Poverty Line Us 2024. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day, which replaces the $1.90 poverty line, is based on 2017 ppps.

The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day, which replaces the $1.90 poverty line, is based on 2017 ppps. In 2024 hhs has set the federal poverty level for all contiguous 48 states, puerto rico, the district of columbia and all u.s.