[Federal Register: February 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 32)]
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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 2006);
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2006 State Median Income
Estimates for Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) Administration by the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated State median income estimates for FFY 2006.
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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 2006
(October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006). 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, 2005, 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 2006 State median income estimates.
This listing of estimate 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, 2005, 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, HHS, 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(11) 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 2006 (the period of October 1, 2005, through
September 30, 2006).
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 authorized through the end of FFY 2004 by the Coats Human
Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, Public Law 105-285, which was
enacted on October 27, 1998. The LIHEAP program continues to operate
with reauthorization legislation currently pending in Congress.
Estimates of the median income for a four-person family for each
State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2006 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 2006, the Census Bureau used the following three
sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey's 2004 Annual Social
and Economic Supplement File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of
Population; and (3) 2003 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 (302-763-3243). For information on recent U.S. income
trends go to: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf.
A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median
income, for a four-person family for FFY 2006 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: February 9, 2005.
Robert L. Mott,
Deputy Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State,
Federal Fiscal Year 2006 \1\
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60 percent of
Estimated State estimated State
States median income for median income for
a four-person a four-person
family \2\ family
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Alabama........................... $55,448 $33,269
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Alaska............................ 72,110 43,266
Arizona........................... 58,206 34,924
Arkansas.......................... 48,353 29,012
California........................ 67,814 40,688
Colorado.......................... 71,559 42,935
Connecticut....................... 86,001 51,601
Delaware.......................... 72,680 43,608
Dist. of Col...................... 56,067 33,640
Florida........................... 58,605 35,163
Georgia........................... 62,294 37,376
Hawaii............................ 71,320 42,792
Idaho............................. 53,376 32,026
Illinois.......................... 72,368 43,421
Indiana........................... 65,009 39,005
Iowa.............................. 64,341 38,605
Kansas............................ 64,215 38,529
Kentucky.......................... 53,198 31,919
Louisiana......................... 50,529 30,317
Maine............................. 59,596 35,758
Maryland.......................... 82,363 49,418
Massachusetts..................... 82,561 49,537
Michigan.......................... 68,602 41,161
Minnesota......................... 76,733 46,040
Mississippi....................... 46,570 27,942
Missouri.......................... 64,128 38,477
Montana........................... 49,124 29,474
Nebraska.......................... 63,625 38,175
Nevada............................ 63,005 37,803
New Hampshire..................... 79,339 47,603
New Jersey........................ 87,412 52,447
New Mexico........................ 45,867 27,520
New York.......................... 69,354 41,612
North Carolina.................... 56,712 34,027
North Dakota...................... 57,092 34,255
Ohio.............................. 66,066 39,640
Oklahoma.......................... 50,216 30,130
Oregon............................ 61,570 36,942
Pennsylvania...................... 68,578 41,147
Rhode Island...................... 71,098 42,659
South Carolina.................... 56,433 33,860
South Dakota...................... 59,272 35,563
Tennessee......................... 55,401 33,241
Texas............................. 54,554 32,732
Utah.............................. 62,032 37,219
Vermont........................... 65,876 39,526
Virginia.......................... 71,697 43,018
Washington........................ 69,130 41,478
West Virginia..................... 46,169 27,701
Wisconsin......................... 69,010 41,406
Wyoming........................... 56,065 33,639
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Note--FFY 2006 covers the period of October 1, 2005 through September
30, 2006. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
in the United States is $65,093 for FFY 2006. 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, 2005,
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% for one person, 68% for two
persons, 84% for three persons, 100% for four persons, 116% for five
persons, and 132% for six persons. For each additional family member
above six persons, add 3% to the percentage for a six-person family
(132%), 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
2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File, 2000 Decennial Census
of Population and Housing, and 2003 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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