[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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