[Federal Register: March 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
State Median Income Estimate for a Four-Person Family (FFY 2005);
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2005 State Median Income
Estimates for Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) Administered by the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated State median income estimates for FFY 2005.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the estimated median income for four-
person families in each State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2005
(October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005). LIHEAP grantees may adopt the
State median income estimates beginning with the date of this
publication of the estimates in the Federal Register or at a later date
as discussed below. This means that LIHEAP grantees could choose to
implement this notice during the period between the heating and cooling
seasons. However, by October 1, 2004, or by the beginning of a
grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later, LIHEAP grantees using State
median income estimates must adjust their income eligibility criteria
to be in accord with the FFY 2005 State median income estimates.
This listing of estimated State median incomes provides one of the
maximum income criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in determining a
household's income eligibility for LIHEAP.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are effective at any time between the
date of this publication and October 1, 2004, or by the beginning of a
LIHEAP grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leon Litow, Administration for
Children and Families, DHHS, Office of Community Services, Division of
Energy Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-5304, E-Mail:
llitow@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of section 2603(7) of
Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L.
97-35, as amended), we are announcing the estimated median income of a
four-person family for each State, the District of Columbia, and the
United States for FFY 2005 (the period of October 1, 2004, through
September 30, 2005).
Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the LIHEAP statute provides that 60
percent of the median income for each State, as annually established by
the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, is one of
the income criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in determining a
household's eligibility for LIHEAP.
LIHEAP is currently authorized through the end of FFY 2005 by the
Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-285,
which was enacted on October 27, 1998.
Estimates of the median income of a four-person family for each
State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2005 have been developed by
the Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, using the most
recently available income data. In developing the median income
estimates for FFY 2005, the Census Bureau used the following three
sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey's 2003 Annual Social
and Economic Supplement File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of
Population; and (3) 2002 per capita personal income estimates, by
State, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
For further information on the estimating method and data sources,
contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, at the
Census Bureau (301-763-3243).
A State-by-State listing of median income, and 60 percent of median
income, for a four-person family for FFY 2005 follows. The listing
describes the method for adjusting median income for families of
different sizes as specified in regulations applicable to LIHEAP, at 45
CFR 96.85(b), which was published in the Federal Register on March 3,
1988 at 53 FR 6824.
Dated: March 11, 2004.
Clarence H. Carter,
Director, Office of Community Services.
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60 percent
Estimated of
state estimated
median State
States income for median
a four- income for
person a four
family \2\ person
family
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Alabama....................................... $53,754 $32,252
Alaska........................................ 69,868 41,921
Arizona....................................... 56,857 34,114
Arkansas...................................... 49,551 29,731
California.................................... 65,766 39,460
Colorado...................................... 68,089 40,853
Connecticut................................... 81,891 49,135
Delaware...................................... 69,469 41,681
Dist. of Col.................................. 55,692 33,415
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Florida....................................... 57,473 34,484
Georgia....................................... 60,676 36,406
Hawaii........................................ 67,564 40,538
Idaho......................................... 54,279 32,567
Illinois...................................... 69,168 41,501
Indiana....................................... 63,022 37,813
Iowa.......................................... 61,238 36,743
Kansas........................................ 61,926 37,156
Kentucky...................................... 54,030 32,418
Louisiana..................................... 52,299 31,379
Maine......................................... 58,802 35,281
Maryland...................................... 77,938 46,763
Massachusetts................................. 78,312 46,987
Michigan...................................... 67,995 40,797
Minnesota..................................... 72,379 43,427
Mississippi................................... 47,847 28,708
Missouri...................................... 59,764 35,858
Montana....................................... 51,791 31,075
Nebraska...................................... 60,129 36,077
Nevada........................................ 59,588 35,753
New Hampshire................................. 72,369 43,421
New Jersey.................................... 82,406 49,444
New Mexico.................................... 48,422 29,053
New York...................................... 65,461 39,277
North Carolina................................ 58,227 34,936
North Dakota.................................. 57,070 34,242
Ohio.......................................... 63,934 38,360
Oklahoma...................................... 51,377 30,826
Oregon........................................ 60,262 36,157
Pennsylvania.................................. 64,310 38,586
Rhode Island.................................. 67,646 40,588
South Carolina................................ 56,110 33,666
South Dakota.................................. 55,359 33,215
Tennessee..................................... 55,605 33,363
Texas......................................... 56,278 33,767
Utah.......................................... 59,864 35,918
Vermont....................................... 62,331 37,399
Virginia...................................... 66,889 40,133
Washington.................................... 66,531 39,919
West Virginia................................. 47,550 28,530
Wisconsin..................................... 66,988 40,193
Wyoming....................................... 57,148 34,289
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Note--FFY 2005 covers the period of October 1, 2004 through September
30, 2005. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
in the United States is $62,732 for FFY 2005. The estimates are
effective for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
at any time between the date of this publication and October 1, 2004,
or by the beginning of a LIHEAP grantee's fiscal year, whichever is
later.
\1\ In Accordance with 45 CFR 96.85, each State's estimated median
income for a four-person family is multiplied by the following
percentages to adjust for family size: 52 percent for one person, 68
percent for two persons, 84 percent for three persons, 100 percent for
four persons, 116 percent for five persons, and 132 percent for six
persons. For each additional family member above six persons, add 3
percent to the percentage for a six-person family (132 percent), and
multiply the new percentage by the State's estimated median income for
a four-person family.
\2\ Prepared by The Census Bureau from the Current Population Survey's
2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File, 2000 Decennial Census
of Population and Housing, and 2002 per capita personal income
estimates, by State, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). For
further information, contact the Housing and Household Economic
Statistics Division at the Census Bureau (301-763-3243).
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