United States 2025 Poverty Guidelines. The poverty guidelines 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. Visit historical poverty guidelines for a complete set of poverty guidelines and web links to their federal register notices.

This table and the links below provide access for weatherization assistance program grantees and subgrantees to current and historical federal poverty guidelines issued. The poverty guidelines 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.