1996 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Crude Birth Rate 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Kentucky 16.3 15.6 15.3 14.8 14.4 14.3 14.0 13.9 13.9 14.5 14.7 14.5 14.3 13.9 13.8 13.5 Adair 14.4 12.5 11.4 12.7 11.2 12.6 10.5 11.7 10.9 12.4 11.3 13.1 14.0 12.7 14.1 12.9 Allen 14.3 14.8 14.7 13.1 13.5 14.6 14.4 11.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.6 15.8 14.3 13.5 13.8 Anderson 15.3 14.2 12.6 12.6 12.7 13.5 11.9 14.9 13.7 15.1 16.5 14.0 14.1 15.8 13.6 15.3 Ballard 10.9 12.3 11.1 10.2 11.2 11.5 11.1 10.3 10.6 10.2 10.1 11.4 13.4 9.8 12.6 10.8 Barren 14.3 14.4 13.9 11.9 12.5 12.6 13.0 13.0 11.7 12.3 13.5 12.7 11.7 12.5 13.1 12.6 Bath 15.9 13.8 15.0 13.7 12.2 13.7 13.8 10.1 13.8 13.5 15.7 14.3 13.0 12.5 11.4 12.2 Bell 17.1 15.4 16.3 14.4 15.5 15.2 15.6 15.2 14.5 14.6 15.1 14.9 14.1 13.7 13.5 12.9 Boone 19.2 18.1 17.9 16.8 17.2 16.0 16.3 16.1 15.8 17.1 16.6 14.6 16.4 15.8 15.7 15.5 Bourbon 13.2 13.5 13.9 12.0 12.9 13.4 12.0 12.8 13.6 14.3 13.0 13.1 14.5 12.6 12.4 13.4 Boyd 15.2 13.9 13.5 12.9 12.0 12.6 11.0 12.2 10.6 12.2 11.6 12.6 11.4 12.8 11.9 11.8 Boyle 13.7 12.4 12.8 12.3 12.9 12.3 13.3 12.8 11.9 12.1 12.7 12.7 11.8 12.7 12.4 12.0 Bracken 14.1 12.6 13.5 13.6 13.1 11.6 14.6 12.4 12.1 15.5 12.2 14.2 13.9 13.4 12.8 13.3 Breathitt 17.9 15.5 15.0 16.6 14.1 13.9 11.8 13.9 13.1 15.2 14.4 14.6 15.6 14.9 14.4 12.0 Breckinridge 15.7 15.5 14.0 13.2 13.0 13.7 12.7 12.8 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.9 11.9 10.9 12.3 12.0 Bullitt 15.0 14.5 14.7 13.7 13.7 14.0 13.9 13.3 12.3 14.4 15.6 14.7 15.2 14.6 14.1 13.6 Butler 17.1 15.0 14.3 15.5 12.8 12.9 12.3 14.6 13.6 13.3 13.3 13.7 11.3 12.2 13.2 11.9 Caldwell 15.0 14.4 13.0 12.5 12.6 12.0 13.3 11.4 11.2 15.0 13.1 11.9 11.3 11.7 13.2 10.7 Calloway 10.7 11.3 10.9 11.8 11.0 10.2 11.0 10.8 9.7 10.5 10.1 10.8 10.1 10.4 10.3 9.7 Campbell 16.9 17.2 15.4 15.7 15.9 15.4 15.6 16.1 16.1 15.8 15.2 15.2 15.6 14.6 14.5 14.2 Carlisle 14.0 15.5 12.3 11.6 12.4 14.3 13.1 10.3 10.5 12.9 11.5 10.7 12.2 8.7 9.7 12.1 Carroll 16.0 18.1 16.1 14.7 14.7 14.1 12.0 15.9 14.6 15.4 16.5 11.4 14.9 14.5 13.2 12.6 Carter 17.2 17.0 16.9 14.1 14.1 13.1 13.3 13.1 12.9 14.0 15.4 13.0 15.7 15.3 14.1 13.1 Casey 16.9 16.7 14.5 12.7 12.9 14.5 11.4 12.1 12.0 13.4 12.7 14.5 14.1 13.7 14.6 11.7 Christian 24.2 24.3 24.3 20.8 20.2 17.0 17.0 17.7 18.5 20.0 19.7 16.5 22.2 21.3 21.8 21.5 Clark 15.0 15.3 14.8 14.9 14.4 14.5 12.6 13.4 13.8 13.8 14.2 14.4 14.1 13.7 14.4 13.8 Clay 17.7 17.7 19.7 17.4 16.7 16.8 16.2 16.6 15.4 15.9 16.3 18.6 18.3 15.0 14.8 13.2 Clinton 14.4 13.2 13.1 13.0 11.9 13.9 12.3 11.5 13.7 12.3 13.2 12.9 11.3 11.2 13.5 13.8 Crittenden 14.2 13.8 14.5 12.9 9.9 11.5 10.5 12.4 11.3 11.5 11.4 11.1 9.8 10.1 11.6 9.9 Cumberland 14.3 12.5 14.7 14.9 15.3 12.4 10.8 10.9 15.0 14.1 13.9 10.8 13.0 12.2 12.2 12.5 Daviess 18.2 16.7 17.1 16.6 15.9 15.5 15.2 15.4 14.4 14.8 14.6 14.4 14.5 14.1 13.7 14.0 Edmonson 14.4 13.5 12.6 10.2 10.5 10.0 9.9 9.0 11.0 11.4 9.7 10.7 10.2 11.4 12.0 11.6 Elliott 12.0 14.4 11.7 10.9 9.7 9.9 11.2 10.7 13.1 10.1 10.8 11.0 11.8 10.6 11.3 10.7 Estill 16.0 16.0 15.1 14.1 14.2 13.4 13.1 13.2 13.0 13.4 14.8 13.7 13.6 13.0 12.3 12.7 Fayette 15.5 15.5 14.9 14.2 15.2 14.8 14.6 15.3 14.9 15.4 15.2 15.2 14.7 15.0 14.0 13.8 Fleming 14.5 14.5 13.6 12.9 11.7 14.6 11.6 11.7 13.9 11.6 12.3 13.5 12.7 12.9 13.0 11.6 Floyd 16.4 15.0 16.2 16.0 15.4 15.2 15.7 15.0 14.9 14.4 14.9 14.0 15.1 14.1 13.8 13.1 Franklin 15.0 13.9 14.1 13.7 13.2 13.0 13.5 12.5 12.7 12.4 12.7 14.6 13.2 12.9 12.5 11.9 Fulton 16.5 14.2 15.5 16.9 15.0 13.3 12.7 13.8 11.8 12.6 14.6 13.7 12.9 14.4 10.7 15.9 Gallatin 14.7 12.2 15.0 16.3 12.9 11.3 14.5 15.1 16.3 15.4 15.0 18.5 16.0 17.1 14.6 16.7 Garrard 11.4 12.9 13.1 11.7 11.8 11.9 10.6 9.1 12.7 11.5 12.2 13.7 12.8 10.9 12.3 11.9 Grant 18.2 15.5 14.3 16.5 15.8 14.3 14.1 15.7 17.1 14.9 16.1 16.0 15.8 15.7 16.3 16.7 Graves 14.0 12.9 12.9 11.4 12.7 12.9 11.6 12.4 12.0 12.7 13.2 13.4 11.5 13.2 12.9 12.5 Grayson 16.4 14.6 13.4 14.3 14.8 13.9 13.2 10.9 12.0 14.4 12.9 12.9 13.4 12.8 14.3 12.6 Green 11.9 12.2 10.4 12.0 10.3 11.9 12.1 10.1 10.7 10.3 10.4 10.3 11.9 10.6 13.9 12.9 Greenup 15.3 14.2 13.4 12.7 12.6 11.5 11.1 11.5 9.5 11.4 11.5 10.8 11.3 10.3 11.1 10.6 Hancock 17.0 18.1 16.6 12.9 14.6 13.9 12.7 13.9 11.7 15.3 14.0 12.7 10.9 13.4 12.4 11.1 Hardin 22.3 22.7 23.1 22.7 21.6 21.6 21.7 21.0 19.9 20.2 19.9 19.4 20.9 18.7 18.1 17.4 Harlan 18.0 16.9 16.2 15.7 16.1 17.1 14.8 14.9 14.1 14.7 15.0 14.9 14.5 13.0 13.9 14.2 Harrison 14.7 16.5 15.7 13.5 14.2 13.4 12.7 12.3 12.8 14.3 12.9 12.8 13.6 12.1 12.7 12.5 Hart 14.1 14.7 13.9 12.7 12.2 12.6 12.3 12.9 12.2 11.8 14.2 13.5 13.6 12.7 13.0 14.4 Henderson 18.2 16.3 16.3 15.6 15.1 15.3 14.1 13.6 14.4 14.1 14.4 11.3 12.4 12.9 12.8 11.8 Henry 13.6 11.2 15.5 14.6 12.1 13.3 14.7 13.0 11.0 14.1 14.8 14.1 14.1 14.7 15.8 12.2 Hickman 11.7 12.0 11.5 8.5 12.5 9.6 13.2 11.8 13.3 9.5 11.5 11.2 7.6 9.3 12.5 8.6 Hopkins 15.9 15.4 15.6 14.4 13.9 14.7 14.3 13.3 13.6 13.3 14.1 13.6 13.4 13.6 12.8 12.6 Jackson 18.1 16.2 15.4 13.3 14.5 16.2 13.7 11.9 12.3 12.4 15.3 14.8 13.1 13.2 13.3 12.5 Jefferson 16.3 15.5 14.9 14.8 14.0 14.1 14.3 13.8 14.2 15.1 15.4 15.5 14.8 14.1 14.3 14.1 Jessamine 18.2 18.0 15.8 16.3 14.8 15.3 16.4 16.3 14.7 15.1 17.0 15.9 15.7 15.2 15.6 16.0 Johnson 17.4 15.8 16.2 16.4 15.6 14.1 12.4 13.5 13.5 13.3 13.5 12.7 14.3 13.5 12.2 13.2 Kenton 18.5 17.5 16.4 16.6 16.3 16.3 16.9 17.1 16.9 16.5 16.5 16.3 16.0 15.3 16.1 15.1 Knott 16.3 16.1 17.0 17.1 14.6 13.9 13.2 12.2 12.0 12.2 13.6 12.7 12.5 13.5 11.6 11.5 Knox 18.8 16.1 15.9 15.1 13.7 16.2 14.7 14.7 14.6 15.7 16.2 15.9 15.7 15.8 14.9 14.7 Larue 13.8 12.3 14.4 11.8 13.6 11.7 12.6 11.3 12.7 12.6 12.8 11.8 12.7 12.4 12.7 12.5 Laurel 16.5 17.1 15.8 15.9 15.1 14.8 13.4 13.6 13.2 13.8 14.0 14.8 14.0 14.4 13.9 14.3 Lawrence 18.3 16.4 17.4 15.6 14.3 12.8 12.7 14.7 12.0 13.2 16.1 13.6 11.5 14.0 12.4 11.9 Lee 17.3 16.1 16.3 16.5 14.8 16.8 15.3 9.3 13.6 15.1 10.5 12.8 10.8 12.5 13.2 12.7 Leslie 16.3 15.7 17.6 16.9 17.2 15.1 16.0 15.4 16.3 15.8 14.3 13.3 14.6 12.6 12.2 12.8 Letcher 18.1 16.3 18.0 15.1 15.5 14.8 13.5 14.0 12.1 13.8 13.6 14.1 12.7 13.1 12.0 11.4 Lewis 17.3 15.1 13.8 13.2 13.2 14.0 13.1 13.2 12.1 12.4 13.3 14.8 15.3 14.1 14.9 14.6 Lincoln 13.4 13.1 13.2 12.8 11.9 13.2 14.0 12.0 12.8 14.9 14.7 13.5 14.0 13.3 13.8 13.8 Livingston 13.7 13.1 13.2 9.9 11.4 9.4 11.0 11.7 10.1 12.6 11.7 13.0 11.6 12.1 10.5 8.6 Logan 15.0 14.2 14.5 13.9 14.9 12.8 13.8 14.0 13.5 13.1 14.9 13.6 15.3 13.5 13.8 13.3 Lyon 10.0 5.0 7.3 9.2 8.4 7.2 7.1 6.6 7.8 9.2 8.6 8.1 9.5 8.5 7.5 7.6 McCracken 14.5 14.8 14.3 12.6 13.2 13.3 12.8 11.6 13.1 13.1 13.3 12.6 12.9 13.0 12.7 12.0 McCreary 19.1 16.4 15.6 18.0 16.0 17.0 16.5 14.5 15.6 18.8 15.9 17.4 15.7 15.8 15.8 14.5 McLean 15.3 15.1 14.0 13.4 13.7 13.7 11.9 11.8 11.9 12.6 13.6 13.5 11.2 14.2 10.1 10.1 Madison 13.8 12.7 12.3 13.1 12.1 11.7 12.8 12.9 11.9 13.5 13.9 13.9 13.5 13.2 13.3 13.0 Magoffin 21.2 20.3 18.6 18.7 16.7 16.8 16.0 14.0 16.8 13.5 16.1 16.1 15.3 16.3 13.2 12.1 Marion 17.4 18.0 15.4 15.8 15.6 13.9 15.1 14.1 13.2 13.5 14.8 14.5 13.4 15.2 13.9 13.4 Marshall 11.9 12.1 12.3 11.4 12.4 11.4 11.6 11.4 10.5 12.6 11.8 12.0 11.4 11.4 10.7 11.0 Martin 20.7 17.7 18.4 17.6 15.9 19.7 14.9 15.7 14.3 17.5 17.1 17.0 16.2 15.7 15.9 14.7 Mason 14.2 14.4 13.7 13.8 13.3 12.2 13.9 12.1 13.2 14.9 13.6 13.4 14.2 12.7 12.1 13.5 Meade 14.0 14.4 14.8 14.7 13.7 13.5 13.4 11.2 10.9 10.5 12.8 10.9 10.9 9.1 8.2 8.6 Menifee 13.3 14.5 15.0 15.4 12.6 13.0 12.7 16.1 12.4 15.6 11.6 12.9 12.0 13.8 10.4 13.0 Mercer 15.5 14.2 13.3 11.8 14.2 11.9 11.7 12.6 14.4 13.6 13.4 14.7 13.8 13.6 15.5 13.9 Metcalfe 13.9 13.8 13.1 12.1 11.4 11.3 14.6 11.7 12.3 13.2 14.1 12.0 14.1 12.1 14.0 12.7 Monroe 14.1 14.5 14.8 14.0 13.5 12.9 13.6 11.5 12.4 12.5 14.2 14.3 14.9 14.5 12.9 11.7 Montgomery 16.2 14.1 14.1 13.3 13.4 11.8 13.3 12.5 14.0 13.6 15.4 13.0 16.0 14.5 12.2 14.8 Morgan 16.5 16.6 17.8 14.6 14.8 12.6 13.2 12.6 11.5 13.2 12.4 14.5 11.6 10.7 10.4 10.9 Muhlenberg 16.2 14.6 14.7 13.1 12.4 12.6 12.7 12.7 12.0 12.6 12.5 12.5 10.5 12.1 11.8 12.9 Nelson 18.7 18.2 17.6 15.6 16.9 15.7 14.6 13.5 14.7 16.4 16.0 17.9 15.6 14.2 15.1 14.0 Nicholas 14.3 12.3 14.6 14.3 11.7 14.4 11.4 9.8 11.2 12.5 12.6 11.3 14.5 10.8 13.2 11.9 Ohio 14.9 13.9 13.1 15.2 13.8 13.6 13.5 13.7 13.0 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.2 12.4 13.0 11.6 Oldham 12.6 13.7 12.3 13.8 12.3 11.5 11.4 12.8 11.8 12.7 12.5 12.2 12.0 12.4 12.9 11.5 Owen 11.3 12.9 14.0 11.8 11.8 9.9 10.5 11.2 11.7 11.9 11.5 11.6 11.3 12.0 11.4 11.7 Owsley 16.8 12.3 13.1 15.1 16.0 15.2 14.3 15.0 10.4 13.3 13.7 14.8 9.8 13.6 14.4 13.9 Pendleton 13.7 13.2 15.4 14.2 16.2 15.0 12.6 15.2 14.3 16.4 15.5 15.3 15.0 16.1 13.6 14.0 Perry 19.0 17.6 18.7 16.7 17.0 16.8 16.8 15.6 15.2 15.9 17.0 17.1 15.0 17.0 15.4 14.1 Pike 16.0 15.4 16.3 15.2 13.4 13.5 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.6 13.5 14.2 13.4 12.8 12.9 13.3 Powell 16.6 16.6 19.0 16.9 15.5 14.8 16.2 14.2 16.0 15.5 15.8 16.3 15.3 14.1 12.8 14.7 Pulaski 14.5 13.9 13.7 13.6 13.6 12.3 13.0 11.9 13.0 13.0 13.3 12.4 12.2 12.7 11.4 11.1 Robertson 15.0 12.0 13.2 11.2 9.2 8.5 11.7 11.1 12.2 9.1 10.4 12.7 13.5 14.3 11.4 11.2 Rockcastle 14.5 13.6 12.9 13.6 13.2 13.9 13.3 13.1 12.2 13.6 13.6 13.2 12.7 11.1 13.5 11.8 Rowan 14.0 13.3 12.9 13.4 12.5 11.3 13.8 11.9 12.0 12.0 14.0 13.9 13.0 11.7 11.7 11.2 Russell 13.9 13.3 12.0 10.9 10.8 11.4 11.1 12.5 13.7 13.4 13.1 14.2 13.7 12.2 12.2 11.9 Scott 16.3 14.1 15.4 15.9 14.5 13.0 13.3 14.8 13.2 13.9 13.7 15.9 15.5 14.5 13.9 14.5 Shelby 14.5 14.1 14.9 13.4 12.1 13.7 12.6 12.4 11.7 12.7 15.3 14.7 14.1 13.3 14.0 13.6 Simpson 14.2 15.0 14.7 14.3 14.4 13.4 12.3 15.0 14.4 15.2 15.3 14.0 13.9 14.3 14.4 13.7 Spencer 12.5 13.3 12.6 13.0 16.7 12.7 13.0 13.7 12.4 13.6 14.7 15.7 15.1 15.6 14.5 17.1 Taylor 14.9 13.3 14.2 14.4 13.6 13.5 11.5 12.4 13.0 11.4 14.4 15.3 12.2 13.9 11.5 12.7 Todd 13.2 14.8 15.7 12.1 15.6 16.4 12.0 12.1 12.8 13.6 16.7 14.6 12.7 14.0 13.7 14.2 Trigg 14.7 11.7 10.0 12.9 10.9 12.1 9.8 13.2 9.8 10.8 10.5 12.4 11.7 11.1 10.3 11.0 Trimble 13.4 13.0 10.4 14.4 14.2 14.3 11.1 13.2 15.9 13.7 13.3 7.1 13.6 14.6 13.7 12.2 Union 17.6 16.2 15.3 12.9 13.4 13.4 12.2 12.1 11.1 12.1 12.9 10.2 11.8 12.0 12.0 12.4 Warren 15.9 15.4 14.7 14.0 13.4 14.3 13.2 13.3 13.9 14.4 14.1 14.6 13.7 13.3 14.0 13.5 Washington 14.5 16.0 14.1 11.8 12.9 16.7 14.5 13.3 11.8 13.7 12.4 12.6 11.2 14.4 11.5 11.8 Wayne 15.2 14.7 15.5 13.1 14.3 14.2 13.4 15.2 12.1 14.9 13.2 15.4 12.8 13.1 12.2 12.8 Webster 16.8 15.1 16.8 16.7 14.1 12.8 13.2 11.8 15.3 12.6 13.4 11.3 13.5 13.9 12.3 10.7 Whitley 16.1 14.6 15.6 15.7 16.1 14.3 14.5 15.1 15.1 15.1 16.0 14.0 15.6 14.1 14.9 12.7 Wolfe 19.4 19.6 19.9 21.2 17.2 17.2 13.0 17.0 13.6 13.1 14.6 16.2 15.0 17.4 17.2 12.9 Woodford 15.0 13.3 14.6 14.4 14.9 14.1 13.3 14.2 14.3 14.6 13.5 15.2 13.6 14.0 13.5 12.6