Poverty Rate in Webster County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.5%
Rank #1,648/3,222 · #24 in KY
49th
Webster 13.5%
KY 16.1% -15.8%
US 12.6% +7.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Webster County's poverty rate of 13.5% 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 Webster County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,645 | Maries County, MO | 13.5% |
| #1,646 | Gaston County, NC | 13.5% |
| #1,647 | Greene County, PA | 13.5% |
| #1,648 | Webster County, KY | 13.5% |
| #1,649 | Mineral County, MT | 13.5% |
| #1,650 | Cooke County, TX | 13.5% |
| #1,651 | Niagara County, NY | 13.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Webster County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 13.5%, ranking #1,648 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #24 of 120. This places it in the 49th 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.