[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4454-4456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2224]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FFY 
2003); Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2003 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 FFY 2003.

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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 2003 
(October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003). 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, 2002, 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 2003 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, 2002, or by the beginning of a 
LIHEAP grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leon Litow,Administration for Children

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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: [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 FFY 2003 (the period of October 1, 2002, through 
September 30, 2003).
    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 FFY 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 FFY 2003 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 FFY 2003, the Bureau of the Census used the following 
three sources of data: (1) The March 2001 Current Population Survey; 
(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 2000 per capita 
personal income estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
    Like the estimates for FFY 2002, the FFY 2003 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 FFY 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.
    In 1999, BEA revised its methodology in estimating per capita 
personal income estimates. BEA's revised methodology is reflected in 
the FFY 2003 state 4-person family median income estimates. Generally, 
the revised methodology decreased, on average, state median income 
estimates for FFY 2002 by about 0.04 percent. 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 FFY 2003 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: January 24, 2002.
Clarence H. Carter,
Director, Office of Community Services.

 Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Federal
                          Fiscal Year 20031 \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...........................            $51,451            $30,871
Alaska............................             66,874             40,124
Arizona...........................             55,663             33,398
Arkansas..........................             44,537             26,722
California........................             63,206             37,924
Colorado..........................             66,624             39,974
Connecticut.......................             82,702             49,621
Delaware..........................             69,360             41,616
District of Col...................             63,406             38,044
Florida...........................             55,351             33,211
Georgia...........................             59,489             35,693
Hawaii............................             65,872             39,523
Idaho.............................             53,722             32,233
Illinois..........................             68,117             40,870
Indiana...........................             62,079             37,247
Iowa..............................             57,921             34,753
Kansas............................             56,784             34,070
Kentucky..........................             51,249             30,749
Louisiana.........................             47,363             28,418
Maine.............................             56,186             33,712
Maryland..........................             77,562             46,537
Massachusetts.....................             78,025             46,815
Michigan..........................             68,740             41,244
Minnesota.........................             70,553             42,332
Mississippi.......................             46,331             27,799
Missouri..........................             61,173             36,704
Montana...........................             46,142             27,685
Nebraska..........................             57,040             34,224
Nevada............................             59,614             35,768
New Hampshire.....................             71,661             42,997
New Jersey........................             78,560             47,136
New Mexico........................             47,314             28,388
New York..........................             64,520             38,712
North Carolina....................             57,203             34,322
North Dakota......................             53,140             31,884

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Ohio..............................             62,251             37,351
Oklahoma..........................             48,459             29,075
Oregon............................             58,315             34,989
Pennsylvania......................             65,411             39,247
Rhode Island......................             68,418             41,051
South Carolina....................             56,294             33,776
South Dakota......................             55,150             33,090
Tennessee.........................             54,899             32,939
Texas.............................             53,513             32,108
Utah..............................             57,043             34,226
Vermont...........................             59,125             35,475
Virginia..........................             68,054             40,832
Washington........................             63,568             38,141
West Virginia.....................             46,270             27,762
Wisconsin.........................             66,725             40,035
Wyoming...........................             55,859             33,515
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Note: FFY 2003 covers the period of October 1, 2002 through September
  30, 2003. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in
  the United States is $62,228 for FFY 2003. 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, 2002, 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% 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 2001 Current
  Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
  and 2000 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 FFY 2003 state 4-person family
  median income estimates. For further information, contact the Housing
  and Household Economic Statistics Division at the Bureau of the Census
  (301-457-3243).

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