| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
|
United States | 273,882,232 | 33,899,812 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 22,944,990 | 3,120,197 | 13.6% | 109.9% |
Kentucky | 3,927,047 | 621,096 | 15.8% | 127.8% |
Appalachian Kentucky | 1,128,190 | 274,818 | 24.4% | 196.8% |
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County |
Adair | 16,488 | 3,954 | 24.0% | 193.7% |
Bath | 10,922 | 2,393 | 21.9% | 177.0% |
Bell | 29,303 | 9,105 | 31.1% | 251.0% |
Boyd | 47,846 | 7,393 | 15.5% | 124.8% |
Breathitt | 15,642 | 5,196 | 33.2% | 268.4% |
Carter | 26,170 | 5,836 | 22.3% | 180.2% |
Casey | 15,208 | 3,885 | 25.5% | 206.4% |
Clark | 32,663 | 3,476 | 10.6% | 86.0% |
Clay | 22,314 | 8,860 | 39.7% | 320.8% |
Clinton | 9,539 | 2,457 | 25.8% | 208.1% |
Cumberland | 7,022 | 1,672 | 23.8% | 192.4% |
Edmonson | 11,526 | 2,117 | 18.4% | 148.4% |
Elliott | 6,680 | 1,731 | 25.9% | 209.4% |
Estill | 15,148 | 4,004 | 26.4% | 213.6% |
Fleming | 13,614 | 2,539 | 18.6% | 150.7% |
Floyd | 41,485 | 12,555 | 30.3% | 244.5% |
Garrard | 14,680 | 2,151 | 14.7% | 118.4% |
Green | 11,314 | 2,087 | 18.4% | 149.0% |
Greenup | 36,331 | 5,130 | 14.1% | 114.1% |
Harlan | 32,814 | 10,662 | 32.5% | 262.5% |
Hart | 17,182 | 3,852 | 22.4% | 181.1% |
Jackson | 13,376 | 4,033 | 30.2% | 243.6% |
Johnson | 23,141 | 6,147 | 26.6% | 214.6% |
Knott | 17,168 | 5,333 | 31.1% | 251.0% |
Knox | 31,003 | 10,799 | 34.8% | 281.4% |
Laurel | 51,890 | 11,028 | 21.3% | 171.7% |
Lawrence | 15,542 | 4,770 | 30.7% | 248.0% |
Lee | 7,185 | 2,186 | 30.4% | 245.8% |
Leslie | 12,245 | 3,998 | 32.7% | 263.8% |
Letcher | 24,986 | 6,771 | 27.1% | 218.9% |
Lewis | 13,839 | 3,943 | 28.5% | 230.2% |
Lincoln | 23,023 | 4,868 | 21.1% | 170.8% |
Madison | 65,371 | 10,952 | 16.8% | 135.4% |
Magoffin | 13,133 | 4,812 | 36.6% | 296.0% |
Martin | 12,545 | 4,640 | 37.0% | 298.8% |
McCreary | 16,870 | 5,431 | 32.2% | 260.1% |
Menifee | 6,456 | 1,910 | 29.6% | 239.0% |
Metcalfe | 9,881 | 2,335 | 23.6% | 190.9% |
Monroe | 11,587 | 2,707 | 23.4% | 188.7% |
Montgomery | 22,143 | 3,361 | 15.2% | 122.6% |
Morgan | 12,097 | 3,293 | 27.2% | 219.9% |
Nicholas | 6,708 | 883 | 13.2% | 106.3% |
Owsley | 4,762 | 2,161 | 45.4% | 366.6% |
Perry | 28,950 | 8,426 | 29.1% | 235.1% |
Pike | 67,711 | 15,855 | 23.4% | 189.2% |
Powell | 13,084 | 3,070 | 23.5% | 189.6% |
Pulaski | 54,847 | 10,471 | 19.1% | 154.2% |
Robertson | 2,190 | 487 | 22.2% | 179.7% |
Rockcastle | 16,238 | 3,753 | 23.1% | 186.7% |
Rowan | 19,015 | 4,042 | 21.3% | 171.7% |
Russell | 16,148 | 3,921 | 24.3% | 196.2% |
Wayne | 19,706 | 5,786 | 29.4% | 237.2% |
Whitley | 34,531 | 9,103 | 26.4% | 213.0% |
Wolfe | 6,928 | 2,488 | 35.9% | 290.1% |