| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 |
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United States | 310,629,645 | 46,932,225 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,678,297 | 4,126,520 | 16.7% | 110.7% |
Kentucky | 4,275,202 | 804,139 | 18.8% | 124.5% |
Appalachian Kentucky | 1,136,310 | 294,620 | 25.9% | 171.6% |
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County |
Adair | 17,818 | 4,146 | 23.3% | 154.0% |
Bath | 11,966 | 2,931 | 24.5% | 162.1% |
Bell | 26,744 | 9,776 | 36.6% | 241.9% |
Boyd | 46,341 | 8,795 | 19.0% | 125.6% |
Breathitt | 13,180 | 4,411 | 33.5% | 221.5% |
Carter | 26,455 | 4,933 | 18.6% | 123.4% |
Casey | 15,590 | 4,114 | 26.4% | 174.7% |
Clark | 35,085 | 5,300 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
Clay | 19,440 | 7,961 | 41.0% | 271.0% |
Clinton | 10,020 | 2,245 | 22.4% | 148.3% |
Cumberland | 6,669 | 1,484 | 22.3% | 147.3% |
Edmonson | 11,924 | 2,606 | 21.9% | 144.7% |
Elliott | 6,511 | 2,210 | 33.9% | 224.7% |
Estill | 14,272 | 4,326 | 30.3% | 200.6% |
Fleming | 14,458 | 3,226 | 22.3% | 147.7% |
Floyd | 37,559 | 11,532 | 30.7% | 203.2% |
Garrard | 16,906 | 3,259 | 19.3% | 127.6% |
Green | 10,975 | 2,151 | 19.6% | 129.7% |
Greenup | 35,687 | 6,268 | 17.6% | 116.2% |
Harlan | 27,344 | 8,857 | 32.4% | 214.4% |
Hart | 18,194 | 4,398 | 24.2% | 160.0% |
Jackson | 13,237 | 4,381 | 33.1% | 219.1% |
Johnson | 22,789 | 5,964 | 26.2% | 173.2% |
Knott | 15,153 | 4,784 | 31.6% | 209.0% |
Knox | 30,841 | 10,613 | 34.4% | 227.8% |
Laurel | 58,985 | 13,475 | 22.8% | 151.2% |
Lawrence | 15,702 | 3,519 | 22.4% | 148.3% |
Lee | 6,140 | 2,360 | 38.4% | 254.4% |
Leslie | 10,584 | 3,435 | 32.5% | 214.8% |
Letcher | 23,090 | 6,889 | 29.8% | 197.5% |
Lewis | 13,361 | 3,773 | 28.2% | 186.9% |
Lincoln | 24,012 | 6,049 | 25.2% | 166.7% |
Madison | 80,892 | 17,222 | 21.3% | 140.9% |
Magoffin | 12,707 | 3,751 | 29.5% | 195.4% |
Martin | 10,915 | 3,538 | 32.4% | 214.5% |
McCreary | 16,249 | 6,906 | 42.5% | 281.3% |
Menifee | 6,200 | 1,495 | 24.1% | 159.6% |
Metcalfe | 9,866 | 2,250 | 22.8% | 150.9% |
Monroe | 10,550 | 2,749 | 26.1% | 172.5% |
Montgomery | 26,988 | 6,777 | 25.1% | 166.2% |
Morgan | 11,584 | 2,889 | 24.9% | 165.1% |
Nicholas | 6,932 | 1,804 | 26.0% | 172.2% |
Owsley | 4,447 | 1,652 | 37.1% | 245.9% |
Perry | 26,968 | 7,394 | 27.4% | 181.5% |
Pike | 61,635 | 15,528 | 25.2% | 166.7% |
Powell | 11,993 | 3,115 | 26.0% | 171.9% |
Pulaski | 62,629 | 15,643 | 25.0% | 165.3% |
Robertson | 2,131 | 520 | 24.4% | 161.5% |
Rockcastle | 16,560 | 3,875 | 23.4% | 154.9% |
Rowan | 21,275 | 5,510 | 25.9% | 171.4% |
Russell | 17,408 | 4,606 | 26.5% | 175.1% |
Wayne | 20,251 | 5,138 | 25.4% | 167.9% |
Whitley | 34,003 | 9,191 | 27.0% | 178.9% |
Wolfe | 7,095 | 2,896 | 40.8% | 270.2% |