| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2006–2010 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 |
|
| United States | 296,141,149 | 40,917,513 | 13.8% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,244,056 | 3,791,020 | 15.6% | 113.2% |
| Kentucky | 4,157,077 | 735,782 | 17.7% | 128.1% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 1,144,664 | 279,679 | 24.4% | 176.8% |
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| County |
| Adair | 17,473 | 3,727 | 21.3% | 154.4% |
| Bath | 11,286 | 3,342 | 29.6% | 214.3% |
| Bell | 27,547 | 8,093 | 29.4% | 212.6% |
| Boyd | 46,775 | 8,454 | 18.1% | 130.8% |
| Breathitt | 14,012 | 4,649 | 33.2% | 240.1% |
| Carter | 26,616 | 5,495 | 20.6% | 149.4% |
| Casey | 15,577 | 4,400 | 28.2% | 204.4% |
| Clark | 34,974 | 5,607 | 16.0% | 116.0% |
| Clay | 20,951 | 7,208 | 34.4% | 249.0% |
| Clinton | 10,132 | 2,947 | 29.1% | 210.5% |
| Cumberland | 6,865 | 1,827 | 26.6% | 192.6% |
| Edmonson | 11,841 | 2,231 | 18.8% | 136.4% |
| Elliott | 6,460 | 2,360 | 36.5% | 264.4% |
| Estill | 14,577 | 3,659 | 25.1% | 181.7% |
| Fleming | 14,186 | 2,847 | 20.1% | 145.3% |
| Floyd | 38,544 | 10,826 | 28.1% | 203.3% |
| Garrard | 16,685 | 2,912 | 17.5% | 126.3% |
| Green | 11,212 | 2,020 | 18.0% | 130.4% |
| Greenup | 36,397 | 5,443 | 15.0% | 108.2% |
| Harlan | 29,369 | 9,017 | 30.7% | 222.2% |
| Hart | 17,684 | 4,155 | 23.5% | 170.1% |
| Jackson | 13,428 | 4,438 | 33.1% | 239.2% |
| Johnson | 22,877 | 5,051 | 22.1% | 159.8% |
| Knott | 15,911 | 3,834 | 24.1% | 174.4% |
| Knox | 30,791 | 11,226 | 36.5% | 263.9% |
| Laurel | 57,164 | 11,476 | 20.1% | 145.3% |
| Lawrence | 15,606 | 3,812 | 24.4% | 176.8% |
| Lee | 6,860 | 2,171 | 31.6% | 229.0% |
| Leslie | 11,395 | 2,804 | 24.6% | 178.1% |
| Letcher | 24,208 | 6,494 | 26.8% | 194.2% |
| Lewis | 13,764 | 3,790 | 27.5% | 199.3% |
| Lincoln | 24,522 | 5,360 | 21.9% | 158.2% |
| Madison | 74,897 | 14,122 | 18.9% | 136.5% |
| Magoffin | 13,137 | 3,917 | 29.8% | 215.8% |
| Martin | 12,810 | 4,231 | 33.0% | 239.0% |
| McCreary | 16,941 | 5,971 | 35.2% | 255.1% |
| Menifee | 6,341 | 1,296 | 20.4% | 147.9% |
| Metcalfe | 9,842 | 1,844 | 18.7% | 135.6% |
| Monroe | 10,911 | 2,955 | 27.1% | 196.0% |
| Montgomery | 25,565 | 5,385 | 21.1% | 152.5% |
| Morgan | 11,889 | 2,804 | 23.6% | 170.7% |
| Nicholas | 6,967 | 1,275 | 18.3% | 132.5% |
| Owsley | 4,671 | 1,939 | 41.5% | 300.4% |
| Perry | 28,431 | 7,920 | 27.9% | 201.6% |
| Pike | 64,067 | 14,163 | 22.1% | 160.0% |
| Powell | 12,570 | 3,310 | 26.3% | 190.6% |
| Pulaski | 61,031 | 12,852 | 21.1% | 152.4% |
| Robertson | 2,278 | 572 | 25.1% | 181.7% |
| Rockcastle | 16,683 | 4,696 | 28.1% | 203.7% |
| Rowan | 20,581 | 6,125 | 29.8% | 215.4% |
| Russell | 17,356 | 4,206 | 24.2% | 175.4% |
| Wayne | 20,563 | 5,491 | 26.7% | 193.3% |
| Whitley | 34,248 | 9,893 | 28.9% | 209.1% |
| Wolfe | 7,196 | 3,037 | 42.2% | 305.5% |
