The risk of living in poverty changes over the life course. Poverty rates are highest for children and for the elderly when compared to those who are working age. For children, part of the reason is because the risk of poverty is tied to the income of their parents. And, most often, we tend to have children when we are young adults. This is also the time when we are more likely to earn less that we will later in our working years.

This issue of "Kentucky: By the Numbers" provides data on poverty by age groups and is one in a series of several profiles produced by "Kentucky: By the Numbers" examining different aspects of poverty at the county level in Kentucky.

County Data Sheets

To find your county, click on the file that contains your county name. All counties are listed alphabetically.

To print your county, scroll down to it and print the current page(s) only. To print the entire series, print all pages in each file.

PDF Files:

~ ~ Each Data Sheet is 2 Pages Long ~ ~

EACH OF THE FILES CONTAINS 15 COUNTIES.

Adair County through Breckinridge County

Bullitt County through Cumberland County

Daviess County through Green County

Greenup County through Kenton County

Knott County through McCreary County

McLean County through Muhlenberg County

Nelson County through Russell County

Scott County through Woodford County

Data Sources 

These data are from the U.S. Census Bureau and were downloaded from American FactFinder at the Census website http://factfinder2.census.gov

Data are also available from the Kentucky State Data Center at http://ksdc.louisville.edu/