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[FR Doc No: 94-5538]
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[Federal Register: March 10, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Community Services
State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (1995 FY);
Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 State Median Income Estimates for
Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Fiscal Administered by
the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community
Services, Division of Energy Assistance
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated state median income for FY 1995.
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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 1995
(October 1, 1994 to September 30, 1995). This listing of estimated
state median incomes concerns maximum income levels for households to
which the states may make payments under the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Fiscal (LIHEAP).
EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are effective as of October 1, 1994.
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.
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 1995 (the period of October 1, 1994, through
September 30, 1995).
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 states can use in determining a household's eligibility
for LIHEAP.
LIHEAP is currently authorized through the end of Fiscal Year 1995
by the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Pub.
L. 103-43, which was enacted on June 10, 1993.
Title VII of the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization
Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-501), which added a new section 2602(c) to the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (title XXVI of Pub. L.
97-35, as amended), provided that LIHEAP funds would be available for
obligation on the basis of a new ``Program Year'' of July 1 through
June 30, rather than on the Federal ``Fiscal Year'' basis of October 1
to September 30. That change has not yet been implemented by
appropriations actions, however. The FY 1994 HHS appropriations law
(Pub. L. 103-112) has provided advance FY 1995 appropriations for
LIHEAP to cover the nine-month period of October 1, 1994 to June 30,
1995. However, the President's Budget Request for FY 1995 proposes
amending the funding level and making it available for the full 12
month fiscal year of October 1, 1994 to September 30, 1995.
Estimates of the median income of four-person families for each
state and the District of Columbia for FY 1995 were developed by the
Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce, using the most
recent available income data. In developing the median income estimates
for FY 1995, the Bureau of the Census used the following three sources
of data: (1) The March 1993 Current Population Survey; (2) the 1990
Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1992 per capita personal income
estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
For further information on the estimating method and data sources,
contact Edward Welniak, Chief of the Income Statistics Branch, Housing
and Household Economic Statistics Division, at the Bureau of the Census
(301-763-8576).
A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median
income, for a four-person family for FY 1995 follows. The listing
describes the method for adjusting median income for families of
different sizes as specified in 45 CFR 96.85(b), which was published in
the Federal Register on March 3, 1988 at 53 FR 6824.
Dated: March 2, 1994.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State
[FY 1995\1\]
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60% of
Estimated estimated
state state
States median median
income, 4- income, 4-
person person
families\2\ families
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Alabama....................................... $39,659 $23,795
Alaska........................................ 49,632 29,779
Arizona....................................... 39,900 23,940
Arkansas...................................... 36,682 22,009
California.................................... 46,774 28,064
Colorado...................................... 45,021 27,013
Connecticut................................... 55,061 33,037
Delaware...................................... 50,999 30,599
District of...................................
Columbia...................................... 45,782 27,469
Florida....................................... 40,925 24,555
Georgia....................................... 42,696 25,618
Hawaii........................................ 50,821 30,493
Idaho......................................... 38,844 23,306
Illinois...................................... 47,474 28,484
Indiana....................................... 43,674 26,204
Iowa.......................................... 41,827 25,096
Kansas........................................ 42,285 25,371
Kentucky...................................... 38,512 23,107
Louisiana..................................... 38,061 22,837
Maine......................................... 40,924 24,554
Maryland...................................... 51,864 31,118
Massachusetts................................. 51,172 30,703
Michigan...................................... 45,704 27,422
Minnesota..................................... 46,518 27,911
Mississippi................................... 35,731 21,439
Missouri...................................... 41,926 25,156
Montana....................................... 37,174 22,304
Nebraska...................................... 42,207 25,324
Nevada........................................ 43,472 26,083
New Hampshire................................. 48,385 29,031
New Jersey.................................... 55,634 33,380
New Mexico.................................... 36,299 21,779
New York...................................... 48,039 28,823
North Carolina................................ 41,766 25,060
North Dakota.................................. 40,179 24,107
Ohio.......................................... 43,636 26,182
Oklahoma...................................... 37,704 22,622
Oregon........................................ 41,558 24,935
Pennsylvania.................................. 45,015 27,009
Rhode Island.................................. 46,797 28,078
South Carolina................................ 40,753 24,452
South Dakota.................................. 38,703 23,222
Tennessee..................................... 40,549 24,329
Texas......................................... 40,695 24,417
Utah.......................................... 41,505 24,903
Vermont....................................... 43,167 25,900
Virginia...................................... 45,492 27,295
Washington.................................... 46,327 27,796
West Virginia................................. 37,437 22,462
Wisconsin..................................... 44,444 26,666
Wyoming....................................... 43,126 25,876
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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% 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 1993 Current
Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
and 1992 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Note--FY 1995 covers the period of October 1, 1994 through September 30,
1995. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the
United States is $44,615 for FY 1995.
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