Number of Persons Under 18 Years of Age in Poverty 1989 1993 1995 1997 Kentucky 234,012 277,678 255,550 229,043 Adair 1,156 1,308 1,248 1,338 Allen 1,142 1,105 895 860 Anderson 428 556 484 570 Ballard 403 431 413 373 Barren 2,217 2,282 2,123 2,051 Bath 784 983 875 911 Bell 3,811 4,135 3,835 3,029 Boone 1,609 2,206 2,048 2,165 Bourbon 1,179 1,290 1,103 1,021 Boyd 2,649 3,091 2,879 2,863 Boyle 1,416 1,428 1,350 1,194 Bracken 519 529 480 482 Breathitt 2,088 2,423 2,234 1,967 Breckinridge 1,194 1,395 1,200 1,173 Bullitt 1,701 2,578 2,283 2,346 Butler 861 911 859 852 Caldwell 899 848 832 803 Calloway 1,228 1,380 1,301 1,294 Campbell 3,526 4,374 3,886 3,326 Carlisle 233 271 261 299 Carroll 829 822 742 629 Carter 2,333 2,743 2,604 2,428 Casey 1,233 1,358 1,249 1,218 Christian 4,580 4,839 4,793 4,737 Clark 1,791 1,934 1,795 1,626 Clay 3,122 3,848 3,504 2,979 Clinton 1,031 1,113 1,042 963 Crittenden 592 625 586 603 Cumberland 603 663 614 636 Daviess 4,933 5,750 5,225 4,460 Edmonson 810 906 813 813 Elliott 843 879 793 752 Estill 1,418 1,713 1,510 1,357 Fayette 9,392 12,298 10,577 8,974 Fleming 948 1,034 954 971 Floyd 4,791 5,678 5,338 4,561 Franklin 1,622 1,934 1,923 1,839 Fulton 878 797 744 708 Gallatin 230 369 391 472 Garrard 613 739 709 765 Grant 956 1,116 1,128 1,138 Graves 1,811 1,983 1,846 1,814 Grayson 1,602 1,817 1,824 1,722 Green 560 625 565 690 Greenup 2,173 2,468 2,399 2,153 Hancock 501 470 479 414 Hardin 4,487 4,905 4,697 4,195 Harlan 4,239 4,782 4,500 3,830 Harrison 812 971 892 905 Hart 1,275 1,536 1,447 1,482 Henderson 2,085 2,540 2,323 2,156 Henry 782 896 851 830 Hickman 336 309 318 292 Hopkins 2,608 3,247 3,083 2,912 Jackson 1,559 1,787 1,731 1,570 Jefferson 33,147 44,161 37,832 30,490 Jessamine 1,337 1,837 1,744 1,734 Johnson 2,167 2,606 2,500 2,211 Kenton 5,403 7,593 6,497 5,734 Knott 2,583 2,623 2,445 1,852 Knox 4,212 4,733 4,382 3,837 Larue 675 792 742 716 Laurel 3,530 4,614 4,138 4,156 Lawrence 1,787 1,934 1,848 1,565 Lee 942 1,055 1,066 935 Leslie 1,702 1,886 1,803 1,530 Letcher 2,825 3,284 2,947 2,475 Lewis 1,381 1,468 1,416 1,317 Lincoln 1,815 1,961 1,855 1,724 Livingston 347 451 442 470 Logan 1,123 1,459 1,341 1,387 Lyon 227 246 243 267 McCracken 3,325 3,899 3,575 3,402 McCreary 2,679 3,046 2,824 2,332 McLean 599 586 563 520 Madison 3,207 3,796 3,539 3,137 Magoffin 1,912 2,220 2,140 1,779 Marion 1,308 1,300 1,248 1,059 Marshall 1,073 1,292 1,188 1,159 Martin 1,673 1,803 1,744 1,473 Mason 1,193 1,232 1,205 1,125 Meade 1,218 1,835 1,639 1,362 Menifee 563 592 630 594 Mercer 1,094 1,108 1,102 998 Metcalfe 805 785 776 768 Monroe 751 896 864 866 Montgomery 1,346 1,592 1,473 1,313 Morgan 1,482 1,657 1,597 1,375 Muhlenberg 1,994 2,478 2,208 2,025 Nelson 1,494 1,789 1,703 1,722 Nicholas 491 525 553 482 Ohio 1,661 1,869 1,751 1,559 Oldham 661 950 878 809 Owen 550 788 681 720 Owsley 853 944 933 717 Pendleton 898 889 860 771 Perry 3,360 3,966 3,667 3,153 Pike 6,153 7,336 6,843 5,754 Powell 1,134 1,375 1,246 1,190 Pulaski 3,463 4,278 3,992 3,650 Robertson 158 153 141 152 Rockcastle 1,504 1,689 1,568 1,341 Rowan 1,370 1,460 1,423 1,268 Russell 1,046 1,230 1,230 1,245 Scott 1,314 1,516 1,474 1,337 Shelby 1,116 1,240 1,136 1,060 Simpson 827 871 798 742 Spencer 419 405 450 428 Taylor 1,196 1,345 1,361 1,315 Todd 566 726 721 727 Trigg 504 585 571 621 Trimble 308 393 400 448 Union 1,203 1,015 1,032 836 Warren 4,110 4,750 4,512 4,255 Washington 604 692 628 585 Wayne 2,142 2,370 2,203 1,956 Webster 652 812 714 733 Whitley 3,873 4,053 4,099 3,607 Wolfe 1,017 1,103 1,160 960 Woodford 519 723 689 700