Percent of Persons of All Ages in Poverty 1989 1993 1995 1997 Kentucky 19.0 19.7 17.9 16.0 Adair 25.1 24.2 23.3 22.3 Allen 24.6 20.1 16.3 13.9 Anderson 9.3 9.5 7.8 7.5 Ballard 18.5 17.2 15.4 13.3 Barren 21.5 18.7 17.3 15.8 Bath 27.3 28.9 25.7 22.7 Bell 36.2 34.8 33.8 29.5 Boone 7.4 8.3 7.1 6.3 Bourbon 17.5 18.0 15.5 13.9 Boyd 16.5 17.9 16.9 16.5 Boyle 17.1 16.4 15.2 13.6 Bracken 21.4 19.3 17.4 15.8 Breathitt 39.5 40.3 37.8 32.9 Breckinridge 23.2 24.0 20.7 17.6 Bullitt 10.4 11.9 10.1 9.5 Butler 23.8 22.5 20.8 19.1 Caldwell 19.9 18.6 18.1 16.7 Calloway 17.7 16.6 15.4 14.5 Campbell 11.0 12.9 11.1 10.0 Carlisle 17.7 16.5 15.4 14.6 Carroll 22.0 22.1 19.9 16.9 Carter 26.8 28.3 27.1 23.8 Casey 29.4 27.3 25.5 22.0 Christian 18.1 20.0 17.7 17.3 Clark 17.7 16.9 15.3 13.6 Clay 40.2 40.3 37.3 33.7 Clinton 38.1 35.2 33.9 29.7 Crittenden 18.7 18.5 17.1 17.3 Cumberland 31.6 30.5 28.1 26.9 Daviess 15.4 16.5 15.0 13.2 Edmonson 27.0 24.4 21.2 19.2 Elliott 38.0 34.4 32.1 27.2 Estill 29.0 29.5 26.3 22.7 Fayette 14.1 15.8 13.3 11.5 Fleming 25.4 24.0 22.1 20.1 Floyd 31.2 32.4 31.3 27.7 Franklin 10.9 12.0 11.5 11.0 Fulton 30.3 29.2 25.9 24.5 Gallatin 14.3 17.2 16.3 15.9 Garrard 18.1 18.0 16.6 14.8 Grant 15.1 15.9 14.8 13.1 Graves 16.9 16.4 14.9 14.1 Grayson 23.8 22.8 22.4 19.9 Green 21.6 20.7 19.0 19.0 Greenup 17.6 18.2 17.8 16.3 Hancock 16.8 14.6 13.2 12.3 Hardin 13.5 14.3 13.6 12.2 Harlan 33.1 33.6 32.7 29.9 Harrison 16.9 16.8 15.2 13.9 Hart 27.1 27.1 25.3 23.5 Henderson 14.6 15.4 14.0 13.1 Henry 19.7 18.9 16.8 15.3 Hickman 20.1 18.4 17.8 16.5 Hopkins 17.2 19.3 18.3 16.6 Jackson 38.2 36.1 34.8 30.8 Jefferson 13.7 16.7 14.4 12.2 Jessamine 13.2 15.1 13.6 12.4 Johnson 28.7 29.2 28.1 25.3 Kenton 9.9 13.2 11.2 10.1 Knott 40.4 35.5 33.7 29.4 Knox 38.9 37.9 35.4 31.3 Larue 19.9 18.7 16.9 15.8 Laurel 24.8 25.3 22.7 20.7 Lawrence 36.0 32.8 30.9 27.5 Lee 37.4 39.3 39.1 34.6 Leslie 35.6 34.1 33.3 30.6 Letcher 31.8 31.8 29.2 26.1 Lewis 30.7 29.0 28.1 25.5 Lincoln 27.2 25.2 23.5 20.5 Livingston 15.5 16.3 15.8 14.6 Logan 16.1 16.8 15.4 14.1 Lyon 14.3 15.8 14.5 14.7 McCracken 15.8 16.8 15.1 14.4 McCreary 45.5 43.8 41.4 35.3 McLean 19.2 17.8 16.8 15.3 Madison 21.2 20.6 18.5 16.2 Magoffin 42.5 39.1 38.0 33.6 Marion 25.6 22.2 21.0 18.2 Marshall 14.1 13.9 11.9 11.5 Martin 35.4 33.0 32.6 30.8 Mason 20.3 19.6 19.4 18.2 Meade 12.8 15.0 12.3 11.5 Menifee 35.0 31.6 31.5 27.0 Mercer 16.7 15.9 15.0 13.9 Metcalfe 27.9 25.3 24.1 23.6 Monroe 26.9 24.3 23.7 22.5 Montgomery 21.0 21.7 20.0 17.3 Morgan 38.8 37.4 36.3 32.3 Muhlenberg 20.7 22.5 19.6 17.3 Nelson 15.1 14.9 13.2 12.1 Nicholas 22.6 22.1 22.1 20.5 Ohio 23.6 24.1 22.1 18.9 Oldham 6.3 7.0 5.9 5.1 Owen 19.5 21.9 19.0 17.9 Owsley 52.1 46.4 46.6 40.9 Pendleton 18.9 17.0 15.5 14.4 Perry 32.1 32.5 30.4 27.4 Pike 25.4 26.0 24.5 22.6 Powell 26.2 28.3 25.1 22.6 Pulaski 22.7 23.0 21.2 18.8 Robertson 24.8 21.8 20.1 20.3 Rockcastle 30.7 29.7 27.2 23.1 Rowan 28.9 27.3 25.8 23.0 Russell 25.6 24.1 23.3 22.1 Scott 14.5 15.1 13.4 11.6 Shelby 14.2 12.8 11.3 10.1 Simpson 15.5 14.9 12.9 11.8 Spencer 19.2 15.0 13.9 11.7 Taylor 19.5 17.9 17.2 16.6 Todd 18.8 18.9 18.4 16.2 Trigg 18.0 16.2 14.9 14.1 Trimble 16.3 17.4 15.9 14.8 Union 22.1 16.5 16.0 14.5 Warren 17.5 17.4 15.7 14.4 Washington 18.8 18.5 17.0 15.6 Wayne 37.3 34.3 32.0 27.5 Webster 16.5 17.2 15.6 14.6 Whitley 33.0 30.6 30.7 27.9 Wolfe 44.3 40.0 38.9 36.6 Woodford 7.9 9.7 8.5 8.1