Poverty Rate in Bracken County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19.5%
Rank #2,628/3,222 · #71 in KY
18th
Bracken 19.5%
KY 16.1% +21.5%
US 12.6% +54.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Bracken County's poverty rate of 19.5% 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 Bracken County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,625 | Frio County, TX | 19.5% |
| #2,626 | Warren County, MS | 19.5% |
| #2,627 | Franklin County, GA | 19.5% |
| #2,628 | Bracken County, KY | 19.5% |
| #2,629 | Imperial County, CA | 19.5% |
| #2,630 | Union County, FL | 19.5% |
| #2,631 | Adams County, WA | 19.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Bracken County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 19.5%, ranking #2,628 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 54.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #71 of 120. This places it in the 18th 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.