Counties in Kentucky by personal income

Jefferson County had the highest personal income of 120 counties in 2018, at $39.67 billion. Robertson County had the lowest, at $69.58 million. The median was $660.86 million and the figure for Kentucky was $186.91 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest39,667.2Jefferson County

Lowest69.6Robertson County

Median660.9120 counties

Kentucky186,914.5History

Map of counties, 2018

Under 300
300 to 400
400 to 700
700 to 900
900 to 2,000
2,000 and over

USD million, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 USD million	Change on 2017
1	Jefferson County	39,667.2	+4.4%
2	Fayette County	15,878.8	+4.5%
3	Kenton County	9,192	+2.7%
4	Boone County	6,339	+5.2%
5	Warren County	4,840.7	+2.5%
6	Hardin County	4,678.9	+3.1%
7	Campbell County	4,503	+4.5%
8	Oldham County	4,216	+6.2%
9	Daviess County	4,135.7	+1.9%
10	Bullitt County	3,361.9	+4.8%
11	Madison County	3,229.2	+3.3%
12	McCracken County	2,990.1	+0.4%
13	Christian County	2,669.7	+0.8%
14	Scott County	2,404.2	+4.3%
15	Jessamine County	2,386.2	+3.2%
16	Pulaski County	2,374.2	+5.2%
17	Shelby County	2,162.1	+4.2%
18	Pike County	2,120.7	+2.7%
19	Franklin County	2,113.7	+3.5%
20	Laurel County	2,026.8	+2.3%
21	Nelson County	1,939.3	+4.2%
22	Boyd County	1,840.9	+4.2%
23	Henderson County	1,776.4	+1.6%
24	Hopkins County	1,741.7	-0.1%
25	Barren County	1,579.9	+3%
26	Greenup County	1,446.7	+5.9%
27	Clark County	1,408.9	+1.8%
28	Graves County	1,383.7	+2.2%
29	Calloway County	1,357.8	+2.8%
30	Woodford County	1,328.6	+1.4%
31	Floyd County	1,292.3	+0.6%
32	Marshall County	1,255.2	+2.3%
33	Whitley County	1,192.1	+2.9%
34	Boyle County	1,125.1	+3%
35	Meade County	1,121.3	+4%
36	Muhlenberg County	1,032.9	+0.5%
37	Perry County	985.4	+1.5%
38	Montgomery County	963.7	+2.7%
39	Bourbon County	941.1	+0.9%
40	Logan County	938.3	+2.3%
41	Knox County	898	+0.6%
42	Grant County	896.1	+3.2%
43	Anderson County	885.5	+3%
44	Grayson County	869.6	+2.5%
45	Taylor County	863.6	+1.5%
46	Spencer County	836.1	+5.1%
47	Carter County	824.6	+1.2%
48	Harlan County	797.3	+1.9%
49	Mercer County	790.9	+2%
50	Ohio County	781.9	+1.6%
51	Lincoln County	778.4	+2.1%
52	Bell County	773.2	+2.2%
53	Rowan County	752.8	+3.9%
54	Johnson County	738.8	+2.4%
55	Marion County	698.8	+3.7%
56	Simpson County	681.7	+2.7%
57	Allen County	676.2	+1.5%
58	Breckinridge County	675	+1.3%
59	Mason County	668.3	+1%
60	Letcher County	667.7	+3%
61	Harrison County	654	+3%
62	Pendleton County	634.5	-1.6%
63	Russell County	629.5	+8.7%
64	Hart County	615.3	+6.3%
65	Henry County	608.7	+3%
66	Clay County	604.4	+0.6%
67	Garrard County	601.6	+2.4%
68	Adair County	598.1	+3.5%
69	Wayne County	585.8	+3.6%
70	Trigg County	528.6	+1.5%
71	Larue County	523.1	+4.2%
72	Rockcastle County	516.3	+1.7%
73	Webster County	498	-0.3%
74	Lawrence County	491	+2.8%
75	Fleming County	487.8	+3.3%
76	Casey County	484	+3.2%
77	Union County	482.5	+1.5%
78	Knott County	458.4	+3.6%
79	Estill County	450	+3.4%
80	Washington County	447.8	+3%
81	McCreary County	447.7	+3.9%
82	Todd County	441.9	-0.5%
83	Butler County	431.3	+1.8%
84	Breathitt County	428.2	+1.2%
85	Caldwell County	422.4	+3%
86	Lewis County	409.7	+2.8%
87	Edmonson County	401.3	+2.3%
88	Powell County	390.8	+2.7%
89	Magoffin County	387.7	+3.5%
90	Carroll County	387.6	+5.9%
91	Monroe County	384.9	+2.5%
92	Jackson County	380.7	+2.1%
93	Bath County	377.2	+2.3%
94	Green County	371.9	+0.3%
95	Owen County	362.9	+2.9%
96	McLean County	360.1	+0.1%
97	Morgan County	358.2	+2.8%
98	Livingston County	338.8	+2.4%
99	Leslie County	331.6	+1.9%
100	Martin County	331.6	-0.3%
101	Trimble County	325.1	+4.5%
102	Hancock County	321.7	+4.1%
103	Clinton County	316.4	+3.4%
104	Metcalfe County	308.8	+2.6%
105	Crittenden County	306.6	+3.3%
106	Bracken County	303.6	+4.3%
107	Lyon County	291.9	+4.2%
108	Ballard County	290.7	-1.3%
109	Gallatin County	288.6	+4.4%
110	Nicholas County	244.8	+0.5%
111	Cumberland County	226.4	+4.1%
112	Wolfe County	222.9	+1.4%
113	Lee County	208.4	+2.9%
114	Menifee County	193.6	+2.2%
115	Fulton County	192.9	-2.3%
116	Hickman County	185.5	-1%
117	Carlisle County	184.8	-4.1%
118	Elliott County	167.5	+1.8%
119	Owsley County	139.7	+3.6%
120	Robertson County	69.6	+2%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/kentucky-counties?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Jefferson County, with $39.67 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Robertson County, with $69.58 million in 2018.

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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.