[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12698-12700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5931]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


State Median Income Estimate for a Four-Person Family (FFY 2005); 
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2005 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 estimates for FFY 2005.

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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 2005 
(October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005). 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, 2004, 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 2005 State median income estimates.
    This listing 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are effective at any time between the 
date of this publication and October 1, 2004, 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, DHHS, 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 2005 (the period of October 1, 2004, through 
September 30, 2005).
    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 2005 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 a four-person family for each 
State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2005 have been developed by 
the Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, using the most 
recently available income data. In developing the median income 
estimates for FFY 2005, the Census Bureau used the following three 
sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey's 2003 Annual Social 
and Economic Supplement File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of 
Population; and (3) 2002 per capita personal income estimates, by 
State, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
    For further information on the estimating method and data sources, 
contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, at the 
Census Bureau (301-763-3243).
    A State-by-State listing of median income, and 60 percent of median 
income, for a four-person family for FFY 2005 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 11, 2004.
Clarence H. Carter,
Director, Office of Community Services.

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                                                              60 percent
                                                 Estimated        of
                                                   state      estimated
                                                   median       State
                    States                       income for     median
                                                  a four-     income for
                                                   person       a four
                                                 family \2\     person
                                                                family
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Alabama.......................................      $53,754      $32,252
Alaska........................................       69,868       41,921
Arizona.......................................       56,857       34,114
Arkansas......................................       49,551       29,731
California....................................       65,766       39,460
Colorado......................................       68,089       40,853
Connecticut...................................       81,891       49,135
Delaware......................................       69,469       41,681
Dist. of Col..................................       55,692       33,415

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Florida.......................................       57,473       34,484
Georgia.......................................       60,676       36,406
Hawaii........................................       67,564       40,538
Idaho.........................................       54,279       32,567
Illinois......................................       69,168       41,501
Indiana.......................................       63,022       37,813
Iowa..........................................       61,238       36,743
Kansas........................................       61,926       37,156
Kentucky......................................       54,030       32,418
Louisiana.....................................       52,299       31,379
Maine.........................................       58,802       35,281
Maryland......................................       77,938       46,763
Massachusetts.................................       78,312       46,987
Michigan......................................       67,995       40,797
Minnesota.....................................       72,379       43,427
Mississippi...................................       47,847       28,708
Missouri......................................       59,764       35,858
Montana.......................................       51,791       31,075
Nebraska......................................       60,129       36,077
Nevada........................................       59,588       35,753
New Hampshire.................................       72,369       43,421
New Jersey....................................       82,406       49,444
New Mexico....................................       48,422       29,053
New York......................................       65,461       39,277
North Carolina................................       58,227       34,936
North Dakota..................................       57,070       34,242
Ohio..........................................       63,934       38,360
Oklahoma......................................       51,377       30,826
Oregon........................................       60,262       36,157
Pennsylvania..................................       64,310       38,586
Rhode Island..................................       67,646       40,588
South Carolina................................       56,110       33,666
South Dakota..................................       55,359       33,215
Tennessee.....................................       55,605       33,363
Texas.........................................       56,278       33,767
Utah..........................................       59,864       35,918
Vermont.......................................       62,331       37,399
Virginia......................................       66,889       40,133
Washington....................................       66,531       39,919
West Virginia.................................       47,550       28,530
Wisconsin.....................................       66,988       40,193
Wyoming.......................................       57,148      34,289
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Note--FFY 2005 covers the period of October 1, 2004 through September
  30, 2005. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
  in the United States is $62,732 for FFY 2005. 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, 2004,
  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 four-person family is multiplied by the following
  percentages to adjust for family size: 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, add 3
  percent to the percentage for a six-person family (132 percent), and
  multiply the new percentage by the State's estimated median income for
  a four-person family.
\2\ Prepared by The Census Bureau from the Current Population Survey's
  2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File, 2000 Decennial Census
  of Population and Housing, and 2002 per capita personal income
  estimates, by State, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). For
  further information, contact the Housing and Household Economic
  Statistics Division at the Census Bureau (301-763-3243).


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