Poverty Rate in Metcalfe County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
27.5%
Rank #3,049/3,222 · #109 in KY
5th
Metcalfe 27.5%
KY 16.1% +71.3%
US 12.6% +118.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Metcalfe County's poverty rate of 27.5% 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 Metcalfe County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,046 | Harlan County, KY | 27.4% |
| #3,047 | Wilkinson County, MS | 27.4% |
| #3,048 | Dorado Municipio, PR | 27.5% |
| #3,049 | Metcalfe County, KY | 27.5% |
| #3,050 | Amite County, MS | 27.6% |
| #3,051 | Dillon County, SC | 27.7% |
| #3,052 | Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR | 27.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Metcalfe County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 27.5%, ranking #3,049 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 118.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #109 of 120. This places it in the 5th 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.