Poor Children Under 5, 1989 & 1993 Kentucky Population Research University of Louisville Child (0-17) Poverty Rates, 1989 & 1993 1989 1993 Change 1989-1993 Rate Rank* Rate Rank* Percent Rank* Kentucky 24.8 28.1 3.3 Adair 31.7 80 33.3 81 1.6 46 Allen 29.9 74 27.4 62 -2.5 4 Anderson 11.3 4 12.5 3 1.2 34 Ballard 21.1 30 23.0 31 1.9 53 Barren 26.4 63 26.2 53 -0.2 23 Bath 32.7 82 39.2 89 6.5 117 Bell 44.8 105 49.4 112 4.6 96 Boone 9.6 2 11.1 2 1.5 43 Bourbon 23.5 45 25.8 51 2.3 58 Boyd 22.2 38 26.2 53 4.0 89 Boyle 23.6 47 23.1 34 -0.5 18 Bracken 26.1 61 25.0 48 -1.1 10 Breathitt 47.1 112 55.0 117 7.9 119 Breckinridge 28.4 65 32.3 75 3.9 88 Bullitt 12.3 5 16.1 5 3.8 86 Butler 28.9 70 30.1 67 1.2 34 Caldwell 28.5 67 27.2 59 -1.3 9 Calloway 20.6 26 22.0 26 1.4 38 Campbell 15.8 10 19.0 9 3.2 77 Carlisle 19.2 23 22.1 28 2.9 69 Carroll 33.4 86 32.3 75 -1.1 11 Carter 36.3 91 40.1 91 3.8 85 Casey 33.5 87 36.3 86 2.8 68 Christian 25.6 56 27.2 59 1.6 46 Clark 23.6 47 24.7 44 1.1 32 Clay 47.7 114 55.8 118 8.1 120 Clinton 45.1 106 48.1 107 3.0 73 Crittenden 25.8 57 27.3 61 1.5 43 Cumberland 37.1 94 41.2 94 4.1 92 Daviess 21.2 31 23.6 37 2.4 59 Edmonson 30.0 75 32.7 77 2.7 66 Elliott 45.2 107 45.4 104 0.2 25 Estill 36.7 93 41.7 96 5.0 100 Fayette 18.8 20 23.1 34 4.3 93 Fleming 30.5 78 31.8 73 1.3 37 Floyd 38.6 97 44.5 101 5.9 112 Franklin 15.5 8 17.9 6 2.4 60 Fulton 42.2 102 43.3 99 1.1 32 Gallatin 15.5 8 21.6 21 6.1 115 Garrard 22.2 38 24.3 41 2.1 56 Grant 21.2 31 21.6 21 0.4 27 Graves 22.2 38 23.6 37 1.4 38 Grayson 30.1 76 31.3 71 1.2 34 Green 23.8 51 26.7 55 2.9 71 Greenup 23.2 44 25.9 52 2.7 65 Hancock 21.6 35 19.7 13 -1.9 7 Hardin 18.1 18 19.0 9 0.9 31 Harlan 40.5 99 45.9 106 5.4 107 Harrison 18.9 21 21.8 24 2.9 69 Hart 32.9 83 36.9 87 4.0 89 Henderson 18.5 19 21.8 24 3.3 78 Henry 24.0 52 25.6 50 1.6 46 Hickman 25.9 58 24.9 45 -1.0 12 Hopkins 22.0 36 27.1 56 5.1 102 Jackson 45.6 109 49.3 110 3.7 82 Jefferson 20.7 28 27.1 56 6.4 116 Jessamine 16.2 11 19.9 15 3.7 82 Johnson 34.3 89 39.9 90 5.6 108 Kenton 14.0 6 19.1 11 5.1 102 Knott 49.0 116 48.4 108 -0.6 17 Knox 50.5 117 54.0 115 3.5 79 Larue 23.6 47 25.4 49 1.8 51 Laurel 29.7 73 35.4 84 5.7 110 Lawrence 45.4 108 45.6 105 0.2 24 Lee 47.6 113 53.5 114 5.9 112 Leslie 41.4 100 45.1 103 3.7 81 Letcher 36.5 92 42.1 97 5.6 108 Lewis 38.3 96 40.3 92 2.0 55 Lincoln 33.7 88 35.1 83 1.4 38 Livingston 17.1 13 21.7 23 4.6 96 Logan 17.6 15 22.1 28 4.5 95 Lyon 21.0 29 20.2 16 -0.8 16 Madison 22.1 37 24.9 45 2.8 67 Magoffin 56.7 119 61.4 119 4.7 98 Marion 25.5 55 24.5 43 -1.0 12 Marshall 25.3 53 27.1 56 1.8 51 Martin 48.0 115 52.3 113 4.3 94 Mason 29.1 71 28.3 64 -0.8 14 McCracken 16.9 12 19.5 12 2.6 63 McCreary 42.1 101 44.2 100 2.1 57 McLean 28.4 65 28.0 63 -0.4 21 Meade 15.3 7 21.1 19 5.8 111 Menifee 42.6 103 40.4 93 -2.2 5 Mercer 23.7 50 22.9 30 -0.8 14 Metcalfe 36.1 90 34.5 82 -1.6 8 Monroe 27.6 64 31.5 72 3.9 87 Montgomery 26.3 62 29.9 66 3.6 80 Morgan 46.8 111 49.3 110 2.5 61 Muhlenberg 25.3 53 31.2 70 5.9 114 Nelson 17.4 14 18.9 8 1.5 43 Nicholas 28.7 68 30.6 68 1.9 53 Ohio 29.1 71 32.1 74 3.0 73 Oldham 7.0 1 8.4 1 1.4 41 Owen 23.5 45 31.0 69 7.5 118 Owsley 64.3 120 65.0 120 0.7 30 Pendleton 26.0 59 23.3 36 -2.7 3 Perry 39.1 98 44.5 101 5.4 106 Pike 30.5 78 35.8 85 5.3 105 Powell 33.1 84 38.0 88 4.9 99 Pulaski 28.8 69 32.8 79 4.0 91 Robertson 31.7 80 29.6 65 -2.1 6 Rockcastle 37.7 95 41.4 95 3.7 82 Rowan 33.3 85 32.9 80 -0.4 20 Russell 30.1 76 32.7 77 2.6 64 Scott 20.6 26 21.0 18 0.4 27 Shelby 17.7 16 18.2 7 0.5 29 Simpson 20.4 25 20.7 17 0.3 26 Spencer 22.6 42 19.8 14 -2.8 2 Taylor 22.7 43 24.4 42 1.7 49 Todd 19.7 24 24.9 45 5.2 104 Trigg 21.3 33 23.0 31 1.7 49 Trimble 19.0 22 22.0 26 3.0 73 Union 26.0 59 21.4 20 -4.6 1 Warren 22.5 41 23.9 39 1.4 42 Washington 21.3 33 24.2 40 2.9 71 Wayne 46.2 110 48.7 109 2.5 61 Webster 17.9 17 23.0 31 5.1 101 Whitley 43.4 104 42.9 98 -0.5 18 Wolfe 55.2 118 54.9 116 -0.3 22 Woodford 10.0 3 13.0 4 3.0 73 * A rank of 1 reflects the lowest poverty rate, or the lowest percent change. March 1998