| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1990 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1990 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
| United States | 241,977,859 | 31,742,864 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 21,134,742 | 3,238,002 | 15.3% | 116.8% |
| Kentucky | 3,582,459 | 681,827 | 19.0% | 145.1% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 1,063,288 | 307,720 | 28.9% | 220.6% |
|
| County |
| Adair | 14,898 | 3,744 | 25.1% | 191.6% |
| Bath | 9,533 | 2,598 | 27.3% | 207.7% |
| Bell | 30,940 | 11,209 | 36.2% | 276.2% |
| Boyd | 49,676 | 8,203 | 16.5% | 125.9% |
| Breathitt | 15,375 | 6,072 | 39.5% | 301.1% |
| Carter | 23,829 | 6,377 | 26.8% | 204.0% |
| Casey | 14,066 | 4,140 | 29.4% | 224.4% |
| Clark | 29,119 | 5,142 | 17.7% | 134.6% |
| Clay | 21,544 | 8,656 | 40.2% | 306.3% |
| Clinton | 9,050 | 3,447 | 38.1% | 290.4% |
| Cumberland | 6,689 | 2,112 | 31.6% | 240.7% |
| Edmonson | 10,310 | 2,783 | 27.0% | 205.8% |
| Elliott | 6,455 | 2,456 | 38.0% | 290.0% |
| Estill | 14,465 | 4,199 | 29.0% | 221.3% |
| Fleming | 12,133 | 3,086 | 25.4% | 193.9% |
| Floyd | 43,301 | 13,521 | 31.2% | 238.0% |
| Garrard | 11,498 | 2,076 | 18.1% | 137.6% |
| Green | 10,137 | 2,188 | 21.6% | 164.5% |
| Greenup | 36,251 | 6,385 | 17.6% | 134.3% |
| Harlan | 36,256 | 11,995 | 33.1% | 252.2% |
| Hart | 14,822 | 4,024 | 27.1% | 207.0% |
| Jackson | 11,884 | 4,544 | 38.2% | 291.5% |
| Johnson | 22,877 | 6,573 | 28.7% | 219.0% |
| Knott | 17,416 | 7,035 | 40.4% | 307.9% |
| Knox | 29,027 | 11,289 | 38.9% | 296.5% |
| Laurel | 42,921 | 10,630 | 24.8% | 188.8% |
| Lawrence | 13,821 | 4,980 | 36.0% | 274.7% |
| Lee | 7,229 | 2,704 | 37.4% | 285.1% |
| Leslie | 13,515 | 4,808 | 35.6% | 271.2% |
| Letcher | 26,829 | 8,524 | 31.8% | 242.2% |
| Lewis | 12,855 | 3,946 | 30.7% | 234.0% |
| Lincoln | 19,789 | 5,375 | 27.2% | 207.1% |
| Madison | 51,209 | 10,859 | 21.2% | 161.6% |
| Magoffin | 12,881 | 5,479 | 42.5% | 324.3% |
| Martin | 12,497 | 4,422 | 35.4% | 269.7% |
| McCreary | 15,533 | 7,062 | 45.5% | 346.6% |
| Menifee | 5,070 | 1,776 | 35.0% | 267.0% |
| Metcalfe | 8,815 | 2,461 | 27.9% | 212.8% |
| Monroe | 11,233 | 3,025 | 26.9% | 205.3% |
| Montgomery | 19,238 | 4,043 | 21.0% | 160.2% |
| Morgan | 11,162 | 4,328 | 38.8% | 295.6% |
| Nicholas | 6,630 | 1,500 | 22.6% | 172.5% |
| Owsley | 4,930 | 2,570 | 52.1% | 397.4% |
| Perry | 29,985 | 9,636 | 32.1% | 245.0% |
| Pike | 71,760 | 18,234 | 25.4% | 193.7% |
| Powell | 11,557 | 3,032 | 26.2% | 200.0% |
| Pulaski | 48,277 | 10,954 | 22.7% | 173.0% |
| Robertson | 2,102 | 521 | 24.8% | 188.9% |
| Rockcastle | 14,637 | 4,498 | 30.7% | 234.3% |
| Rowan | 16,785 | 4,856 | 28.9% | 220.5% |
| Russell | 14,594 | 3,740 | 25.6% | 195.4% |
| Wayne | 17,292 | 6,446 | 37.3% | 284.2% |
| Whitley | 32,188 | 10,622 | 33.0% | 251.6% |
| Wolfe | 6,403 | 2,835 | 44.3% | 337.5% |
