Counties in Kentucky by personal income

Jefferson County had the highest personal income of 120 counties in 2013, at $32.13 billion. Robertson County had the lowest, at $63.19 million. The median was $568.97 million and the figure for Kentucky was $157.92 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest32,127Jefferson County

Lowest63.2Robertson County

Median569120 counties

Kentucky157,923.6History

Map of counties, 2013

Under 300
300 to 400
400 to 600
600 to 800
800 to 1,700
1,700 and over

USD million, 2013. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2013

USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2013 USD million	Change on 2012
1	Jefferson County	32,127	-1.1%
2	Fayette County	13,149.2	+2.1%
3	Kenton County	7,265.3	+3.6%
4	Boone County	5,036.5	+0.4%
5	Hardin County	4,008.2	-1.2%
6	Warren County	3,998.5	+2.4%
7	Daviess County	3,651.5	+1.1%
8	Campbell County	3,629	-0.3%
9	Oldham County	3,150.5	-4.1%
10	Madison County	2,693.1	+1.6%
11	McCracken County	2,653.6	+1.9%
12	Bullitt County	2,639.4	+0.5%
13	Christian County	2,597.9	-2.8%
14	Pike County	1,985.5	-4.9%
15	Pulaski County	1,951.1	+0.2%
16	Scott County	1,893.3	+3.4%
17	Jessamine County	1,848.9	+3.9%
18	Franklin County	1,836.3	+1%
19	Laurel County	1,703.1	-1.7%
20	Shelby County	1,674.2	+1.2%
21	Boyd County	1,649.9	-0.2%
22	Nelson County	1,631.3	+7.7%
23	Henderson County	1,628	+2.1%
24	Hopkins County	1,622.3	+1.6%
25	Barren County	1,349.2	+0.4%
26	Graves County	1,270.7	+6.5%
27	Greenup County	1,264.5	-0.7%
28	Clark County	1,245.9	+1.6%
29	Calloway County	1,223.7	+2.2%
30	Floyd County	1,194.4	-2.5%
31	Woodford County	1,181	+9.1%
32	Marshall County	1,105.5	+2.1%
33	Whitley County	1,021.9	-1.3%
34	Muhlenberg County	970	+2.7%
35	Boyle County	962.2	+1.9%
36	Meade County	938	-0.9%
37	Perry County	921.5	-4.5%
38	Logan County	858.6	+4.5%
39	Montgomery County	825	+2.2%
40	Knox County	810.6	+0.1%
41	Bourbon County	787.6	+13.9%
42	Anderson County	762.6	+2.4%
43	Harlan County	753.7	-5.8%
44	Grayson County	748.1	+1.7%
45	Grant County	746.7	+1.2%
46	Taylor County	736.8	+1.4%
47	Carter County	728.9	-0.9%
48	Ohio County	710.2	+3.6%
49	Bell County	700.4	-3.1%
50	Mercer County	696.4	+2.5%
51	Johnson County	685.1	-3.4%
52	Lincoln County	674.6	+0.2%
53	Rowan County	668.6	+0.1%
54	Spencer County	657	+0.7%
55	Letcher County	620.1	-6.4%
56	Simpson County	609.1	+7.2%
57	Breckinridge County	607.8	-0.9%
58	Pendleton County	604.3	+10.4%
59	Mason County	588.1	+0.7%
60	Marion County	579.8	+3.6%
61	Harrison County	558.1	-1%
62	Allen County	551.6	+0.5%
63	Clay County	543.8	+0.2%
64	Union County	537.4	+15.6%
65	Russell County	526.4	+0.2%
66	Garrard County	521.3	+5.4%
67	Wayne County	517.2	+2.1%
68	Henry County	516	+0.4%
69	Adair County	510.1	+2.1%
70	Trigg County	499.1	+0.9%
71	Hart County	496.3	-0.2%
72	Webster County	489.9	+6.7%
73	Todd County	478.9	+9.7%
74	Lawrence County	457.8	+1.5%
75	Larue County	452	+5.2%
76	Rockcastle County	446	+2.9%
77	Fleming County	433.6	+4%
78	Casey County	428.3	+4%
79	Knott County	425.3	-5.3%
80	Estill County	396.8	+0.1%
81	Butler County	395.6	+5.3%
82	Caldwell County	394.4	+3.5%
83	Breathitt County	385.4	-0.4%
84	McCreary County	382.2	+1.8%
85	McLean County	372.6	+14.6%
86	Washington County	364.2	+1.1%
87	Lewis County	361.6	+3.2%
88	Carroll County	355.4	+6%
89	Magoffin County	352.2	+1.1%
90	Jackson County	334.9	+2.2%
91	Edmonson County	332.8	-0.4%
92	Bath County	330.7	+1.6%
93	Green County	326.3	+1.9%
94	Monroe County	324.2	+2.9%
95	Owen County	324	-0.5%
96	Powell County	323.8	+1%
97	Morgan County	317.6	-0.6%
98	Livingston County	316.8	+2.3%
99	Leslie County	311.3	-4.6%
100	Martin County	310.7	-5.1%
101	Hancock County	301.8	+4.7%
102	Ballard County	295.4	+7.9%
103	Crittenden County	292.6	+4.2%
104	Clinton County	287.6	+3.1%
105	Trimble County	278.4	+2.2%
106	Metcalfe County	265	+0.7%
107	Bracken County	259.5	+1.1%
108	Lyon County	246.2	+3%
109	Gallatin County	232.5	+2.6%
110	Nicholas County	218.1	+1.8%
111	Carlisle County	215.3	+11.7%
112	Hickman County	206.8	+29.6%
113	Fulton County	204.4	+7.4%
114	Lee County	188.9	+0.8%
115	Cumberland County	188.7	+4.1%
116	Wolfe County	187.9	+2.6%
117	Menifee County	168	+3.2%
118	Elliott County	150.6	+1%
119	Owsley County	120.2	+1.6%
120	Robertson County	63.2	+2.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Kentucky by personal income, 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Kentucky by personal income, 2013. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/kentucky-counties?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Kentucky by personal income, 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/kentucky-counties?period=2013.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Kentucky by personal income, 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/kentucky-counties?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Jefferson County, with $32.13 billion in 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Robertson County, with $63.19 million in 2013.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.