United States 2024 Poverty Guidelines

United States 2024 Poverty Guidelines. Computations for the 2024 annual update of the hhs poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and the district of columbia. The federal poverty level is the guideline that determines who receives assistance.

In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. Poverty thresholds and poverty guidelines are dollar amounts set by the u.s.