1997 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Percent of Area's Children in Poverty Programs 1994-1996 AFDC Food SSI Medicaid Stamps Kentucky 13.6 22.9 2.4 24.8 Adair 13.1 24.0 2.8 27.7 Allen 7.3 15.1 2.2 17.4 Anderson 3.7 7.9 0.9 9.9 Ballard 9.9 17.3 2.0 20.9 Barren 9.3 17.2 2.1 20.1 Bath 22.1 36.7 2.8 40.4 Bell 28.1 43.2 4.2 45.8 Boone 3.8 8.1 1.0 9.3 Bourbon 9.1 16.8 1.6 19.0 Boyd 16.1 26.9 2.5 27.4 Boyle 9.4 16.2 2.9 19.2 Bracken 11.6 18.8 2.0 22.7 Breathitt 36.1 54.6 7.5 53.7 Breckinridge 13.8 24.9 1.6 29.8 Bullitt 6.8 13.3 0.8 15.0 Butler 13.8 28.7 1.7 29.1 Caldwell 12.3 21.8 2.1 25.0 Calloway 7.7 13.7 1.8 17.6 Campbell 9.5 14.2 1.6 15.4 Carlisle 7.0 14.1 2.3 17.1 Carroll 13.9 23.9 2.2 27.2 Carter 19.2 38.5 2.6 39.8 Casey 12.3 26.4 3.0 31.2 Christian 10.5 19.3 2.1 18.0 Clark 11.8 18.4 2.0 22.4 Clay 38.4 57.6 7.1 57.2 Clinton 20.2 40.7 3.0 44.6 Crittenden 10.4 17.0 1.4 21.3 Cumberland 20.9 34.2 3.6 37.8 Daviess 10.8 19.2 2.1 20.8 Edmonson 12.5 23.7 1.4 29.4 Elliott 26.7 42.9 2.8 43.9 Estill 23.2 41.4 3.3 41.8 Fayette 9.7 14.8 1.5 16.7 Fleming 12.0 23.2 2.2 25.3 Floyd 26.4 42.1 3.8 42.9 Franklin 9.2 14.9 4.2 17.0 Fulton 27.6 41.3 5.6 42.3 Gallatin 10.7 21.1 1.5 22.8 Garrard 10.3 19.6 1.8 21.5 Grant 9.1 19.5 2.2 19.5 Graves 9.3 15.8 3.0 21.3 Grayson 12.0 25.7 1.8 31.1 Green 10.4 18.6 1.7 22.5 Greenup 13.2 24.9 1.9 26.6 Hancock 7.6 15.4 1.3 17.2 Hardin 8.1 15.0 2.0 17.7 Harlan 27.7 45.2 3.6 45.2 Harrison 9.8 16.8 1.3 19.5 Hart 15.2 29.3 1.9 32.3 Henderson 9.3 18.6 1.8 20.1 Henry 10.4 22.6 1.8 25.6 Hickman 12.2 19.7 2.3 24.2 Hopkins 12.8 25.0 3.2 26.0 Jackson 28.3 46.2 4.6 45.8 Jefferson 13.7 20.5 2.2 21.5 Jessamine 7.6 15.9 1.4 18.0 Johnson 24.0 44.1 4.5 43.2 Kenton 9.2 14.6 1.6 16.0 Knott 34.1 49.5 5.3 51.5 Knox 34.4 52.9 3.8 53.2 Larue 11.5 20.3 1.6 25.3 Laurel 17.5 30.1 2.6 33.8 Lawrence 28.8 50.2 3.4 50.6 Lee 34.4 56.7 4.6 56.8 Leslie 27.5 45.4 3.5 45.3 Letcher 28.6 45.8 3.9 47.5 Lewis 17.0 33.6 2.9 32.3 Lincoln 13.3 25.3 3.5 27.9 Livingston 9.5 19.0 1.6 24.1 Logan 9.2 16.9 1.8 20.3 Lyon 8.6 14.7 1.5 18.1 McCracken 13.5 21.5 2.4 21.8 McCreary 30.7 53.0 4.4 54.1 McLean 10.2 18.6 1.9 22.1 Madison 12.8 19.7 2.2 23.6 Magoffin 34.5 54.6 5.6 54.4 Marion 12.4 22.9 2.9 24.0 Marshall 6.0 13.4 1.3 16.6 Martin 38.1 53.1 5.4 54.5 Mason 13.3 25.3 1.7 25.7 Meade 5.3 9.3 0.8 12.7 Menifee 19.0 36.5 3.4 37.1 Mercer 8.9 17.7 2.1 18.9 Metcalfe 14.1 25.7 2.3 28.1 Monroe 13.6 25.0 3.0 28.7 Montgomery 16.5 27.4 2.5 31.4 Morgan 24.0 43.3 2.6 42.2 Muhlenberg 12.5 24.5 3.4 29.0 Nelson 8.7 15.8 1.3 19.2 Nicholas 14.5 25.1 2.9 28.8 Ohio 14.3 29.2 2.4 31.0 Oldham 2.5 5.1 0.5 7.3 Owen 16.6 24.5 2.2 27.5 Owsley 48.8 66.6 6.4 64.8 Pendleton 10.4 21.5 1.6 22.1 Perry 29.8 46.6 5.3 48.0 Pike 18.3 33.5 3.5 36.0 Powell 18.3 34.7 3.6 37.3 Pulaski 12.7 26.5 3.2 28.8 Robertson 14.1 20.4 1.4 27.9 Rockcastle 16.5 31.4 2.3 34.6 Rowan 13.7 22.2 1.9 28.6 Russell 14.6 26.9 3.1 28.7 Scott 9.0 17.8 1.9 20.7 Shelby 6.3 10.4 1.3 14.6 Simpson 8.0 14.5 1.5 16.7 Spencer 8.7 17.1 1.3 19.7 Taylor 12.6 20.2 3.6 23.8 Todd 12.1 20.1 1.9 24.8 Trigg 8.6 19.1 2.1 21.2 Trimble 10.1 21.0 1.4 23.6 Union 8.9 14.6 1.4 18.5 Warren 11.5 18.3 1.9 22.0 Washington 7.1 14.0 1.4 15.9 Wayne 20.9 41.0 4.2 43.1 Webster 10.8 19.3 2.7 23.9 Whitley 23.6 39.8 3.5 41.5 Wolfe 34.0 52.0 7.7 51.2 Woodford 5.0 9.3 1.2 11.8