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Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement

Poverty Guidelines

•  2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines
• Prior HHS Poverty Guidelines and Federal Register References

Poverty Guidelines and Poverty Measurement

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Poverty Guidelines and Poverty
• Further Resources on Poverty Measurement, Poverty Lines, and Their History
• The Census Bureau's Poverty Home Page — The Census Bureau prepares the statistics on the number of people in poverty in the United States

Poverty Research Centers

ASPE provides or has provided support to the following organizations to conduct and report on research related to poverty:

• The National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan
• The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Kentucky Center for Poverty Research at the University of Kentucky
• The West Coast Poverty Research Center at the University of Washington
• The Joint Center for Poverty Research of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago
• The RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center at the University of Missouri

See also the National and Area Poverty Research Centers website.

Are You Looking for …

• Poverty guidelines — gross or net income
• A chart with percentages (e.g., 125 percent) of the guidelines
• The poverty line for a state or city
• The number of poor people in a state or city
• How the poverty line was developed
• Alternative approaches to poverty measurement
• ASPE research on poverty

Last Revised:  November 16, 2009

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