Poverty remains a critical issue in Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra, with a poverty rate of 9.31% in 2024, exceeding the national average of 8.47%. This study develops a poverty classification model using the XGBoost algorithm with SUSENAS 2024 data from Banyuasin Regency. The research employs 16 socioeconomic variables as features, with poverty status determined based on the Banyuasin poverty…