The 2010 Poverty Guidelines will not be revised until at least March 1, 2010 and are currently frozen at the 2009 levels. You can learn more about this issue in the blog post 2010 Poverty Guidelines will not be revised until at least March 1, 2010.
So for now, the 2009 poverty guidelines will remain in effect until at least March 1, 2010. The 2009 guidelines are as follows.
| Persons in family | Poverty guideline |
|---|---|
| 1 | $10,830 |
| 2 | 14,570 |
| 3 | 18,310 |
| 4 | 22,050 |
| 5 | 25,790 |
| 6 | 29,530 |
| 7 | 33,270 |
| 8 | 37,010 |
| For families with more than 8 persons, add $3,740 for each additional person. |
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| Persons in family | Poverty guideline |
|---|---|
| 1 | $13,530 |
| 2 | 18,210 |
| 3 | 22,890 |
| 4 | 27,570 |
| 5 | 32,250 |
| 6 | 36,930 |
| 7 | 41,610 |
| 8 | 46,290 |
| For families with more than 8 persons, add $4,680 for each additional person. |
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| Persons in family | Poverty guideline |
|---|---|
| 1 | $12,460 |
| 2 | 16,760 |
| 3 | 21,060 |
| 4 | 25,360 |
| 5 | 29,660 |
| 6 | 33,960 |
| 7 | 38,260 |
| 8 | 42,560 |
| For families with more than 8 persons, add $4,300 for each additional person. |
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SOURCE: Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 14, January 23,
2009, pp. 4199–4201
NOTE: The poverty guideline figures above are NOT the figures the Census Bureau uses to calculate the number of poor persons. The figures that the Census Bureau uses are the poverty thresholds.
This information above is from the US Department of Health & Human Services website as of February 2, 2010.
Other helpful links
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- Federal Register Notice about the extension of the 2009 poverty guidelines–January 22, 2010
- Prior Years Poverty Guidelines
- Frequently Asked Questions Related to the Poverty Guidelines and Poverty
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