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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 using New Methodology: 2020–2025

Year

Owners with mortgages Owners without mortgages Renters

2020

2.539 2.995 3.686

2021

3.920 3.193 4.129

2022

9.667 9.209 9.365

2023

8.793 7.495 9.053

2024

6.127 7.490 5.343

2025

5.332 4.402 6.325

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

Last modified date: August 24, 2026