Poverty Level 2024 125000. There is also a surge in mgnregs's menial, below statutory minimum wages jobs, engaging (average) 64 million rural households and 93 million individuals. In 2024 hhs has set the federal poverty level for all contiguous 48 states, puerto rico, the district of columbia and all u.s.
This update includes new regional poverty aggregates in 2020 and 2021. Overall decline in multidimensional poverty: