Fact check: What are the 2025 HHS poverty guideline amounts for a household of 1 through 8?

Executive summary — Clear numbers and consensus: The 2025 HHS poverty guideline annual amounts for the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia are $15,650 for a 1-person household and increase by $5,500 per additional person up to $54,150 for an 8-person household; these figures appear consistently across the sources reviewed ^[1]. Multiple government and guidance documents presenting 100%, 125% and 150% multipliers for sponsorship and program eligibility repeat the same base 2025 guideline amounts and note slight increases compared with prior years ^{[2] [3]}.

1. Headline numbers: what the 2025 guidelines actually are

The core, 100% HHS poverty guideline values for the 48 contiguous states and D.C. for 2025 are stated as $15,650 (1 person), $21,150 ^[4], $26,650 ^[5], $32,150 ^[6], $37,650 ^[7], $43,150 ^[8], $48,650 ^[9], and $54,150 ^[10]; these annual amounts are reproduced verbatim across the primary texts used in this analysis ^[1]. The documents present the same dollar amounts as the basis for calculating higher multiples used in immigration sponsorship (I-864P guidance) and program eligibility thresholds, demonstrating consistent use of a single federal guideline table as the official reference ^[2]. These are the federal baseline figures for the lower 48 states and D.C., not state-specific adjustments.

2. Where these numbers are used and why they matter

The 2025 poverty guideline table serves as the federal anchor for a variety of programs: Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare Part D Extra Help, and immigration Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) use the 100% guideline and apply 125% or higher multipliers for sponsors and program eligibility thresholds ^[2]. Guidance materials explicitly present 100%, 125% and 150% versions of the table—showing, for example, the annual and monthly equivalents when determining sponsor income adequacy or program subsidies ^[11]. The repeated reproduction of the same base numbers across guidance documents indicates that agencies relied on a single HHS announcement for 2025 figures ^[3].

3. Corroboration across sources and publication dates

Multiple documents reviewed reproduce identical figures, indicating broad agreement: web pages labeled as 2025 poverty guidelines and guidance for I-864P cite the same table ^{[1] [2]}. One source explicitly notes the 2025 guidelines were announced and are slightly higher than last year, placing the change in context and giving a publication date of April 2, 2025 for that announcement ^[3]. The consistency of values across sources and the dated HHS announcement confirm these are the official 2025 federal guideline amounts used throughout the year.

4. Regional caveats and multipliers to watch

The dollar amounts listed above apply to the 48 contiguous states and D.C. Guidance and separate tables provide adjusted guidelines for Alaska and Hawaii, and show common multipliers—125% for sponsors on active duty or other specific sponsors and 150% for other program thresholds—with monthly breakdowns included where needed ^{[2] [11]}. Users must apply the correct regional table and multiplier for the use case—immigration sponsorship, program enrollment, or benefit calculation—to avoid misapplication of the 48-state base figures.

5. What this analysis leaves open and next steps for users

This analysis confirms the 2025 baseline figures and their wide reproduction in federal guidance; however, individual program rules and state-level applications may use the base table differently or apply supplemental criteria, so practitioners should consult the specific program or agency guidance (for example state Medicaid offices or USCIS instructions for I-864) for final determinations ^[2]. For immediate needs, use the listed 100% amounts above for the 48 contiguous states and D.C., then apply the program-specific multiplier and regional adjustment as directed by the applicable agency guidance ^{[11] [3]}.