Poverty Rate in Leslie County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
30.3%
Rank #3,088/3,222 · #112 in KY
4th
Leslie 30.3%
KY 16.1% +88.5%
US 12.6% +140.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Leslie County's poverty rate of 30.3% 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 Leslie County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,085 | Marion County, SC | 30.0% |
| #3,086 | Randolph County, GA | 30.0% |
| #3,087 | Swisher County, TX | 30.1% |
| #3,088 | Leslie County, KY | 30.3% |
| #3,089 | Roosevelt County, MT | 30.4% |
| #3,090 | Apache County, AZ | 30.5% |
| #3,091 | Hancock County, GA | 30.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Leslie County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 30.3%, ranking #3,088 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 140.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #112 of 120. This places it in the 4th 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.