Poverty Rate in Bell County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
28.8%
Rank #3,072/3,222 · #111 in KY
5th
Bell 28.8%
KY 16.1% +79.4%
US 12.6% +128.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Bell County's poverty rate of 28.8% 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 Bell County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,069 | Luna County, NM | 28.6% |
| #3,070 | Radford city, VA | 28.7% |
| #3,071 | Jefferson Davis County, MS | 28.7% |
| #3,072 | Bell County, KY | 28.8% |
| #3,073 | Lee County, VA | 28.8% |
| #3,074 | Sunflower County, MS | 28.9% |
| #3,075 | Gurabo Municipio, PR | 29.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Bell County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 28.8%, ranking #3,072 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 128.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #111 of 120. This places it in the 5th 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.