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Counties in Kentucky ranked

6.1%of income goes to home energy in Wolfe County, the highest of 120 Kentucky counties

Oldham County is lowest at 1.6%, a gap of 3.7 times. The median Kentucky county sits at 3.3%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Kentucky: DOE LEAD 2022.

Kentucky county map

Kentucky counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureGraves County: 3.6%Hickman County: 3.4%Cumberland County: 3.6%Clinton County: 3.5%Boyle County: 2.6%Johnson County: 4.1%Menifee County: 3.9%Montgomery County: 3.0%Robertson County: 3.2%Grant County: 3.0%Lyon County: 2.8%Rockcastle County: 3.9%Washington County: 2.8%Monroe County: 3.3%Henderson County: 2.9%Boyd County: 3.7%Todd County: 3.6%Lee County: 5.6%Lawrence County: 4.7%Franklin County: 2.3%Marion County: 3.4%Oldham County: 1.6%Metcalfe County: 3.7%Bell County: 4.3%Webster County: 4.1%Larue County: 3.2%Livingston County: 4.3%Logan County: 3.5%Mason County: 2.7%Morgan County: 3.3%Nicholas County: 3.5%Owsley County: 4.8%Powell County: 3.5%Simpson County: 3.1%McCreary County: 4.0%Union County: 3.6%Barren County: 3.3%Carroll County: 3.2%Breathitt County: 4.7%Breckinridge County: 3.1%Ballard County: 3.5%Clay County: 4.6%Carlisle County: 3.9%Caldwell County: 4.5%Daviess County: 2.7%Christian County: 3.1%Fleming County: 3.3%Jefferson County: 2.2%Gallatin County: 3.2%Ohio County: 3.8%Scott County: 2.2%Clark County: 2.8%Casey County: 3.4%Allen County: 3.2%McLean County: 3.2%Shelby County: 2.3%Mercer County: 3.0%Knox County: 3.8%Harlan County: 4.0%Whitley County: 3.4%McCracken County: 2.9%Green County: 3.3%Muhlenberg County: 3.1%Bracken County: 2.9%Adair County: 3.0%Letcher County: 5.0%Jackson County: 4.4%Jessamine County: 2.5%Fayette County: 2.0%Bullitt County: 2.4%Harrison County: 3.2%Hart County: 3.6%Butler County: 3.8%Greenup County: 3.6%Meade County: 2.4%Trimble County: 3.2%Taylor County: 2.4%Madison County: 2.2%Woodford County: 2.4%Perry County: 4.2%Anderson County: 2.6%Owen County: 3.4%Martin County: 4.7%Russell County: 2.8%Henry County: 3.2%Warren County: 2.3%Floyd County: 4.6%Estill County: 4.0%Edmonson County: 3.4%Crittenden County: 4.1%Garrard County: 2.6%Laurel County: 3.2%Hancock County: 3.5%Hardin County: 2.4%Wayne County: 3.4%Spencer County: 2.2%Campbell County: 2.1%Kenton County: 2.0%Lincoln County: 3.2%Nelson County: 2.4%Elliott County: 5.0%Leslie County: 5.3%Wolfe County: 6.1%Bourbon County: 2.9%Fulton County: 4.8%Bath County: 3.3%Rowan County: 2.7%Calloway County: 3.3%Pulaski County: 2.6%Hopkins County: 3.0%Grayson County: 3.6%Pike County: 4.9%Knott County: 4.8%Lewis County: 4.7%Magoffin County: 5.2%Trigg County: 3.7%Carter County: 4.3%Pendleton County: 3.5%Boone County: 1.7%Marshall County: 3.3%
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Kentucky counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Kentucky

Wolfe County leads Kentucky on burden at 6.1% of income and Lee County follows at 5.6%. For lower-income homes the top is Caldwell County: 18.9% of income, against 10.7% in the median Kentucky county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Kentucky counties

  • Wolfe County6.1
  • Lee County5.6
  • Leslie County5.3
  • Magoffin County5.2
  • Letcher County5.0
  • Elliott County5.0
  • Pike County4.9
  • Fulton County4.8
  • Owsley County4.8
  • Knott County4.8
  • Kentucky median county3.3
Kentucky counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in KentuckyShare of income (KY)Residents (KY)
Oldham County1.6%68,600
Boone County1.7%137,676
Fayette County2.0%321,122
Kenton County2.0%169,817
Campbell County2.1%93,193

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Kentucky

NOAA logged 131 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Fulton County from 2015 to 2025, 2,034 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Kentucky. FEMA scores Jefferson County highest at 98.3 (relatively high). In Kentucky these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Kentucky top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Kentuckyreports 2015-2025 (KY)Residents (KY)Rank (KY)
Fulton County2,0346,4401st
Ballard County1,9807,6782nd
Wolfe County1,4196,4843rd
Lyon County1,3598,8314th
Livingston County1,3538,9415th
Kentucky top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Kentuckyscore 0-100 (KY)Residents (KY)Rank (KY)
Jefferson County98.3777,3921st
Floyd County94.235,3422nd
Fayette County92.0321,1223rd
McCracken County89.767,5844th
Warren County88.5137,5495th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Kentucky

Floyd County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Kentucky: 34.7 from 2015 to 2025, against 2.3 in the median Kentucky county. Martin County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (5.0%, median county 0.4%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Kentucky top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Kentuckyclaims 2015-2025 (KY)Residents (KY)Rank (KY)
Floyd County34.735,3421st
Martin County24.511,1812nd
Pike County21.357,4663rd
Oldham County20.368,6004th
Breathitt County16.013,4385th
Kentucky top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Kentucky% of homes insured (KY)Residents (KY)Rank (KY)
Martin County5.0%11,1811st
Pike County3.5%57,4662nd
Floyd County3.4%35,3423rd
McLean County2.9%9,1274th
Harlan County2.4%26,1855th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Kentucky counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Kentucky median. Most extreme: Floyd County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 34.7 against a median of 2.3.

Kentucky outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueKentucky medianDeviations
Floyd CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes34.72.3+14.7
Martin CountyFlood insurance penetration5.0%0.4%+10.2
Martin CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes24.52.3+10.1
Pike CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes21.32.3+8.6
Oldham CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes20.32.3+8.2
Fulton CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents2,034385+7.7
Ballard CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents1,980385+7.5
Pike CountyFlood insurance penetration3.5%0.4%+6.9
Floyd CountyFlood insurance penetration3.4%0.4%+6.6
Breathitt CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes16.02.3+6.2

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Kentucky

Fulton County has the oldest stock: 69% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Russell County at 88% of homes, and Madison County lists 6 utilities, the most in Kentucky.

Kentucky top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Kentucky% of homes (KY)Residents (KY)Rank (KY)
Fulton County69%6,4401st
Boyd County68%48,0432nd
Nicholas County63%7,6553rd
Jefferson County63%777,3924th
Crittenden County61%8,9725th
Kentucky top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Kentucky% of homes (KY)Residents (KY)Rank (KY)
Russell County88%18,1171st
Harlan County85%26,1852nd
Edmonson County83%12,2433rd
Wayne County83%19,5924th
Pulaski County82%65,5035th

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All 120 Kentucky counties, sortable

120 Kentucky counties, all measures
Adair County19,0163.0%9.1%40039.445%76%5no data0.1%76
Allen County21,0293.2%9.9%34233.342%76%11.10.2%72
Anderson County24,0982.6%8.6%24926.335%69%41.30.4%60
Ballard County7,6783.5%12.3%1,98039.649%45%21.10.4%152
Barren County44,6703.3%9.2%19967.945%55%50.20.1%89
Bath County12,8123.3%9.4%1,01513.742%61%35.00.7%130
Bell County23,8784.3%10.5%39468.052%77%26.61.7%94
Boone County137,6761.7%6.4%8974.527%48%20.20.1%123
Bourbon County20,1742.9%10.6%23339.454%58%310.20.9%47
Boyd County48,0433.7%12.0%14874.968%46%12.20.9%71
Boyle County30,7082.6%9.5%17941.655%58%20.80.8%55
Bracken County8,4272.9%9.8%94912.048%59%32.81.1%80
Breathitt County13,4384.7%13.0%1,04964.733%59%416.01.5%141
Breckinridge County20,7223.1%11.0%51639.538%56%30.40.1%107
Bullitt County83,2092.4%8.1%12471.832%47%42.01.8%103
Butler County12,3733.8%10.6%70318.142%61%2no data0.3%87
Caldwell County12,6314.5%18.9%89539.060%40%20.80.3%113
Calloway County37,8823.3%10.9%48375.345%52%20.90.4%183
Campbell County93,1932.1%9.3%7658.357%43%33.01.2%71
Carlisle County4,7633.9%12.6%under 5,000 residents18.755%40%4no data0.3%131
Carroll County10,8783.2%10.8%47823.445%51%37.81.7%52
Carter County26,5154.3%14.8%19652.746%60%25.61.3%52
Casey County15,9513.4%9.6%48937.140%73%41.50.1%78
Christian County72,5993.1%8.9%27379.645%61%34.71.3%198
Clark County37,0042.8%10.4%16838.351%59%25.30.7%62
Clay County20,1054.6%13.1%39867.136%56%42.90.7%80
Clinton County9,2403.5%9.0%63924.546%78%2no data0.1%59
Crittenden County8,9724.1%14.8%1,21530.461%39%2no data0.2%109
Cumberland County5,9483.6%10.4%75730.143%62%3no datano data45
Daviess County103,1952.7%9.2%16188.154%32%32.21.7%166
Edmonson County12,2433.4%10.8%58011.036%83%3no data0.1%71
Elliott County7,3365.0%13.1%65412.235%48%3no data0.2%48
Estill County14,0794.0%12.0%85941.849%52%46.10.7%121
Fayette County321,1222.0%7.9%4092.046%57%30.40.3%130
Fleming County15,2213.3%9.8%48031.045%65%21.40.2%73
Floyd County35,3424.6%13.5%36894.249%62%234.73.4%130
Franklin County51,5632.3%8.9%13464.555%53%412.01.4%69
Fulton County6,4404.8%10.8%2,03446.869%49%42.20.5%131
Gallatin County8,7493.2%10.1%50317.332%66%38.71.7%44
Garrard County17,3462.6%8.8%37530.243%71%41.90.3%65
Grant County25,2383.0%11.6%26516.336%57%5no data0.1%67
Graves County36,6123.6%12.5%54484.054%38%41.10.3%199
Grayson County26,5863.6%13.6%27845.340%68%50.40.1%74
Green County11,2783.3%9.5%70014.054%57%4no data0.1%79
Greenup County35,6393.6%13.0%37952.660%44%211.82.1%135
Hancock County9,0323.5%12.3%66428.847%40%21.41.3%60
Hardin County111,4522.4%8.3%9375.540%71%54.70.8%104
Harlan County26,1854.0%10.5%35565.756%85%33.22.4%93
Harrison County18,9713.2%13.3%33233.852%57%22.41.4%63
Hart County19,4703.6%10.6%39041.146%61%40.60.2%76
Henderson County44,4932.9%9.0%35173.258%52%35.01.4%156
Henry County15,7743.2%10.7%36115.756%54%40.80.5%57
Hickman County4,4703.4%11.3%under 5,000 residents35.855%33%3no data0.1%129
Hopkins County45,1433.0%11.3%29972.655%51%41.20.4%135
Jackson County13,0034.4%12.6%52324.230%68%21.20.2%68
Jefferson County777,3922.2%9.2%4198.363%38%35.11.2%319
Jessamine County53,7922.5%10.1%10239.831%62%22.10.6%55
Johnson County22,4644.1%12.1%34371.145%72%213.72.3%77
Kenton County169,8172.0%9.0%5777.459%41%21.40.3%97
Knott County14,0464.8%13.2%36352.146%57%214.71.1%51
Knox County30,0343.8%11.8%23674.741%63%22.50.8%71
Larue County15,0283.2%11.5%41912.449%71%5no data0.2%63
Laurel County62,7313.2%11.4%23671.731%81%40.30.1%148
Lawrence County16,1714.7%14.2%48253.339%60%31.80.4%78
Lee County7,3755.6%12.5%8277.539%58%37.40.6%61
Leslie County10,2615.3%12.5%55631.744%72%32.40.8%57
Letcher County21,1465.0%13.3%34566.654%78%211.41.4%73
Lewis County13,0284.7%12.4%36841.544%50%30.80.9%48
Lincoln County24,4153.2%9.2%36532.644%75%4no data0.1%89
Livingston County8,9414.3%15.5%1,35327.156%50%51.91.1%121
Logan County27,7313.5%11.2%33954.656%43%30.90.4%94
Lyon County8,8312.8%10.0%1,35928.939%59%2no datano data120
Madison County94,0642.2%7.6%12974.830%81%62.00.7%121
Magoffin County11,4955.2%13.4%80035.039%54%312.21.6%92
Marion County19,6803.4%11.6%38630.247%64%4no data0.2%76
Marshall County31,7283.3%12.6%50461.945%40%31.60.6%160
Martin County11,1814.7%14.6%51049.940%56%224.55.0%57
Mason County16,9952.7%9.7%38239.256%55%2no data0.1%65
McCracken County67,5842.9%10.6%26389.754%42%34.40.7%178
McCreary County16,9054.0%10.4%44425.343%70%3no data0.0%75
McLean County9,1273.2%11.8%1,26040.759%53%27.22.9%115
Meade County30,0322.4%9.8%28040.936%65%30.70.2%84
Menifee County6,2033.9%12.4%1,0646.230%56%25.10.8%66
Mercer County22,8243.0%10.5%23741.454%71%43.10.7%54
Metcalfe County10,3723.7%9.8%51121.840%52%3no data0.2%53
Monroe County11,3183.3%10.2%38026.756%64%2no data0.1%43
Montgomery County28,2713.0%8.9%41034.345%67%21.50.2%116
Morgan County13,9383.3%10.4%76122.135%60%45.20.4%106
Muhlenberg County30,7123.1%12.0%46653.255%61%30.70.2%143
Nelson County47,1022.4%8.3%16855.237%73%41.50.3%79
Nicholas County7,6553.5%11.6%52319.063%59%32.50.4%40
Ohio County23,7043.8%10.9%34254.246%52%4no data0.2%81
Oldham County68,6001.6%8.3%12556.030%45%320.31.1%86
Owen County11,2703.4%11.6%70115.239%60%32.61.0%79
Owsley County4,0214.8%12.2%under 5,000 residents6.440%59%22.50.3%34
Pendleton County14,6833.5%15.2%46329.949%46%43.21.9%68
Perry County27,8474.2%12.6%29173.241%74%111.21.9%81
Pike County57,4664.9%14.6%27187.941%79%121.33.5%156
Powell County13,0573.5%10.8%88131.241%55%28.92.0%115
Pulaski County65,5032.6%9.5%30779.144%82%30.40.0%201
Robertson County2,2393.2%10.4%under 5,000 residents1.750%60%3no data0.1%19
Rockcastle County16,1443.9%12.1%70636.137%78%41.70.2%114
Rowan County24,5252.7%9.0%41647.932%70%58.91.9%102
Russell County18,1172.8%8.4%30431.938%88%3no data0.1%55
Scott County58,2692.2%9.3%14456.124%71%32.80.6%84
Shelby County48,5992.3%8.9%14661.937%49%60.80.2%71
Simpson County19,7863.1%10.2%38427.052%54%22.00.4%76
Spencer County19,8752.2%8.3%24713.320%66%53.50.5%49
Taylor County26,2052.4%8.3%37438.755%55%40.40.2%98
Todd County12,3303.6%12.3%1,06228.647%54%11.50.4%131
Trigg County14,2113.7%13.8%1,00648.442%51%1no data0.1%143
Trimble County8,5313.2%12.3%49211.942%57%33.30.7%42
Union County13,3793.6%11.6%97242.859%51%2no data0.2%130
Warren County137,5492.3%8.6%10088.534%57%30.90.3%137
Washington County12,0912.8%12.6%50516.747%68%41.70.2%61
Wayne County19,5923.4%9.4%54154.739%83%1no data0.1%106
Webster County12,8734.1%12.2%92429.255%48%21.10.9%119
Whitley County36,7553.4%9.9%28662.242%56%30.30.3%105
Wolfe County6,4846.1%10.8%1,41918.532%49%2no datano data92
Woodford County27,0172.4%9.5%27040.043%56%313.61.1%73

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Kentucky: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Kentucky sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (KY)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (KY)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (KY)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (KY)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (KY)20241 Oct 2026

Kentucky LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Kentucky county has the highest home energy burden?

Wolfe County: 6.1% of income, against 3.3% for the median Kentucky county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Kentucky county has the lowest energy burden?

Oldham County at 1.6% of income.

How does Kentucky compare with the whole country?

The median Kentucky county has a burden of 3.3% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 120 Kentucky counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Kentucky?

Fulton County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 2,034 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Kentucky county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Jefferson County: 98.3, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Kentucky?

Fulton County: 69% of homes were built before 1980; the median Kentucky county is at 45% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Kentucky county relies most on electric heat?

Russell County: 88% of homes heat with electricity, against 58% in the median county.

Which Kentucky county has the most flood claims per home?

Floyd County: 34.7 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Kentucky county has 2.3 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Kentucky?

No: in Kentucky they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Kentucky households get help with bills?

See the Kentucky help page. Highest burden: Wolfe County.

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6.1% of income goes to home energy in Wolfe County, the highest of 120 Kentucky counties