Poverty Rate in Calloway County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.2%
Rank #2,331/3,222 · #55 in KY
28th
Calloway 17.2%
KY 16.1% +7.1%
US 12.6% +36.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Calloway County's poverty rate of 17.2% 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 Calloway County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,328 | Carroll County, AR | 17.2% |
| #2,329 | Clay County, AR | 17.2% |
| #2,330 | Richland County, SC | 17.2% |
| #2,331 | Calloway County, KY | 17.2% |
| #2,332 | McDonough County, IL | 17.2% |
| #2,333 | Glades County, FL | 17.2% |
| #2,334 | Oscoda County, MI | 17.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Calloway County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 17.2%, ranking #2,331 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 36.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #55 of 120. This places it in the 28th 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.