Poverty Rate in Boyd County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.9%
Rank #2,287/3,222 · #49 in KY
29th
Boyd 16.9%
KY 16.1% +5.5%
US 12.6% +34.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Boyd County's poverty rate of 16.9% 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 Boyd County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,284 | Jefferson County, GA | 16.9% |
| #2,285 | Etowah County, AL | 16.9% |
| #2,286 | Perry County, IL | 16.9% |
| #2,287 | Boyd County, KY | 16.9% |
| #2,288 | Carroll County, TN | 17.0% |
| #2,289 | Jasper County, MO | 17.0% |
| #2,290 | Lake County, CA | 17.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Boyd County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 16.9%, ranking #2,287 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 34.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #49 of 120. This places it in the 29th 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.