Poverty Line 2024 Usa. The census supplemental poverty rate, which adjusts for how government programs keep people out of poverty, was at 12.4% in 2022. For coverage effective in 2024, 250% of the federal poverty level in the continental u.s.

These poverty guidelines are effective beginning mar. The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty.