PERSONS 65+ IN POVERTY 1980 & 1990 | | Total Persons 65+ | Below Poverty |Poverty Rate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number Percent Number Percent 1980 1990 Change Change 1980 1990 Change Change 1980 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kentucky 389,022 441,885 52,863 13.6 90,733 91,091 358 0.4 23.3 20.6 Adair 2,197 2,350 153 7.0* 788 833 45 5.7** 35.9 35.4 Allen 2,059 2,229 170 8.3* 773 698 -75 -9.7** 37.5 31.3 Anderson 1,427 1,696 269 18.9* 251 296 45 17.9** 17.6 17.5 Ballard 1,458 1,266 -192 -13.2* 310 347 37 11.9** 21.3 27.4 Barren 4,424 4,962 538 12.2* 1,227 1,432 205 16.7** 27.7 28.9 Bath 1,295 1,368 73 5.6* 488 434 -54 -11.1** 37.7 31.7 Bell 3,896 3,994 98 2.5* 994 1,053 59 5.9** 25.5 26.4 Boone 2,983 4,493 1,510 50.6* 403 492 89 22.1** 13.5 11.0 Bourbon 2,365 2,550 185 7.8* 608 702 94 15.5** 25.7 27.5 Boyd 6,428 7,384 956 14.9* 1,109 1,166 57 5.1** 17.3 15.8 Boyle 2,837 3,382 545 19.2* 658 627 -31 -4.7** 23.2 18.5 Bracken 1,144 1,136 -8 -0.7* 330 274 -56 -17.0** 28.8 24.1 Breathitt 1,637 1,609 -28 -1.7* 572 585 13 2.3** 34.9 36.4 Breckinridge 2,243 2,374 131 5.8* 595 617 22 3.7** 26.5 26.0 Bullitt 2,215 3,211 996 45.0* 405 559 154 38.0** 18.3 17.4 Butler 1,465 1,522 57 3.9* 560 477 -83 -14.8** 38.2 31.3 Caldwell 2,241 2,321 80 3.6* 497 449 -48 -9.7** 22.2 19.3 Calloway 4,153 4,788 635 15.3* 950 931 -19 -2.0** 22.9 19.4 Campbell 9,469 10,294 825 8.7* 1,090 1,322 232 21.3** 11.5 12.8 Carlisle 980 978 -2 -0.2* 224 280 56 25.0** 22.9 28.6 Carroll 1,125 1,226 101 9.0* 216 259 43 19.9** 19.2 21.1 Carter 2,745 2,999 254 9.3* 891 738 -153 -17.2** 32.5 24.6 Casey 1,972 2,109 137 6.9* 857 799 -58 -6.8** 43.5 37.9 Christian 5,316 6,148 832 15.7* 1,301 1,276 -25 -1.9** 24.5 20.8 Clark 2,794 3,490 696 24.9* 672 724 52 7.7** 24.1 20.7 Clay 2,100 2,201 101 4.8* 760 756 -4 -0.5** 36.2 34.3 Clinton 1,314 1,384 70 5.3* 554 567 13 2.3** 42.2 41.0 Crittenden 1,510 1,501 -9 -0.6* 456 282 -174 -38.2** 30.2 18.8 Cumberland 1,088 1,155 67 6.2* 413 491 78 18.9** 38.0 42.5 Daviess 8,823 10,471 1,648 18.7* 2,048 1,802 -246 -12.0** 23.2 17.2 Edmonson 1,198 1,399 201 16.8* 442 466 24 5.4** 36.9 33.3 Elliott 761 807 46 6.0* 251 315 64 25.5** 33.0 39.0 Estill 1,851 1,927 76 4.1* 634 563 -71 -11.2** 34.3 29.2 Fayette 16,365 20,838 4,473 27.3* 2,349 2,745 396 16.9** 14.4 13.2 Fleming 1,646 1,774 128 7.8* 591 557 -34 -5.8** 35.9 31.4 Floyd 4,720 4,923 203 4.3* 1,055 1,151 96 9.1** 22.4 23.4 Franklin 4,054 5,112 1,058 26.1* 733 770 37 5.0** 18.1 15.1 Fulton 1,638 1,624 -14 -0.9* 534 457 -77 -14.4** 32.6 28.1 Gallatin 543 630 87 16.0* 126 162 36 28.6** 23.2 25.7 Garrard 1,461 1,709 248 17.0* 365 413 48 13.2** 25.0 24.2 Grant 1,564 1,753 189 12.1* 312 318 6 1.9** 19.9 18.1 Graves 5,607 5,912 305 5.4* 1,160 1,148 -12 -1.0** 20.7 19.4 Grayson 2,713 2,884 171 6.3* 945 897 -48 -5.1** 34.8 31.1 Green 1,577 1,728 151 9.6* 553 614 61 11.0** 35.1 35.5 Greenup 3,320 4,202 882 26.6* 669 669 0 0.0** 20.2 15.9 Hancock 756 783 27 3.6* 186 187 1 0.5** 24.6 23.9 Hardin 4,836 6,529 1,693 35.0* 948 987 39 4.1** 19.6 15.1 Harlan 4,489 4,581 92 2.0* 1,012 1,066 54 5.3** 22.5 23.3 Harrison 2,235 2,259 24 1.1* 568 565 -3 -0.5** 25.4 25.0 Hart 1,986 2,231 245 12.3* 743 724 -19 -2.6** 37.4 32.5 Henderson 4,281 5,136 855 20.0* 853 979 126 14.8** 19.9 19.1 Henry 1,676 1,763 87 5.2* 497 448 -49 -9.9** 29.7 25.4 Hickman 1,034 1,012 -22 -2.1* 293 239 -54 -18.4** 28.3 23.6 Hopkins 5,650 6,278 628 11.1* 1,198 1,213 15 1.3** 21.2 19.3 Jackson 1,481 1,526 45 3.0* 712 660 -52 -7.3** 48.1 43.3 Jefferson 71,145 84,296 13,151 18.5* 10,462 10,260 -202 -1.9** 14.7 12.2 Jessamine 1,996 2,547 551 27.6* 481 466 -15 -3.1** 24.1 18.3 Johnson 2,688 2,706 18 0.7* 718 670 -48 -6.7** 26.7 24.8 Kenton 14,559 15,423 864 5.9* 1,917 1,814 -103 -5.4** 13.2 11.8 Knott 1,573 1,751 178 11.3* 543 528 -15 -2.8** 34.5 30.2 Knox 3,499 3,640 141 4.0* 1,166 1,067 -99 -8.5** 33.3 29.3 Larue 1,671 1,745 74 4.4* 437 494 57 13.0** 26.2 28.3 Laurel 4,019 4,722 703 17.5* 1,205 1,380 175 14.5** 30.0 29.2 Lawrence 1,740 1,732 -8 -0.5* 558 517 -41 -7.3** 32.1 29.8 Lee 1,105 970 -135 -12.2* 304 270 -34 -11.2** 27.5 27.8 Leslie 1,135 1,198 63 5.6* 390 385 -5 -1.3** 34.4 32.1 Letcher 3,092 3,080 -12 -0.4* 668 688 20 3.0** 21.6 22.3 Lewis 1,526 1,650 124 8.1* 511 505 -6 -1.2** 33.5 30.6 Lincoln 2,417 2,740 323 13.4* 873 978 105 12.0** 36.1 35.7 Livingston 1,235 1,323 88 7.1* 278 286 8 2.9** 22.5 21.6 Logan 3,364 3,496 132 3.9* 963 933 -30 -3.1** 28.6 26.7 Lyon 983 1,037 54 5.5* 256 186 -70 -27.3** 26.0 17.9 McCracken 8,279 9,717 1,438 17.4* 1,619 1,608 -11 -0.7** 19.6 16.5 McCreary 1,592 1,734 142 8.9* 535 662 127 23.7** 33.6 38.2 McLean 1,368 1,420 52 3.8* 468 341 -127 -27.1** 34.2 24.0 Madison 4,561 5,618 1,057 23.2* 1,233 1,415 182 14.8** 27.0 25.2 Magoffin 1,142 1,158 16 1.4* 553 483 -70 -12.7** 48.4 41.7 Marion 1,933 2,063 130 6.7* 573 738 165 28.8** 29.6 35.8 Marshall 3,481 4,357 876 25.2* 796 860 64 8.0** 22.9 19.7 Martin 1,049 1,089 40 3.8* 345 275 -70 -20.3** 32.9 25.3 Mason 2,322 2,591 269 11.6* 657 448 -209 -31.8** 28.3 17.3 Meade 1,264 1,605 341 27.0* 425 256 -169 -39.8** 33.6 16.0 Menifee 570 612 42 7.4* 182 223 41 22.5** 31.9 36.4 Mercer 2,399 2,753 354 14.8* 712 493 -219 -30.8** 29.7 17.9 Metcalfe 1,324 1,300 -24 -1.8* 476 432 -44 -9.2** 36.0 33.2 Monroe 1,754 1,715 -39 -2.2* 810 769 -41 -5.1** 46.2 44.8 Montgomery 2,034 2,393 359 17.6* 612 663 51 8.3** 30.1 27.7 Morgan 1,410 1,405 -5 -0.4* 548 574 26 4.7** 38.9 40.9 Muhlenberg 4,062 4,431 369 9.1* 804 787 -17 -2.1** 19.8 17.8 Nelson 2,671 3,047 376 14.1* 630 670 40 6.3** 23.6 22.0 Nicholas 992 1,018 26 2.6* 294 288 -6 -2.0** 29.6 28.3 Ohio 2,785 2,974 189 6.8* 780 793 13 1.7** 28.0 26.7 Oldham 1,517 2,109 592 39.0* 182 179 -3 -1.6** 12.0 8.5 Owen 1,313 1,293 -20 -1.5* 398 361 -37 -9.3** 30.3 27.9 Owsley 789 702 -87 -11.0* 316 295 -21 -6.6** 40.1 42.0 Pendleton 1,287 1,365 78 6.1* 358 289 -69 -19.3** 27.8 21.2 Perry 3,117 3,081 -36 -1.2* 816 767 -49 -6.0** 26.2 24.9 Pike 6,646 7,396 750 11.3* 1,588 1,561 -27 -1.7** 23.9 21.1 Powell 1,043 1,162 119 11.4* 336 372 36 10.7** 32.2 32.0 Pulaski 5,437 6,593 1,156 21.3* 1,694 1,956 262 15.5** 31.2 29.7 Robertson 370 366 -4 -1.1* 119 116 -3 -2.5** 32.2 31.7 Rockcastle 1,762 1,870 108 6.1* 766 604 -162 -21.1** 43.5 32.3 Rowan 1,690 1,931 241 14.3* 537 637 100 18.6** 31.8 33.0 Russell 1,933 2,282 349 18.1* 837 803 -34 -4.1** 43.3 35.2 Scott 2,158 2,491 333 15.4* 565 587 22 3.9** 26.2 23.6 Shelby 2,623 2,987 364 13.9* 653 568 -85 -13.0** 24.9 19.0 Simpson 1,839 2,179 340 18.5* 467 556 89 19.1** 25.4 25.5 Spencer 658 768 110 16.7* 175 164 -11 -6.3** 26.6 21.4 Taylor 2,464 2,832 368 14.9* 762 769 7 0.9** 30.9 27.2 Todd 1,754 1,687 -67 -3.8* 486 519 33 6.8** 27.7 30.8 Trigg 1,386 1,943 557 40.2* 443 508 65 14.7** 32.0 26.1 Trimble 689 780 91 13.2* 210 167 -43 -20.5** 30.5 21.4 Union 1,822 1,968 146 8.0* 405 395 -10 -2.5** 22.2 20.1 Warren 6,686 8,018 1,332 19.9* 1,483 1,557 74 5.0** 22.2 19.4 Washington 1,331 1,556 225 16.9* 378 389 11 2.9** 28.4 25.0 Wayne 2,050 2,347 297 14.5* 832 1,027 195 23.4** 40.6 43.8 Webster 2,270 2,164 -106 -4.7* 557 517 -40 -7.2** 24.5 23.9 Whitley 4,016 4,277 261 6.5* 1,220 1,063 -157 -12.9** 30.4 24.9 Wolfe 827 766 -61 -7.4* 387 282 -105 -27.1** 46.8 36.8 Woodford 1,661 2,005 344 20.7* 252 297 45 17.9** 15.2 14.8 Prepared by the Kentucky State Data Center Source: 1980 & 1990 Census of Population and Housing