ThestudyadvancestofindoutthewelfarestatusandpovertysituationofhouseholdsinEasternSenatorialDistrict of Kogi State. Data for the study were collected usingstructuredquestionnaire/interviewscheduleofhouseholds.Three research questions andthree hypotheses were statedforthestudy.TheanalysisofdatawasdonebytheuseofTobitregressionmodelandFroster,Greer,Thorbeck(FGT)povertyanalysis.Thestudydiscoveredthattheageofhouseholdheads,numberofpeoplewithhighereducation,genderdummy,andnumberofhour’shouseholdworkperweekhavepositiveimpactsonhouseholdincomeandaresignificantat5%levelsofsignificance.Thismeansthatasthesevariablesincrease,thehouseholdsincomealsoincreases,leadingtoafallinpovertylevel.Also,itwasdiscoveredthatlocationdummyandnumberofpeoplenoteducatedhavenegativeimpactonhouseholdincomeandstatistically significant at 5% levels of significance. This meansthatthesevariablesincreases,householdincomewillfall,leading to an increase in poverty among the households. Onpoverty situation in Kogi State, it was discovered that povertylevelvarieswithdifferentincomesourceswithfarmincomehaving the highest level of poverty in the area. The study alsorevealedthatignoringfarmincomeasthehighestlevelofincomeamonghouseholdsinthesenatorialDistricthasgreater effect on poverty severity and poverty gap than povertyheadcount. Average poverty for instance increases by 23.3%of those above poverty line. This means that those in povertyare further pushed into poverty when farm income is ignored inpoverty calculations. It equally means that those in poverty arefurtherpushedintopovertywhenfarmincomeisignoredinpoverty calculation. It was also discovered f