Poverty Rate in Ballard County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.0%
Rank #1,950/3,222 · #33 in KY
39th
Ballard 15.0%
KY 16.1% -6.6%
US 12.6% +19.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Ballard County's poverty rate of 15.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Ballard County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,947 | Macon County, IL | 15.0% |
| #1,948 | Cottonwood County, MN | 15.0% |
| #1,949 | Sandusky County, OH | 15.0% |
| #1,950 | Ballard County, KY | 15.0% |
| #1,951 | Montgomery County, OH | 15.0% |
| #1,952 | Lamb County, TX | 15.0% |
| #1,953 | Logan County, KS | 15.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Ballard County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 15.0%, ranking #1,950 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #33 of 120. This places it in the 39th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.