Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty - 1989 Related Median Total Persons Persons Under 18 Children 5-17 Household County in Families Income Kentucky 681,827 19.0 234,012 24.8 160,547 23.2 $22,534 Adair 3,744 25.1 1,156 31.7 804 29.3 $15,809 Allen 3,548 24.6 1,142 29.9 786 27.9 $17,915 Anderson 1,339 9.3 428 11.3 317 11.6 $27,747 Ballard 1,443 18.5 403 21.1 273 19.1 $19,371 Barren 7,160 21.5 2,217 26.4 1,456 23.4 $19,546 Bath 2,598 27.3 784 32.7 580 32.7 $15,940 Bell 11,209 36.2 3,811 44.8 2,791 43.7 $13,078 Boone 4,221 7.4 1,609 9.6 967 8.0 $34,485 Bourbon 3,330 17.5 1,179 23.5 738 19.9 $22,445 Boyd 8,203 16.5 2,649 22.2 1,813 20.3 $23,835 Boyle 4,043 17.1 1,416 23.6 991 22.2 $23,125 Bracken 1,643 21.4 519 26.1 365 24.8 $19,684 Breathitt 6,072 39.5 2,088 47.1 1,573 46.5 $12,383 Breckinridge 3,743 23.2 1,194 28.4 868 27.5 $17,687 Bullitt 4,917 10.4 1,701 12.3 1,202 11.6 $29,455 Butler 2,616 23.8 861 28.9 568 25.4 $17,514 Caldwell 2,579 19.9 899 28.5 639 27.1 $17,997 Calloway 4,815 17.7 1,228 20.6 836 19.3 $19,408 Campbell 9,087 11.0 3,526 15.8 2,205 14.0 $29,228 Carlisle 921 17.7 233 19.2 156 17.4 $19,404 Carroll 2,008 22.0 829 33.4 560 30.5 $20,179 Carter 6,377 26.8 2,333 36.3 1,696 34.6 $17,083 Casey 4,140 29.4 1,233 33.5 856 30.7 $14,993 Christian 10,670 18.1 4,580 25.6 2,961 24.9 $21,032 Clark 5,142 17.7 1,791 23.6 1,232 22.0 $25,323 Clay 8,656 40.2 3,122 47.7 2,225 45.5 $12,732 Clinton 3,447 38.1 1,031 45.1 733 43.7 $11,348 Crittenden 1,686 18.7 592 25.8 381 22.3 $18,566 Cumberland 2,112 31.6 603 37.1 398 33.5 $12,989 Daviess 13,179 15.4 4,933 21.2 3,240 19.3 $24,399 Edmonson 2,783 27.0 810 30.0 559 27.8 $15,134 Elliott 2,456 38.0 843 45.2 592 42.0 $13,890 Estill 4,199 29.0 1,418 36.7 1,061 36.2 $16,056 Fayette 30,108 14.1 9,392 18.8 6,182 17.8 $28,056 Fleming 3,086 25.4 948 30.5 717 30.8 $18,014 Floyd 13,521 31.2 4,791 38.6 3,376 36.5 $15,661 Franklin 4,617 10.9 1,622 15.5 1,021 13.3 $27,484 Fulton 2,467 30.3 878 42.2 710 44.2 $16,087 Gallatin 763 14.3 230 15.5 192 18.0 $21,454 Garrard 2,076 18.1 613 22.2 440 21.3 $21,057 Grant 2,345 15.1 956 21.2 662 19.7 $24,502 Graves 5,593 16.9 1,811 22.2 1,258 20.8 $20,647 Grayson 4,935 23.8 1,602 30.1 1,045 26.4 $17,306 Green 2,188 21.6 560 23.8 387 22.0 $18,432 Greenup 6,385 17.6 2,173 23.2 1,541 21.3 $24,527 Hancock 1,305 16.8 501 21.6 364 20.9 $26,080 Hardin 11,017 13.5 4,487 18.1 2,690 15.4 $24,431 Harlan 11,995 33.1 4,239 40.5 2,967 37.5 $14,774 Harrison 2,693 16.9 812 18.9 546 16.8 $21,787 Hart 4,024 27.1 1,275 32.9 863 29.9 $15,671 Henderson 6,206 14.6 2,085 18.5 1,409 16.9 $25,556 Henry 2,513 19.7 782 24.0 557 23.4 $22,528 Hickman 1,087 20.1 336 25.9 226 23.9 $20,347 Hopkins 7,789 17.2 2,608 22.0 1,701 19.5 $22,155 Jackson 4,544 38.2 1,559 45.6 1,114 43.7 $11,885 Jefferson 89,755 13.7 33,147 20.7 21,796 19.0 $27,092 Jessamine 3,848 13.2 1,337 16.2 858 14.3 $27,059 Johnson 6,573 28.7 2,167 34.3 1,685 34.3 $15,782 Kenton 13,792 9.9 5,403 14.0 3,638 13.4 $30,516 Knott 7,035 40.4 2,583 49.0 1,887 46.4 $13,329 Knox 11,289 38.9 4,212 50.5 2,992 48.3 $12,697 Larue 2,297 19.9 675 23.6 490 22.6 $22,405 Laurel 10,630 24.8 3,530 29.7 2,550 28.4 $18,584 Lawrence 4,980 36.0 1,787 45.4 1,380 45.6 $15,273 Lee 2,704 37.4 942 47.6 646 43.7 $12,461 Leslie 4,808 35.6 1,702 41.4 1,243 40.8 $13,692 Letcher 8,524 31.8 2,825 36.5 2,081 34.6 $15,112 Lewis 3,946 30.7 1,381 38.3 1,007 36.1 $15,775 Lincoln 5,375 27.2 1,815 33.7 1,221 30.8 $17,169 Livingston 1,376 15.5 347 17.1 231 15.1 $20,892 Logan 3,881 16.1 1,123 17.6 728 15.2 $21,279 Lyon 774 14.3 227 21.0 145 17.7 $20,239 McCracken 9,798 15.8 3,325 22.1 2,265 20.3 $22,606 McCreary 7,062 45.5 2,679 56.7 1,869 54.2 $10,598 McLean 1,824 19.2 599 25.5 404 23.0 $20,474 Madison 10,859 21.2 3,207 25.3 2,183 23.5 $21,388 Magoffin 5,479 42.5 1,912 48.0 1,355 45.3 $12,160 Marion 4,061 25.6 1,308 29.1 969 28.4 $18,181 Marshall 3,765 14.1 1,073 16.9 735 15.6 $22,413 Martin 4,422 35.4 1,673 42.1 1,215 40.2 $15,142 Mason 3,341 20.3 1,193 28.4 696 22.9 $20,582 Meade 3,085 12.8 1,218 15.3 797 14.5 $23,676 Menifee 1,776 35.0 563 42.6 344 36.3 $14,650 Mercer 3,167 16.7 1,094 23.7 669 19.4 $22,774 Metcalfe 2,461 27.9 805 36.1 610 36.7 $14,815 Monroe 3,025 26.9 751 27.6 566 28.1 $15,214 Montgomery 4,043 21.0 1,346 26.3 999 25.8 $20,025 Morgan 4,328 38.8 1,482 46.8 1,069 45.2 $13,229 Muhlenberg 6,381 20.7 1,994 25.3 1,396 23.7 $18,679 Nelson 4,408 15.1 1,494 17.4 1,037 16.3 $24,220 Nicholas 1,500 22.6 491 28.7 320 24.0 $18,070 Ohio 4,911 23.6 1,661 29.1 1,157 27.1 $18,196 Oldham 1,970 6.3 661 7.0 453 6.3 $38,416 Owen 1,728 19.5 550 23.5 380 21.5 $21,067 Owsley 2,570 52.1 853 64.3 632 64.1 $8,885 Pendleton 2,250 18.9 898 26.0 607 24.7 $22,500 Perry 9,636 32.1 3,360 39.1 2,462 37.2 $16,202 Pike 18,234 25.4 6,153 30.5 4,553 29.3 $17,468 Powell 3,032 26.2 1,134 33.1 795 30.8 $16,828 Pulaski 10,954 22.7 3,463 28.8 2,389 26.8 $18,198 Robertson 521 24.8 158 31.7 110 29.7 $19,756 Rockcastle 4,498 30.7 1,504 37.7 1,064 35.8 $14,967 Rowan 4,856 28.9 1,370 33.3 922 31.2 $15,922 Russell 3,740 25.6 1,046 30.1 777 30.0 $16,788 Scott 3,323 14.5 1,314 20.6 921 19.3 $27,563 Shelby 3,464 14.2 1,116 17.7 757 16.4 $28,500 Simpson 2,318 15.5 827 20.4 535 17.9 $21,793 Spencer 1,292 19.2 419 22.6 327 23.3 $22,680 Taylor 4,021 19.5 1,196 22.7 827 21.1 $21,083 Todd 2,029 18.8 566 19.7 421 19.7 $20,309 Trigg 1,846 18.0 504 21.3 334 18.7 $19,860 Trimble 980 16.3 308 19.0 194 16.5 $22,372 Union 3,615 22.1 1,203 26.0 519 16.6 $23,798 Warren 12,688 17.5 4,110 22.5 2,656 19.8 $24,175 Washington 1,929 18.8 604 21.3 429 20.3 $20,606 Wayne 6,446 37.3 2,142 46.2 1,549 44.7 $12,560 Webster 2,266 16.5 652 17.9 444 16.0 $21,189 Whitley 10,622 33.0 3,873 43.4 2,804 42.5 $14,979 Wolfe 2,835 44.3 1,017 55.2 780 54.2 $11,000 Woodford 1,538 7.9 519 10.0 283 7.6 $32,858