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 (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, KYKY6,29836.1%+1%

02Clay County, KYKY19,46534.9%−12%

03Harlan County, KYKY24,72534.2%+5%

04Knox County, KYKY29,53233.5%−4%

05Breathitt County, KYKY12,55833.4%+1%

06Lee County, KYKY7,29732.2%+6%

07McCreary County, KYKY17,12431.7%−2%

08Leslie County, KYKY9,62731.5%−3%

09Bell County, KYKY22,82931.3%+1%

10Jackson County, KYKY13,32531.0%+3%

11Knott County, KYKY13,32131.0%−0%

12Letcher County, KYKY19,95229.7%+9%

13Magoffin County, KYKY11,11029.2%−20%

14Floyd County, KYKY34,40128.9%−5%

15Lewis County, KYKY12,90128.4%−0%

16Robertson County, KYKY2,32528.2%+27%

17Owsley County, KYKY3,93228.1%−38%

18Elliott County, KYKY7,26527.9%+8%

19Rowan County, KYKY24,47627.1%+28%

20Estill County, KYKY13,96226.9%+2%

21Fulton County, KYKY6,21826.6%+15%

22Casey County, KYKY16,20526.4%+3%

23Lawrence County, KYKY15,76525.7%−16%

24Carroll County, KYKY11,14125.6%+72%

25Barren County, KYKY45,64125.2%+61%

26Grayson County, KYKY27,40625.2%+39%

27Pike County, KYKY54,72125.0%+7%

28Carter County, KYKY26,14924.9%+12%

29Monroe County, KYKY11,19124.7%+6%

30Bath County, KYKY13,17623.8%+9%

31Laurel County, KYKY63,74622.7%+7%

32Pulaski County, KYKY67,38422.6%+18%

33Green County, KYKY11,64422.4%+22%

34Hart County, KYKY20,11722.4%−0%

35Nicholas County, KYKY7,94922.4%+70%

36Wayne County, KYKY19,59722.2%−24%

37Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58322.2%−6%

38Clinton County, KYKY9,13922.2%−14%

39Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14822.0%−5%

40Cumberland County, KYKY5,99221.8%−8%

41Russell County, KYKY18,60821.6%−11%

42Morgan County, KYKY14,41521.6%−21%

43Johnson County, KYKY22,05121.4%−19%

44Marion County, KYKY20,11521.3%+14%

45Todd County, KYKY12,97221.1%+23%

46Powell County, KYKY12,81221.0%−11%

47Whitley County, KYKY37,29720.8%−21%

48Menifee County, KYKY6,43020.7%−30%

49Webster County, KYKY12,92920.6%+34%

50Lincoln County, KYKY25,35320.6%−3%

51Graves County, KYKY37,05020.3%+24%

52Calloway County, KYKY39,42120.3%+22%

53Perry County, KYKY26,55520.2%−31%

54Bracken County, KYKY8,51120.0%+84%

55Hopkins County, KYKY45,12719.7%+19%

56Hickman County, KYKY4,37219.6%+13%

57Adair County, KYKY19,42318.9%−21%

58Fleming County, KYKY15,78718.9%+1%

59Carlisle County, KYKY4,74718.4%+40%

60Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50318.4%+16%

61Christian County, KYKY70,11518.4%+22%

62Henderson County, KYKY44,25518.2%+49%

63Martin County, KYKY10,69718.2%−51%

64Union County, KYKY12,83918.2%+2%

65Henry County, KYKY16,44718.0%+31%

66Allen County, KYKY22,53617.9%+3%

67Madison County, KYKY101,69617.9%+7%

68Caldwell County, KYKY12,60917.9%+13%

69Owen County, KYKY11,60117.9%+15%

70Montgomery County, KYKY28,82217.8%+18%

71Trimble County, KYKY8,70117.7%+31%

72Butler County, KYKY12,52017.7%+10%

73Warren County, KYKY149,37517.4%+13%

74Edmonson County, KYKY12,74917.4%−5%

75Pendleton County, KYKY14,80017.4%+52%

76Logan County, KYKY28,66917.2%+11%

77Mason County, KYKY16,93617.2%+2%

78Harrison County, KYKY19,62717.2%+44%

79Greenup County, KYKY35,21316.7%+18%

80Taylor County, KYKY26,76316.6%−5%

81Boyd County, KYKY47,75116.4%+6%

82Gallatin County, KYKY8,84016.3%+22%

83Ballard County, KYKY7,59416.2%+19%

84Ohio County, KYKY23,93416.2%−6%

85Daviess County, KYKY104,89816.1%+31%

86Clark County, KYKY37,88816.0%+50%

87Fayette County, KYKY329,75115.8%+23%

88Larue County, KYKY15,18415.7%+2%

89Hancock County, KYKY9,05015.3%+13%

90Crittenden County, KYKY8,80715.3%−20%

91McCracken County, KYKY67,55315.2%+0%

92Anderson County, KYKY25,22515.1%+103%

93Boyle County, KYKY31,63215.1%+27%

94Trigg County, KYKY14,51214.8%+20%

95Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63414.7%−25%

96Washington County, KYKY12,36814.6%+8%

97Grant County, KYKY26,18114.2%+29%

98Bourbon County, KYKY20,24314.1%+1%

99Jefferson County, KYKY795,22213.7%+11%

100Livingston County, KYKY8,86313.6%+32%

101Garrard County, KYKY18,20713.4%−8%

102Franklin County, KYKY52,64913.2%+23%

103Mercer County, KYKY23,73313.1%+1%

104McLean County, KYKY9,06413.0%−18%

105Jessamine County, KYKY57,14712.8%+23%

106Campbell County, KYKY95,44112.4%+33%

107Simpson County, KYKY20,78812.4%+7%

108Meade County, KYKY30,69912.1%+6%

109Lyon County, KYKY9,12311.6%−9%

110Hardin County, KYKY113,48211.6%+15%

111Kenton County, KYKY175,77911.5%+28%

112Woodford County, KYKY27,88310.3%+42%

113Marshall County, KYKY31,65910.2%+7%

114Bullitt County, KYKY86,4549.9%+25%

115Scott County, KYKY62,2629.8%+12%

116Shelby County, KYKY51,2439.7%−2%

117Spencer County, KYKY20,9988.2%−7%

118Nelson County, KYKY49,0367.7%−37%

119Boone County, KYKY145,3166.5%+16%

120Oldham County, KYKY70,9864.8%+18%

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