[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12651-12652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6606]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Community Services
State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FY 1998);
Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 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: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated state median income for FY 1998.
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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 1998
(October 1, 1997 to September 30, 1998). In the past, the date for
adoption of the state median income estimates has been the first day of
the fiscal year after their publication. Beginning with the state
median income estimates for FY 1996, the adoption date for the
estimates was changed to be consistent with the adoption date for the
poverty income guidelines. Therefore, LIHEAP grantees may adopt the
state median income estimates at any time between the date of this
publication and the first day of FY 1998, at the LIHEAP grantee's
option. This means that LIHEAP grantees could also choose to implement
this notice during the period between the heating and cooling seasons.
However, by October 1, 1997, 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 1998 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, 1997, 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:
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 1998 (the period of October 1, 1997, through
September 30, 1998).
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, Public Law 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 1998 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 1998, the Bureau of the Census used the following
three sources of data: (1) The March 1996 Current Population Survey;
(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1995 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 1997, the FY 1998 estimates include
income estimates from the March Current Population Survey that are
based on population controls from the 1990 Decennial Census of
Population. Previous income estimates 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 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 1998 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 11, 1997.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal
Year 1998 \1\
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60 percent
Estimated of
state estimated
median state
States income 4- median
person income 4-
families person
\2\ families
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Alabama....................................... $42,617 $25,570
Alaska........................................ 56,045 33,627
Arizona....................................... 44,526 26,716
Arkansas...................................... 38,520 23,112
California.................................... 51,519 30,911
Colorado...................................... 50,941 30,565
Connecticut................................... 62,157 37,294
Delaware...................................... 54,519 32,711
District of Col............................... 49,837 29,902
Florida....................................... 44,626 26,776
Georgia....................................... 48,850 29,310
Hawaii........................................ 54,749 32,849
Idaho......................................... 42,142 25,285
Illinois...................................... 53,807 32,284
Indiana....................................... 47,465 28,479
Iowa.......................................... 47,314 28,388
Kansas........................................ 46,611 27,967
Kentucky...................................... 40,587 24,352
Louisiana..................................... 41,442 24,865
Maine......................................... 45,507 27,304
Maryland...................................... 60,239 36,143
Massachusetts................................. 59,191 35,515
Michigan...................................... 52,955 31,773
Minnesota..................................... 54,396 32,638
Mississippi................................... 37,328 22,397
Missouri...................................... 45,795 27,477
Montana....................................... 42,987 25,792
Nebraska...................................... 44,886 26,932
Nevada........................................ 50,064 30,038
New Hampshire................................. 54,492 32,695
New Jersey.................................... 61,409 36,845
New Mexico.................................... 37,365 22,419
New York...................................... 50,672 30,403
North Carolina................................ 47,367 28,420
North Dakota.................................. 43,483 26,090
Ohio.......................................... 50,893 30,536
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Oklahoma...................................... 42,124 25,274
Oregon........................................ 46,229 27,737
Pennsylvania.................................. 50,884 30,530
Rhode Island.................................. 51,362 30,817
South Carolina................................ 44,048 26,429
South Dakota.................................. 42,269 25,361
Tennessee..................................... 44,312 26,587
Texas......................................... 43,977 26,386
Utah.......................................... 45,611 27,367
Vermont....................................... 47,376 28,426
Virginia...................................... 50,032 30,019
Washington.................................... 51,415 30,849
West Virginia................................. 39,731 23,839
Wisconsin..................................... 50,628 30,377
Wyoming....................................... 45,925 27,555
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Note--FY 1998 covers the period of October 1, 1997 through September 30,
1998. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the
United States is $49,687 for FY 1998. 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, 1997, 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 1996 Current
Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
and 1995 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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