Percent of Children Age 5-17 in Poverty 1989 1993 1995 1997 Kentucky 23.2 25.7 23.6 21.7 Adair 29.3 30.2 27.3 30.0 Allen 27.9 25.5 18.3 18.6 Anderson 11.6 11.5 8.8 10.8 Ballard 19.1 20.5 19.2 17.9 Barren 23.4 23.7 20.5 20.9 Bath 32.7 37.2 32.0 31.4 Bell 43.7 46.5 45.8 37.9 Boone 8.0 9.4 8.0 8.7 Bourbon 19.9 22.8 18.8 19.6 Boyd 20.3 23.4 21.6 22.4 Boyle 22.2 21.3 19.2 18.8 Bracken 24.8 23.3 19.9 20.9 Breathitt 46.5 51.4 49.1 41.2 Breckinridge 27.5 29.7 23.2 23.2 Bullitt 11.6 14.0 12.0 12.6 Butler 25.4 27.2 25.3 25.7 Caldwell 27.1 25.1 23.4 23.5 Calloway 19.3 20.4 18.7 18.9 Campbell 14.0 17.0 15.1 14.3 Carlisle 17.4 20.0 18.5 22.3 Carroll 30.5 30.3 26.2 24.1 Carter 34.6 36.7 33.9 31.3 Casey 30.7 33.2 28.7 29.2 Christian 24.9 27.1 22.2 23.6 Clark 22.0 22.7 20.0 19.2 Clay 45.5 52.1 52.6 42.9 Clinton 43.7 45.3 42.3 39.4 Crittenden 22.3 25.0 23.7 25.8 Cumberland 33.5 39.7 35.1 37.8 Daviess 19.3 21.3 18.9 17.5 Edmonson 27.8 30.1 25.6 26.4 Elliott 42.0 41.9 37.5 34.5 Estill 36.2 39.0 34.2 30.3 Fayette 17.8 21.4 17.4 16.0 Fleming 30.8 30.6 26.5 27.0 Floyd 36.5 40.5 40.4 35.2 Franklin 13.3 15.6 15.5 16.0 Fulton 44.2 42.1 36.0 35.1 Gallatin 18.0 21.2 23.5 24.1 Garrard 21.3 22.3 19.4 20.4 Grant 19.7 19.6 18.2 18.4 Graves 20.8 21.5 19.0 19.5 Grayson 26.4 28.0 28.8 27.1 Green 22.0 24.4 19.6 26.0 Greenup 21.3 22.6 22.3 21.5 Hancock 20.9 17.9 18.6 16.7 Hardin 15.4 17.2 15.7 15.8 Harlan 37.5 41.9 42.6 37.1 Harrison 16.8 19.1 17.1 18.1 Hart 29.9 33.7 31.7 31.8 Henderson 16.9 19.4 17.6 17.3 Henry 23.4 24.0 21.5 21.3 Hickman 23.9 23.7 24.8 25.4 Hopkins 19.5 24.0 22.5 22.3 Jackson 43.7 46.7 46.7 40.8 Jefferson 19.0 24.1 20.3 17.1 Jessamine 14.3 17.6 15.9 16.5 Johnson 34.3 36.5 36.4 32.0 Kenton 13.4 16.8 14.7 13.5 Knott 46.4 44.5 45.4 35.7 Knox 48.3 50.9 48.1 40.2 Larue 22.6 23.1 21.9 21.1 Laurel 28.4 31.9 28.0 26.6 Lawrence 45.6 42.8 42.8 35.2 Lee 43.7 50.4 54.9 46.5 Leslie 40.8 42.8 45.9 38.8 Letcher 34.6 37.9 36.8 31.2 Lewis 36.1 37.1 35.1 33.4 Lincoln 30.8 32.6 29.5 28.4 Livingston 15.1 19.1 19.2 20.8 Logan 15.2 19.2 17.1 18.5 Lyon 17.7 17.9 16.6 19.4 McCracken 20.3 22.3 20.1 20.2 McCreary 54.2 59.1 56.2 46.2 McLean 23.0 21.9 21.0 20.8 Madison 23.5 24.7 22.5 20.3 Magoffin 45.3 48.1 51.7 41.7 Marion 28.4 25.9 24.0 21.7 Marshall 15.6 17.6 15.6 16.5 Martin 40.2 41.1 43.4 38.3 Mason 22.9 24.6 24.4 24.8 Meade 14.5 19.5 19.3 17.5 Menifee 36.3 37.3 39.7 37.4 Mercer 19.4 19.9 19.3 19.1 Metcalfe 36.7 33.2 33.4 33.1 Monroe 28.1 30.0 30.5 31.3 Montgomery 25.8 27.8 25.9 22.9 Morgan 45.2 46.8 48.5 40.8 Muhlenberg 23.7 28.1 24.5 23.3 Nelson 16.3 16.9 15.2 15.3 Nicholas 24.0 26.6 30.7 28.9 Ohio 27.1 29.3 27.0 24.6 Oldham 6.3 6.8 6.2 6.2 Owen 21.5 27.5 25.1 25.2 Owsley 64.1 63.2 72.7 54.0 Pendleton 24.7 21.8 20.6 20.1 Perry 37.2 40.7 39.6 34.2 Pike 29.3 31.9 31.5 27.4 Powell 30.8 35.1 31.4 29.9 Pulaski 26.8 29.8 27.2 25.3 Robertson 29.7 27.5 27.7 30.2 Rockcastle 35.8 39.1 36.2 31.5 Rowan 31.2 31.2 30.1 28.1 Russell 30.0 30.9 30.8 31.2 Scott 19.3 19.1 17.8 15.8 Shelby 16.4 16.5 14.4 14.0 Simpson 17.9 18.8 16.8 17.1 Spencer 23.3 18.7 18.6 16.6 Taylor 21.1 22.3 23.0 22.6 Todd 19.7 23.2 23.2 23.6 Trigg 18.7 20.5 19.0 21.0 Trimble 16.5 19.8 19.2 21.0 Union 16.6 18.1 19.3 19.4 Warren 19.8 20.7 19.6 19.1 Washington 20.3 22.4 20.3 20.5 Wayne 44.7 46.0 42.6 37.0 Webster 16.0 20.2 17.5 18.9 Whitley 42.5 40.5 41.7 36.7 Wolfe 54.2 51.8 61.7 50.6 Woodford 7.6 10.8 10.3 11.5