[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8102-8104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3088]


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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 2006); 
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2006 State Median Income 
Estimates for Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP) Administration by the Administration for Children and 
Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of estimated State median income estimates for FFY 2006.

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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 2006 
(October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006). 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, 2005, 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 2006 State median income estimates.
    This listing of estimate 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, 2005, 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, E-Mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of section 2603(11) 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 2006 (the period of October 1, 2005, through 
September 30, 2006).
    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 authorized through the end of FFY 2004 by the Coats Human 
Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, Public Law 105-285, which was 
enacted on October 27, 1998. The LIHEAP program continues to operate 
with reauthorization legislation currently pending in Congress.
    Estimates of the median income for a four-person family for each 
State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2006 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 2006, the Census Bureau used the following three 
sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey's 2004 Annual Social 
and Economic Supplement File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of 
Population; and (3) 2003 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 (302-763-3243). For information on recent U.S. income 
trends go to: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf.
    A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median 
income, for a four-person family for FFY 2006 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 9, 2005.
Robert L. Mott,
Deputy Director, Office of Community Services.

    Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State,
                      Federal Fiscal Year 2006 \1\
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                                                         60 percent of
                                     Estimated State    estimated State
              States                median income for  median income for
                                      a four-person      a four-person
                                        family \2\           family
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Alabama...........................            $55,448            $33,269

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Alaska............................             72,110             43,266
Arizona...........................             58,206             34,924
Arkansas..........................             48,353             29,012
California........................             67,814             40,688
Colorado..........................             71,559             42,935
Connecticut.......................             86,001             51,601
Delaware..........................             72,680             43,608
Dist. of Col......................             56,067             33,640
Florida...........................             58,605             35,163
Georgia...........................             62,294             37,376
Hawaii............................             71,320             42,792
Idaho.............................             53,376             32,026
Illinois..........................             72,368             43,421
Indiana...........................             65,009             39,005
Iowa..............................             64,341             38,605
Kansas............................             64,215             38,529
Kentucky..........................             53,198             31,919
Louisiana.........................             50,529             30,317
Maine.............................             59,596             35,758
Maryland..........................             82,363             49,418
Massachusetts.....................             82,561             49,537
Michigan..........................             68,602             41,161
Minnesota.........................             76,733             46,040
Mississippi.......................             46,570             27,942
Missouri..........................             64,128             38,477
Montana...........................             49,124             29,474
Nebraska..........................             63,625             38,175
Nevada............................             63,005             37,803
New Hampshire.....................             79,339             47,603
New Jersey........................             87,412             52,447
New Mexico........................             45,867             27,520
New York..........................             69,354             41,612
North Carolina....................             56,712             34,027
North Dakota......................             57,092             34,255
Ohio..............................             66,066             39,640
Oklahoma..........................             50,216             30,130
Oregon............................             61,570             36,942
Pennsylvania......................             68,578             41,147
Rhode Island......................             71,098             42,659
South Carolina....................             56,433             33,860
South Dakota......................             59,272             35,563
Tennessee.........................             55,401             33,241
Texas.............................             54,554             32,732
Utah..............................             62,032             37,219
Vermont...........................             65,876             39,526
Virginia..........................             71,697             43,018
Washington........................             69,130             41,478
West Virginia.....................             46,169             27,701
Wisconsin.........................             69,010             41,406
Wyoming...........................             56,065            33,639
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Note--FFY 2006 covers the period of October 1, 2005 through September
  30, 2006. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
  in the United States is $65,093 for FFY 2006. 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, 2005,
  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% 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 each additional family member
  above six persons, add 3% to the percentage for a six-person family
  (132%), 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
  2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File, 2000 Decennial Census
  of Population and Housing, and 2003 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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