| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2010–2014 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2010–2014 | Poverty Rate, 2010–2014 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010–2014 |
|
| United States | 306,226,394 | 47,755,606 | 15.6% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,592,742 | 4,225,983 | 17.2% | 110.2% |
| Kentucky | 4,248,233 | 803,866 | 18.9% | 121.3% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 1,142,273 | 290,386 | 25.4% | 163.0% |
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| County |
| Adair | 17,824 | 3,531 | 19.8% | 127.0% |
| Bath | 11,687 | 3,121 | 26.7% | 171.2% |
| Bell | 27,161 | 8,886 | 32.7% | 209.8% |
| Boyd | 46,848 | 9,246 | 19.7% | 126.6% |
| Breathitt | 13,311 | 4,199 | 31.5% | 202.3% |
| Carter | 26,588 | 4,962 | 18.7% | 119.7% |
| Casey | 15,638 | 4,506 | 28.8% | 184.8% |
| Clark | 34,973 | 5,433 | 15.5% | 99.6% |
| Clay | 19,522 | 6,965 | 35.7% | 228.8% |
| Clinton | 10,029 | 2,430 | 24.2% | 155.4% |
| Cumberland | 6,726 | 1,749 | 26.0% | 166.7% |
| Edmonson | 12,011 | 2,021 | 16.8% | 107.9% |
| Elliott | 6,710 | 1,983 | 29.6% | 189.5% |
| Estill | 14,411 | 4,203 | 29.2% | 187.0% |
| Fleming | 14,432 | 2,830 | 19.6% | 125.7% |
| Floyd | 38,385 | 11,342 | 29.5% | 189.5% |
| Garrard | 16,747 | 3,462 | 20.7% | 132.6% |
| Green | 11,028 | 2,323 | 21.1% | 135.1% |
| Greenup | 36,052 | 6,482 | 18.0% | 115.3% |
| Harlan | 28,168 | 9,035 | 32.1% | 205.7% |
| Hart | 18,122 | 4,687 | 25.9% | 165.8% |
| Jackson | 13,257 | 4,198 | 31.7% | 203.1% |
| Johnson | 22,795 | 5,774 | 25.3% | 162.4% |
| Knott | 15,446 | 4,097 | 26.5% | 170.1% |
| Knox | 31,078 | 10,495 | 33.8% | 216.5% |
| Laurel | 58,651 | 13,674 | 23.3% | 149.5% |
| Lawrence | 15,687 | 3,692 | 23.5% | 150.9% |
| Lee | 6,803 | 2,274 | 33.4% | 214.3% |
| Leslie | 10,879 | 2,600 | 23.9% | 153.3% |
| Letcher | 23,549 | 5,760 | 24.5% | 156.8% |
| Lewis | 13,533 | 4,471 | 33.0% | 211.9% |
| Lincoln | 24,266 | 6,057 | 25.0% | 160.1% |
| Madison | 79,314 | 17,189 | 21.7% | 139.0% |
| Magoffin | 12,922 | 3,466 | 26.8% | 172.0% |
| Martin | 11,221 | 3,802 | 33.9% | 217.3% |
| McCreary | 16,456 | 6,197 | 37.7% | 241.5% |
| Menifee | 6,158 | 1,775 | 28.8% | 184.8% |
| Metcalfe | 9,893 | 2,142 | 21.7% | 138.8% |
| Monroe | 10,678 | 2,759 | 25.8% | 165.7% |
| Montgomery | 26,593 | 6,695 | 25.2% | 161.4% |
| Morgan | 11,769 | 3,496 | 29.7% | 190.5% |
| Nicholas | 6,900 | 1,112 | 16.1% | 103.3% |
| Owsley | 4,586 | 1,797 | 39.2% | 251.3% |
| Perry | 27,436 | 7,306 | 26.6% | 170.8% |
| Pike | 63,121 | 15,238 | 24.1% | 154.8% |
| Powell | 12,205 | 3,362 | 27.5% | 176.6% |
| Pulaski | 62,469 | 16,223 | 26.0% | 166.5% |
| Robertson | 2,189 | 582 | 26.6% | 170.5% |
| Rockcastle | 16,610 | 4,155 | 25.0% | 160.4% |
| Rowan | 20,644 | 5,365 | 26.0% | 166.6% |
| Russell | 17,396 | 4,697 | 27.0% | 173.1% |
| Wayne | 20,356 | 5,192 | 25.5% | 163.6% |
| Whitley | 33,913 | 8,188 | 24.1% | 154.8% |
| Wolfe | 7,127 | 3,160 | 44.3% | 284.3% |
