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SNAP Benefits in
Kentucky
Kentucky had an overall SNAP participation rate of 12.7% across 120 counties, with a coverage gap of 44.1% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
12.7%
SNAP participation
44.1%
Poverty coverage gap
228K
SNAP households
$62,417
Median income
Kentucky by county
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Kentucky at a glance
SNAP households
228K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
12.7%
All households
Poverty coverage
55.9%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
32.2%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
54.0%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
44.1%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 120 counties in Kentucky.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Oldham 82.8%
- 2 Calloway 76.4%
- 3 Campbell 75.8%
- 4 Boyle 72.6%
- 5 Mercer 71.5%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Perry 69.6%
- 2 McCreary 66.8%
- 3 Knott 66.5%
- 4 Bath 66.3%
- 5 Montgomery 66.2%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Wolfe 34.7%
- 2 McCreary 34.5%
- 3 Clay 33.4%
- 4 Breathitt 32.8%
- 5 Magoffin 32.5%
Every county in Kentucky
All 120 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 15.7% | 45.8% | 54.2% | 33.3% | 62.0% | 40.4% | $50,316 |
| Allen | 13.0% | 32.2% | 67.8% | 28.6% | 59.4% | 66.5% | $59,029 |
| Anderson | 8.0% | 41.9% | 58.1% | 16.1% | 83.0% | 44.3% | $71,747 |
| Ballard | 10.7% | 32.3% | 67.7% | 18.8% | 42.7% | 61.2% | $64,740 |
| Barren | 15.0% | 44.3% | 55.7% | 32.9% | 54.7% | 39.6% | $49,171 |
| Bath | 20.1% | 66.3% | 33.7% | 43.7% | 60.2% | 26.4% | $54,128 |
| Bell | 21.5% | 43.3% | 56.7% | 30.7% | 56.2% | 38.4% | $32,403 |
| Boone | 5.8% | 33.1% | 66.9% | 32.4% | 43.0% | 61.0% | $94,752 |
| Bourbon | 14.1% | 46.5% | 53.5% | 44.1% | 64.7% | 42.8% | $56,322 |
| Boyd | 16.3% | 55.4% | 44.6% | 35.2% | 57.7% | 38.8% | $60,659 |
| Boyle | 9.0% | 27.4% | 72.6% | 31.3% | 57.9% | 48.9% | $61,635 |
| Bracken | 16.4% | 43.9% | 56.1% | 34.0% | 50.8% | 52.9% | $59,521 |
| Breathitt | 32.8% | 64.3% | 35.7% | 33.2% | 63.3% | 43.9% | $41,101 |
| Breckinridge | 13.4% | 39.7% | 60.3% | 42.6% | 67.4% | 40.2% | $53,673 |
| Bullitt | 7.0% | 37.4% | 62.6% | 31.1% | 47.1% | 45.8% | $77,640 |
| Butler | 17.9% | 52.4% | 47.6% | 32.4% | 61.0% | 38.7% | $52,003 |
| Caldwell | 12.4% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 39.3% | 60.7% | 44.0% | $57,618 |
| Calloway | 10.7% | 23.6% | 76.4% | 27.7% | 60.2% | 58.1% | $51,854 |
| Campbell | 6.3% | 24.1% | 75.8% | 37.8% | 65.2% | 53.0% | $77,271 |
| Carlisle | 13.1% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 22.0% | 48.6% | 43.7% | $62,019 |
| Carroll | 12.4% | 34.4% | 65.6% | 40.9% | 50.4% | 50.2% | $57,753 |
| Carter | 18.9% | 56.0% | 44.0% | 43.4% | 60.4% | 37.3% | $50,389 |
| Casey | 15.7% | 37.6% | 62.4% | 40.2% | 58.9% | 36.1% | $41,689 |
| Christian | 12.8% | 33.1% | 66.8% | 26.5% | 50.1% | 52.3% | $54,190 |
| Clark | 12.0% | 45.3% | 54.7% | 34.1% | 60.0% | 53.3% | $67,824 |
| Clay | 33.4% | 65.8% | 34.2% | 37.4% | 61.6% | 36.3% | $39,607 |
| Clinton | 21.3% | 63.7% | 36.3% | 38.4% | 55.0% | 38.0% | $42,168 |
| Crittenden | 13.9% | 40.7% | 59.3% | 26.1% | 76.1% | 51.6% | $47,003 |
| Cumberland | 27.7% | 47.8% | 52.2% | 52.7% | 58.9% | 36.9% | $39,662 |
| Daviess | 11.6% | 38.9% | 61.1% | 25.6% | 44.4% | 46.7% | $65,323 |
| Edmonson | 12.9% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 50.5% | 58.2% | 46.8% | $54,512 |
| Elliott | 23.3% | 59.7% | 40.3% | 48.4% | 65.7% | 35.5% | $40,074 |
| Estill | 26.8% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 36.3% | 56.7% | 48.3% | $43,905 |
| Fayette | 8.5% | 30.1% | 69.9% | 26.6% | 44.8% | 46.2% | $67,631 |
| Fleming | 19.3% | 58.9% | 41.1% | 31.9% | 58.4% | 27.2% | $49,663 |
| Floyd | 22.7% | 57.4% | 42.6% | 34.4% | 57.8% | 34.6% | $41,582 |
| Franklin | 12.0% | 50.5% | 49.5% | 24.8% | 41.8% | 47.7% | $66,470 |
| Fulton | 23.9% | 52.1% | 47.9% | 33.1% | 59.7% | 39.4% | $36,834 |
| Gallatin | 11.7% | 35.6% | 64.3% | 38.6% | 41.2% | 58.3% | $62,247 |
| Garrard | 14.6% | 52.9% | 47.1% | 31.4% | 63.0% | 46.0% | $62,572 |
| Grant | 13.4% | 37.1% | 62.8% | 33.0% | 58.1% | 57.2% | $67,940 |
| Graves | 14.5% | 43.3% | 56.7% | 28.3% | 55.2% | 37.3% | $50,576 |
| Grayson | 11.1% | 32.6% | 67.4% | 38.5% | 58.5% | 42.7% | $49,893 |
| Green | 19.2% | 45.4% | 54.6% | 26.3% | 62.9% | 42.9% | $41,087 |
| Greenup | 13.5% | 42.6% | 57.4% | 43.0% | 53.4% | 50.4% | $59,613 |
| Hancock | 14.4% | 41.4% | 58.6% | 22.8% | 54.4% | 46.2% | $66,836 |
| Hardin | 9.6% | 33.3% | 66.8% | 33.9% | 51.5% | 58.1% | $67,608 |
| Harlan | 27.2% | 63.9% | 36.1% | 30.7% | 58.9% | 34.1% | $37,198 |
| Harrison | 16.0% | 52.1% | 47.9% | 35.9% | 56.3% | 41.9% | $63,205 |
| Hart | 16.6% | 45.7% | 54.3% | 44.0% | 61.1% | 38.9% | $49,653 |
| Henderson | 14.6% | 53.4% | 46.6% | 19.4% | 64.3% | 39.9% | $58,239 |
| Henry | 10.1% | 33.3% | 66.7% | 29.1% | 56.3% | 46.1% | $60,736 |
| Hickman | 13.7% | 39.8% | 60.2% | 35.3% | 42.4% | 39.3% | $63,750 |
| Hopkins | 13.2% | 45.3% | 54.7% | 25.6% | 63.5% | 38.0% | $57,610 |
| Jackson | 29.3% | 60.5% | 39.5% | 41.6% | 70.4% | 43.6% | $41,410 |
| Jefferson | 10.5% | 41.6% | 58.4% | 32.0% | 46.9% | 45.0% | $67,849 |
| Jessamine | 9.1% | 29.5% | 70.5% | 38.6% | 50.3% | 67.3% | $74,886 |
| Johnson | 23.7% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 25.3% | 58.6% | 39.3% | $43,014 |
| Kenton | 6.9% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 32.9% | 45.9% | 46.4% | $79,421 |
| Knott | 27.4% | 66.5% | 33.5% | 23.6% | 48.3% | 33.7% | $37,736 |
| Knox | 31.3% | 64.2% | 35.8% | 32.5% | 47.2% | 26.4% | $33,153 |
| Larue | 14.1% | 48.6% | 51.3% | 26.9% | 45.7% | 33.7% | $67,770 |
| Laurel | 17.0% | 45.4% | 54.6% | 31.9% | 47.6% | 39.8% | $56,999 |
| Lawrence | 23.9% | 47.1% | 52.9% | 34.5% | 54.8% | 52.8% | $45,584 |
| Lee | 30.1% | 61.6% | 38.4% | 45.9% | 63.6% | 29.4% | $34,182 |
| Leslie | 30.4% | 59.0% | 41.0% | 40.4% | 52.1% | 45.1% | $40,176 |
| Letcher | 26.7% | 63.4% | 36.6% | 33.0% | 76.9% | 38.5% | $40,501 |
| Lewis | 22.2% | 57.4% | 42.6% | 34.9% | 43.3% | 45.1% | $41,632 |
| Lincoln | 17.1% | 44.0% | 56.0% | 38.3% | 59.8% | 48.2% | $50,862 |
| Livingston | 12.8% | 39.9% | 60.1% | 16.1% | 67.2% | 48.4% | $59,713 |
| Logan | 12.4% | 46.7% | 53.3% | 41.0% | 64.5% | 41.9% | $61,535 |
| Lyon | 11.3% | 30.6% | 69.4% | 48.5% | 84.5% | 71.5% | $64,464 |
| Madison | 13.6% | 45.4% | 54.6% | 21.7% | 46.3% | 44.1% | $62,407 |
| Magoffin | 32.5% | 56.5% | 43.5% | 45.4% | 62.3% | 38.9% | $33,632 |
| Marion | 16.1% | 37.9% | 62.1% | 32.3% | 63.0% | 53.1% | $55,404 |
| Marshall | 8.7% | 33.1% | 66.9% | 34.6% | 71.4% | 48.1% | $63,611 |
| Martin | 25.3% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 37.4% | 63.7% | 40.4% | $46,185 |
| Mason | 19.4% | 53.4% | 46.6% | 35.6% | 51.1% | 42.5% | $51,473 |
| McCracken | 9.7% | 35.8% | 64.2% | 31.4% | 52.7% | 46.8% | $62,385 |
| McCreary | 34.5% | 66.8% | 33.2% | 36.7% | 60.5% | 26.3% | $37,355 |
| McLean | 9.6% | 41.1% | 58.9% | 42.5% | 59.5% | 42.5% | $70,549 |
| Meade | 12.0% | 46.0% | 54.0% | 27.7% | 62.7% | 44.9% | $70,163 |
| Menifee | 22.1% | 62.1% | 38.0% | 30.5% | 48.1% | 25.4% | $44,672 |
| Mercer | 9.7% | 28.5% | 71.5% | 20.5% | 33.9% | 60.4% | $63,115 |
| Metcalfe | 17.6% | 51.5% | 48.5% | 27.6% | 53.4% | 32.0% | $48,572 |
| Monroe | 16.6% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 28.9% | 59.1% | 41.8% | $49,430 |
| Montgomery | 17.4% | 66.2% | 33.8% | 31.3% | 60.2% | 34.0% | $57,468 |
| Morgan | 18.4% | 50.6% | 49.4% | 32.6% | 64.3% | 40.9% | $47,493 |
| Muhlenberg | 15.0% | 46.9% | 53.1% | 33.8% | 62.4% | 44.2% | $52,672 |
| Nelson | 10.1% | 40.3% | 59.8% | 21.4% | 55.9% | 58.4% | $67,888 |
| Nicholas | 15.3% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 39.0% | 59.6% | 28.7% | $53,616 |
| Ohio | 10.8% | 29.9% | 70.1% | 28.1% | 46.7% | 62.6% | $54,369 |
| Oldham | 2.7% | 17.2% | 82.8% | 32.1% | 51.9% | 70.0% | $121,491 |
| Owen | 10.9% | 42.1% | 57.9% | 46.7% | 60.0% | 36.9% | $59,706 |
| Owsley | 28.9% | 64.7% | 35.3% | 63.0% | 65.1% | 30.8% | $31,064 |
| Pendleton | 14.5% | 45.6% | 54.4% | 41.3% | 60.5% | 45.6% | $66,601 |
| Perry | 26.2% | 69.6% | 30.4% | 30.7% | 68.1% | 33.3% | $45,261 |
| Pike | 20.2% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 34.3% | 68.3% | 37.9% | $42,179 |
| Powell | 20.6% | 41.4% | 58.6% | 43.9% | 60.5% | 45.6% | $39,811 |
| Pulaski | 14.3% | 38.1% | 61.9% | 40.9% | 57.9% | 41.8% | $50,943 |
| Robertson | 23.8% | 37.9% | 62.1% | 27.1% | 48.4% | 63.3% | $52,337 |
| Rockcastle | 20.6% | 57.2% | 42.8% | 49.5% | 63.4% | 31.4% | $48,367 |
| Rowan | 18.6% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 44.0% | 39.8% | 40.4% | $53,657 |
| Russell | 16.6% | 41.6% | 58.4% | 37.4% | 53.9% | 43.3% | $50,520 |
| Scott | 8.0% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 25.6% | 47.7% | 45.7% | $83,660 |
| Shelby | 8.1% | 31.7% | 68.3% | 33.5% | 45.6% | 59.9% | $82,671 |
| Simpson | 11.0% | 32.0% | 68.0% | 25.1% | 48.0% | 47.5% | $57,392 |
| Spencer | 7.0% | 32.9% | 67.1% | 30.5% | 65.0% | 66.6% | $98,333 |
| Taylor | 13.9% | 42.3% | 57.7% | 27.2% | 73.9% | 50.9% | $61,871 |
| Todd | 12.5% | 42.8% | 57.2% | 32.6% | 55.9% | 32.6% | $57,759 |
| Trigg | 10.7% | 39.8% | 60.2% | 37.3% | 63.3% | 31.7% | $54,630 |
| Trimble | 11.4% | 37.8% | 62.2% | 58.1% | 54.8% | 62.1% | $67,813 |
| Union | 11.5% | 42.3% | 57.7% | 28.7% | 75.5% | 46.0% | $60,989 |
| Warren | 11.9% | 37.3% | 62.7% | 21.1% | 44.9% | 48.0% | $64,801 |
| Washington | 14.8% | 35.4% | 64.6% | 26.6% | 65.7% | 59.9% | $59,762 |
| Wayne | 17.5% | 41.5% | 58.5% | 32.8% | 49.8% | 41.0% | $41,933 |
| Webster | 11.4% | 35.2% | 64.8% | 49.1% | 77.1% | 51.1% | $58,786 |
| Whitley | 19.6% | 47.5% | 52.5% | 32.6% | 52.5% | 36.0% | $41,719 |
| Wolfe | 34.7% | 65.8% | 34.3% | 26.6% | 64.1% | 32.4% | $29,052 |
| Woodford | 7.2% | 37.3% | 62.7% | 30.9% | 36.7% | 50.8% | $80,006 |
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