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The 2026 federal poverty guidelines are higher for Alaska and Hawaii due to distinct cost environments and statutory adjustments.
The federal poverty guidelines (also called the Federal Poverty Level, FPL) are annual income standards published for administrative use by federal programs and set by the Department of Health and Hum...
Alaska and Hawaii have higher 2026 federal poverty guidelines because HHS publishes separate, higher FPL dollar amounts for those states to reflect their distinct cost environments and statutory adjus...
The available reporting does not include a definitive, published table labeled “2026 Federal Poverty Guidelines” for Alaska and Hawaii; instead, federal programs and clearinghouses for Federal Fiscal ...
The 2026 federal poverty guidelines apply geographic adjustments that raise the official HHS "poverty guidelines" amounts for Alaska and Hawaii above the contiguous U.S. levels, while the HHS poverty ...