The percent of the population living under the official federal poverty line in the United States was approximately 15 percent in 2014.
An income measure issued annually by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Federal Poverty Line is used to determine eligibility for certain programs and benefits, such as Marketplace health insurance and savings on Medicaid and CHIP coverage.
This type of poverty measure includes the consideration that household food expenditures are a percentage of total expenditures. The poverty line is determined by multiplying the value of basic food items by the reciprocal of the percentage of total expenditure that food expenditure represents
The 2021 household poverty line (below) is $33,148. table. poverty threshold. Poverty threshold by number of children under the age of 18 in relation to family size Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)
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