Total Number of Persons in Poverty 1989 1993 1995 1997 Kentucky 681,827 748,007 689,138 624,219 Adair 3,744 3,847 3,784 3,627 Allen 3,548 3,133 2,603 2,314 Anderson 1,339 1,609 1,391 1,407 Ballard 1,443 1,394 1,277 1,131 Barren 7,160 6,557 6,274 5,859 Bath 2,598 2,904 2,615 2,410 Bell 11,209 10,722 10,186 8,611 Boone 4,221 5,686 5,201 5,067 Bourbon 3,330 3,497 3,000 2,713 Boyd 8,203 8,926 8,324 8,056 Boyle 4,043 4,107 3,853 3,483 Bracken 1,643 1,583 1,444 1,336 Breathitt 6,072 6,202 5,853 5,159 Breckinridge 3,743 3,975 3,526 3,105 Bullitt 4,917 6,615 5,869 5,714 Butler 2,616 2,598 2,420 2,281 Caldwell 2,579 2,448 2,398 2,225 Calloway 4,815 4,843 4,551 4,413 Campbell 9,087 11,242 9,701 8,756 Carlisle 921 876 835 790 Carroll 2,008 2,127 1,888 1,624 Carter 6,377 7,269 7,102 6,395 Casey 4,140 3,974 3,717 3,287 Christian 10,670 11,928 11,686 11,276 Clark 5,142 5,215 4,864 4,373 Clay 8,656 9,215 8,526 7,760 Clinton 3,447 3,295 3,172 2,801 Crittenden 1,686 1,737 1,606 1,653 Cumberland 2,112 2,093 1,959 1,849 Daviess 13,179 14,852 13,545 11,965 Edmonson 2,783 2,616 2,368 2,212 Elliott 2,456 2,307 2,143 1,826 Estill 4,199 4,601 4,117 3,577 Fayette 30,108 36,337 30,770 26,900 Fleming 3,086 3,098 2,915 2,731 Floyd 13,521 14,473 13,784 12,139 Franklin 4,617 5,348 5,193 4,989 Fulton 2,467 2,173 2,015 1,855 Gallatin 763 1,051 1,060 1,151 Garrard 2,076 2,301 2,231 2,080 Grant 2,345 2,892 2,879 2,674 Graves 5,593 5,759 5,313 5,109 Grayson 4,935 5,175 5,157 4,749 Green 2,188 2,142 2,001 1,992 Greenup 6,385 6,834 6,641 6,054 Hancock 1,305 1,205 1,153 1,114 Hardin 11,017 12,259 11,443 10,428 Harlan 11,995 12,247 11,749 10,520 Harrison 2,693 2,822 2,613 2,433 Hart 4,024 4,405 4,196 3,988 Henderson 6,206 6,849 6,243 5,863 Henry 2,513 2,650 2,463 2,285 Hickman 1,087 978 926 846 Hopkins 7,789 8,941 8,520 7,721 Jackson 4,544 4,596 4,497 4,030 Jefferson 89,755 112,647 96,973 82,360 Jessamine 3,848 4,997 4,724 4,482 Johnson 6,573 7,013 6,783 6,098 Kenton 13,792 19,293 16,360 14,830 Knott 7,035 6,489 6,084 5,227 Knox 11,289 11,767 11,092 9,949 Larue 2,297 2,333 2,172 2,080 Laurel 10,630 12,040 11,238 10,629 Lawrence 4,980 5,008 4,788 4,318 Lee 2,704 2,871 2,887 2,609 Leslie 4,808 4,749 4,539 4,196 Letcher 8,524 8,686 7,894 6,949 Lewis 3,946 3,877 3,813 3,466 Lincoln 5,375 5,389 5,160 4,637 Livingston 1,376 1,516 1,456 1,387 Logan 3,881 4,290 4,000 3,727 Lyon 774 991 953 983 McCracken 9,798 10,936 9,794 9,297 McCreary 7,062 7,234 6,935 5,968 McLean 1,824 1,724 1,637 1,508 Madison 10,859 11,727 10,924 9,968 Magoffin 5,479 5,361 5,218 4,670 Marion 4,061 3,652 3,488 3,050 Marshall 3,765 4,034 3,543 3,481 Martin 4,422 4,346 4,181 3,790 Mason 3,341 3,396 3,311 3,094 Meade 3,085 3,965 3,436 3,352 Menifee 1,776 1,700 1,760 1,583 Mercer 3,167 3,168 3,089 2,906 Metcalfe 2,461 2,338 2,260 2,264 Monroe 3,025 2,837 2,693 2,518 Montgomery 4,043 4,423 4,126 3,658 Morgan 4,328 4,550 4,425 4,003 Muhlenberg 6,381 7,031 6,248 5,572 Nelson 4,408 4,865 4,545 4,375 Nicholas 1,500 1,537 1,548 1,443 Ohio 4,911 5,213 4,820 4,175 Oldham 1,970 2,702 2,407 2,216 Owen 1,728 2,117 1,878 1,857 Owsley 2,570 2,516 2,537 2,202 Pendleton 2,250 2,264 2,136 2,000 Perry 9,636 10,248 9,521 8,571 Pike 18,234 19,285 18,066 16,413 Powell 3,032 3,481 3,145 2,948 Pulaski 10,954 12,243 11,606 10,537 Robertson 521 482 442 450 Rockcastle 4,498 4,584 4,275 3,706 Rowan 4,856 4,965 4,763 4,353 Russell 3,740 3,856 3,815 3,622 Scott 3,323 3,953 3,754 3,513 Shelby 3,464 3,467 3,194 2,993 Simpson 2,318 2,383 2,092 1,947 Spencer 1,292 1,160 1,214 1,147 Taylor 4,021 3,992 3,882 3,789 Todd 2,029 2,142 2,073 1,839 Trigg 1,846 1,826 1,777 1,766 Trimble 980 1,199 1,162 1,149 Union 3,615 2,739 2,670 2,414 Warren 12,688 13,787 12,871 12,078 Washington 1,929 1,965 1,832 1,699 Wayne 6,446 6,304 5,987 5,286 Webster 2,266 2,348 2,107 1,973 Whitley 10,622 10,547 10,716 9,877 Wolfe 2,835 2,859 2,870 2,722 Woodford 1,538 2,071 1,890 1,847