[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8650-8651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4355]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FY 1999);
Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 State Median Income Estimates for
Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated state median income for FY 1999.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the estimated median income for four-
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person families in each state and the District of Columbia for FY 1999
(October 1, 1998 to September 30, 1999). 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, 1998, 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 1999 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, 1998, 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, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-5304, Internet E-Mail:
llitow@acf.dhhs.gov,
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 1999 (the period of October 1, 1998, through
September 30, 1999).
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 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 1999 by the
Human Services Amendments of 1994, Pub. L. 103-252, which was enacted
on May 18, 1994.
Estimates of the median income of four-person families for each
state and the District of Columbia for FY 1999 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 1999, the Bureau of the Census used the following
three sources of data: (1) The March 1997 Current Population Survey;
(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1996 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 1998, the FY 1999 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 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 (301-457-3242).
A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median
income, for a four-person family for FY 1999 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 13, 1998.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal
Year 1999 \1\
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60
Percent
Estimated of
state estimated
States median state
income 4- median
person income 4-
families person
\2\ families
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Alabama......................................... $44,879 $26,927
Alaska.......................................... 62,078 37,247
Arizona......................................... 45,032 27,019
Arkansas........................................ 36,828 22,097
California...................................... 53,807 32,284
Colorado........................................ 53,632 32,179
Connecticut..................................... 67,380 40,428
Delaware........................................ 56,662 33,997
District of Col................................. 53,256 31,954
Florida......................................... 44,829 26,897
Georgia......................................... 48,920 29,352
Hawaii.......................................... 57,909 34,745
Idaho........................................... 44,133 26,480
Illinois........................................ 55,372 33,223
Indiana......................................... 52,962 31,777
Iowa............................................ 48,167 28,900
Kansas.......................................... 49,034 29,420
Kentucky........................................ 44,932 26,959
Louisiana....................................... 41,851 25,111
Maine........................................... 48,632 29,179
Maryland........................................ 61,860 37,116
Massachusetts................................... 62,385 37,431
Michigan........................................ 56,174 33,704
Minnesota....................................... 56,200 33,720
Mississippi..................................... 38,748 23,249
Missouri........................................ 50,015 30,009
Montana......................................... 41,462 24,877
Nebraska........................................ 46,726 28,036
Nevada.......................................... 50,946 30,568
New Hampshire................................... 56,497 33,898
New Jersey...................................... 65,586 39,352
New Mexico...................................... 38,143 22,886
New York........................................ 52,799 31,679
North Carolina.................................. 49,272 29,563
North Dakota.................................... 45,480 27,288
Ohio............................................ 51,835 31,101
Oklahoma........................................ 43,138 25,883
Oregon.......................................... 46,245 27,747
Pennsylvania.................................... 53,814 32,288
Rhode Island.................................... 53,967 32,380
South Carolina.................................. 46,973 28,184
South Dakota.................................... 45,043 27,026
Tennessee....................................... 45,245 27,147
Texas........................................... 46,757 28,054
Utah............................................ 45,775 27,465
Vermont......................................... 49,401 29,641
Virginia........................................ 53,394 32,036
Washington...................................... 53,153 31,892
West Virginia................................... 41,293 24,776
Wisconsin....................................... 52,986 31,792
Wyoming......................................... 46,830 28,098
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Note--FY 1999 covers the period of October 1, 1988 through September 30,
1999. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the
United States is $51,518 for FY 1999. 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, 1998, 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% to 132% 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 1997 Current
Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
and 1996 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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