Poverty Rate in Franklin County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.6%
Rank #1,665/3,222 · #25 in KY
48th
Franklin 13.6%
KY 16.1% -15.2%
US 12.6% +8.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Franklin County's poverty rate of 13.6% 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 Franklin County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,662 | Wharton County, TX | 13.6% |
| #1,663 | Beadle County, SD | 13.6% |
| #1,664 | LaPorte County, IN | 13.6% |
| #1,665 | Franklin County, KY | 13.6% |
| #1,666 | Henry County, IN | 13.6% |
| #1,667 | Oceana County, MI | 13.6% |
| #1,668 | Bollinger County, MO | 13.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Franklin County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 13.6%, ranking #1,665 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 8.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #25 of 120. This places it in the 48th 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.