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Outcomes

15.4% of people in Kentucky live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
18.9%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$64,481
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
12.9%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $156Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $233B

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for Kentucky.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
McCreary County$40,5096.0%36.4%
Breathitt County$41,8667.2%35.5%
Owsley County$34,8025.8%34.6%
Martin County$38,9507.9%33.8%
Clay County$39,0166.7%33.6%
Bell County$39,2096.5%31.8%
Leslie County$40,3635.8%31.2%
Knox County$40,0656.7%30.7%