1995 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Percent in Poverty Persons Under 18 All Ages 1970 1980 1990 1970 1980 1990 Kentucky 24.9 22.0 24.8 22.9 17.6 19.0 Adair 45.2 33.7 31.7 43.2 28.5 25.1 Allen 35.1 20.1 29.9 34.3 20.7 24.6 Anderson 15.1 11.2 11.3 15.2 9.3 9.3 Ballard 18.6 15.3 21.1 20.5 14.8 18.5 Barren 31.0 21.3 26.4 28.3 17.7 21.5 Bath 44.1 33.2 32.7 37.7 28.3 27.3 Bell 51.9 39.1 44.8 45.3 30.5 36.2 Boone 8.7 8.2 9.6 8.9 6.8 7.4 Bourbon 22.3 24.9 23.5 19.7 19.6 17.5 Boyd 15.1 17.3 22.2 14.6 13.5 16.5 Boyle 19.3 20.4 23.6 18.4 16.3 17.1 Bracken 31.8 18.6 26.1 28.9 17.9 21.4 Breathitt 62.3 42.8 47.1 57.4 36.0 39.5 Breckinridge 26.6 26.7 28.4 24.8 22.9 23.2 Bullitt 14.5 11.4 12.3 13.7 9.9 10.4 Butler 25.7 21.7 28.9 30.8 20.8 23.8 Caldwell 30.2 13.8 28.5 26.3 12.2 19.9 Calloway 15.2 16.9 20.6 20.4 15.3 17.7 Campbell 10.3 13.5 15.8 10.2 9.8 11.0 Carlisle 24.7 19.4 19.2 24.6 15.7 17.7 Carroll 20.5 23.7 33.4 20.8 17.8 22.0 Carter 38.4 32.3 36.3 33.5 25.9 26.8 Casey 39.9 42.7 33.5 36.2 35.9 29.4 Christian 32.0 28.5 25.6 26.7 20.2 18.1 Clark 21.1 20.5 23.6 17.9 16.2 17.7 Clay 72.1 50.4 47.7 64.9 42.4 40.2 Clinton 53.4 48.3 45.1 46.6 39.4 38.1 Crittenden 28.4 21.2 25.8 27.4 17.3 18.7 Cumberland 55.0 35.3 37.1 46.3 30.6 31.6 Daviess 13.5 14.1 21.2 14.3 12.5 15.4 Edmonson 26.5 24.8 30.0 30.4 22.6 27.0 Elliott 48.1 37.9 45.2 43.9 32.3 38.0 Estill 44.1 34.2 36.7 39.1 28.1 29.0 Fayette 14.6 17.3 18.8 14.2 13.5 14.1 Fleming 37.5 26.4 30.5 33.2 23.9 25.4 Floyd 44.6 28.4 38.6 40.6 22.3 31.2 Franklin 10.6 13.0 15.5 11.2 10.6 10.9 Fulton 36.0 35.4 42.2 34.2 27.1 30.3 Gallatin 29.3 17.9 15.5 24.9 17.7 14.3 Garrard 31.7 25.2 22.2 25.3 21.7 18.1 Grant 16.3 14.6 21.2 18.7 13.1 15.1 Graves 18.7 15.5 22.2 20.8 13.9 16.9 Grayson 29.8 25.8 30.1 31.0 23.1 23.8 Green 23.6 28.4 23.8 24.5 24.3 21.6 Greenup 21.8 15.6 23.2 18.7 13.1 17.6 Hancock 13.9 15.7 21.6 16.2 14.6 16.8 Hardin 17.9 18.9 18.1 16.2 15.1 13.5 Harlan 48.5 31.7 40.5 42.2 25.8 33.1 Harrison 22.4 22.8 18.9 21.7 19.3 16.9 Hart 39.8 33.4 32.9 33.6 28.2 27.1 Henderson 17.6 13.7 18.5 16.7 11.0 14.6 Henry 20.9 23.4 24.0 19.6 20.0 19.7 Hickman 34.2 22.1 25.9 26.0 18.0 20.1 Hopkins 21.2 17.3 22.0 21.5 14.5 17.2 Jackson 62.0 45.6 45.6 55.7 39.2 38.2 Jefferson 13.2 16.8 20.7 11.7 12.2 13.7 Jessamine 21.6 17.0 16.2 19.6 14.7 13.2 Johnson 45.9 27.0 34.3 43.2 22.9 28.7 Kenton 10.9 13.5 14.0 10.7 10.1 9.9 Knott 65.5 36.5 49.0 62.6 30.9 40.4 Knox 61.2 45.0 50.5 54.3 37.1 38.9 Larue 24.3 26.9 23.6 25.9 22.5 19.9 Laurel 43.6 25.5 29.7 38.9 21.1 24.8 Lawrence 48.4 35.7 45.4 45.0 29.9 36.0 Lee 58.9 42.4 47.6 55.2 33.4 37.4 Leslie 63.2 38.9 41.4 60.9 34.1 35.6 Letcher 47.6 34.5 36.5 44.2 27.4 31.8 Lewis 32.1 38.9 38.3 31.1 31.2 30.7 Lincoln 38.4 33.4 33.7 34.3 27.9 27.2 Livingston 22.2 13.9 17.1 22.8 14.7 15.5 Logan 30.3 16.9 17.6 27.7 16.2 16.1 Lyon 19.9 13.1 21.0 22.7 13.5 14.3 McCreary 17.7 16.6 22.1 17.7 12.9 15.8 McCracken 65.3 46.7 56.7 58.1 39.5 45.5 McLean 18.2 14.8 25.5 22.2 15.2 19.2 Madison 26.1 27.4 25.3 24.3 21.1 21.2 Magoffin 58.4 41.0 48.0 53.1 35.0 42.5 Marion 33.2 26.1 29.1 29.9 23.0 25.6 Marshall 14.3 10.2 16.9 17.2 9.8 14.1 Martin 59.8 31.5 42.1 55.9 27.0 35.4 Mason 24.2 23.5 28.4 20.3 19.8 20.3 Meade 14.5 14.8 15.3 14.6 13.6 12.8 Menifee 32.6 33.2 42.6 31.1 28.9 35.0 Mercer 24.0 20.2 23.7 21.2 16.7 16.7 Metcalfe 45.5 32.6 36.1 42.4 30.8 27.9 Monroe 47.6 32.0 27.6 44.1 29.1 26.9 Montgomery 27.0 27.7 26.3 23.8 21.7 21.0 Morgan 58.8 43.9 46.8 50.0 36.7 38.8 Muhlenberg 25.5 18.1 25.3 25.8 15.0 20.7 Nelson 26.5 19.3 17.4 24.2 16.8 15.1 Nicholas 31.2 24.2 28.7 26.3 21.0 22.6 Ohio 29.0 18.7 29.1 27.3 17.1 23.6 Oldham 19.2 6.8 7.0 16.0 6.5 6.3 Owen 28.5 28.2 23.5 27.2 23.2 19.5 Owsley 69.1 57.9 64.3 66.0 48.3 52.1 Pendleton 16.1 21.7 26.0 16.7 17.3 18.9 Perry 50.5 28.0 39.1 44.6 24.3 32.1 Pike 40.0 23.7 30.5 35.7 19.4 25.4 Powell 35.5 30.4 33.1 31.9 25.6 26.2 Pulaski 37.9 26.6 28.8 33.7 22.3 22.7 Robertson 28.7 29.4 31.7 30.4 24.5 24.8 Rockcastle 45.7 38.9 37.7 42.0 33.1 30.7 Rowan 26.6 25.8 33.3 31.0 21.8 28.9 Russell 43.0 39.8 30.1 39.2 32.4 25.6 Scott 23.7 15.8 20.6 20.5 14.1 14.5 Shelby 24.5 17.3 17.7 20.9 14.8 14.2 Simpson 25.5 19.6 20.4 23.3 16.5 15.5 Spencer 24.8 24.1 22.6 24.7 18.2 19.2 Taylor 24.3 22.6 22.7 24.0 18.8 19.5 Todd 35.6 23.7 19.7 31.3 19.8 18.8 Trigg 35.0 17.0 21.3 28.2 17.3 18.0 Trimble 30.0 11.0 19.0 25.7 13.2 16.3 Union 17.4 25.0 26.0 27.8 22.2 22.1 Warren 20.7 17.0 22.5 22.5 15.3 17.5 Washington 29.0 27.8 21.3 27.9 23.2 18.8 Wayne 60.4 40.7 46.2 55.3 35.1 37.3 Webster 27.9 21.3 17.9 26.2 17.9 16.5 Whitley 51.2 32.6 43.4 45.6 26.6 33.0 Wolfe 67.7 40.7 55.2 60.9 34.9 44.3 Woodford 17.2 14.2 10.0 14.5 11.6 7.9