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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Price and Index Number Research > Price research data > Research Poverty Thresholds
 

Year-over-Year Percent Change in Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) Thresholds 2010-2023

Year Renters Owners With Mortgages Owners Without Mortgages

2010

1.786904 1.311703 1.034602

2011

2.16475 2.028798 1.88633

2012

1.590163 1.561512 1.514787

2013

0.827978 1.14437 1.359545

2014

1.56415 1.239176 1.247838

2015

1.112694 0.783062 1.477105

2016

2.002894 1.829291 2.037846

2017

3.034941 2.244611 2.304743

2018

2.862215 2.655412 2.549131

2019

2.828361 2.622014 3.735022

2020

3.274645 3.022696 3.313808

2021

4.321725 3.831904 4.190786

2022

9.743693 10.05367 10.00828

2023

8.587811 7.828443 6.780743

Source: Created by the Division of Price and Index Number Research (DPINR), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. SPM thresholds and standards errors are produced as a BLS research series and are not considered an official production series. Please contact DPINR with any questions.

 

Last Modified Date: May 30th, 2024