Poverty Rate in Hopkins County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.0%
Rank #2,671/3,222 · #74 in KY
17th
Hopkins 20.0%
KY 16.1% +24.4%
US 12.6% +58.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hopkins County's poverty rate of 20.0% 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 Hopkins County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,668 | Montgomery County, AL | 19.9% |
| #2,669 | Wayne County, TN | 20.0% |
| #2,670 | Barbour County, WV | 20.0% |
| #2,671 | Hopkins County, KY | 20.0% |
| #2,672 | Pickens County, AL | 20.0% |
| #2,673 | Escambia County, AL | 20.0% |
| #2,674 | Richmond County, GA | 20.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Hopkins County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 20.0%, ranking #2,671 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 58.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #74 of 120. This places it in the 17th 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.