[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26780-26782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11287]
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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) 2011 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 2011.
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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 2011 (October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011). 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, 2010, 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 FFY 2011 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, 2010, 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: [email protected].
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 2011 (October 1, 2010, through September 30,
2011).
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/
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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 2011 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: April 27, 2010.
Yolanda J. Butler,
Acting Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State, for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011, for Use in
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
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60 percent of estimated
Estimated state median state median income for
States income for a four- a four-person family 2
person family \1\ 3
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Alabama....................................................... $64,613 $38,768
Alaska........................................................ 84,350 50,610
Arizona....................................................... 70,110 42,066
Arkansas...................................................... 56,595 33,957
California.................................................... 79,704 47,822
Colorado...................................................... 80,519 48,311
Connecticut................................................... 101,643 60,986
Delaware...................................................... 84,223 50,534
District of Columbia.......................................... 68,304 40,982
Florida....................................................... 69,801 41,881
Georgia....................................................... 70,322 42,193
Hawaii........................................................ 90,199 54,119
Idaho......................................................... 63,634 38,180
Illinois...................................................... 81,187 48,712
Indiana....................................................... 71,006 42,604
Iowa.......................................................... 73,401 44,041
Kansas........................................................ 73,321 43,993
Kentucky...................................................... 64,597 38,758
Louisiana..................................................... 65,700 39,420
Maine......................................................... 68,992 41,395
Maryland...................................................... 101,413 60,848
Massachusetts................................................. 98,561 59,137
Michigan...................................................... 76,385 45,831
Minnesota..................................................... 87,000 52,200
Mississippi................................................... 56,628 33,977
Missouri...................................................... 69,565 41,739
Montana....................................................... 65,585 39,351
Nebraska...................................................... 72,817 43,690
Nevada........................................................ 71,963 43,178
New Hampshire................................................. 93,433 56,060
New Jersey.................................................... 102,472 61,483
New Mexico.................................................... 55,279 33,167
New York...................................................... 81,884 49,130
North Carolina................................................ 67,798 40,679
North Dakota.................................................. 73,101 43,861
Ohio.......................................................... 73,794 44,276
Oklahoma...................................................... 60,830 36,498
Oregon........................................................ 71,541 42,925
Pennsylvania.................................................. 78,665 47,199
Rhode Island.................................................. 85,963 51,578
South Carolina................................................ 64,825 38,895
South Dakota.................................................. 68,631 41,179
Tennessee..................................................... 64,203 38,522
Texas......................................................... 65,348 39,209
Utah.......................................................... 69,814 41,888
Vermont....................................................... 74,354 44,612
Virginia...................................................... 84,911 50,947
Washington.................................................... 81,684 49,010
West Virginia................................................. 58,622 35,173
Wisconsin..................................................... 78,742 47,245
Wyoming....................................................... 78,905 47,343
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Note: FFY 2011 covers the period of October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011. The estimated median income for
a four-person family living in the United States for this period is $75,648. These estimates become effective
for LIHEAP at any time between the date of this publication and October 1, 2010, or the beginning of a LIHEAP
grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.
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\1\ Prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau), from three-year estimates
from the 2006, 2007 and 2008 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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