Poverty Rate in Washington County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.7%
Rank #1,460/3,222 · #20 in KY
55th
Washington 12.7%
KY 16.1% -20.6%
US 12.6% +1.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Washington County's poverty rate of 12.7% 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 Washington County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,457 | Catawba County, NC | 12.7% |
| #1,458 | Orleans County, NY | 12.7% |
| #1,459 | Williams County, OH | 12.7% |
| #1,460 | Washington County, KY | 12.7% |
| #1,461 | Hitchcock County, NE | 12.8% |
| #1,462 | Greene County, IN | 12.8% |
| #1,463 | Schuylkill County, PA | 12.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Washington County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 12.7%, ranking #1,460 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #20 of 120. This places it in the 55th 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.