Poverty Line Usa 2024. The poverty guideline increases by $5,380 for each. The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty.
Computations for the 2024 annual update of the hhs poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and the district of columbia. Poverty rate for 2020 was 1.20%, a 0.5% decline from 2019.