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Lowest median household income, Kentucky counties · 2000

Kentucky counties with the lowest median household income in the 2000 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. This list covers the 120 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 1990

01Owsley County, KYKY3,932$15,805+84%

02Clay County, KYKY19,465$16,271+28%

03Martin County, KYKY10,697$18,279+21%

04Knox County, KYKY29,532$18,294+44%

05Lee County, KYKY7,297$18,544+49%

06Leslie County, KYKY9,627$18,546+35%

07Harlan County, KYKY24,725$18,665+26%

08Bell County, KYKY22,829$19,057+46%

09Breathitt County, KYKY12,558$19,155+55%

10Wolfe County, KYKY6,298$19,310+76%

11McCreary County, KYKY17,124$19,348+83%

12Magoffin County, KYKY11,110$19,421+60%

13Clinton County, KYKY9,139$19,563+72%

14Jackson County, KYKY13,325$20,177+70%

15Knott County, KYKY13,321$20,373+53%

16Wayne County, KYKY19,597$20,863+66%

17Elliott County, KYKY7,265$21,014+51%

18Letcher County, KYKY19,952$21,110+40%

19Floyd County, KYKY34,401$21,168+35%

20Cumberland County, KYKY5,992$21,572+66%

21Casey County, KYKY16,205$21,580+44%

22Lawrence County, KYKY15,765$21,610+41%

23Morgan County, KYKY14,415$21,869+65%

24Russell County, KYKY18,608$22,042+31%

25Menifee County, KYKY6,430$22,064+51%

26Whitley County, KYKY37,297$22,075+47%

27Perry County, KYKY26,555$22,089+36%

28Lewis County, KYKY12,901$22,208+41%

29Monroe County, KYKY11,191$22,356+47%

30Estill County, KYKY13,962$23,318+45%

31Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148$23,475+57%

32Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583$23,540+59%

33Pike County, KYKY54,721$23,930+37%

34Adair County, KYKY19,423$24,055+52%

35Fulton County, KYKY6,218$24,382+52%

36Johnson County, KYKY22,051$24,911+58%

37Hart County, KYKY20,117$25,378+62%

38Edmonson County, KYKY12,749$25,413+68%

39Green County, KYKY11,644$25,463+38%

40Powell County, KYKY12,812$25,515+52%

41Bath County, KYKY13,176$26,018+63%

42Carter County, KYKY26,149$26,427+55%

43Lincoln County, KYKY25,353$26,542+55%

44Laurel County, KYKY63,746$27,015+45%

45Pulaski County, KYKY67,384$27,370+50%

46Grayson County, KYKY27,406$27,639+60%

47Fleming County, KYKY15,787$27,990+55%

48Rowan County, KYKY24,476$28,055+76%

49Taylor County, KYKY26,763$28,089+33%

50Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,634$28,566+53%

51Caldwell County, KYKY12,609$28,686+59%

52Crittenden County, KYKY8,807$29,060+57%

53Butler County, KYKY12,520$29,405+68%

54Ohio County, KYKY23,934$29,557+62%

55McLean County, KYKY9,064$29,675+45%

56Todd County, KYKY12,972$29,718+46%

57Nicholas County, KYKY7,949$29,886+65%

58Carlisle County, KYKY4,747$30,087+55%

59Calloway County, KYKY39,421$30,134+55%

60Mason County, KYKY16,936$30,195+47%

61Marion County, KYKY20,115$30,387+67%

62Breckinridge County, KYKY21,503$30,554+73%

63Robertson County, KYKY2,325$30,581+55%

64Hopkins County, KYKY45,127$30,868+39%

65Graves County, KYKY37,050$30,874+50%

66Christian County, KYKY70,115$31,177+48%

67Allen County, KYKY22,536$31,238+74%

68Barren County, KYKY45,641$31,240+60%

69Webster County, KYKY12,929$31,529+49%

70Hickman County, KYKY4,372$31,615+55%

71Lyon County, KYKY9,123$31,694+57%

72Montgomery County, KYKY28,822$31,746+59%

73Livingston County, KYKY8,863$31,776+52%

74Larue County, KYKY15,184$32,056+43%

75Ballard County, KYKY7,594$32,130+66%

76Greenup County, KYKY35,213$32,142+31%

77Logan County, KYKY28,669$32,474+53%

78Boyd County, KYKY47,751$32,749+37%

79Madison County, KYKY101,696$32,861+54%

80Trigg County, KYKY14,512$33,002+66%

81Washington County, KYKY12,368$33,136+61%

82Owen County, KYKY11,601$33,310+58%

83McCracken County, KYKY67,553$33,865+50%

84Garrard County, KYKY18,207$34,284+63%

85Bracken County, KYKY8,511$34,823+77%

86Union County, KYKY12,839$35,018+47%

87Bourbon County, KYKY20,243$35,038+56%

88Boyle County, KYKY31,632$35,241+52%

89Mercer County, KYKY23,733$35,555+56%

90Marshall County, KYKY31,659$35,573+59%

91Henderson County, KYKY44,255$35,892+40%

92Carroll County, KYKY11,141$35,925+78%

93Warren County, KYKY149,375$36,151+50%

94Trimble County, KYKY8,701$36,192+62%

95Harrison County, KYKY19,627$36,210+66%

96Gallatin County, KYKY8,840$36,422+70%

97Simpson County, KYKY20,788$36,432+67%

98Daviess County, KYKY104,898$36,813+51%

99Hancock County, KYKY9,050$36,914+42%

100Meade County, KYKY30,699$36,966+56%

101Henry County, KYKY16,447$37,263+65%

102Hardin County, KYKY113,482$37,744+54%

103Pendleton County, KYKY14,800$38,125+69%

104Grant County, KYKY26,181$38,438+57%

105Nelson County, KYKY49,036$39,010+61%

106Jefferson County, KYKY795,222$39,457+46%

107Fayette County, KYKY329,751$39,813+42%

108Clark County, KYKY37,888$39,946+58%

109Franklin County, KYKY52,649$40,011+46%

110Jessamine County, KYKY57,147$40,096+48%

111Campbell County, KYKY95,441$41,903+43%

112Kenton County, KYKY175,779$43,906+44%

113Bullitt County, KYKY86,454$45,106+53%

114Anderson County, KYKY25,225$45,433+64%

115Shelby County, KYKY51,243$45,534+60%

116Spencer County, KYKY20,998$47,042+107%

117Scott County, KYKY62,262$47,081+71%

118Woodford County, KYKY27,883$49,491+51%

119Boone County, KYKY145,316$53,593+55%

120Oldham County, KYKY70,986$63,229+65%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS