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Percent of total population in poverty, 2007
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All people in poverty (2007)
Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2007)
90% confidence interval of estimate
90% confidence interval of estimate
FIPS*
Name
RUC Code¹
Percent
Lower bound
Upper bound
Percent
Lower bound
Upper bound
1 21000 Kentucky 17.2 16.8 17.5 23.6 22.8 24.3
2 21001 Adair County 7 21.4 17.3 25.5 31.7 24.0 39.4
3 21003 Allen County 6 18.1 14.4 21.8 27.0 20.8 33.2
4 21005 Anderson County 6 9.3 7.2 11.4 12.9 9.7 16.1
5 21007 Ballard County 9 15.9 12.5 19.4 24.3 18.5 30.1
6 21009 Barren County 6 17.8 14.4 21.1 25.0 19.3 30.7
7 21011 Bath County 8 23.9 18.6 29.2 36.5 27.8 45.2
8 21013 Bell County 7 28.8 23.8 33.8 38.7 30.4 46.9
9 21015 Boone County 1 6.2 4.9 7.5 8.3 6.3 10.2
10 21017 Bourbon County 2 16.1 12.8 19.4 21.6 16.4 26.7
11 21019 Boyd County 2 16.4 13.6 19.2 23.6 18.1 29.0
12 21021 Boyle County 7 15.9 12.8 19.1 22.7 17.6 27.8
13 21023 Bracken County 1 15.4 12.1 18.6 20.8 16.0 25.7
14 21025 Breathitt County 7 30.0 23.5 36.5 45.3 34.0 56.5
15 21027 Breckinridge County 8 17.2 13.8 20.7 24.1 18.4 29.8
16 21029 Bullitt County 1 9.9 8.0 11.8 13.3 10.3 16.3
17 21031 Butler County 8 18.2 14.2 22.3 26.8 20.3 33.3
18 21033 Caldwell County 6 17.8 13.8 21.8 25.2 19.1 31.3
19 21035 Calloway County 7 17.5 14.3 20.7 22.0 16.9 27.1
20 21037 Campbell County 1 10.0 8.4 11.7 13.9 11.0 16.9
21 21039 Carlisle County 9 15.7 12.1 19.3 23.6 17.8 29.4
22 21041 Carroll County 6 15.2 11.8 18.6 22.7 17.1 28.3
23 21043 Carter County 6 19.3 15.5 23.2 29.1 22.4 35.9
24 21045 Casey County 9 23.6 18.7 28.5 36.0 27.4 44.6
25 21047 Christian County 3 19.0 16.1 21.8 27.4 22.6 32.3
26 21049 Clark County 2 14.8 11.9 17.7 21.8 16.9 26.7
27 21051 Clay County 7 41.9 33.9 49.8 50.0 38.3 61.6
28 21053 Clinton County 9 24.1 18.8 29.5 36.8 27.5 46.0
29 21055 Crittenden County 6 20.1 15.7 24.5 31.3 23.6 39.0
30 21057 Cumberland County 9 24.0 18.7 29.4 36.0 27.3 44.8
31 21059 Daviess County 3 15.3 12.8 17.8 22.8 18.5 27.2
32 21061 Edmonson County 3 17.3 13.5 21.2 26.2 19.7 32.7
33 21063 Elliott County 9 27.4 21.1 33.7 37.9 28.4 47.5
34 21065 Estill County 6 26.3 20.7 31.9 36.2 27.4 45.0
35 21067 Fayette County 2 15.9 14.2 17.7 19.5 16.3 22.8
36 21069 Fleming County 7 19.4 15.3 23.5 27.3 20.7 33.9
37 21071 Floyd County 7 32.9 27.1 38.6 44.4 35.3 53.5
38 21073 Franklin County 4 13.6 11.1 16.2 17.8 13.8 21.8
39 21075 Fulton County 7 29.4 23.0 35.9 42.8 32.6 53.1
40 21077 Gallatin County 1 15.3 11.8 18.9 24.5 18.3 30.8
41 21079 Garrard County 6 16.8 13.2 20.5 24.8 18.8 30.7
42 21081 Grant County 1 15.6 12.6 18.7 25.5 20.0 30.9
43 21083 Graves County 7 16.5 13.0 19.9 24.8 18.9 30.7
44 21085 Grayson County 6 19.7 16.0 23.5 29.3 22.9 35.7
45 21087 Green County 8 17.2 13.5 20.9 27.8 20.9 34.7
46 21089 Greenup County 2 15.2 12.1 18.3 22.5 17.3 27.7
47 21091 Hancock County 3 13.7 10.7 16.8 17.7 13.4 22.0
48 21093 Hardin County 3 11.2 9.2 13.1 16.4 12.9 19.9
49 21095 Harlan County 7 29.3 23.8 34.8 39.9 31.1 48.8
50 21097 Harrison County 6 14.2 11.1 17.3 19.9 15.0 24.8
51 21099 Hart County 8 23.3 18.6 28.1 33.1 25.6 40.6
52 21101 Henderson County 2 12.7 10.2 15.3 19.3 14.8 23.8
53 21103 Henry County 1 14.6 11.7 17.6 21.6 16.8 26.5
54 21105 Hickman County 9 18.1 14.1 22.1 28.7 21.5 35.9
55 21107 Hopkins County 4 18.2 14.8 21.6 26.7 21.0 32.4
56 21109 Jackson County 9 34.1 27.3 40.9 43.0 33.0 53.1
57 21111 Jefferson County 1 14.6 13.6 15.7 21.0 18.7 23.2
58 21113 Jessamine County 2 14.0 11.3 16.7 19.2 14.7 23.6
59 21115 Johnson County 7 24.4 19.5 29.3 32.8 25.4 40.3
60 21117 Kenton County 1 12.9 11.1 14.7 16.7 13.6 19.8
61 21119 Knott County 9 31.7 25.2 38.2 39.5 30.3 48.6
62 21121 Knox County 7 31.1 24.8 37.3 42.3 32.3 52.2
63 21123 Larue County 3 15.1 11.9 18.4 22.4 16.8 28.0
64 21125 Laurel County 7 22.0 18.2 25.8 30.2 24.3 36.1
65 21127 Lawrence County 6 25.3 20.1 30.5 34.6 26.2 42.9
66 21129 Lee County 9 34.9 27.3 42.5 45.9 34.7 57.0
67 21131 Leslie County 9 31.0 24.4 37.7 37.4 28.1 46.7
68 21133 Letcher County 9 27.0 21.4 32.6 35.3 27.0 43.7
69 21135 Lewis County 8 28.9 22.9 34.8 39.0 29.4 48.5
70 21137 Lincoln County 7 20.3 16.2 24.4 27.7 21.1 34.3
71 21139 Livingston County 9 13.5 10.4 16.5 20.3 15.3 25.4
72 21141 Logan County 6 16.4 13.0 19.7 23.3 17.9 28.8
73 21143 Lyon County 8 15.0 11.6 18.4 18.3 13.8 22.8
74 21145 McCracken County 5 14.6 12.4 16.7 22.4 18.3 26.5
75 21147 McCreary County 9 35.5 27.9 43.1 52.4 40.0 64.8
76 21149 McLean County 3 16.0 12.5 19.6 23.5 17.8 29.2
77 21151 Madison County 4 18.7 15.9 21.5 22.6 18.3 26.9
78 21153 Magoffin County 9 31.6 24.4 38.7 43.7 33.1 54.4
79 21155 Marion County 6 17.8 13.9 21.8 22.9 17.3 28.4
80 21157 Marshall County 7 12.5 9.9 15.1 18.4 14.1 22.7
81 21159 Martin County 8 35.8 27.9 43.6 45.5 34.1 56.9
82 21161 Mason County 6 19.1 15.0 23.2 28.2 21.5 34.9
83 21163 Meade County 1 14.4 11.5 17.2 18.4 14.4 22.4
84 21165 Menifee County 9 27.2 20.8 33.6 38.6 29.1 48.2
85 21167 Mercer County 6 12.9 10.1 15.7 19.9 15.0 24.8
86 21169 Metcalfe County 9 23.8 18.6 29.0 36.9 28.2 45.6
87 21171 Monroe County 9 25.2 19.7 30.7 34.5 26.2 42.8
88 21173 Montgomery County 6 19.3 15.5 23.0 24.8 19.4 30.3
89 21175 Morgan County 7 27.1 21.2 33.1 36.8 27.9 45.7
90 21177 Muhlenberg County 6 20.0 16.1 23.8 26.3 20.4 32.2
91 21179 Nelson County 1 11.3 9.1 13.6 16.4 12.4 20.3
92 21181 Nicholas County 8 19.4 15.2 23.7 25.9 19.7 32.1
93 21183 Ohio County 6 19.4 15.5 23.3 29.2 22.8 35.7
94 21185 Oldham County 1 6.0 5.0 7.0 6.0 4.5 7.4
95 21187 Owen County 8 15.3 11.9 18.7 22.2 16.7 27.7
96 21189 Owsley County 9 44.4 34.6 54.2 55.0 41.2 68.7
97 21191 Pendleton County 1 15.3 12.0 18.6 20.1 15.2 25.0
98 21193 Perry County 7 31.4 26.5 36.3 47.2 39.5 54.8
99 21195 Pike County 7 20.8 17.3 24.3 26.6 21.0 32.2
100 21197 Powell County 6 25.6 20.1 31.1 39.8 30.4 49.2
101 21199 Pulaski County 5 21.7 18.2 25.2 31.6 25.4 37.8
102 21201 Robertson County 8 22.3 17.1 27.5 30.2 22.6 37.8
103 21203 Rockcastle County 7 26.8 21.1 32.4 34.8 26.9 42.7
104 21205 Rowan County 7 24.5 19.5 29.6 28.7 21.9 35.5
105 21207 Russell County 9 22.3 17.5 27.1 32.5 24.5 40.5
106 21209 Scott County 2 9.4 7.5 11.2 13.1 10.1 16.1
107 21211 Shelby County 1 13.3 10.9 15.6 16.8 13.1 20.4
108 21213 Simpson County 6 13.9 11.0 16.8 20.3 15.4 25.1
109 21215 Spencer County 1 7.9 6.1 9.7 11.0 8.2 13.7
110 21217 Taylor County 7 17.1 13.8 20.4 24.3 18.6 30.1
111 21219 Todd County 8 18.7 14.7 22.7 27.9 21.2 34.5
112 21221 Trigg County 3 17.0 13.4 20.6 28.4 22.1 34.6
113 21223 Trimble County 1 14.5 11.3 17.8 19.6 14.7 24.4
114 21225 Union County 6 23.1 19.3 26.8 25.7 20.0 31.5
115 21227 Warren County 3 18.0 15.4 20.7 23.0 18.5 27.5
116 21229 Washington County 8 14.6 11.2 17.9 19.7 14.9 24.5
117 21231 Wayne County 7 27.0 21.3 32.7 40.0 30.4 49.7
118 21233 Webster County 2 13.2 10.4 16.0 19.1 14.5 23.8
119 21235 Whitley County 7 27.7 22.8 32.5 39.3 31.6 46.9
120 21237 Wolfe County 9 36.7 28.9 44.6 53.4 40.8 65.9
121 21239 Woodford County 2 10.6 8.4 12.9 13.6 10.4 16.8
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¹The 2003 rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates .
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