Computations for the 2021 Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia
| (1) Persons in family or household |
(2) Poverty thresholds for 2019 — published Sep. 2020a |
(3) Column 2 multiplied by 1.012 price inflatorb |
(4) Difference between successive Column 3 entries |
(5) Average difference in Column 4c |
(6) Allow Decline
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(7) January 2020 poverty guidelines |
(8) January 2021 poverty guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $13,011 | $13,172 | Rounded to nearest $20 | $12,880 | $12,760 | $12,880 | |
| 2 | $16,521 | $16,725 | $3,553 | $4,540 | $17,420 | $17,240 | $17,420 |
| 3 | $20,335 | $20,586 | $3,861 | $4,540 | $21,960 | $21,720 | $21,960 |
| 4 | $26,172 | $26,495 | $5,909 | $4,540 | $26,500 | $26,200 | $26,500 |
| 5 | $31,021 | $31,404 | $4,909 | $4,540 | $31,040 | $30,680 | $31,040 |
| 6 | $35,129 | $35,562 | $4,159 | $4,540 | $35,580 | $35,160 | $35,580 |
| 7 | $40,016 | $40,510 | $4,947 | $4,540 | $40,120 | $39,640 | $40,120 |
| 8 | $44,461 | $45,010 | $4,500 | $4,540 | $44,660 | $44,120 | $44,660 |
Notes:
aColumn 2 entries are weighted average poverty thresholds from U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2020, Current Population Reports, Series P60-270. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, September 2020, Appendix B Page 56.
bThe Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for all items was 255.657 for calendar year 2019 and 258.811 for calendar year 2020, an increase of 1.2 percent.
c The arithmetic average of Column 4 entries, rounded to the nearest multiple of $20.