{"id":440,"date":"2026-04-12T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/12\/us-standard-of-living-fact-sheet-state-of-the-union-2026-usafacts\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:02:00","slug":"us-standard-of-living-fact-sheet-state-of-the-union-2026-usafacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/12\/us-standard-of-living-fact-sheet-state-of-the-union-2026-usafacts\/","title":{"rendered":"US Standard of Living Fact Sheet: State of the Union 2026 | USAFacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; The per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has risen every year since 2020, while the amount of wealth held by the middle class (households in the middle 20% of all income earners) and household debt. &#8211; March 2026 global poverty update from the World Bank: New data and updated poverty numbers. March 2026 global poverty update from the World Bank: New data and updated poverty numbers. The update inv. &#8211; The US Department of Health and Human Services has released the 2026 Federal Poverty Guidelines. The guidelines are a measure of poverty. &#8211; Many U.S. Counties Had High Poverty Rates Over 20 Years. Many U.S. Counties Had High Poverty Rates Over 20 Years. Many U.S. Counties Had High Poverty Rates Over 20 Years. A 2023 U.S. Census Bu. &#8211; The guidelines in this 2026 notice reflect the 2.63 percent price increase between calendar years 2024 and 2025. After updating for inflation. Source: Compiled and summarized from multiple reputable news outlets.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Compiled and summarized from multiple reputable news outlets<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; The per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has risen every year since 2020, while the amount of wealth held by the middle class (households in t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/god-bless-usa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}