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2024 Federal Poverty Guidelines and Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines


Persons in the
family/household
including applicant
Federal Poverty Guidelines* for Annual Incomes
Applicable Date
03/01/2024 1
Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines for Annual Incomes
Applicable Date 06/01/2023 2
70% of LLSIL 100% of LLSIL
Metro Non-Metro Metro Non-Metro
1 $15,060 $11,112 $10,674 $15,874 $15,249
2 $20,440 $18,214 $17,478 $26,021 $24,968
3 $25,820 $25,000 $23,997 $35,714 $34,281
4 $31,200 $30,863 $29,623 $44,089 $42,318
5 $36,580 $36,419 $34,965 $52,028 $49,950
6 $41,960 $42,600 $40,889 $60,857 $58,413
7 $47,340 $48,781 $46,813 $69,686 $66,876
8 $52,720 $54,962 $52,737 $78,515 $75,339
For each additional person $5,380 $6,181 $5,924 $8,829 $8,463

* According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website, "the poverty guidelines are sometimes loosely referred to as the 'federal poverty level' (FPL), but that phrase is ambiguous and should be avoided."

Note: For purposes of the LLSIL Guidelines, "Metro" means those counties that are part of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Counties that are not part of a MSA are considered "Non-Metro." A link to the list of the MSAs that contain one or more Wisconsin counties can be found at www.census.gov/programs-surveys/metro-micro/geographies/reference-maps.html.

The following counties are considered "Metro" for the purposes of LLSIL:

  • Brown County
  • Calumet County
  • Chippewa County
  • Columbia County
  • Dane County
  • Douglas County
  • Eau Claire County
  • Fond du Lac County
  • Green County
  • Iowa County
  • Kenosha County
  • Kewaunee County
  • La Crosse County
  • Lincoln County
  • Marathon County
  • Milwaukee County
  • Oconto County
  • Outagamie County
  • Ozaukee County
  • Pierce County
  • Racine County
  • Rock County
  • Sheboygan County
  • St. Croix County
  • Washington County
  • Waukesha County
  • Winnebago County

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