| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1980 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1980 | Poverty Rate, 1980 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
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United States | 220,845,766 | 27,392,580 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 20,928,695 | 2,930,068 | 14.0% | 112.9% |
Kentucky | 3,559,034 | 626,240 | 17.6% | 141.9% |
Appalachian Kentucky | 1,100,117 | 286,266 | 26.0% | 209.8% |
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County |
Adair | 15,020 | 4,282 | 28.5% | 229.8% |
Bath | 9,898 | 2,797 | 28.3% | 227.8% |
Bell | 33,906 | 10,345 | 30.5% | 246.0% |
Boyd | 54,516 | 7,377 | 13.5% | 109.1% |
Breathitt | 16,544 | 5,962 | 36.0% | 290.5% |
Carter | 24,721 | 6,394 | 25.9% | 208.5% |
Casey | 14,784 | 5,309 | 35.9% | 289.5% |
Clark | 28,051 | 4,532 | 16.2% | 130.3% |
Clay | 22,598 | 9,578 | 42.4% | 341.7% |
Clinton | 9,310 | 3,671 | 39.4% | 317.9% |
Cumberland | 7,213 | 2,204 | 30.6% | 246.3% |
Edmonson | 9,809 | 2,214 | 22.6% | 182.0% |
Elliott | 6,907 | 2,230 | 32.3% | 260.3% |
Estill | 14,373 | 4,032 | 28.1% | 226.2% |
Fleming | 12,165 | 2,904 | 23.9% | 192.5% |
Floyd | 48,533 | 10,831 | 22.3% | 179.9% |
Garrard | 10,765 | 2,338 | 21.7% | 175.1% |
Green | 10,883 | 2,642 | 24.3% | 195.7% |
Greenup | 38,837 | 5,096 | 13.1% | 105.8% |
Harlan | 41,579 | 10,730 | 25.8% | 208.1% |
Hart | 15,337 | 4,323 | 28.2% | 227.2% |
Jackson | 11,984 | 4,695 | 39.2% | 315.9% |
Johnson | 24,085 | 5,507 | 22.9% | 184.3% |
Knott | 17,655 | 5,457 | 30.9% | 249.2% |
Knox | 29,901 | 11,092 | 37.1% | 299.1% |
Laurel | 38,607 | 8,159 | 21.1% | 170.4% |
Lawrence | 13,977 | 4,178 | 29.9% | 241.0% |
Lee | 7,637 | 2,553 | 33.4% | 269.5% |
Leslie | 14,879 | 5,077 | 34.1% | 275.1% |
Letcher | 30,563 | 8,381 | 27.4% | 221.1% |
Lewis | 14,423 | 4,494 | 31.2% | 251.2% |
Lincoln | 18,920 | 5,271 | 27.9% | 224.6% |
Madison | 45,739 | 9,660 | 21.1% | 170.3% |
Magoffin | 13,449 | 4,707 | 35.0% | 282.2% |
Martin | 13,880 | 3,743 | 27.0% | 217.4% |
McCreary | 15,559 | 6,143 | 39.5% | 318.3% |
Menifee | 5,059 | 1,460 | 28.9% | 232.7% |
Metcalfe | 9,382 | 2,888 | 30.8% | 248.2% |
Monroe | 12,196 | 3,550 | 29.1% | 234.7% |
Montgomery | 19,849 | 4,316 | 21.7% | 175.3% |
Morgan | 11,954 | 4,391 | 36.7% | 296.1% |
Nicholas | 7,086 | 1,490 | 21.0% | 169.5% |
Owsley | 5,702 | 2,755 | 48.3% | 389.5% |
Perry | 33,555 | 8,154 | 24.3% | 195.9% |
Pike | 80,802 | 15,642 | 19.4% | 156.1% |
Powell | 10,958 | 2,808 | 25.6% | 206.6% |
Pulaski | 44,830 | 10,006 | 22.3% | 179.9% |
Robertson | 2,265 | 555 | 24.5% | 197.6% |
Rockcastle | 13,914 | 4,611 | 33.1% | 267.2% |
Rowan | 16,150 | 3,515 | 21.8% | 175.5% |
Russell | 13,592 | 4,403 | 32.4% | 261.2% |
Wayne | 16,817 | 5,897 | 35.1% | 282.7% |
Whitley | 32,359 | 8,600 | 26.6% | 214.3% |
Wolfe | 6,640 | 2,317 | 34.9% | 281.3% |