# Counties in Kentucky by social vulnerability score (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025

All 120 values come from Federal Emergency Management Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nri_social_vulnerability_score`
- Unit: index
- Definition: Social vulnerability of a US county as used in FEMA's National Risk Index, from 0 to 100: the county's national percentile rank among all counties, based on the Census Bureau's Community Resilience Estimates, which count residents with social and economic risk factors such as low income, age, disability and household conditions. Higher means more vulnerable.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE) (https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fema
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index Dataset: National Risk Index Counties, Social Vulnerability Score (SOVI_SCORE). https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355. Retrieved 2026-10-12. This product uses the FEMA National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/social-vulnerability-score/kentucky-counties

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Martin County | 99.9 |
| 2 | Metcalfe County | 99.1 |
| 3 | Knox County | 96.7 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 96.4 |
| 5 | Nicholas County | 95.5 |
| 6 | Wolfe County | 95.3 |
| 7 | McCreary County | 94.9 |
| 8 | Monroe County | 94.4 |
| 9 | Clay County | 92.4 |
| 10 | Elliott County | 92.1 |
| 11 | Breathitt County | 91.2 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 90 |
| 13 | Fulton County | 88.7 |
| 13 | Robertson County | 88.7 |
| 15 | Fleming County | 88.5 |
| 16 | Powell County | 87.2 |
| 17 | Rockcastle County | 87.1 |
| 18 | Letcher County | 86.3 |
| 19 | Garrard County | 86 |
| 20 | Russell County | 85.8 |
| 21 | Trigg County | 85.2 |
| 22 | Clinton County | 84.9 |
| 23 | Estill County | 84.3 |
| 24 | Floyd County | 84.3 |
| 25 | Casey County | 83.8 |
| 26 | Hickman County | 83.6 |
| 27 | Johnson County | 82.1 |
| 28 | Knott County | 81 |
| 29 | Bell County | 80.8 |
| 30 | Owsley County | 80.6 |
| 31 | Barren County | 80.2 |
| 32 | Harlan County | 80 |
| 33 | Magoffin County | 79.3 |
| 33 | Pike County | 79.3 |
| 35 | Adair County | 78.4 |
| 36 | McLean County | 78.4 |
| 37 | Leslie County | 78.2 |
| 38 | Green County | 77.6 |
| 39 | Lyon County | 76.5 |
| 40 | Crittenden County | 76.3 |
| 41 | Hart County | 75.8 |
| 42 | Graves County | 75 |
| 43 | Lewis County | 74 |
| 44 | Ohio County | 72.7 |
| 45 | Caldwell County | 72.6 |
| 46 | Mason County | 71 |
| 47 | Trimble County | 70.9 |
| 48 | Jackson County | 70.8 |
| 49 | Lawrence County | 70.1 |
| 50 | Whitley County | 69.6 |
| 51 | Union County | 69.3 |
| 52 | Lincoln County | 69 |
| 53 | Pulaski County | 68.4 |
| 54 | Grayson County | 68.3 |
| 55 | Laurel County | 68.2 |
| 56 | Hopkins County | 67.5 |
| 57 | Hancock County | 67 |
| 58 | Lee County | 66.8 |
| 59 | Carroll County | 65.4 |
| 60 | Muhlenberg County | 65 |
| 61 | Taylor County | 64.4 |
| 62 | Allen County | 64.1 |
| 63 | Calloway County | 63.7 |
| 64 | Livingston County | 62.5 |
| 65 | Perry County | 61.8 |
| 66 | Carter County | 61.6 |
| 67 | Rowan County | 61.3 |
| 68 | Boyd County | 58.8 |
| 69 | Bourbon County | 58.3 |
| 70 | Gallatin County | 57.1 |
| 71 | Harrison County | 56.7 |
| 72 | Bath County | 56 |
| 73 | Carlisle County | 55.6 |
| 74 | Jefferson County | 54.9 |
| 75 | Ballard County | 54.7 |
| 76 | Morgan County | 53.8 |
| 77 | Henderson County | 53.8 |
| 78 | Simpson County | 52.4 |
| 79 | Butler County | 51.9 |
| 80 | Marion County | 51.6 |
| 81 | Mercer County | 49 |
| 82 | Greenup County | 48.6 |
| 83 | Montgomery County | 47.9 |
| 84 | Shelby County | 46.2 |
| 85 | Daviess County | 46 |
| 85 | Pendleton County | 46 |
| 87 | McCracken County | 45.6 |
| 88 | Breckinridge County | 44.6 |
| 89 | Logan County | 43.5 |
| 90 | Boyle County | 42.8 |
| 91 | Webster County | 42.7 |
| 92 | Marshall County | 40.6 |
| 93 | Fayette County | 39.5 |
| 94 | Meade County | 39.2 |
| 95 | Menifee County | 37.9 |
| 96 | Henry County | 37.8 |
| 97 | Christian County | 37 |
| 98 | Owen County | 35.9 |
| 99 | Woodford County | 34.8 |
| 100 | Hardin County | 33.8 |
| 101 | Washington County | 33 |
| 102 | Bracken County | 32.6 |
| 103 | Franklin County | 32.4 |
| 104 | Todd County | 31 |
| 105 | Warren County | 30.1 |
| 106 | Nelson County | 29.1 |
| 107 | Madison County | 28.5 |
| 108 | Edmonson County | 28.1 |
| 109 | Scott County | 27.8 |
| 110 | Grant County | 26.8 |
| 111 | Clark County | 23.6 |
| 112 | Larue County | 18.8 |
| 113 | Anderson County | 17 |
| 114 | Kenton County | 15.3 |
| 115 | Campbell County | 13 |
| 116 | Boone County | 10.6 |
| 116 | Bullitt County | 10.6 |
| 116 | Jessamine County | 10.6 |
| 116 | Oldham County | 10.6 |
| 116 | Spencer County | 10.6 |