Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty - 1997 Related Median Total Persons Persons Under 18 Children 5-17 Household County in Families Income Income Kentucky 624,219 16.0 229,043 23.1 153,703 21.7 $31,730 Adair 3,627 22.3 1,338 33.8 880 30.0 $21,914 Allen 2,314 13.9 860 20.0 572 18.6 $28,798 Anderson 1,407 7.5 570 11.8 369 10.8 $39,913 Ballard 1,131 13.3 373 19.0 260 17.9 $30,629 Barren 5,859 15.8 2,051 22.8 1,356 20.9 $29,580 Bath 2,410 22.7 911 35.0 592 31.4 $24,020 Bell 8,611 29.5 3,029 39.3 2,141 37.9 $19,896 Boone 5,067 6.3 2,165 9.5 1,386 8.7 $48,999 Bourbon 2,713 13.9 1,021 20.9 688 19.6 $33,314 Boyd 8,056 16.5 2,863 25.9 1,803 22.4 $32,239 Boyle 3,483 13.6 1,194 19.6 821 18.8 $33,521 Bracken 1,336 15.8 482 22.2 328 20.9 $29,242 Breathitt 5,159 32.9 1,967 44.9 1,345 41.2 $18,404 Breckinridge 3,105 17.6 1,173 26.5 756 23.2 $27,050 Bullitt 5,714 9.5 2,346 14.0 1,538 12.6 $41,199 Butler 2,281 19.1 852 27.8 576 25.7 $25,578 Caldwell 2,225 16.7 803 25.8 537 23.5 $27,656 Calloway 4,413 14.5 1,294 20.0 867 18.9 $29,853 Campbell 8,756 10.0 3,326 14.6 2,239 14.3 $39,201 Carlisle 790 14.6 299 24.4 197 22.3 $28,450 Carroll 1,624 16.9 629 25.0 435 24.1 $29,535 Carter 6,395 23.8 2,428 34.6 1,638 31.3 $23,986 Casey 3,287 22.0 1,218 32.6 807 29.2 $22,182 Christian 11,276 17.3 4,737 24.7 2,946 23.6 $27,968 Clark 4,373 13.6 1,626 20.5 1,092 19.2 $35,343 Clay 7,760 33.7 2,979 43.8 2,134 42.9 $19,231 Clinton 2,801 29.7 963 42.5 657 39.4 $17,104 Crittenden 1,653 17.3 603 25.8 433 25.8 $28,185 Cumberland 1,849 26.9 636 40.4 416 37.8 $18,217 Daviess 11,965 13.2 4,460 18.8 2,919 17.5 $34,335 Edmonson 2,212 19.2 813 28.2 550 26.4 $24,568 Elliott 1,826 27.2 752 39.4 487 34.5 $20,660 Estill 3,577 22.7 1,357 33.7 898 30.3 $23,937 Fayette 26,900 11.5 8,974 16.9 5,752 16.0 $39,295 Fleming 2,731 20.1 971 28.8 658 27.0 $25,240 Floyd 12,139 27.7 4,561 37.2 3,150 35.2 $22,748 Franklin 4,989 11.0 1,839 17.1 1,228 16.0 $37,284 Fulton 1,855 24.5 708 38.0 488 35.1 $23,741 Gallatin 1,151 15.9 472 23.6 340 24.1 $29,996 Garrard 2,080 14.8 765 22.9 494 20.4 $30,355 Grant 2,674 13.1 1,138 19.7 770 18.4 $32,879 Graves 5,109 14.1 1,814 21.1 1,217 19.5 $29,677 Grayson 4,749 19.9 1,722 28.6 1,192 27.1 $25,009 Green 1,992 19.0 690 29.7 441 26.0 $24,470 Greenup 6,054 16.3 2,153 24.2 1,451 21.5 $31,235 Hancock 1,114 12.3 414 16.1 316 16.7 $38,734 Hardin 10,428 12.2 4,195 16.9 2,686 15.8 $35,603 Harlan 10,520 29.9 3,830 39.1 2,676 37.1 $21,442 Harrison 2,433 13.9 905 19.6 615 18.1 $31,971 Hart 3,988 23.5 1,482 34.5 1,001 31.8 $23,194 Henderson 5,863 13.1 2,156 18.9 1,427 17.3 $35,263 Henry 2,285 15.3 830 22.4 563 21.3 $31,846 Hickman 846 16.5 292 24.3 215 25.4 $28,542 Hopkins 7,721 16.6 2,912 24.8 1,889 22.3 $29,936 Jackson 4,030 30.8 1,570 42.5 1,092 40.8 $18,503 Jefferson 82,360 12.2 30,490 19.4 18,959 17.1 $38,733 Jessamine 4,482 12.4 1,734 17.8 1,139 16.5 $36,726 Johnson 6,098 25.3 2,211 34.9 1,538 32.0 $24,052 Kenton 14,830 10.1 5,734 14.5 3,674 13.5 $41,581 Knott 5,227 29.4 1,852 35.9 1,374 35.7 $22,470 Knox 9,949 31.3 3,837 43.1 2,583 40.2 $19,780 Larue 2,080 15.8 716 22.3 500 21.1 $30,479 Laurel 10,629 20.7 4,156 30.2 2,701 26.6 $27,146 Lawrence 4,318 27.5 1,565 36.5 1,126 35.2 $22,608 Lee 2,609 34.6 935 47.0 668 46.5 $18,326 Leslie 4,196 30.6 1,530 38.3 1,116 38.8 $20,757 Letcher 6,949 26.1 2,475 33.6 1,740 31.2 $22,893 Lewis 3,466 25.5 1,317 36.1 915 33.4 $22,270 Lincoln 4,637 20.5 1,724 29.5 1,184 28.4 $25,282 Livingston 1,387 14.6 470 22.8 316 20.8 $30,822 Logan 3,727 14.1 1,387 20.7 909 18.5 $30,547 Lyon 983 14.7 267 21.2 179 19.4 $29,466 McCracken 9,297 14.4 3,402 22.5 2,228 20.2 $33,538 McCreary 5,968 35.3 2,332 46.6 1,648 46.2 $16,433 McLean 1,508 15.3 520 21.8 367 20.8 $28,841 Madison 9,968 16.2 3,137 21.2 2,134 20.3 $31,963 Magoffin 4,670 33.6 1,779 41.9 1,309 41.7 $19,292 Marion 3,050 18.2 1,059 23.1 744 21.7 $27,284 Marshall 3,481 11.5 1,159 17.2 793 16.5 $33,061 Martin 3,790 30.8 1,473 39.7 1,048 38.3 $22,497 Mason 3,094 18.2 1,125 26.5 756 24.8 $29,347 Meade 3,352 11.5 1,362 14.4 1,116 17.5 $34,885 Menifee 1,583 27.0 594 37.8 416 37.4 $21,481 Mercer 2,906 13.9 998 20.2 689 19.1 $32,522 Metcalfe 2,264 23.6 768 33.3 557 33.1 $22,178 Monroe 2,518 22.5 866 32.6 603 31.3 $23,348 Montgomery 3,658 17.3 1,313 24.5 901 22.9 $28,579 Morgan 4,003 32.3 1,375 41.0 990 40.8 $20,627 Muhlenberg 5,572 17.3 2,025 25.4 1,370 23.3 $26,698 Nelson 4,375 12.1 1,722 16.7 1,140 15.3 $35,234 Nicholas 1,443 20.5 482 28.1 374 28.9 $25,311 Ohio 4,175 18.9 1,559 26.5 1,056 24.6 $26,333 Oldham 2,216 5.1 809 6.5 574 6.2 $54,599 Owen 1,857 17.9 720 26.4 503 25.2 $29,976 Owsley 2,202 40.9 717 50.0 560 54.0 $14,392 Pendleton 2,000 14.4 771 19.7 550 20.1 $32,811 Perry 8,571 27.4 3,153 36.7 2,190 34.2 $23,768 Pike 16,413 22.6 5,754 29.6 3,996 27.4 $26,026 Powell 2,948 22.6 1,190 31.1 834 29.9 $24,233 Pulaski 10,537 18.8 3,650 27.6 2,425 25.3 $25,488 Robertson 450 20.3 152 29.8 113 30.2 $26,181 Rockcastle 3,706 23.1 1,341 32.1 945 31.5 $22,915 Rowan 4,353 23.0 1,268 28.1 889 28.1 $25,553 Russell 3,622 22.1 1,245 33.3 845 31.2 $22,997 Scott 3,513 11.6 1,337 16.2 946 15.8 $42,465 Shelby 2,993 10.1 1,060 14.3 733 14.0 $40,134 Simpson 1,947 11.8 742 17.2 524 17.1 $33,233 Spencer 1,147 11.7 428 16.6 314 16.6 $33,958 Taylor 3,789 16.6 1,315 23.9 898 22.6 $28,552 Todd 1,839 16.2 727 25.0 499 23.6 $29,247 Trigg 1,766 14.1 621 22.3 429 21.0 $29,190 Trimble 1,149 14.8 448 22.2 299 21.0 $30,948 Union 2,414 14.5 836 18.0 602 19.4 $31,197 Warren 12,078 14.4 4,255 20.8 2,810 19.1 $34,891 Washington 1,699 15.6 585 20.2 426 20.5 $29,266 Wayne 5,286 27.5 1,956 39.0 1,355 37.0 $20,242 Webster 1,973 14.6 733 21.1 488 18.9 $30,325 Whitley 9,877 27.9 3,607 38.2 2,515 36.7 $21,553 Wolfe 2,722 36.6 960 46.4 789 50.6 $16,323 Woodford 1,847 8.1 700 12.1 468 11.5 $45,269