Number of Children Age 5-17 in Poverty 1989 1993 1995 1997 Kentucky 160,547 181,581 167,126 153,703 Adair 804 882 808 880 Allen 786 739 536 572 Anderson 317 361 290 369 Ballard 273 285 269 260 Barren 1,456 1,486 1,314 1,356 Bath 580 680 583 592 Bell 2,791 2,855 2,716 2,141 Boone 967 1,304 1,181 1,386 Bourbon 738 818 665 688 Boyd 1,813 2,014 1,814 1,803 Boyle 991 946 854 821 Bracken 365 357 304 328 Breathitt 1,573 1,691 1,606 1,345 Breckinridge 868 948 752 756 Bullitt 1,202 1,634 1,447 1,538 Butler 568 603 558 576 Caldwell 639 575 533 537 Calloway 836 906 832 867 Campbell 2,205 2,690 2,387 2,239 Carlisle 156 177 165 197 Carroll 560 554 471 435 Carter 1,696 1,883 1,755 1,638 Casey 856 921 789 807 Christian 2,961 3,142 2,861 2,946 Clark 1,232 1,274 1,144 1,092 Clay 2,225 2,627 2,628 2,134 Clinton 733 774 712 657 Crittenden 381 411 387 433 Cumberland 398 448 398 416 Daviess 3,240 3,651 3,233 2,919 Edmonson 559 607 529 550 Elliott 592 603 530 487 Estill 1,061 1,184 1,026 898 Fayette 6,182 7,715 6,284 5,752 Fleming 717 722 633 658 Floyd 3,376 3,783 3,712 3,150 Franklin 1,021 1,206 1,200 1,228 Fulton 710 578 510 488 Gallatin 192 256 298 340 Garrard 440 493 447 494 Grant 662 734 726 770 Graves 1,258 1,307 1,163 1,217 Grayson 1,045 1,187 1,225 1,192 Green 387 418 337 441 Greenup 1,541 1,632 1,577 1,451 Hancock 364 313 343 316 Hardin 2,690 3,067 2,725 2,686 Harlan 2,967 3,221 3,194 2,676 Harrison 546 630 569 615 Hart 863 1,028 975 1,001 Henderson 1,409 1,635 1,475 1,427 Henry 557 602 555 563 Hickman 226 208 210 215 Hopkins 1,701 2,084 1,942 1,889 Jackson 1,114 1,230 1,234 1,092 Jefferson 21,796 27,575 22,940 18,959 Jessamine 858 1,155 1,083 1,139 Johnson 1,685 1,808 1,792 1,538 Kenton 3,638 4,618 3,990 3,674 Knott 1,887 1,804 1,802 1,374 Knox 2,992 3,233 3,042 2,583 Larue 490 532 511 500 Laurel 2,550 3,082 2,779 2,701 Lawrence 1,380 1,360 1,363 1,126 Lee 646 721 781 668 Leslie 1,243 1,294 1,347 1,116 Letcher 2,081 2,239 2,127 1,740 Lewis 1,007 1,016 968 915 Lincoln 1,221 1,304 1,198 1,184 Livingston 231 292 288 316 Logan 728 930 833 909 Lyon 145 159 153 179 McCracken 2,265 2,533 2,263 2,228 McCreary 1,869 2,095 2,012 1,648 McLean 404 388 366 367 Madison 2,183 2,469 2,310 2,134 Magoffin 1,355 1,515 1,617 1,309 Marion 969 889 826 744 Marshall 735 835 751 793 Martin 1,215 1,235 1,269 1,048 Mason 696 774 750 756 Meade 797 1,149 1,196 1,116 Menifee 344 389 425 416 Mercer 669 704 694 689 Metcalfe 610 552 557 557 Monroe 566 620 607 603 Montgomery 999 1,088 1,019 901 Morgan 1,069 1,142 1,173 990 Muhlenberg 1,396 1,645 1,446 1,370 Nelson 1,037 1,155 1,083 1,140 Nicholas 320 347 398 374 Ohio 1,157 1,250 1,149 1,056 Oldham 453 580 549 574 Owen 380 515 475 503 Owsley 632 669 763 560 Pendleton 607 582 565 550 Perry 2,462 2,708 2,592 2,190 Pike 4,553 4,928 4,785 3,996 Powell 795 929 838 834 Pulaski 2,389 2,825 2,616 2,425 Robertson 110 104 102 113 Rockcastle 1,064 1,150 1,076 945 Rowan 922 973 941 889 Russell 777 845 849 845 Scott 921 993 976 946 Shelby 757 799 711 733 Simpson 535 560 503 524 Spencer 327 282 314 314 Taylor 827 888 917 898 Todd 421 491 485 499 Trigg 334 384 373 429 Trimble 194 252 257 299 Union 519 573 603 602 Warren 2,656 2,957 2,877 2,810 Washington 429 461 422 426 Wayne 1,549 1,640 1,532 1,355 Webster 444 528 450 488 Whitley 2,804 2,779 2,870 2,515 Wolfe 780 788 955 789 Woodford 283 422 411 468