Kentucky Population Research University of Louisville Child (5-17) Poverty Rates, 1989 & 1993 1989 1993 Change 1989-1993 Rate Rank* Rate Rank* Percent Rank* Kentucky 23.2 25.7 2.5 Adair 29.3 77 30.2 77 0.9 38 Allen 27.9 73 25.5 62 -2.4 9 Anderson 11.6 4 11.5 4 -0.1 24 Ballard 19.1 29 20.5 31 1.4 49 Barren 23.4 56 23.7 52 0.3 30 Bath 32.7 88 37.2 92 4.5 109 Bell 43.7 105 46.5 110 2.8 82 Boone 8.0 3 9.4 2 1.4 50 Bourbon 19.9 38 22.8 47 2.9 84 Boyd 20.3 39 23.4 51 3.1 89 Boyle 22.2 50 21.3 35 -0.9 18 Bracken 24.8 63 23.3 50 -1.5 16 Breathitt 46.5 116 51.4 116 4.9 111 Breckinridge 27.5 71 29.7 73 2.2 67 Bullitt 11.6 4 14.0 5 2.4 73 Butler 25.4 65 27.2 66 1.8 59 Caldwell 27.1 69 25.1 61 -2.0 13 Calloway 19.3 30 20.4 30 1.1 45 Campbell 14.0 8 17.0 10 3.0 85 Carlisle 17.4 22 20.0 28 2.6 77 Carroll 30.5 82 30.3 78 -0.2 20 Carter 34.6 91 36.7 90 2.1 64 Casey 30.7 83 33.2 85 2.5 75 Christian 24.9 64 27.1 65 2.2 67 Clark 22.0 48 22.7 46 0.7 37 Clay 45.5 113 52.1 118 6.6 116 Clinton 43.7 105 45.3 108 1.6 52 Crittenden 22.3 51 25.0 60 2.7 81 Cumberland 33.5 89 39.7 97 6.2 115 Daviess 19.3 30 21.3 35 2.0 61 Edmonson 27.8 72 30.1 76 2.3 70 Elliott 42.0 103 41.9 102 -0.1 26 Estill 36.2 95 39.0 95 2.8 82 Fayette 17.8 24 21.4 37 3.6 100 Fleming 30.8 84 30.6 79 -0.2 20 Floyd 36.5 97 40.5 98 4.0 102 Franklin 13.3 6 15.6 6 2.3 70 Fulton 44.2 109 42.1 104 -2.1 12 Gallatin 18.0 26 21.2 34 3.2 91 Garrard 21.3 45 22.3 41 1.0 42 Grant 19.7 35 19.6 25 -0.1 25 Graves 20.8 42 21.5 38 0.7 36 Grayson 26.4 67 28.0 70 1.6 52 Green 22.0 48 24.4 57 2.4 74 Greenup 21.3 45 22.6 45 1.3 48 Hancock 20.9 43 17.9 14 -3.0 5 Hardin 15.4 13 17.2 11 1.8 56 Harlan 37.5 100 41.9 102 4.4 108 Harrison 16.8 20 19.1 19 2.3 70 Hart 29.9 80 33.7 87 3.8 101 Henderson 16.9 21 19.4 23 2.5 75 Henry 23.4 56 24.0 54 0.6 34 Hickman 23.9 60 23.7 52 -0.2 23 Hopkins 19.5 34 24.0 54 4.5 109 Jackson 43.7 105 46.7 111 3.0 85 Jefferson 19.0 28 24.1 56 5.1 113 Jessamine 14.3 9 17.6 12 3.3 93 Johnson 34.3 90 36.5 89 2.2 67 Kenton 13.4 7 16.8 8 3.4 96 Knott 46.4 115 44.5 107 -1.9 15 Knox 48.3 117 50.9 115 2.6 80 Larue 22.6 52 23.1 48 0.5 31 Laurel 28.4 75 31.9 82 3.5 98 Lawrence 45.6 114 42.8 105 -2.8 7 Lee 43.7 105 50.4 114 6.7 117 Leslie 40.8 102 42.8 105 2.0 63 Letcher 34.6 91 37.9 94 3.3 92 Lewis 36.1 94 37.1 91 1.0 42 Lincoln 30.8 84 32.6 84 1.8 57 Livingston 15.1 11 19.1 19 4.0 103 Logan 15.2 12 19.2 22 4.0 104 Lyon 17.7 23 17.9 14 0.2 29 Madison 23.5 58 22.3 41 -1.2 17 Magoffin 45.3 112 59.1 119 13.8 120 Marion 28.4 75 21.9 40 -6.5 2 Marshall 15.6 14 24.7 59 9.1 119 Martin 40.2 101 48.1 113 7.9 118 Mason 22.9 53 25.9 63 3.0 88 McCracken 20.3 39 17.6 12 -2.7 8 McCreary 54.2 118 41.1 101 -13.1 1 McLean 23.0 54 24.6 58 1.6 52 Meade 14.5 10 19.5 24 5.0 112 Menifee 36.3 96 37.3 93 1.0 44 Mercer 19.4 33 19.9 27 0.5 33 Metcalfe 36.7 98 33.2 85 -3.5 4 Monroe 28.1 74 30.0 75 1.9 60 Montgomery 25.8 66 27.8 69 2.0 61 Morgan 45.2 111 46.8 112 1.6 52 Muhlenberg 23.7 59 28.1 71 4.4 107 Nelson 16.3 16 16.9 9 0.6 34 Nicholas 24.0 61 26.6 64 2.6 77 Ohio 27.1 69 29.3 72 2.2 66 Oldham 6.3 1 6.8 1 0.5 32 Owen 21.5 47 27.5 67 6.0 114 Owsley 64.1 120 63.2 120 -0.9 19 Pendleton 24.7 62 21.8 39 -2.9 6 Perry 37.2 99 40.7 100 3.5 97 Pike 29.3 77 31.9 82 2.6 77 Powell 30.8 84 35.1 88 4.3 106 Pulaski 26.8 68 29.8 74 3.0 85 Robertson 29.7 79 27.5 67 -2.2 11 Rockcastle 35.8 93 39.1 96 3.3 95 Rowan 31.2 87 31.2 81 0.0 27 Russell 30.0 81 30.9 80 0.9 38 Scott 19.3 30 19.1 19 -0.2 20 Shelby 16.4 17 16.5 7 0.1 28 Simpson 17.9 25 18.8 18 0.9 38 Spencer 23.3 55 18.7 17 -4.6 3 Taylor 21.1 44 22.3 41 1.2 46 Todd 19.7 35 23.2 49 3.5 98 Trigg 18.7 27 20.5 31 1.8 57 Trimble 16.5 18 19.8 26 3.3 93 Union 16.6 19 18.1 16 1.5 51 Warren 19.8 37 20.7 33 0.9 38 Washington 20.3 39 22.4 44 2.1 64 Wayne 44.7 110 46.0 109 1.3 47 Webster 16.0 15 20.2 29 4.2 105 Whitley 42.5 104 40.5 98 -2.0 13 Wolfe 54.2 118 51.8 117 -2.4 9 Woodford 7.6 2 10.8 3 3.2 90 * A rank of 1 reflects the lowest poverty rate, or the lowest percent change. March 1998