[Federal Register: March 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 48)]
[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: Notice of
the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010 State Median Income Estimates for
Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 93.568) Administered by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration
for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of
Energy Assistance
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community
Services, Division of Energy Assistance, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of State median income estimates for FFY 2010.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces to LIHEAP grantees the estimated median
income of four-person families in each State and the District of
Columbia for FFY 2010 (October 1, 2009, to September 30, 2010). LIHEAP
grantees that choose to base their income eligibility criteria on these
State median income estimates may adopt these estimates (up to 60
percent) on the estimates' date of publication in the Federal Register
or on a later date as discussed below. This enables these grantees to
implement this notice during the period between the heating and cooling
seasons.
However, by October 1, 2009, or the beginning of the grantees'
fiscal years, whichever is later, these grantees must adjust their
income eligibility criteria so that such criteria are in accord with
the
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FFY 2010 State median income estimates.
This listing of 60 percent 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.
DATES: Effective Date: For each LIHEAP grantee, these estimates become
effective at any time between their date of publication in the Federal
Register and the later of October 1, 2009, or the beginning of that
grantee's fiscal year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Edelman, Office of Community
Services, Division of Energy Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW.,Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-5292, E-Mail:
peter.edelman@acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of section 2603(11) of
Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law
(Pub. L.) 97-35, as amended, HHS announces the estimated median income
of four-person families for each State, the District of Columbia, and
the United States for FFY 2010 (October 1, 2009, through September 30,
2010).
Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this Act provides that 60 percent of
the median income for each State and the District of Columbia (State
median income, or SMI), as annually established by the Secretary 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 was last authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public
Law 109-58, which was enacted on August 8, 2005. This authorization
expired on September 30, 2007, and reauthorization remains pending.
The SMI estimates that HHS publishes in this notice are three-year
estimates derived from the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by
the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau).
HHS obtained these estimates directly from the Census Bureau. For
additional information about the ACS State median income estimates, see
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/medincsizeandstate.html. For
additional information about the ACS in general, see http://
www.census.gov/acs/www/ or contact the Census Bureau's Housing and
Household Economic Statistics Division at (301) 763-3243.
Under the advice of the Census Bureau, HHS switched to three-year
estimates rather than single-year estimates to reduce the large year-
to-year fluctuations that the single-year estimates tend to generate
for certain States and the District of Columbia. The change from the
single-year to three-year estimates caused the FFY 2010 estimates to
drop by about two percent on average. HHS plans to use the Census
Bureau's ACS-derived SMI three-year estimates for all fiscal years
after 2010. For further information about ACS one-year and three-year
estimates, see http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_
content=acs_guidance.html.
The State median income estimates, like those derived from any
survey, are subject to two types of errors: (1) Nonsampling Error,
which consists of random errors that increase the variability of the
data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data into a
specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error
that arises from the use of probability sampling to create the sample.
For additional information about the accuracy of the ACS State median
income estimates, see http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS/
accuracy2005-2007.pdf.
A State-by-State listing of SMI and 60 percent of SMI for a four-
person family for FFY 2010 follows. The listing describes the method
for adjusting SMI for families of different sizes as specified in
regulations applicable to LIHEAP, at 45 CFR 96.85(b), which were
published in the Federal Register on March 3, 1988, at 53 FR 6824 and
amended on October 15, 1999, at 64 FR 55858.
Dated: March 5, 2009.
Yolanda J. Butler, PhD,
Acting Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State, for
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010, for Use in the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
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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\1\ family \2\ \3\
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Alabama.......................... $60,382 $36,229
Alaska........................... 79,770 47,862
Arizona.......................... 66,839 40,103
Arkansas......................... 54,662 32,797
California....................... 76,388 45,833
Colorado......................... 76,200 45,720
Connecticut...................... 97,708 58,625
Delaware......................... 79,709 47,825
District of Columbia............. 64,678 38,807
Florida.......................... 67,014 40,208
Georgia.......................... 68,776 41,266
Hawaii........................... 84,438 50,663
Idaho............................ 60,560 36,336
Illinois......................... 77,813 46,688
Indiana.......................... 68,410 41,046
Iowa............................. 70,967 42,580
Kansas........................... 69,863 41,918
Kentucky......................... 61,207 36,724
Louisiana........................ 61,438 36,863
Maine............................ 66,948 40,169
Maryland......................... 96,952 58,171
Massachusetts.................... 93,351 56,011
Michigan......................... 75,149 45,089
Minnesota........................ 83,444 50,066
Mississippi...................... 52,870 31,722
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Missouri......................... 66,939 40,163
Montana.......................... 62,353 37,412
Nebraska......................... 69,854 41,912
Nevada........................... 68,646 41,188
New Hampshire.................... 88,625 53,175
New Jersey....................... 97,326 58,396
New Mexico....................... 53,041 31,825
New York......................... 78,061 46,837
North Carolina................... 64,591 38,755
North Dakota..................... 67,183 40,310
Ohio............................. 71,063 42,638
Oklahoma......................... 57,247 34,348
Oregon........................... 67,605 40,563
Pennsylvania..................... 75,161 45,097
Rhode Island..................... 83,241 49,945
South Carolina................... 61,494 36,896
South Dakota..................... 64,930 38,958
Tennessee........................ 61,581 36,949
Texas............................ 62,358 37,415
Utah............................. 65,460 39,276
Vermont.......................... 73,550 44,130
Virginia......................... 81,919 49,151
Washington....................... 77,676 46,606
West Virginia.................... 56,430 33,858
Wisconsin........................ 75,111 45,067
Wyoming.......................... 72,788 43,673
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Note: FFY 2010 covers the period of October 1, 2009, through September
30, 2010. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
in the United States for this period is $72,336. These estimates
become effective for LIHEAP at any time between the date of this
publication and October 1, 2009, or the beginning of a LIHEAP
grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.
\1\ Prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
(Census Bureau), from an average of data from the 2005, 2006 and 2007
American Community Surveys (ACSs). These estimates, like those derived
from any survey, are subject to two types of errors: (1) Nonsampling
Error, which consists of random errors that increase the variability
of the data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data
into a specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of
the error that arises from the use of probability sampling to create
the sample.
\2\ These figures were calculated by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) by multiplying
the estimated State median income for a four-person family for each
State by 60 percent.
\3\ To adjust for different sizes of family, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for
multiplying 60 percent of a State's estimated median income for a four-
person family by the following percentages: 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, 45
CFR 96.85 calls for adding 3 percentage points to the percentage for a
six-person family (132 percent) and multiply the new percentage by 60
percent of a State's estimated median income for a four-person family.
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