Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky's economic numbers are a mixed bag in the 2024 American Community Survey released last week. (Getty Images) Poverty is ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child health, education, economic security and family ...

KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — A report released in July revealed that, in the 16 years since Kentucky’s minimum wage increased, it has been driven below the poverty line for a full-time worker. Currently, ...

Kentucky continues to have higher rates of children in poverty, teen pregnancies, and child and teen deaths than the national average, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book released Monday. The state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteers begin to unpack turkeys to give to meal recipients as part of God’s Pantry Food Bank Sharing Thanksgiving program in ...

KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Research by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy shows Kentucky’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is below the poverty line. The article from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB)-- Kentucky Youth Advocates escalated concerns for the state's childhood obesity rates during a news conference Thursday. The nonprofit released data from its 2025 Kids Count ...

Here’s how Kentucky’s 10 poorest counties compare, according to financial website SmartAsset. Getty Images The poorest county in Kentucky has a median income of $31,064, barely over half the ...

Poverty is down in Kentucky, new federal data shows, though the percent of Kentuckians living in poverty exceeds the national rate and the state is the nation’s 46th poorest. The American Community ...