Percent of Persons Under 18 in Poverty 1989 1993 1995 1997 Kentucky 24.8 28.1 26.0 23.1 Adair 31.7 33.3 31.7 33.8 Allen 29.9 27.4 22.1 20.0 Anderson 11.3 12.5 10.6 11.8 Ballard 21.1 23.0 22.1 19.0 Barren 26.4 26.2 24.2 22.8 Bath 32.7 39.2 35.2 35.0 Bell 44.8 49.4 47.9 39.3 Boone 9.6 11.1 9.8 9.5 Bourbon 23.5 25.8 22.6 20.9 Boyd 22.2 26.2 25.3 25.9 Boyle 23.6 23.1 22.0 19.6 Bracken 26.1 25.0 23.0 22.2 Breathitt 47.1 55.0 51.5 44.9 Breckinridge 28.4 32.3 27.6 26.5 Bullitt 12.3 16.1 14.0 14.0 Butler 28.9 30.1 28.8 27.8 Caldwell 28.5 27.2 27.1 25.8 Calloway 20.6 22.0 20.9 20.0 Campbell 15.8 19.0 17.1 14.6 Carlisle 19.2 22.1 21.4 24.4 Carroll 33.4 32.3 29.9 25.0 Carter 36.3 40.1 38.0 34.6 Casey 33.5 36.3 34.1 32.6 Christian 25.6 27.2 24.5 24.7 Clark 23.6 24.7 22.8 20.5 Clay 47.7 55.8 51.8 43.8 Clinton 45.1 48.1 46.1 42.5 Crittenden 25.8 27.3 26.0 25.8 Cumberland 37.1 41.2 38.3 40.4 Daviess 21.2 23.6 21.8 18.8 Edmonson 30.0 32.7 28.8 28.2 Elliott 45.2 45.4 42.1 39.4 Estill 36.7 41.7 37.4 33.7 Fayette 18.8 23.1 20.1 16.9 Fleming 30.5 31.8 29.3 28.8 Floyd 38.6 44.5 43.0 37.2 Franklin 15.5 17.9 17.9 17.1 Fulton 42.2 43.3 39.7 38.0 Gallatin 15.5 21.6 22.0 23.6 Garrard 22.2 24.3 22.6 22.9 Grant 21.2 21.6 20.7 19.7 Graves 22.2 23.6 22.1 21.1 Grayson 30.1 31.3 31.6 28.6 Green 23.8 26.7 24.3 29.7 Greenup 23.2 25.9 25.9 24.2 Hancock 21.6 19.7 19.3 16.1 Hardin 18.1 19.0 18.8 16.9 Harlan 40.5 45.9 44.8 39.1 Harrison 18.9 21.8 20.0 19.6 Hart 32.9 36.9 34.8 34.5 Henderson 18.5 21.8 20.2 18.9 Henry 24.0 25.6 23.8 22.4 Hickman 25.9 24.9 26.7 24.3 Hopkins 22.0 27.1 26.1 24.8 Jackson 45.6 49.3 48.1 42.5 Jefferson 20.7 27.1 23.8 19.4 Jessamine 16.2 19.9 18.4 17.8 Johnson 34.3 39.9 38.9 34.9 Kenton 14.0 19.1 16.6 14.5 Knott 49.0 48.4 46.6 35.9 Knox 50.5 54.0 50.6 43.1 Larue 23.6 25.4 23.7 22.3 Laurel 29.7 35.4 31.1 30.2 Lawrence 45.4 45.6 43.8 36.5 Lee 47.6 53.5 54.7 47.0 Leslie 41.4 45.1 44.9 38.3 Letcher 36.5 42.1 39.0 33.6 Lewis 38.3 40.3 39.0 36.1 Lincoln 33.7 35.1 32.9 29.5 Livingston 17.1 21.7 22.0 22.8 Logan 17.6 22.1 20.4 20.7 Lyon 21.0 20.2 19.5 21.2 McCracken 22.1 24.9 23.4 22.5 McCreary 56.7 61.4 56.9 46.6 McLean 25.5 24.5 24.1 21.8 Madison 25.3 27.1 24.8 21.2 Magoffin 48.0 52.3 51.2 41.9 Marion 29.1 28.3 27.3 23.1 Marshall 16.9 19.5 17.8 17.2 Martin 42.1 44.2 44.4 39.7 Mason 28.4 28.0 28.4 26.5 Meade 15.3 21.1 18.1 14.4 Menifee 42.6 40.4 42.3 37.8 Mercer 23.7 22.9 22.7 20.2 Metcalfe 36.1 34.5 34.3 33.3 Monroe 27.6 31.5 31.9 32.6 Montgomery 26.3 29.9 27.9 24.5 Morgan 46.8 49.3 48.4 41.0 Muhlenberg 25.3 31.2 27.9 25.4 Nelson 17.4 18.9 17.5 16.7 Nicholas 28.7 30.6 32.7 28.1 Ohio 29.1 32.1 30.4 26.5 Oldham 7.0 8.4 7.5 6.5 Owen 23.5 31.0 26.8 26.4 Owsley 64.3 65.0 65.4 50.0 Pendleton 26.0 23.3 22.2 19.7 Perry 39.1 44.5 42.2 36.7 Pike 30.5 35.8 34.2 29.6 Powell 33.1 38.0 34.5 31.1 Pulaski 28.8 32.8 30.4 27.6 Robertson 31.7 29.6 28.3 29.8 Rockcastle 37.7 41.4 38.5 32.1 Rowan 33.3 32.9 32.3 28.1 Russell 30.1 32.7 32.8 33.3 Scott 20.6 21.0 19.6 16.2 Shelby 17.7 18.2 16.4 14.3 Simpson 20.4 20.7 19.1 17.2 Spencer 22.6 19.8 19.8 16.6 Taylor 22.7 24.4 24.9 23.9 Todd 19.7 24.9 25.3 25.0 Trigg 21.3 23.0 21.7 22.3 Trimble 19.0 22.0 21.4 22.2 Union 26.0 21.4 22.2 18.0 Warren 22.5 23.9 22.4 20.8 Washington 21.3 24.2 22.0 20.2 Wayne 46.2 48.7 45.3 39.0 Webster 17.9 23.0 20.9 21.1 Whitley 43.4 42.9 43.7 38.2 Wolfe 55.2 54.9 57.2 46.4 Woodford 10.0 13.0 12.2 12.1