pts

20Estill County, KYKY13,96226.9%+0.5 pts

21Fulton County, KYKY6,21826.6%+3.5 pts

22Casey County, KYKY16,20526.4%+0.8 pts

23Lawrence County, KYKY15,76525.7%−5.0 pts

24Carroll County, KYKY11,14125.6%+10.7 pts

25Barren County, KYKY45,64125.2%+9.6 pts

26Grayson County, KYKY27,40625.2%+7.1 pts

27Pike County, KYKY54,72125.0%+1.6 pts

28Carter County, KYKY26,14924.9%+2.6 pts

29Monroe County, KYKY11,19124.7%+1.3 pts

30Bath County, KYKY13,17623.8%+1.9 pts

31Laurel County, KYKY63,74622.7%+1.5 pts

32Pulaski County, KYKY67,38422.6%+3.5 pts

33Green County, KYKY11,64422.4%+4.0 pts

34Hart County, KYKY20,11722.4%−0.0 pts

35Nicholas County, KYKY7,94922.4%+9.2 pts

36Wayne County, KYKY19,59722.2%−7.1 pts

37Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58322.2%−1.4 pts

38Clinton County, KYKY9,13922.2%−3.6 pts

39Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14822.0%−1.1 pts

40Cumberland County, KYKY5,99221.8%−2.0 pts

41Russell County, KYKY18,60821.6%−2.7 pts

42Morgan County, KYKY14,41521.6%−5.7 pts

43Johnson County, KYKY22,05121.4%−5.1 pts

44Marion County, KYKY20,11521.3%+2.6 pts

45Todd County, KYKY12,97221.1%+3.9 pts

46Powell County, KYKY12,81221.0%−2.5 pts

47Whitley County, KYKY37,29720.8%−5.5 pts

48Menifee County, KYKY6,43020.7%−8.9 pts

49Webster County, KYKY12,92920.6%+5.2 pts

50Lincoln County, KYKY25,35320.6%−0.6 pts

51Graves County, KYKY37,05020.3%+3.9 pts

52Calloway County, KYKY39,42120.3%+3.6 pts

53Perry County, KYKY26,55520.2%−8.9 pts

54Bracken County, KYKY8,51120.0%+9.1 pts

55Hopkins County, KYKY45,12719.7%+3.2 pts

56Hickman County, KYKY4,37219.6%+2.2 pts

57Adair County, KYKY19,42318.9%−5.1 pts

58Fleming County, KYKY15,78718.9%+0.2 pts

59Carlisle County, KYKY4,74718.4%+5.3 pts

60Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50318.4%+2.5 pts

61Christian County, KYKY70,11518.4%+3.4 pts

62Henderson County, KYKY44,25518.2%+6.0 pts

63Martin County, KYKY10,69718.2%−18.8 pts

64Union County, KYKY12,83918.2%+0.4 pts

65Henry County, KYKY16,44718.0%+4.3 pts

66Allen County, KYKY22,53617.9%+0.6 pts

67Madison County, KYKY101,69617.9%+1.1 pts

68Caldwell County, KYKY12,60917.9%+2.0 pts

69Owen County, KYKY11,60117.9%+2.4 pts

70Montgomery County, KYKY28,82217.8%+2.7 pts

71Trimble County, KYKY8,70117.7%+4.2 pts

72Butler County, KYKY12,52017.7%+1.7 pts

73Warren County, KYKY149,37517.4%+2.0 pts

74Edmonson County, KYKY12,74917.4%−1.0 pts

75Pendleton County, KYKY14,80017.4%+5.9 pts

76Logan County, KYKY28,66917.2%+1.7 pts

77Mason County, KYKY16,93617.2%+0.4 pts

78Harrison County, KYKY19,62717.2%+5.2 pts

79Greenup County, KYKY35,21316.7%+2.6 pts

80Taylor County, KYKY26,76316.6%−0.9 pts

81Boyd County, KYKY47,75116.4%+1.0 pts

82Gallatin County, KYKY8,84016.3%+2.9 pts

83Ballard County, KYKY7,59416.2%+2.6 pts

84Ohio County, KYKY23,93416.2%−1.1 pts

85Daviess County, KYKY104,89816.1%+3.8 pts

86Clark County, KYKY37,88816.0%+5.3 pts

87Fayette County, KYKY329,75115.8%+2.9 pts

88Larue County, KYKY15,18415.7%+0.3 pts

89Hancock County, KYKY9,05015.3%+1.8 pts

90Crittenden County, KYKY8,80715.3%−3.8 pts

91McCracken County, KYKY67,55315.2%+0.1 pts

92Anderson County, KYKY25,22515.1%+7.7 pts

93Boyle County, KYKY31,63215.1%+3.2 pts

94Trigg County, KYKY14,51214.8%+2.5 pts

95Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63414.7%−5.0 pts

96Washington County, KYKY12,36814.6%+1.1 pts

97Grant County, KYKY26,18114.2%+3.2 pts

98Bourbon County, KYKY20,24314.1%+0.1 pts

99Jefferson County, KYKY795,22213.7%+1.4 pts

100Livingston County, KYKY8,86313.6%+3.3 pts

101Garrard County, KYKY18,20713.4%−1.2 pts

102Franklin County, KYKY52,64913.2%+2.5 pts

103Mercer County, KYKY23,73313.1%+0.2 pts

104McLean County, KYKY9,06413.0%−2.9 pts

105Jessamine County, KYKY57,14712.8%+2.4 pts

106Campbell County, KYKY95,44112.4%+3.1 pts

107Simpson County, KYKY20,78812.4%+0.8 pts

108Meade County, KYKY30,69912.1%+0.7 pts

109Lyon County, KYKY9,12311.6%−1.1 pts

110Hardin County, KYKY113,48211.6%+1.5 pts

111Kenton County, KYKY175,77911.5%+2.5 pts

112Woodford County, KYKY27,88310.3%+3.0 pts

113Marshall County, KYKY31,65910.2%+0.7 pts

114Bullitt County, KYKY86,4549.9%+2.0 pts

115Scott County, KYKY62,2629.8%+1.1 pts

116Shelby County, KYKY51,2439.7%−0.2 pts

117Spencer County, KYKY20,9988.2%−0.6 pts

118Nelson County, KYKY49,0367.7%−4.5 pts

119Boone County, KYKY145,3166.5%+0.9 pts

120Oldham County, KYKY70,9864.8%+0.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS