| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2013–2017 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2013–2017 | Poverty Rate, 2013–2017 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013–2017 |
|
| United States | 313,048,563 | 45,650,345 | 14.6% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,713,230 | 4,017,654 | 16.3% | 111.5% |
| Kentucky | 4,287,887 | 783,586 | 18.3% | 125.3% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 1,132,081 | 289,292 | 25.6% | 175.2% |
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| County |
| Adair | 17,963 | 3,860 | 21.5% | 147.4% |
| Bath | 12,050 | 2,888 | 24.0% | 164.4% |
| Bell | 26,524 | 10,084 | 38.0% | 260.7% |
| Boyd | 46,336 | 8,941 | 19.3% | 132.3% |
| Breathitt | 12,999 | 4,678 | 36.0% | 246.8% |
| Carter | 26,567 | 5,711 | 21.5% | 147.4% |
| Casey | 15,415 | 4,101 | 26.6% | 182.4% |
| Clark | 35,150 | 5,266 | 15.0% | 102.7% |
| Clay | 19,250 | 7,606 | 39.5% | 271.0% |
| Clinton | 10,055 | 2,016 | 20.0% | 137.5% |
| Cumberland | 6,629 | 1,375 | 20.7% | 142.2% |
| Edmonson | 11,935 | 2,387 | 20.0% | 137.2% |
| Elliott | 6,234 | 2,144 | 34.4% | 235.8% |
| Estill | 14,249 | 4,329 | 30.4% | 208.3% |
| Fleming | 14,452 | 2,821 | 19.5% | 133.9% |
| Floyd | 36,823 | 11,304 | 30.7% | 210.5% |
| Garrard | 17,083 | 3,105 | 18.2% | 124.6% |
| Green | 10,903 | 2,068 | 19.0% | 130.1% |
| Greenup | 35,469 | 5,846 | 16.5% | 113.0% |
| Harlan | 26,865 | 9,565 | 35.6% | 244.2% |
| Hart | 18,228 | 4,211 | 23.1% | 158.4% |
| Jackson | 13,247 | 4,366 | 33.0% | 226.0% |
| Johnson | 22,537 | 5,439 | 24.1% | 165.5% |
| Knott | 14,962 | 4,874 | 32.6% | 223.4% |
| Knox | 30,488 | 10,583 | 34.7% | 238.0% |
| Laurel | 58,934 | 14,479 | 24.6% | 168.5% |
| Lawrence | 15,689 | 3,839 | 24.5% | 167.8% |
| Lee | 6,087 | 1,988 | 32.7% | 224.0% |
| Leslie | 10,345 | 3,572 | 34.5% | 236.8% |
| Letcher | 22,739 | 6,946 | 30.5% | 209.5% |
| Lewis | 13,361 | 3,487 | 26.1% | 179.0% |
| Lincoln | 23,914 | 5,699 | 23.8% | 163.4% |
| Madison | 81,902 | 15,983 | 19.5% | 133.8% |
| Magoffin | 12,599 | 3,603 | 28.6% | 196.1% |
| Martin | 10,690 | 3,190 | 29.8% | 204.6% |
| McCreary | 16,185 | 6,628 | 41.0% | 280.8% |
| Menifee | 6,265 | 1,258 | 20.1% | 137.7% |
| Metcalfe | 9,869 | 2,275 | 23.1% | 158.1% |
| Monroe | 10,508 | 2,469 | 23.5% | 161.1% |
| Montgomery | 27,158 | 6,238 | 23.0% | 157.5% |
| Morgan | 11,539 | 2,951 | 25.6% | 175.4% |
| Nicholas | 6,915 | 1,919 | 27.8% | 190.3% |
| Owsley | 4,400 | 1,451 | 33.0% | 226.1% |
| Perry | 26,438 | 6,918 | 26.2% | 179.4% |
| Pike | 60,489 | 15,957 | 26.4% | 180.9% |
| Powell | 11,919 | 2,875 | 24.1% | 165.4% |
| Pulaski | 62,864 | 15,873 | 25.2% | 173.2% |
| Robertson | 2,099 | 638 | 30.4% | 208.4% |
| Rockcastle | 16,487 | 3,464 | 21.0% | 144.1% |
| Rowan | 21,274 | 5,686 | 26.7% | 183.3% |
| Russell | 17,476 | 4,419 | 25.3% | 173.4% |
| Wayne | 20,365 | 4,724 | 23.2% | 159.1% |
| Whitley | 34,039 | 8,569 | 25.2% | 172.6% |
| Wolfe | 7,119 | 2,626 | 36.9% | 253.0% |
