Poverty Level 2024 By State 2024. The highest poverty rate in the country is in mississippi, where 18.8% of the population lives in poverty. The 2024 fpl (f ederal p overty l evel) for a single person residing in the 48 contiguous states or washington, d.c.

The highest poverty rate in the country is in mississippi, where 18.8% of the population lives in poverty. The state with the highest level of multidimensional poverty was sokoto (90.5% or 5.81 million.