In 2023, about 16.4 percent of Kentucky's population lived below the poverty line. This accounts for persons or families whose collective income in the preceding 12 months was below the national poverty level of the United States.
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Kentucky Poverty Rate Statistics for 2023. Analyze over 60 metrics of the Kentucky poverty database including by age, education, race, gender, work experience and more. In Kentucky, an estimated 722,865 of 4,389,492 people live in poverty, which is 16.5%. Compared to the national average of 12.6%, the poverty rate in Kentucky is 30.95% higher.
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In 2023, about 16.4 percent of Kentucky's population lived below the poverty line. This accounts for persons or families whose collective income in the preceding 12 months was below the national poverty level of the United States.