[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10037-10039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2754]


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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 2007); 
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2007 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, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of estimated State median income estimates for FFY 2007.

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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 2007 
(October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007). 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, 2006, 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 2007 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.

DATES: Effective Date: The estimates are effective at any time between 
the date of this publication and October 1, 2006, 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 2007 (the period of October 1, 2006, through 
September 30, 2007).
    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 2007 by the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-58, which was enacted on August 8, 
2005.
    Estimates of the median income for a four-person family for each 
State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2007 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 2007, the Census Bureau used the following three 
sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey's 2005 Annual Social 
and Economic Supplement File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of 
Population; and (3) 2004 per capita personal income estimates, by 
State, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

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    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). For information on recent U.S. income 
trends go to: http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p60-229.pdf
    A state-by-state listing of median income and 60 percent of median 
income, for a four-person family for FFY 2007 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 17, 2006.
Josephine B. Robinson,
Director, Office of Community Services.

    Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State,
                      Federal Fiscal Year 2007 \1\
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                                                           60 percent of
                                             Estimated       estimated
                                           state median    state median
                 States                    income for a    income for a
                                            four-person     four-person
                                            family \2\        family
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Alabama.................................         $58,652         $35,191
Alaska..................................          78,057          46,834
Arizona.................................          57,119          34,271
Arkansas................................          51,061          30,637
California..............................          69,377          41,626
Colorado................................          73,213          43,928
Connecticut.............................          89,319          53,591
Delaware................................          74,993          44,996
District of Columbia....................          64,980          38,988
Florida.................................          60,803          36,482
Georgia.................................          60,447          36,268
Hawaii..................................          73,477          44,086
Idaho...................................          57,773          34,664
Illinois................................          70,558          42,335
Indiana.................................          65,464          39,278
Iowa....................................          66,470          39,882
Kansas..................................          65,777          39,466
Kentucky................................          57,540          34,524
Louisiana...............................          54,394          32,636
Maine...................................          66,107          39,664
Maryland................................          87,972          52,783
Massachusetts...........................          86,747          52,048
Michigan................................          71,324          42,794
Minnesota...............................          78,829          47,297
Mississippi.............................          50,801          30,481
Missouri................................          63,460          38,076
Montana.................................          55,618          33,371
Nebraska................................          64,417          38,650
Nevada..................................          60,520          36,312
New Hampshire...........................          81,313          48,788
New Jersey..............................          89,372          53,623
New Mexico..............................          51,452          30,871
New York................................          67,857          40,714
North Carolina..........................          60,303          36,182
North Dakota............................          68,371          41,023
Ohio....................................          67,589          40,553
Oklahoma................................          56,101          33,661
Oregon..................................          61,250          36,750
Pennsylvania............................          68,913          41,348
Rhode Island............................          72,706          43,624
South Carolina..........................          57,539          34,523
South Dakota............................          61,961          37,177
Tennessee...............................          57,569          34,541
Texas...................................          56,508          33,905
Utah....................................          63,233          37,940
Vermont.................................          72,465          43,479
Virginia................................          74,290          44,574
Washington..............................          71,727          43,036
West Virginia...........................          52,176          31,306
Wisconsin...............................          71,267          42,760
Wyoming.................................          66,325         39,795
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Note--FFY 2007 covers the period of October 1, 2006 through September
  30, 2007. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
  in the United States is $66,111 for FFY 2007. 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, 2006,
  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.

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\2\ Prepared by the Census Bureau from the Current Population Survey's
  2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File, 2000 Decennial Census
  of Population and Housing, and 2004 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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