Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 17, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for Kentucky was 16.27%. Among all Kentucky cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Somerset city had the highest poverty rate (30.57%), followed by Mayfield city (29.94%), and Glasgow city (27.29%). On the other hand, the following 3 cities and places had the lowest poverty rate: Francisville CDP (2.13%), Fort Thomas city (5.91%), and Jeffersontown city (6.46%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Kentucky cities and places with a population of 10K+ with high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kentucky cities and places with a population of 10K+.
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Related Topics: Kentucky ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Kentucky Cities and Places By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | City | Poverty Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Somerset city | 30.57 |
| 2 | Mayfield city | 29.94 |
| 3 | Glasgow city | 27.29 |
| 4 | Bowling Green city | 25.55 |
| 5 | Richmond city | 24.27 |
| 6 | Covington city | 23.90 |
| 7 | Newport city | 23.15 |
| 8 | Ashland city | 22.95 |
| 9 | Murray city | 22.82 |
| 10 | Paducah city | 22.70 |
| 11 | Madisonville city | 22.61 |
| 12 | Campbellsville city | 21.48 |
| 13 | Hopkinsville city | 20.39 |
| 14 | Owensboro city | 20.20 |
| 15 | Henderson city | 20.00 |
| 16 | Winchester city | 19.63 |
| 17 | Shepherdsville city | 18.74 |
| 18 | Shively city | 18.25 |
| 19 | Radcliff city | 18.16 |
| 20 | Berea city | 17.73 |
| 21 | Danville city | 17.64 |
| 22 | Frankfort city | 16.31 |
| 23 | Lexington-Fayette urban county | 15.71 |
| 24 | Paris city | 15.59 |
| 25 | Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) | 15.25 |
| 26 | Nicholasville city | 14.89 |
| 27 | Lawrenceburg city | 14.31 |
| 28 | Bardstown city | 12.70 |
| 29 | Georgetown city | 12.32 |
| 30 | Elizabethtown city | 11.97 |
| 31 | Erlanger city | 10.63 |
| 32 | Shelbyville city | 9.87 |
| 33 | Fort Campbell North CDP | 9.82 |
| 34 | Versailles city | 9.70 |
| 35 | Lyndon city | 8.06 |
| 36 | St. Matthews city | 7.99 |
| 37 | Independence city | 7.75 |
| 38 | Florence city | 7.72 |
| 39 | Burlington CDP | 7.28 |
| 40 | Mount Washington city | 7.23 |
| 41 | Alexandria city | 6.96 |
| 42 | Jeffersontown city | 6.46 |
| 43 | Fort Thomas city | 5.91 |
| 44 | Francisville CDP | 2.13 |