| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2005–2009 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
|
| United States | 293,507,923 | 39,537,240 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 23,914,353 | 3,677,476 | 15.4% | 114.2% |
| Kentucky | 4,125,581 | 719,746 | 17.4% | 129.5% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 1,152,592 | 282,739 | 24.5% | 182.1% |
|
| County |
| Adair | 17,001 | 3,607 | 21.2% | 157.5% |
| Bath | 11,338 | 2,995 | 26.4% | 196.1% |
| Bell | 27,715 | 9,080 | 32.8% | 243.2% |
| Boyd | 46,219 | 8,605 | 18.6% | 138.2% |
| Breathitt | 15,406 | 4,796 | 31.1% | 231.1% |
| Carter | 25,830 | 5,243 | 20.3% | 150.7% |
| Casey | 15,804 | 4,383 | 27.7% | 205.9% |
| Clark | 35,248 | 5,799 | 16.5% | 122.1% |
| Clay | 22,648 | 7,128 | 31.5% | 233.6% |
| Clinton | 9,381 | 2,788 | 29.7% | 220.6% |
| Cumberland | 6,832 | 1,698 | 24.9% | 184.5% |
| Edmonson | 11,580 | 2,329 | 20.1% | 149.3% |
| Elliott | 7,374 | 2,453 | 33.3% | 246.9% |
| Estill | 14,816 | 4,133 | 27.9% | 207.1% |
| Fleming | 14,413 | 3,065 | 21.3% | 157.9% |
| Floyd | 40,938 | 11,131 | 27.2% | 201.8% |
| Garrard | 16,681 | 2,876 | 17.2% | 128.0% |
| Green | 11,291 | 1,873 | 16.6% | 123.1% |
| Greenup | 37,129 | 5,779 | 15.6% | 115.5% |
| Harlan | 30,709 | 9,240 | 30.1% | 223.4% |
| Hart | 17,849 | 4,350 | 24.4% | 180.9% |
| Jackson | 13,287 | 3,913 | 29.4% | 218.6% |
| Johnson | 23,487 | 5,096 | 21.7% | 161.1% |
| Knott | 16,401 | 4,128 | 25.2% | 186.8% |
| Knox | 31,440 | 11,571 | 36.8% | 273.2% |
| Laurel | 56,250 | 10,761 | 19.1% | 142.0% |
| Lawrence | 16,291 | 4,944 | 30.3% | 225.3% |
| Lee | 6,540 | 2,141 | 32.7% | 243.0% |
| Leslie | 11,573 | 2,723 | 23.5% | 174.7% |
| Letcher | 23,632 | 6,588 | 27.9% | 207.0% |
| Lewis | 13,713 | 3,443 | 25.1% | 186.4% |
| Lincoln | 24,817 | 4,651 | 18.7% | 139.1% |
| Madison | 74,890 | 14,715 | 19.6% | 145.9% |
| Magoffin | 12,939 | 4,424 | 34.2% | 253.8% |
| Martin | 12,932 | 5,072 | 39.2% | 291.2% |
| McCreary | 16,954 | 6,325 | 37.3% | 277.0% |
| Menifee | 6,599 | 1,251 | 19.0% | 140.7% |
| Metcalfe | 9,870 | 1,913 | 19.4% | 143.9% |
| Monroe | 11,420 | 3,145 | 27.5% | 204.4% |
| Montgomery | 24,776 | 5,177 | 20.9% | 155.1% |
| Morgan | 12,417 | 2,848 | 22.9% | 170.3% |
| Nicholas | 6,699 | 1,722 | 25.7% | 190.8% |
| Owsley | 4,648 | 1,914 | 41.2% | 305.7% |
| Perry | 28,706 | 7,819 | 27.2% | 202.2% |
| Pike | 64,433 | 14,417 | 22.4% | 166.1% |
| Powell | 13,354 | 3,405 | 25.5% | 189.3% |
| Pulaski | 58,924 | 11,733 | 19.9% | 147.8% |
| Robertson | 2,218 | 550 | 24.8% | 184.1% |
| Rockcastle | 16,305 | 5,177 | 31.8% | 235.7% |
| Rowan | 20,136 | 5,524 | 27.4% | 203.7% |
| Russell | 17,023 | 3,917 | 23.0% | 170.8% |
| Wayne | 20,376 | 4,905 | 24.1% | 178.7% |
| Whitley | 36,413 | 10,576 | 29.0% | 215.6% |
| Wolfe | 6,927 | 2,900 | 41.9% | 310.8% |
