[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13767-13769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5536]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FY 2001); 
Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 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 2001.

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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 2001 
(October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001). 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, 2000, 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 2001 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, 2000, 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, 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 2001 (the period of October 1, 2000, through 
September 30, 2001).
    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 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 2001 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 2001, the Bureau of the Census used the following 
three sources of data: (1) The March 1999 Current Population Survey; 
(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1998 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 2000, the FY 2001 estimates include 
income

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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 2001 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 1, 2001.
Robert Mott,
Acting Director, Office of Community Services.

  Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal
                              Year 2001 \1\
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                                     Estimated state     60 percent of
                                     median income 4-   estimated state
              States                 person families    median income 4-
                                           \2\          person families
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Alabama...........................            $51,156            $30,694
Alaska............................             59,726             35,836
Arizona...........................             49,397             29,638
Arkansas..........................             44,471             26,683
California........................             55,209             33,125
Colorado..........................             63,428             38,057
Connecticut.......................             75,534             45,320
Delaware..........................             65,157             39,094
District of Col...................             60,674             36,404
Florida...........................             52,581             31,549
Georgia...........................             55,989             33,593
Hawaii............................             61,838             37,103
Idaho.............................             49,174             29,504
Illinois..........................             61,672             37,003
Indiana...........................             55,284             33,170
Iowa..............................             53,230             31,938
Kansas............................             55,341             33,205
Kentucky..........................             49,108             29,465
Louisiana.........................             49,037             29,422
Maine.............................             51,059             30,635
Maryland..........................             71,404             42,842
Massachusetts.....................             68,958             41,375
Michigan..........................             59,019             35,411
Minnesota.........................             67,140             40,284
Mississippi.......................             43,907             26,344
Missouri..........................             54,190             32,514
Montana...........................             44,737             26,842
Nebraska..........................             56,692             34,015
Nevada............................             53,054             31,832
New Hampshire.....................             61,014             36,608
New Jersey........................             70,983             42,590
New Mexico........................             43,829             26,297
New York..........................             57,142             34,285
North Carolina....................             54,331             32,599
North Dakota......................             51,002             30,601
Ohio..............................             60,169             36,101
Oklahoma..........................             47,436             28,462
Oregon............................             55,892             33,535
Pennsylvania......................             58,507             35,104
Rhode Island......................             62,339             37,403
South Carolina....................             52,111             31,267
South Dakota......................             49,702             29,821
Tennessee.........................             50,310             30,186
Texas.............................             51,148             30,689
Utah..............................             54,946             32,968
Vermont...........................             53,691             32,215
Virginia..........................             60,860             36,516
Washington........................             61,059             36,635
West Virginia.....................             43,239             25,943
Wisconsin.........................             57,890             34,734
Wyoming...........................             50,989            30,593
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Note--FY 2001 covers the period of October 1, 2000 through September 30,
  2001. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the
  United States is $56,061 for FY 2001. 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, 2000, or by the
  beginning of a LIHEAP grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.

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\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% 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 1999 Current
  Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
  and 1998 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the
  Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In 1999, BEA revised its
  methodology in estimating per capita personal income estimates. BEA's
  revised methodology is reflected in the FY 2002 state 4-person family
  median income estimates. For further information, contact the Housing
  and Household Economic Statistics Division at the Bureau of the Census
  (301-457-3242).

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