[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9513-9514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FY 2000); 
Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 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 for FY 2000.

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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 FY 2000 
(October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000). 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, 1999, 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 FY 2000 state median income estimates.
    This listing of estimated state median incomes concerns maximum 
income levels for households to which LIHEAP grantees may make payments 
under LIHEAP.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are effective at any time between the 
date of this publication and October 1, 1999, 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, S.W. Washington, D.C. 
20447 Telephone: (202) 401-5304 Internet E-Mail: [email protected]

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 FY 2000 (the period of October 1, 1999, through 
September 30, 2000).
    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 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 FY 2004 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 four-person families for each 
state and the District of Columbia for FY 2000 have been developed by 
the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce, using the 
most recently available income data. In developing the median income 
estimates for FY 2000, the Bureau of the Census used the following 
three sources of data: (1) The March 1998 Current Population Survey; 
(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1997 per capita 
personal income estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
    Like the estimates for FY 1999, the FY 2000 estimates include 
income estimates from the March Current Population Survey that are 
based on population controls from the 1990 Decennial Census of 
Population. Income estimates prior to FY 1996 from the March Current 
Population Survey had been based on population controls from the 1980 
Decennial Census of Population. Generally, the use of 1990 population 
controls results in somewhat lower estimates of income.
    For further information on the estimating method and data sources, 
contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, at the 
Bureau of the Census (301-457-3243).
    A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median 
income, for a four-person family for FY 2000 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 19, 1999.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.

  Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal
                              Year 2000 \1\
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                                                              60 Percent
                                                 Estimated        of
                                                   state      estimated
                                                   median       state
                    States                       income 4-      median
                                                   person     income 4-
                                                  families      person
                                                    \2\        families
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Alabama.......................................      $48,240      $28,944
Alaska........................................       57,474       34,484
Arizona.......................................       47,133       28,280
Arkansas......................................       38,646       23,188
California....................................       55,217       33,130
Colorado......................................       58,988       35,393
Connecticut...................................       72,706       43,624
Delaware......................................       63,171       37,903
District of Col...............................       56,125       33,675
Florida.......................................       49,913       29,948
Georgia.......................................       51,649       30,989
Hawaii........................................       58,474       35,084
Idaho.........................................       46,126       27,676
Illinois......................................       57,811       34,687
Indiana.......................................       53,581       32,149
Iowa..........................................       51,782       31,069
Kansas........................................       52,900       31,740
Kentucky......................................       46,033       27,620
Louisiana.....................................       46,087       27,652
Maine.........................................       48,043       28,826
Maryland......................................       66,508       39,905
Massachusetts.................................       65,012       39,007
Michigan......................................       57,521       34,513
Minnesota.....................................       60,577       36,346
Mississippi...................................       42,238       25,343
Missouri......................................       52,179       31,307
Montana.......................................       43,559       26,135
Nebraska......................................       53,419       32,051
Nevada........................................       53,302       31,981
New Hampshire.................................       59,981       35,989
New Jersey....................................       67,335       40,401
New Mexico....................................       40,033       24,020
New York......................................       55,911       33,547
North Carolina................................       51,790       31,074
North Dakota..................................       46,921       28,153
Ohio..........................................       55,926       33,556
Oklahoma......................................       44,283       26,570
Oregon........................................       54,226       32,536
Pennsylvania..................................       55,386       33,232
Rhode Island..................................       62,005       37,203
South Carolina................................       49,660       29,796
South Dakota..................................       46,831       28,099
Tennessee.....................................       48,244       28,946
Texas.........................................       48,007       28,804
Utah..........................................       50,823       30,494
Vermont.......................................       51,814       31,088
Virginia......................................       57,050       34,230
Washington....................................       57,421       34,453
West Virginia.................................       43,668       26,201
Wisconsin.....................................       57,270       34,362
Wyoming.......................................       48,412      29,047
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Note--FY 2000 covers the period of October 1, 1999 through September 30,
  2000. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the
  United States is $53,350 for FY 2000. 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, 1999, 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 4-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 family sizes greater than six
  persons, add 3% to 132% for each additional family member and multiply
  the new percentage by the state's estimated median income for a 4-
  person family.
\2\ Prepared by the Bureau of the Census from the March 1998 Current
  Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
  and 1997 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the
  Bureau of Economic Analysis.


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