Poverty Rate in Jackson County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
19.5%
Rank #2,618/3,222 · #70 in KY
19th
Jackson 19.5%
KY 16.1% +21.1%
US 12.6% +54.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Jackson 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 Jackson County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,615 | Crowley County, CO | 19.4% |
| #2,616 | Jasper County, MS | 19.4% |
| #2,617 | Harding County, NM | 19.4% |
| #2,618 | Jackson County, KY | 19.5% |
| #2,619 | Dillingham Census Area, AK | 19.5% |
| #2,620 | Morris County, TX | 19.5% |
| #2,621 | Jackson County, FL | 19.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Jackson County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 19.5%, ranking #2,618 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 54.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #70 of 120. This places it in the 19th 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.