Computations for the 2023 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 2021 — published Sep. 2022a |
(3) Column 2 multiplied by 1.080 price inflatorb |
(4) Difference between successive Column 3 entries |
(5) Average difference in Column 4c |
(6) January 2022 poverty guidelines |
(7) January 2023 poverty guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $13,788 | $14,891 | Rounded to nearest $20 | $13,590 | $14,580 | |
| 2 | $17,529 | $18,932 | $4,040 | $5,140 | $18,310 | $19,720 |
| 3 | $21,559 | $23,284 | $4,353 | $5,140 | $23,030 | $24,860 |
| 4 | $27,740 | $29,960 | $6,676 | $5,140 | $27,750 | $30,000 |
| 5 | $32,865 | $35,495 | $5,535 | $5,140 | $32,470 | $35,140 |
| 6 | $37,161 | $40,135 | $4,640 | $5,140 | $37,190 | $40,280 |
| 7 | $42,156 | $45,530 | $5,395 | $5,140 | $41,910 | $45,420 |
| 8 | $47,093 | $50,862 | $5,332 | $5,140 | $46,630 | $50,560 |
Notes:
a Column 2 entries are weighted average poverty thresholds from U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United
b The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for all items was 270.97 for calendar year 2021 and 292.66 for calendar year 2022, an increase of 8.00 percent.
c The arithmetic average of Column 4 entries, rounded to the nearest multiple of $20.