Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty - 1995 Related Median Total Persons Persons Under 18 Children 5-17 Household County in Families Income Income Kentucky 689,138 17.9 255,550 26.0 167,126 23.6 $28,929 Adair 3,784 23.3 1,248 31.7 808 27.3 $21,085 Allen 2,603 16.3 895 22.1 536 18.3 $26,584 Anderson 1,391 7.8 484 10.6 290 8.8 $37,587 Ballard 1,277 15.4 413 22.1 269 19.2 $26,972 Barren 6,274 17.3 2,123 24.2 1,314 20.5 $27,644 Bath 2,615 25.7 875 35.2 583 32.0 $21,160 Bell 10,186 33.8 3,835 47.9 2,716 45.8 $18,766 Boone 5,201 7.1 2,048 9.8 1,181 8.0 $46,803 Bourbon 3,000 15.5 1,103 22.6 665 18.8 $28,824 Boyd 8,324 16.9 2,879 25.3 1,814 21.6 $30,884 Boyle 3,853 15.2 1,350 22.0 854 19.2 $30,764 Bracken 1,444 17.4 480 23.0 304 19.9 $26,554 Breathitt 5,853 37.8 2,234 51.5 1,606 49.1 $17,935 Breckinridge 3,526 20.7 1,200 27.6 752 23.2 $24,027 Bullitt 5,869 10.1 2,283 14.0 1,447 12.0 $39,618 Butler 2,420 20.8 859 28.8 558 25.3 $23,501 Caldwell 2,398 18.1 832 27.1 533 23.4 $24,907 Calloway 4,551 15.4 1,301 20.9 832 18.7 $27,798 Campbell 9,701 11.1 3,886 17.1 2,387 15.1 $36,232 Carlisle 835 15.4 261 21.4 165 18.5 $25,409 Carroll 1,888 19.9 742 29.9 471 26.2 $26,951 Carter 7,102 27.1 2,604 38.0 1,755 33.9 $22,481 Casey 3,717 25.5 1,249 34.1 789 28.7 $20,231 Christian 11,686 17.7 4,793 24.5 2,861 22.2 $25,450 Clark 4,864 15.3 1,795 22.8 1,144 20.0 $32,336 Clay 8,526 37.3 3,504 51.8 2,628 52.6 $18,721 Clinton 3,172 33.9 1,042 46.1 712 42.3 $16,148 Crittenden 1,606 17.1 586 26.0 387 23.7 $26,012 Cumberland 1,959 28.1 614 38.3 398 35.1 $17,979 Daviess 13,545 15.0 5,225 21.8 3,233 18.9 $31,810 Edmonson 2,368 21.2 813 28.8 529 25.6 $22,661 Elliott 2,143 32.1 793 42.1 530 37.5 $18,183 Estill 4,117 26.3 1,510 37.4 1,026 34.2 $22,114 Fayette 30,770 13.3 10,577 20.1 6,284 17.4 $35,887 Fleming 2,915 22.1 954 29.3 633 26.5 $22,939 Floyd 13,784 31.3 5,338 43.0 3,712 40.4 $21,792 Franklin 5,193 11.5 1,923 17.9 1,200 15.5 $34,690 Fulton 2,015 25.9 744 39.7 510 36.0 $21,979 Gallatin 1,060 16.3 391 22.0 298 23.5 $28,649 Garrard 2,231 16.6 709 22.6 447 19.4 $26,940 Grant 2,879 14.8 1,128 20.7 726 18.2 $31,637 Graves 5,313 14.9 1,846 22.1 1,163 19.0 $27,781 Grayson 5,157 22.4 1,824 31.6 1,225 28.8 $23,161 Green 2,001 19.0 565 24.3 337 19.6 $22,819 Greenup 6,641 17.8 2,399 25.9 1,577 22.3 $29,527 Hancock 1,153 13.2 479 19.3 343 18.6 $35,727 Hardin 11,443 13.6 4,697 18.8 2,725 15.7 $31,530 Harlan 11,749 32.7 4,500 44.8 3,194 42.6 $19,806 Harrison 2,613 15.2 892 20.0 569 17.1 $28,914 Hart 4,196 25.3 1,447 34.8 975 31.7 $21,747 Henderson 6,243 14.0 2,323 20.2 1,475 17.6 $32,757 Henry 2,463 16.8 851 23.8 555 21.5 $29,452 Hickman 926 17.8 318 26.7 210 24.8 $25,879 Hopkins 8,520 18.3 3,083 26.1 1,942 22.5 $27,730 Jackson 4,497 34.8 1,731 48.1 1,234 46.7 $17,887 Jefferson 96,973 14.4 37,832 23.8 22,940 20.3 $34,863 Jessamine 4,724 13.6 1,744 18.4 1,083 15.9 $34,557 Johnson 6,783 28.1 2,500 38.9 1,792 36.4 $22,803 Kenton 16,360 11.2 6,497 16.6 3,990 14.7 $36,674 Knott 6,084 33.7 2,445 46.6 1,802 45.4 $20,764 Knox 11,092 35.4 4,382 50.6 3,042 48.1 $18,940 Larue 2,172 16.9 742 23.7 511 21.9 $27,979 Laurel 11,238 22.7 4,138 31.1 2,779 28.0 $25,855 Lawrence 4,788 30.9 1,848 43.8 1,363 42.8 $21,551 Lee 2,887 39.1 1,066 54.7 781 54.9 $17,551 Leslie 4,539 33.3 1,803 44.9 1,347 45.9 $21,066 Letcher 7,894 29.2 2,947 39.0 2,127 36.8 $21,295 Lewis 3,813 28.1 1,416 39.0 968 35.1 $20,807 Lincoln 5,160 23.5 1,855 32.9 1,198 29.5 $23,795 Livingston 1,456 15.8 442 22.0 288 19.2 $28,577 Logan 4,000 15.4 1,341 20.4 833 17.1 $28,447 Lyon 953 14.5 243 19.5 153 16.6 $27,618 McCracken 9,794 15.1 3,575 23.4 2,263 20.1 $31,492 McCreary 6,935 41.4 2,824 56.9 2,012 56.2 $16,427 McLean 1,637 16.8 563 24.1 366 21.0 $26,099 Madison 10,924 18.5 3,539 24.8 2,310 22.5 $29,322 Magoffin 5,218 38.0 2,140 51.2 1,617 51.7 $18,856 Marion 3,488 21.0 1,248 27.3 826 24.0 $24,779 Marshall 3,543 11.9 1,188 17.8 751 15.6 $30,988 Martin 4,181 32.6 1,744 44.4 1,269 43.4 $22,165 Mason 3,311 19.4 1,205 28.4 750 24.4 $26,819 Meade 3,436 12.3 1,639 18.1 1,196 19.3 $31,897 Menifee 1,760 31.5 630 42.3 425 39.7 $19,983 Mercer 3,089 15.0 1,102 22.7 694 19.3 $29,980 Metcalfe 2,260 24.1 776 34.3 557 33.4 $21,128 Monroe 2,693 23.7 864 31.9 607 30.5 $22,305 Montgomery 4,126 20.0 1,473 27.9 1,019 25.9 $26,318 Morgan 4,425 36.3 1,597 48.4 1,173 48.5 $18,842 Muhlenberg 6,248 19.6 2,208 27.9 1,446 24.5 $24,158 Nelson 4,545 13.2 1,703 17.5 1,083 15.2 $33,745 Nicholas 1,548 22.1 553 32.7 398 30.7 $22,897 Ohio 4,820 22.1 1,751 30.4 1,149 27.0 $24,047 Oldham 2,407 5.9 878 7.5 549 6.2 $52,475 Owen 1,878 19.0 681 26.8 475 25.1 $27,838 Owsley 2,537 46.6 933 65.4 763 72.7 $14,393 Pendleton 2,136 15.5 860 22.2 565 20.6 $30,968 Perry 9,521 30.4 3,667 42.2 2,592 39.6 $22,808 Pike 18,066 24.5 6,843 34.2 4,785 31.5 $24,430 Powell 3,145 25.1 1,246 34.5 838 31.4 $23,088 Pulaski 11,606 21.2 3,992 30.4 2,616 27.2 $24,225 Robertson 442 20.1 141 28.3 102 27.7 $25,306 Rockcastle 4,275 27.2 1,568 38.5 1,076 36.2 $21,156 Rowan 4,763 25.8 1,423 32.3 941 30.1 $23,309 Russell 3,815 23.3 1,230 32.8 849 30.8 $21,722 Scott 3,754 13.4 1,474 19.6 976 17.8 $38,119 Shelby 3,194 11.3 1,136 16.4 711 14.4 $37,471 Simpson 2,092 12.9 798 19.1 503 16.8 $29,517 Spencer 1,214 13.9 450 19.8 314 18.6 $31,760 Taylor 3,882 17.2 1,361 24.9 917 23.0 $27,193 Todd 2,073 18.4 721 25.3 485 23.2 $26,801 Trigg 1,777 14.9 571 21.7 373 19.0 $26,690 Trimble 1,162 15.9 400 21.4 257 19.2 $29,039 Union 2,670 16.0 1,032 22.2 603 19.3 $29,093 Warren 12,871 15.7 4,512 22.4 2,877 19.6 $32,131 Washington 1,832 17.0 628 22.0 422 20.3 $27,097 Wayne 5,987 32.0 2,203 45.3 1,532 42.6 $19,157 Webster 2,107 15.6 714 20.9 450 17.5 $27,143 Whitley 10,716 30.7 4,099 43.7 2,870 41.7 $20,667 Wolfe 2,870 38.9 1,160 57.2 955 61.7 $16,745 Woodford 1,890 8.5 689 12.2 411 10.3 $41,150