PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
Kentucky
Kentucky's senior poverty rate is 12.3%, and 28.9% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 120 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
12.3%
Senior poverty (65+)
28.9%
Seniors living alone
32.2%
Senior SNAP take-up
$46,646
Senior median income
Kentucky by county
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Kentucky at a glance
Seniors in poverty
91K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
12.3%
Ages 65+
Living alone
28.9%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
32.2%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$46,646
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.46
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 120 counties in Kentucky.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Lee 28.8%
- 2 Robertson 27.9%
- 3 Cumberland 27.3%
- 4 Elliott 26.0%
- 5 Jackson 25.7%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Owsley 38.7%
- 2 Cumberland 37.8%
- 3 Lewis 37.0%
- 4 Knox 36.1%
- 5 Grayson 35.1%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Jefferson 128K
- 2 Fayette 45K
- 3 Kenton 25K
- 4 Boone 20K
- 5 Warren 18K
Every county in Kentucky
All 120 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 14.4% | 32.7% | 33.3% | $38,784 | 3,641 | 0.59 |
| Allen | 8.4% | 23.6% | 28.6% | $39,198 | 3,589 | 0.25 |
| Anderson | 10.5% | 29.1% | 16.1% | $47,435 | 3,864 | 0.42 |
| Ballard | 11.9% | 21.4% | 18.8% | $49,107 | 1,633 | 0.28 |
| Barren | 13.6% | 27.4% | 32.9% | $39,289 | 7,552 | 0.45 |
| Bath | 13.3% | 25.1% | 43.7% | $42,406 | 2,083 | 0.40 |
| Bell | 16.5% | 27.1% | 30.7% | $30,482 | 4,323 | 0.51 |
| Boone | 6.7% | 23.5% | 32.4% | $65,126 | 19,653 | 0.21 |
| Bourbon | 17.4% | 28.8% | 44.1% | $46,566 | 3,857 | 0.57 |
| Boyd | 14.1% | 27.0% | 35.2% | $46,242 | 9,341 | 0.46 |
| Boyle | 8.2% | 26.6% | 31.3% | $51,875 | 5,517 | 0.31 |
| Bracken | 12.3% | 24.9% | 34.0% | $41,490 | 1,469 | 0.37 |
| Breathitt | 15.6% | 31.4% | 33.2% | $34,630 | 2,411 | 0.59 |
| Breckinridge | 19.3% | 28.4% | 42.6% | $40,407 | 4,058 | 0.61 |
| Bullitt | 9.1% | 20.3% | 31.1% | $53,408 | 13,942 | 0.19 |
| Butler | 8.8% | 20.3% | 32.4% | $38,201 | 2,249 | 0.18 |
| Caldwell | 9.3% | 31.6% | 39.3% | $36,966 | 2,594 | 0.45 |
| Calloway | 14.4% | 31.2% | 27.7% | $42,205 | 6,207 | 0.56 |
| Campbell | 14.3% | 30.7% | 37.8% | $49,787 | 15,479 | 0.55 |
| Carlisle | 14.8% | 33.6% | 22.0% | $39,375 | 907 | 0.62 |
| Carroll | 21.0% | 30.1% | 40.9% | $34,856 | 1,680 | 0.68 |
| Carter | 12.0% | 30.0% | 43.4% | $37,091 | 5,185 | 0.48 |
| Casey | 19.6% | 25.2% | 40.2% | $37,797 | 3,136 | 0.54 |
| Christian | 17.7% | 27.2% | 26.5% | $41,141 | 8,720 | 0.54 |
| Clark | 11.4% | 28.0% | 34.1% | $52,328 | 6,602 | 0.42 |
| Clay | 14.8% | 25.8% | 37.4% | $33,060 | 3,041 | 0.45 |
| Clinton | 17.5% | 28.6% | 38.4% | $33,417 | 1,815 | 0.57 |
| Crittenden | 7.2% | 34.2% | 26.1% | $36,719 | 1,810 | 0.46 |
| Cumberland | 27.3% | 37.8% | 52.7% | $32,500 | 1,263 | 0.95 |
| Daviess | 12.4% | 31.3% | 25.6% | $49,455 | 17,308 | 0.52 |
| Edmonson | 15.7% | 25.2% | 50.5% | $38,850 | 2,559 | 0.45 |
| Elliott | 26.0% | 14.1% | 48.4% | $27,192 | 1,514 | 0.50 |
| Estill | 19.1% | 28.3% | 36.3% | $37,237 | 2,658 | 0.60 |
| Fayette | 7.7% | 33.0% | 26.6% | $60,904 | 44,758 | 0.45 |
| Fleming | 13.0% | 31.3% | 31.9% | $41,695 | 2,775 | 0.53 |
| Floyd | 14.9% | 27.9% | 34.4% | $34,350 | 6,709 | 0.50 |
| Franklin | 7.2% | 33.6% | 24.8% | $59,789 | 9,346 | 0.45 |
| Fulton | 14.6% | 31.6% | 33.1% | $36,462 | 1,298 | 0.57 |
| Gallatin | 13.5% | 28.2% | 38.6% | $42,801 | 1,314 | 0.47 |
| Garrard | 15.4% | 21.5% | 31.4% | $40,104 | 3,098 | 0.36 |
| Grant | 11.7% | 22.5% | 33.0% | $48,217 | 3,449 | 0.30 |
| Graves | 14.9% | 30.7% | 28.3% | $36,388 | 6,514 | 0.56 |
| Grayson | 18.0% | 35.1% | 38.5% | $32,825 | 4,636 | 0.73 |
| Green | 17.7% | 20.0% | 26.3% | $32,288 | 2,385 | 0.38 |
| Greenup | 11.1% | 31.7% | 43.0% | $43,645 | 7,470 | 0.50 |
| Hancock | 10.6% | 17.4% | 22.8% | $48,021 | 1,551 | 0.17 |
| Hardin | 10.4% | 30.6% | 33.9% | $47,974 | 16,100 | 0.45 |
| Harlan | 14.9% | 26.6% | 30.7% | $34,286 | 4,826 | 0.47 |
| Harrison | 13.7% | 32.8% | 35.9% | $44,375 | 3,399 | 0.58 |
| Hart | 21.8% | 28.1% | 44.0% | $30,237 | 3,252 | 0.66 |
| Henderson | 10.1% | 31.7% | 19.4% | $48,738 | 8,136 | 0.47 |
| Henry | 10.8% | 25.1% | 29.1% | $54,074 | 2,756 | 0.34 |
| Hickman | 12.8% | 18.7% | 35.3% | $49,063 | 1,048 | 0.24 |
| Hopkins | 11.4% | 26.7% | 25.6% | $44,712 | 8,102 | 0.39 |
| Jackson | 25.7% | 27.2% | 41.6% | $24,194 | 2,301 | 0.71 |
| Jefferson | 10.0% | 33.4% | 32.0% | $53,025 | 127,712 | 0.51 |
| Jessamine | 8.1% | 23.8% | 38.6% | $58,880 | 8,342 | 0.25 |
| Johnson | 15.2% | 23.7% | 25.3% | $37,198 | 4,118 | 0.41 |
| Kenton | 11.5% | 27.0% | 32.9% | $53,409 | 25,413 | 0.40 |
| Knott | 16.4% | 29.1% | 23.6% | $30,050 | 2,728 | 0.56 |
| Knox | 23.8% | 36.1% | 32.5% | $30,273 | 4,911 | 0.88 |
| Larue | 8.8% | 28.8% | 26.9% | $44,425 | 2,568 | 0.38 |
| Laurel | 14.4% | 25.9% | 31.9% | $40,463 | 10,239 | 0.44 |
| Lawrence | 12.6% | 26.3% | 34.5% | $39,471 | 3,123 | 0.41 |
| Lee | 28.8% | 28.9% | 45.9% | $23,359 | 1,328 | 0.75 |
| Leslie | 15.9% | 35.0% | 40.4% | $31,385 | 1,859 | 0.68 |
| Letcher | 15.7% | 28.3% | 33.0% | $35,969 | 4,234 | 0.52 |
| Lewis | 16.4% | 37.0% | 34.9% | $40,188 | 2,443 | 0.74 |
| Lincoln | 13.1% | 32.5% | 38.3% | $33,731 | 4,524 | 0.56 |
| Livingston | 16.6% | 25.3% | 16.1% | $43,964 | 1,916 | 0.47 |
| Logan | 11.0% | 28.0% | 41.0% | $42,512 | 5,066 | 0.41 |
| Lyon | 8.7% | 33.0% | 48.5% | $48,724 | 2,092 | 0.47 |
| Madison | 9.0% | 27.2% | 21.7% | $52,169 | 13,390 | 0.34 |
| Magoffin | 23.1% | 30.1% | 45.4% | $26,311 | 2,028 | 0.73 |
| Marion | 17.2% | 34.0% | 32.3% | $38,164 | 3,163 | 0.69 |
| Marshall | 9.7% | 24.5% | 34.6% | $50,583 | 6,782 | 0.30 |
| Martin | 18.9% | 21.9% | 37.4% | $31,367 | 1,860 | 0.45 |
| Mason | 15.1% | 28.7% | 35.6% | $49,109 | 3,175 | 0.52 |
| McCracken | 9.4% | 30.2% | 31.4% | $45,338 | 13,217 | 0.42 |
| McCreary | 24.6% | 26.3% | 36.7% | $38,179 | 2,639 | 0.68 |
| McLean | 8.5% | 22.1% | 42.5% | $47,935 | 1,744 | 0.22 |
| Meade | 12.3% | 23.6% | 27.7% | $52,432 | 4,489 | 0.34 |
| Menifee | 14.5% | 26.9% | 30.5% | $35,197 | 1,314 | 0.46 |
| Mercer | 16.2% | 33.0% | 20.5% | $41,575 | 4,240 | 0.64 |
| Metcalfe | 8.7% | 24.7% | 27.6% | $42,237 | 1,898 | 0.28 |
| Monroe | 16.5% | 33.7% | 28.9% | $31,117 | 2,009 | 0.66 |
| Montgomery | 17.4% | 26.5% | 31.3% | $43,336 | 4,671 | 0.52 |
| Morgan | 17.4% | 27.4% | 32.6% | $38,005 | 2,349 | 0.54 |
| Muhlenberg | 14.1% | 26.5% | 33.8% | $38,615 | 5,946 | 0.45 |
| Nelson | 8.5% | 26.4% | 21.4% | $47,624 | 7,786 | 0.32 |
| Nicholas | 23.6% | 22.1% | 39.0% | $36,367 | 1,209 | 0.56 |
| Ohio | 10.4% | 26.2% | 28.1% | $43,421 | 4,108 | 0.35 |
| Oldham | 6.1% | 15.3% | 32.1% | $74,668 | 9,141 | 0.07 |
| Owen | 21.2% | 30.2% | 46.7% | $29,473 | 2,146 | 0.69 |
| Owsley | 24.7% | 38.7% | 63.0% | $22,582 | 787 | 0.96 |
| Pendleton | 13.9% | 22.8% | 41.3% | $45,750 | 2,446 | 0.36 |
| Perry | 12.7% | 27.0% | 30.7% | $34,781 | 4,666 | 0.43 |
| Pike | 19.1% | 26.4% | 34.3% | $32,881 | 10,983 | 0.56 |
| Powell | 18.4% | 33.6% | 43.9% | $28,750 | 1,984 | 0.70 |
| Pulaski | 20.3% | 28.2% | 40.9% | $35,775 | 12,213 | 0.62 |
| Robertson | 27.9% | 25.0% | 27.1% | $35,987 | 369 | 0.66 |
| Rockcastle | 24.1% | 28.7% | 49.5% | $29,288 | 2,943 | 0.72 |
| Rowan | 23.5% | 29.3% | 44.0% | $35,116 | 3,394 | 0.72 |
| Russell | 21.3% | 29.3% | 37.4% | $35,804 | 3,628 | 0.67 |
| Scott | 8.8% | 27.1% | 25.6% | $59,415 | 7,427 | 0.34 |
| Shelby | 9.6% | 23.7% | 33.5% | $51,120 | 7,927 | 0.28 |
| Simpson | 13.5% | 23.3% | 25.1% | $48,328 | 3,120 | 0.36 |
| Spencer | 3.9% | 13.3% | 30.5% | $63,365 | 2,885 | 0.02 |
| Taylor | 13.6% | 30.7% | 27.2% | $46,882 | 4,533 | 0.53 |
| Todd | 16.8% | 34.2% | 32.6% | $42,177 | 2,036 | 0.68 |
| Trigg | 8.3% | 28.1% | 37.3% | $50,745 | 3,163 | 0.35 |
| Trimble | 15.4% | 29.5% | 58.1% | $29,306 | 1,516 | 0.54 |
| Union | 10.4% | 25.4% | 28.7% | $45,565 | 2,573 | 0.34 |
| Warren | 8.0% | 28.6% | 21.1% | $55,757 | 17,664 | 0.36 |
| Washington | 14.9% | 27.5% | 26.6% | $38,162 | 2,215 | 0.49 |
| Wayne | 16.1% | 33.4% | 32.8% | $32,549 | 4,076 | 0.65 |
| Webster | 17.1% | 28.4% | 49.1% | $37,917 | 2,212 | 0.56 |
| Whitley | 24.7% | 28.1% | 32.6% | $29,622 | 5,556 | 0.72 |
| Wolfe | 18.0% | 34.4% | 26.6% | $31,528 | 1,168 | 0.71 |
| Woodford | 7.3% | 25.1% | 30.9% | $64,194 | 5,346 | 0.26 |
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