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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Annual Update of the HHS Poverty
Guidelines
Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice provides an
update of the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) poverty
guidelines to account for last calendar
year’s increase in prices as measured by
the Consumer Price Index.
DATES: January 12, 2022 unless an office
administering a program using the
guidelines specifies a different effective
date for that particular program.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Room 404E, Humphrey Building,
Department of Health and Human
Services, Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about how the guidelines
are used or how income is defined in a
particular program, contact the Federal,
state, or local office that is responsible
for that program. For information about
poverty figures for immigration forms,
the Hill-Burton Uncompensated
Services Program, and the number of
people in poverty, use the specific
telephone numbers and addresses given
below.
For general questions about the
poverty guidelines themselves, contact
Kendall Swenson, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, Room 404E.3, Humphrey
Building, Department of Health and
Human Services, Washington, DC
20201—telephone: (202) 795–7309—or
visit https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/.
For information about the percentage
multiple of the poverty guidelines to be
used on immigration forms such as
USCIS Form I–864, Affidavit of Support,
contact U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services at 1–800–375–
5283. You also may visit https://
www.uscis.gov/i-864.
For information about the Hill-Burton
Uncompensated Services Program (free
or reduced-fee health care services at
certain hospitals and other facilities for
persons meeting eligibility criteria
involving the poverty guidelines),
contact the Health Resources and
Services Administration Information
Center at 1–800–638–0742. You also
may visit https://www.hrsa.gov/gethealth-care/affordable/hill-burton/
index.html.
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For information about the number of
people in poverty, visit the Poverty
section of the Census Bureau’s website
at https://www.census.gov/topics/
income-poverty/poverty.html or contact
the Census Bureau’s Customer Service
Center at 1–800–923–8282 (toll-free) or
visit https://ask.census.gov for further
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human
Services to update the poverty
guidelines at least annually, adjusting
them on the basis of the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U).
The poverty guidelines are used as an
eligibility criterion by Medicaid and a
number of other Federal programs. The
poverty guidelines issued here are a
simplified version of the poverty
thresholds that the Census Bureau uses
to prepare its estimates of the number of
individuals and families in poverty.
As required by law, this update is
accomplished by increasing the latest
published Census Bureau poverty
thresholds by the relevant percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). The
guidelines in this 2022 notice reflect the
4.7 percent price increase between
calendar years 2020 and 2021. After this
inflation adjustment, the guidelines are
rounded and adjusted to standardize the
differences between family sizes. In rare
circumstances, the rounding and
standardizing adjustments in the
formula result in small decreases in the
poverty guidelines for some household
sizes even when the inflation factor is
not negative. In cases where the year-toyear change in inflation is not negative
and the rounding and standardizing
adjustments in the formula result in
reductions to the guidelines from the
previous year for some household sizes,
the guidelines for the affected
household sizes are fixed at the prior
year’s guidelines. As in prior years,
these 2022 guidelines are roughly equal
to the poverty thresholds for calendar
year 2021, which the Census Bureau
expects to publish in final form in
September 2022.
The poverty guidelines continue to be
derived from the Census Bureau’s
current official poverty thresholds; they
are not derived from the Census
Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure
(SPM).
The following guideline figures
represent annual income.
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2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE administers the program is generally
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE responsible for deciding whether to use
the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Poverty
guideline
Persons in family/household
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
$13,590
18,310
23,030
27,750
32,470
37,190
41,910
46,630
For families/households with more
than 8 persons, add $4,720 for each
additional person.
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
ALASKA
Poverty
guideline
Persons in family/household
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
..................................................
$16,990
22,890
28,790
34,690
40,590
46,490
52,390
58,290
For families/households with more
than 8 persons, add $5,900 for each
additional person.
2022 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
HAWAII
Poverty
guideline
Persons in family/household
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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$15,630
21,060
26,490
31,920
37,350
42,780
48,210
53,640
For families/households with more
than 8 persons, add $5,430 for each
additional person.
Separate poverty guideline figures for
Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of
Economic Opportunity administrative
practice beginning in the 1966–1970
period. (Note that the Census Bureau
poverty thresholds—the version of the
poverty measure used for statistical
purposes—have never had separate
figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The
poverty guidelines are not defined for
Puerto Rico or other outlying
jurisdictions. In cases in which a
Federal program using the poverty
guidelines serves any of those
jurisdictions, the Federal office that
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for those jurisdictions or to follow some
other procedure.
Due to confusing legislative language
dating back to 1972, the poverty
guidelines sometimes have been
mistakenly referred to as the ‘‘OMB’’
(Office of Management and Budget)
poverty guidelines or poverty line. In
fact, OMB has never issued the
guidelines; the guidelines are issued
each year by the Department of Health
and Human Services. The poverty
guidelines may be formally referenced
as ‘‘the poverty guidelines updated
periodically in the Federal Register by
the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services under the authority of
42 U.S.C. 9902(2).’’
Some federal programs use a
percentage multiple of the guidelines
(for example, 125 percent or 185 percent
of the guidelines), as noted in relevant
authorizing legislation or program
regulations. Non-Federal organizations
that use the poverty guidelines under
their own authority in non-Federallyfunded activities also may choose to use
a percentage multiple of the guidelines.
The poverty guidelines do not make a
distinction between farm and non-farm
families, or between aged and non-aged
units. (Only the Census Bureau poverty
thresholds have separate figures for aged
and non-aged one-person and twoperson units.)
This notice does not provide
definitions of such terms as ‘‘income’’ or
‘‘family’’ as there is considerable
variation of these terms among programs
that use the poverty guidelines. The
legislation or regulations governing each
program define these terms and
determine how the program applies the
poverty guidelines. In cases where
legislation or regulations do not
establish these definitions, the entity
that administers or funds the program is
responsible to define such terms as
‘‘income’’ and ‘‘family.’’ Therefore,
questions such as net or gross income,
counted or excluded income, or
household size should be directed to the
entity that administers or funds the
program.
Dated: January 18, 2022.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar
year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
DATES: January 12, 2022 unless an office administering a program using
the guidelines specifies a different effective date for that particular
program.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, Room 404E, Humphrey Building, Department of Health and
Human Services, Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about how the
guidelines are used or how income is defined in a particular program,
contact the Federal, state, or local office that is responsible for
that program. For information about poverty figures for immigration
forms, the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program, and the number
of people in poverty, use the specific telephone numbers and addresses
given below.
For general questions about the poverty guidelines themselves,
contact Kendall Swenson, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation, Room 404E.3, Humphrey Building, Department of Health
and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201--telephone: (202) 795-7309--or
visit https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/.
For information about the percentage multiple of the poverty
guidelines to be used on immigration forms such as USCIS Form I-864,
Affidavit of Support, contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
at 1-800-375-5283. You also may visit https://www.uscis.gov/i-864.
For information about the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services
Program (free or reduced-fee health care services at certain hospitals
and other facilities for persons meeting eligibility criteria involving
the poverty guidelines), contact the Health Resources and Services
Administration Information Center at 1-800-638-0742. You also may visit
https://www.hrsa.gov/get-health-care/affordable/hill-burton/.
For information about the number of people in poverty, visit the
Poverty section of the Census Bureau's website at https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty.html or contact the Census
Bureau's Customer Service Center at 1-800-923-8282 (toll-free) or visit
https://ask.census.gov for further information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services to update the poverty guidelines at least
annually, adjusting them on the basis of the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The poverty guidelines are used as an
eligibility criterion by Medicaid and a number of other Federal
programs. The poverty guidelines issued here are a simplified version
of the poverty thresholds that the Census Bureau uses to prepare its
estimates of the number of individuals and families in poverty.
As required by law, this update is accomplished by increasing the
latest published Census Bureau poverty thresholds by the relevant
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U). The guidelines in this 2022 notice reflect the 4.7 percent
price increase between calendar years 2020 and 2021. After this
inflation adjustment, the guidelines are rounded and adjusted to
standardize the differences between family sizes. In rare
circumstances, the rounding and standardizing adjustments in the
formula result in small decreases in the poverty guidelines for some
household sizes even when the inflation factor is not negative. In
cases where the year-to-year change in inflation is not negative and
the rounding and standardizing adjustments in the formula result in
reductions to the guidelines from the previous year for some household
sizes, the guidelines for the affected household sizes are fixed at the
prior year's guidelines. As in prior years, these 2022 guidelines are
roughly equal to the poverty thresholds for calendar year 2021, which
the Census Bureau expects to publish in final form in September 2022.
The poverty guidelines continue to be derived from the Census
Bureau's current official poverty thresholds; they are not derived from
the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
The following guideline figures represent annual income.
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2022 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family/household guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1........................................................... $13,590
2........................................................... 18,310
3........................................................... 23,030
4........................................................... 27,750
5........................................................... 32,470
6........................................................... 37,190
7........................................................... 41,910
8........................................................... 46,630
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,720 for
each additional person.
2022 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family/household guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1........................................................... $16,990
2........................................................... 22,890
3........................................................... 28,790
4........................................................... 34,690
5........................................................... 40,590
6........................................................... 46,490
7........................................................... 52,390
8........................................................... 58,290
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $5,900 for
each additional person.
2022 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poverty
Persons in family/household guideline
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1........................................................... $15,630
2........................................................... 21,060
3........................................................... 26,490
4........................................................... 31,920
5........................................................... 37,350
6........................................................... 42,780
7........................................................... 48,210
8........................................................... 53,640
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $5,430 for
each additional person.
Separate poverty guideline figures for Alaska and Hawaii reflect
Office of Economic Opportunity administrative practice beginning in the
1966-1970 period. (Note that the Census Bureau poverty thresholds--the
version of the poverty measure used for statistical purposes--have
never had separate figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The poverty
guidelines are not defined for Puerto Rico or other outlying
jurisdictions. In cases in which a Federal program using the poverty
guidelines serves any of those jurisdictions, the Federal office that
administers the program is generally responsible for deciding whether
to use the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines for those jurisdictions
or to follow some other procedure.
Due to confusing legislative language dating back to 1972, the
poverty guidelines sometimes have been mistakenly referred to as the
``OMB'' (Office of Management and Budget) poverty guidelines or poverty
line. In fact, OMB has never issued the guidelines; the guidelines are
issued each year by the Department of Health and Human Services. The
poverty guidelines may be formally referenced as ``the poverty
guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42
U.S.C. 9902(2).''
Some federal programs use a percentage multiple of the guidelines
(for example, 125 percent or 185 percent of the guidelines), as noted
in relevant authorizing legislation or program regulations. Non-Federal
organizations that use the poverty guidelines under their own authority
in non-Federally-funded activities also may choose to use a percentage
multiple of the guidelines.
The poverty guidelines do not make a distinction between farm and
non-farm families, or between aged and non-aged units. (Only the Census
Bureau poverty thresholds have separate figures for aged and non-aged
one-person and two-person units.)
This notice does not provide definitions of such terms as
``income'' or ``family'' as there is considerable variation of these
terms among programs that use the poverty guidelines. The legislation
or regulations governing each program define these terms and determine
how the program applies the poverty guidelines. In cases where
legislation or regulations do not establish these definitions, the
entity that administers or funds the program is responsible to define
such terms as ``income'' and ``family.'' Therefore, questions such as
net or gross income, counted or excluded income, or household size
should be directed to the entity that administers or funds the program.
Dated: January 18, 2022.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
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