Where can I find the official HHS/ASPE 2026 federal poverty guidelines table by state and household size?

1. Where the government publishes the official table: ASPE web pages

ASPE is the official source for the U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines and posts the authoritative tables and related materials on its Poverty Guidelines topic page and its specific Poverty Guidelines resource page; those pages are the canonical starting points to obtain the 2026 figures and context about how they are used for program eligibility ^{[1] [4]}.

2. For developers and data users: ASPE Poverty Guidelines API

For programmatic access the ASPE Poverty Guidelines API provides machine-readable JSON endpoints covering guidelines from 1983 through the current year, accepts household-size and geography parameters, and is the recommended way to retrieve the 2026 numbers systematically for each state and household size ^[2].

3. For program implementers: LIHEAP and state charts that repackage ASPE data

Several federal programs and clearinghouses republish ASPE’s tables in program-specific formats; for example, the LIHEAP Clearinghouse hosts a “Federal Poverty Guidelines for FFY 2026” profile that lists ASPE-based thresholds and percent-of-FPL adjustments used by utilities and assistance programs, which can be useful for comparing 100%, 110%, and 150% of poverty values by household size and state ^[3].

4. How to interpret household-size and state variations

The poverty guidelines provide base figures for the 48 contiguous states and DC, with separate allowances for Alaska and Hawaii, and specify rules for adding amounts for households with more than eight members; those calculation rules and historical references are documented on ASPE’s prior guidelines and guidance pages so users can compute larger household sizes consistently ^{[5] [1]}.

5. Caveats, HHS restructuring note, and where to look if ASPE pages are temporarily static

ASPE’s site has displayed a notice that some content updates may be affected by HHS restructuring and occasionally points users to hhs.gov for supplemental postings, so if an immediate ASPE page is inaccessible or not updated, the Federal Register publication and HHS main site are alternate official paths to the final Federal Poverty Guidelines notice (ASPE has previously directed users to the Federal Register for the formal public-display and publication steps) ^{[1] [5]}.

6. Practical next steps to retrieve the 2026 table by state and household size

Retrieve the official table by visiting ASPE’s Poverty Guidelines page and, for automated or state-by-state queries, call the ASPE Poverty Guidelines API endpoint (the API supports household-size parameters 1–8 and returns state-level figures), or consult ASPE’s linked PDF/tables; if program-specific thresholds (e.g., 110% or 150% of FPL used by LIHEAP or state programs) are needed, consult the LIHEAP Clearinghouse or the relevant state agency’s CIP/eligibility chart that re-expresses the ASPE numbers for that program ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

7. Limitations and alternative viewpoints

Reporting and federal pages make clear that the poverty guidelines are administrative measures used for eligibility and differ from the Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds and from local cost-of-living measures; researchers critical of the guidelines point out those distinctions and that some programs may apply modified figures or percentages of the guidelines (e.g., 110% or 150%)—so users should confirm whether a given policy or benefit uses raw ASPE FPL figures or an adjusted multiple published by the administering agency ^{[5] [3]}.