Poverty Rate in Whitley County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
26.3%
Rank #3,029/3,222 · #104 in KY
6th
Whitley 26.3%
KY 16.1% +64.0%
US 12.6% +109.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Whitley County's poverty rate of 26.3% 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 Whitley County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,026 | Norton city, VA | 26.3% |
| #3,027 | Lauderdale County, MS | 26.3% |
| #3,028 | Noxubee County, MS | 26.3% |
| #3,029 | Whitley County, KY | 26.3% |
| #3,030 | Stewart County, GA | 26.4% |
| #3,031 | Clay County, WV | 26.4% |
| #3,032 | Washington County, MS | 26.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Whitley County, Kentucky has a poverty rate of 26.3%, ranking #3,029 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 109.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #104 of 120. This places it in the 6th 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.