Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty - 1993 Related Median Total Persons Persons Under 18 Children 5-17 Household County in Families Income Income Kentucky 748,007 19.7 277,678 28.1 181,581 25.7 $25,222 Adair 3,847 24.2 1,308 33.3 882 30.2 $18,657 Allen 3,133 20.1 1,105 27.4 739 25.5 $22,035 Anderson 1,609 9.5 556 12.5 361 11.5 $33,570 Ballard 1,394 17.2 431 23.0 285 20.5 $24,326 Barren 6,557 18.7 2,282 26.2 1,486 23.7 $24,460 Bath 2,904 28.9 983 39.2 680 37.2 $18,873 Bell 10,722 34.8 4,135 49.4 2,855 46.5 $16,118 Boone 5,686 8.3 2,206 11.1 1,304 9.4 $40,700 Bourbon 3,497 18.0 1,290 25.8 818 22.8 $26,549 Boyd 8,926 17.9 3,091 26.2 2,014 23.4 $28,264 Boyle 4,107 16.4 1,428 23.1 946 21.3 $27,606 Bracken 1,583 19.3 529 25.0 357 23.3 $23,138 Breathitt 6,202 40.3 2,423 55.0 1,691 51.4 $15,120 Breckinridge 3,975 24.0 1,395 32.3 948 29.7 $21,521 Bullitt 6,615 11.9 2,578 16.1 1,634 14.0 $34,224 Butler 2,598 22.5 911 30.1 603 27.2 $20,494 Caldwell 2,448 18.6 848 27.2 575 25.1 $22,392 Calloway 4,843 16.6 1,380 22.0 906 20.4 $24,952 Campbell 11,242 12.9 4,374 19.0 2,690 17.0 $32,801 Carlisle 876 16.5 271 22.1 177 20.0 $22,919 Carroll 2,127 22.1 822 32.3 554 30.3 $24,466 Carter 7,269 28.3 2,743 40.1 1,883 36.7 $19,551 Casey 3,974 27.3 1,358 36.3 921 33.2 $17,549 Christian 11,928 20.0 4,839 27.2 3,142 27.1 $23,629 Clark 5,215 16.9 1,934 24.7 1,274 22.7 $29,304 Clay 9,215 40.3 3,848 55.8 2,627 52.1 $15,538 Clinton 3,295 35.2 1,113 48.1 774 45.3 $13,586 Crittenden 1,737 18.5 625 27.3 411 25.0 $23,139 Cumberland 2,093 30.5 663 41.2 448 39.7 $15,204 Daviess 14,852 16.5 5,750 23.6 3,651 21.3 $29,100 Edmonson 2,616 24.4 906 32.7 607 30.1 $19,074 Elliott 2,307 34.4 879 45.4 603 41.9 $16,374 Estill 4,601 29.5 1,713 41.7 1,184 39.0 $18,165 Fayette 36,337 15.8 12,298 23.1 7,715 21.4 $32,228 Fleming 3,098 24.0 1,034 31.8 722 30.6 $20,597 Floyd 14,473 32.4 5,678 44.5 3,783 40.5 $19,455 Franklin 5,348 12.0 1,934 17.9 1,206 15.6 $31,702 Fulton 2,173 29.2 797 43.3 578 42.1 $19,164 Gallatin 1,051 17.2 369 21.6 256 21.2 $25,380 Garrard 2,301 18.0 739 24.3 493 22.3 $24,342 Grant 2,892 15.9 1,116 21.6 734 19.6 $27,844 Graves 5,759 16.4 1,983 23.6 1,307 21.5 $24,737 Grayson 5,175 22.8 1,817 31.3 1,187 28.0 $20,622 Green 2,142 20.7 625 26.7 418 24.4 $20,707 Greenup 6,834 18.2 2,468 25.9 1,632 22.6 $27,085 Hancock 1,205 14.6 470 19.7 313 17.9 $32,610 Hardin 12,259 14.3 4,905 19.0 3,067 17.2 $28,633 Harlan 12,247 33.6 4,782 45.9 3,221 41.9 $17,966 Harrison 2,822 16.8 971 21.8 630 19.1 $26,413 Hart 4,405 27.1 1,536 36.9 1,028 33.7 $19,054 Henderson 6,849 15.4 2,540 21.8 1,635 19.4 $30,037 Henry 2,650 18.9 896 25.6 602 24.0 $26,386 Hickman 978 18.4 309 24.9 208 23.7 $24,309 Hopkins 8,941 19.3 3,247 27.1 2,084 24.0 $26,318 Jackson 4,596 36.1 1,787 49.3 1,230 46.7 $14,541 Jefferson 112,647 16.7 44,161 27.1 27,575 24.1 $30,477 Jessamine 4,997 15.1 1,837 19.9 1,155 17.6 $31,503 Johnson 7,013 29.2 2,606 39.9 1,808 36.5 $20,432 Kenton 19,293 13.2 7,593 19.1 4,618 16.8 $33,815 Knott 6,489 35.5 2,623 48.4 1,804 44.5 $18,230 Knox 11,767 37.9 4,733 54.0 3,233 50.9 $15,965 Larue 2,333 18.7 792 25.4 532 23.1 $25,741 Laurel 12,040 25.3 4,614 35.4 3,082 31.9 $23,160 Lawrence 5,008 32.8 1,934 45.6 1,360 42.8 $18,570 Lee 2,871 39.3 1,055 53.5 721 50.4 $14,940 Leslie 4,749 34.1 1,886 45.1 1,294 42.8 $17,473 Letcher 8,686 31.8 3,284 42.1 2,239 37.9 $18,832 Lewis 3,877 29.0 1,468 40.3 1,016 37.1 $17,948 Lincoln 5,389 25.2 1,961 35.1 1,304 32.6 $20,499 Livingston 1,516 16.3 451 21.7 292 19.1 $24,637 Logan 4,290 16.8 1,459 22.1 930 19.2 $25,526 Lyon 991 15.8 246 20.2 159 17.9 $24,104 McCracken 10,936 16.8 3,899 24.9 2,533 22.3 $27,541 McCreary 7,234 43.8 3,046 61.4 2,095 59.1 $12,539 McLean 1,724 17.8 586 24.5 388 21.9 $24,545 Madison 11,727 20.6 3,796 27.1 2,469 24.7 $26,645 Magoffin 5,361 39.1 2,220 52.3 1,515 48.1 $15,670 Marion 3,652 22.2 1,300 28.3 889 25.9 $22,611 Marshall 4,034 13.9 1,292 19.5 835 17.6 $27,466 Martin 4,346 33.0 1,803 44.2 1,235 41.1 $19,726 Mason 3,396 19.6 1,232 28.0 774 24.6 $24,724 Meade 3,965 15.0 1,835 21.1 1,149 19.5 $29,185 Menifee 1,700 31.6 592 40.4 389 37.3 $16,138 Mercer 3,168 15.9 1,108 22.9 704 19.9 $27,291 Metcalfe 2,338 25.3 785 34.5 552 33.2 $17,802 Monroe 2,837 24.3 896 31.5 620 30.0 $19,596 Montgomery 4,423 21.7 1,592 29.9 1,088 27.8 $23,224 Morgan 4,550 37.4 1,657 49.3 1,142 46.8 $16,450 Muhlenberg 7,031 22.5 2,478 31.2 1,645 28.1 $21,560 Nelson 4,865 14.9 1,789 18.9 1,155 16.9 $30,090 Nicholas 1,537 22.1 525 30.6 347 26.6 $21,629 Ohio 5,213 24.1 1,869 32.1 1,250 29.3 $21,496 Oldham 2,702 7.0 950 8.4 580 6.8 $47,352 Owen 2,117 21.9 788 31.0 515 27.5 $25,234 Owsley 2,516 46.4 944 65.0 669 63.2 $10,510 Pendleton 2,264 17.0 889 23.3 582 21.8 $27,552 Perry 10,248 32.5 3,966 44.5 2,708 40.7 $19,930 Pike 19,285 26.0 7,336 35.8 4,928 31.9 $21,838 Powell 3,481 28.3 1,375 38.0 929 35.1 $19,991 Pulaski 12,243 23.0 4,278 32.8 2,825 29.8 $21,318 Robertson 482 21.8 153 29.6 104 27.5 $21,834 Rockcastle 4,584 29.7 1,689 41.4 1,150 39.1 $18,423 Rowan 4,965 27.3 1,460 32.9 973 31.2 $20,634 Russell 3,856 24.1 1,230 32.7 845 30.9 $19,750 Scott 3,953 15.1 1,516 21.0 993 19.1 $33,104 Shelby 3,467 12.8 1,240 18.2 799 16.5 $33,598 Simpson 2,383 14.9 871 20.7 560 18.8 $27,866 Spencer 1,160 15.0 405 19.8 282 18.7 $29,330 Taylor 3,992 17.9 1,345 24.4 888 22.3 $25,180 Todd 2,142 18.9 726 24.9 491 23.2 $23,920 Trigg 1,826 16.2 585 23.0 384 20.5 $23,598 Trimble 1,199 17.4 393 22.0 252 19.8 $25,525 Union 2,739 16.5 1,015 21.4 573 18.1 $28,236 Warren 13,787 17.4 4,750 23.9 2,957 20.7 $29,027 Washington 1,965 18.5 692 24.2 461 22.4 $23,734 Wayne 6,304 34.3 2,370 48.7 1,640 46.0 $15,647 Webster 2,348 17.2 812 23.0 528 20.2 $25,796 Whitley 10,547 30.6 4,053 42.9 2,779 40.5 $18,374 Wolfe 2,859 40.0 1,103 54.9 788 51.8 $12,925 Woodford 2,071 9.7 723 13.0 422 10.8 $38,479