2011 Poverty Guidelines

2011 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR KANSAS, THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Persons in family Poverty guideline
1 ………………………………………… $10,890
2 ………………………………………….. 14,710
3 ………………………………………….. 18,530
4 ………………………………………….. 22,350
5 ………………………………………….. 26,170
6 ………………………………………….. 29,990
7 ………………………………………….. 33,810
8 ………………………………………….. 37,630
For families with more than 8 persons, add $3,820 for each additional person.

The poverty guidelines issued here 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.

As required by law, this update is accomplished by increasing the latest published Census Bureau poverty thresholds by the relevant percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). The guidelines in this 2011 notice reflect the 1.6 percent price increase between calendar years 2009 and 2010. After this inflation adjustment, the guidelines are rounded and adjusted to standardize the differences between family sizes.