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Federal Poverty Level (or Guidelines) Description and Calculator

Federal Poverty Level

Calculate Your Federal Poverty Level

Federal Poverty Level:
Family Size:   Gross Monthly Income: $ USD
  FPL = %

Federal Poverty Level

Most of our clinics use the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) for eligibility guidelines. This is synonymous with Federal Poverty Guidelines. There is a chart and FPL calculator below, but if you would like more details:

A Portrait of Poverty in Oregon

Read Oregon State University’s report, A Portrait of Poverty in Oregon

Federal Poverty Guidelines Chart

2013 Federal Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia

Family Size

Gross Yearly Income

Gross Monthly Income

Approximate Hourly Income

1

$11,490

$958

$5.52

2

$15,510

$1,293

$7.45

3

$19,530

$1,628

$9.39

4

$23,550

$1,963

$11.31

5

$27,570

$2,298

$13.25

6

$31,590

$2,633

$15.18

7

$35,610

$2,968

$17.12

8

$39,630

$3,303

$19.05

Over 8 add per child

+ $4,020

+ $335

+ $1.93


Source: Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 13 / Friday, January 20, 2011, pp. 3637-3638. Monthly and hourly data calculated by OCPP and rounded to the nearest dollar and cent, respectively. The hourly rate is based on 40 hours of work per week for a full year (2080 hours).

Federal Poverty Guidelines –
In January or February of each year the federal government releases an official income level for poverty called the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, and often informally referred to as the "Federal Poverty Level". The benefit levels of many low-income assistance programs are based on these poverty guidelines.

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- (Aug 16, 2012 02:08:45 pm)

Your calculator is great. I live in California and was trying to apply for county wide health assitance. I keep getting told i dont qualify as I make in unemployement benefits 1800 a month. According to the Alameda County website in order to qualify you must be at or below 200%. I am assuming that the reason i keep getting told I don't qualify is because it's not a dire percentage as some body at 80 or 25; I'm to close to the 200% threshold. Well if that is the case then perhaps it should be stated. My apologies for the rant; but because of your calculator I now understand what the county health worker couldn't explain....THANK YOU.