What is 200% of the federal poverty level for 2026?
For guideline year 2026, 200% of the federal poverty guideline is $31,920 a year for one person and $66,000 for a household of four in the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia, $82,500 for four in Alaska and $75,900 in Hawaii. Each person beyond eight adds $11,360.
United States · HHS poverty guidelines · guideline year 2026 · every figure from an open dataset with its source
The figures
This whole table is arithmetic on the published guideline, not a table anyone publishes. Each program picks its own rounding and its own annual or monthly basis.
| Household size | 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia | Alaska | Hawaii |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $31,920 | $39,900 | $36,720 |
| 2 | $43,280 | $54,100 | $49,780 |
| 3 | $54,640 | $68,300 | $62,840 |
| 4 | $66,000 | $82,500 | $75,900 |
| 5 | $77,360 | $96,700 | $88,960 |
| 6 | $88,720 | $110,900 | $102,020 |
| 7 | $100,080 | $125,100 | $115,080 |
| 8 | $111,440 | $139,300 | $128,140 |
| Each additional person | +$11,360 | +$14,200 | +$13,060 |
200% is the most-used cutoff that no single federal rule sets. It turns up in state utility assistance, in sliding-scale fees at community health centres, in subsidised childcare and in a long list of local programmes — each of which adopts the multiple in its own regulation. There is no authority to cite for “200% of poverty” in general, only for the programme in front of you.
Programmes also differ on whether they compare annual or monthly income. Dividing the annual figures here by twelve gives the monthly line exactly, but a programme may publish a rounded monthly figure of its own, and at the boundary a rounded figure and an exact division are not the same number.
Where these figures come from
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