# Counties in Kentucky by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 120 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McCreary County | 38.9 |
| 2 | Magoffin County | 38.2 |
| 3 | Wolfe County | 37.7 |
| 4 | Knox County | 36.9 |
| 5 | Owsley County | 36.2 |
| 6 | Martin County | 33.2 |
| 7 | Breathitt County | 33.1 |
| 8 | Clay County | 32.4 |
| 9 | Leslie County | 30.3 |
| 10 | Bell County | 28.8 |
| 11 | Floyd County | 28.1 |
| 12 | Metcalfe County | 27.5 |
| 13 | Harlan County | 27.4 |
| 14 | Lee County | 27.4 |
| 15 | Menifee County | 26.9 |
| 16 | Perry County | 26.8 |
| 17 | Whitley County | 26.3 |
| 18 | Rockcastle County | 25.6 |
| 19 | Bath County | 25.3 |
| 20 | Elliott County | 25.1 |
| 21 | Cumberland County | 24.8 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 24.8 |
| 23 | Pike County | 24.4 |
| 24 | Letcher County | 24.4 |
| 25 | Rowan County | 24.2 |
| 26 | Knott County | 23.3 |
| 27 | Carroll County | 23.1 |
| 28 | Russell County | 23.1 |
| 29 | Johnson County | 22.8 |
| 30 | Fulton County | 22.6 |
| 31 | Powell County | 22.5 |
| 32 | Monroe County | 22.1 |
| 33 | Lewis County | 22 |
| 34 | Lawrence County | 21.8 |
| 35 | Casey County | 21.7 |
| 36 | Breckinridge County | 21.4 |
| 37 | Fleming County | 21.2 |
| 38 | Robertson County | 21.1 |
| 39 | Todd County | 20.9 |
| 40 | Estill County | 20.7 |
| 41 | Trigg County | 20.6 |
| 42 | Butler County | 20.5 |
| 43 | Hickman County | 20.5 |
| 44 | Laurel County | 20.5 |
| 45 | Green County | 20.4 |
| 46 | Grayson County | 20.1 |
| 47 | Hopkins County | 20 |
| 48 | Graves County | 19.9 |
| 49 | Pulaski County | 19.7 |
| 50 | Bracken County | 19.5 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 19.5 |
| 52 | Barren County | 19.4 |
| 53 | Hart County | 19.3 |
| 54 | Livingston County | 19.3 |
| 55 | Carter County | 19.2 |
| 56 | Mason County | 18.8 |
| 57 | Union County | 18.4 |
| 58 | Adair County | 18.4 |
| 59 | Muhlenberg County | 18.4 |
| 60 | Owen County | 18.3 |
| 61 | Larue County | 17.9 |
| 62 | Crittenden County | 17.7 |
| 63 | Nicholas County | 17.6 |
| 64 | Clinton County | 17.5 |
| 65 | Taylor County | 17.5 |
| 66 | Calloway County | 17.2 |
| 67 | Harrison County | 17.1 |
| 68 | Christian County | 17.1 |
| 69 | Morgan County | 17.1 |
| 70 | Warren County | 17 |
| 71 | Marion County | 17 |
| 72 | Boyd County | 17 |
| 73 | Logan County | 16.8 |
| 74 | Henry County | 16.4 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 16.3 |
| 76 | Hancock County | 16.3 |
| 77 | Garrard County | 15.9 |
| 78 | Pendleton County | 15.9 |
| 79 | Boyle County | 15.6 |
| 80 | Simpson County | 15.6 |
| 81 | Greenup County | 15.4 |
| 82 | Montgomery County | 15.4 |
| 83 | Edmonson County | 15.3 |
| 84 | McCracken County | 15.2 |
| 85 | Caldwell County | 15.2 |
| 86 | Carlisle County | 15.1 |
| 87 | Madison County | 15.1 |
| 88 | Ballard County | 15 |
| 89 | Fayette County | 14.9 |
| 90 | Daviess County | 14.7 |
| 91 | Henderson County | 14.6 |
| 92 | Clark County | 14.6 |
| 93 | Jefferson County | 14.3 |
| 94 | Bourbon County | 14.2 |
| 95 | Gallatin County | 13.8 |
| 96 | Franklin County | 13.6 |
| 97 | Webster County | 13.5 |
| 98 | Allen County | 13.5 |
| 99 | Trimble County | 13.3 |
| 100 | Hardin County | 13.1 |
| 101 | Washington County | 12.8 |
| 102 | Ohio County | 12.5 |
| 103 | Marshall County | 12.3 |
| 104 | Meade County | 12.2 |
| 105 | Kenton County | 11.9 |
| 106 | Grant County | 11.7 |
| 107 | Anderson County | 11.5 |
| 108 | Jessamine County | 11.3 |
| 109 | Campbell County | 11.1 |
| 110 | Nelson County | 10.9 |
| 111 | Mercer County | 10.7 |
| 112 | Scott County | 10.6 |
| 113 | Woodford County | 10.5 |
| 114 | Spencer County | 9.8 |
| 115 | Bullitt County | 9.7 |
| 115 | Shelby County | 9.7 |
| 117 | Lyon County | 9.5 |
| 118 | McLean County | 9.5 |
| 119 | Boone County | 6.3 |
| 120 | Oldham County | 4.3 |