04-5931. State Median Income Estimate for a Four-Person Family (FFY 2005); Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2005 State Median Income Estimates for Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Administered by the ...

AGENCY:

Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION:

Notice of estimated State median income estimates for FFY 2005.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the estimated median income for four-person families in each State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2005 (October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005). 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, 2004, 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 2005 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

The estimates are effective at any time between the date of this publication and October 1, 2004, 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, DHHS, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: [phone], E-Mail: [e-mail].

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 FFY 2005 (the period of October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005).

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 FFY 2005 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 a four-person family for each State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2005 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 2005, the Census Bureau used the following three sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey's 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 2002 per capita personal income estimates, by State, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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).

A State-by-State listing of median income, and 60 percent of median income, for a four-person family for FFY 2005 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, 2004.

Clarence H. Carter,

Director, Office of Community Services.

Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, By State, Federal Fiscal Year 2004 ¹

States	Estimated state median income for a four-person family 2	60 percent of estimated State median income for a four person family
Alabama	$53,754	$32,252
Alaska	69,868	41,921
Arizona	56,857	34,114
Arkansas	49,551	29,731
California	65,766	39,460
Colorado	68,089	40,853
Connecticut	81,891	49,135
Delaware	69,469	41,681
Dist. of Col.	55,692	33,415
Florida	57,473	34,484
Georgia	60,676	36,406
Hawaii	67,564	40,538
Idaho	54,279	32,567
Illinois	69,168	41,501
Indiana	63,022	37,813
Iowa	61,238	36,743
Kansas	61,926	37,156
Kentucky	54,030	32,418
Louisiana	52,299	31,379
Maine	58,802	35,281
Maryland	77,938	46,763
Massachusetts	78,312	46,987
Michigan	67,995	40,797
Minnesota	72,379	43,427
Mississippi	47,847	28,708
Missouri	59,764	35,858
Montana	51,791	31,075
Nebraska	60,129	36,077
Nevada	59,588	35,753
New Hampshire	72,369	43,421
New Jersey	82,406	49,444
New Mexico	48,422	29,053
New York	65,461	39,277
North Carolina	58,227	34,936
North Dakota	57,070	34,242
Ohio	63,934	38,360
Oklahoma	51,377	30,826
Oregon	60,262	36,157
Pennsylvania	64,310	38,586
Rhode Island	67,646	40,588
South Carolina	56,110	33,666
South Dakota	55,359	33,215
Tennessee	55,605	33,363
Texas	56,278	33,767
Utah	59,864	35,918
Vermont	62,331	37,399
Virginia	66,889	40,133
Washington	66,531	39,919
West Virginia	47,550	28,530
Wisconsin	66,988	40,193
Wyoming	57,148	34,289
Note—FFY 2005 covers the period of October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005. The estimated median income for a four-person family living in the United States is $62,732 for FFY 2005. 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, 2004, 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 percent for one person, 68 percent for two persons, 84 percent for three persons, 100 percent for four persons, 116 percent for five persons, and 132 percent for six persons. For each additional family member above six persons, add 3 percent to the percentage for a six-person family (132 percent), and multiply the new percentage by the State's estimated median income for a four-person family.
2 Prepared by The Census Bureau from the Current Population Survey's 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement File, 2000 Decennial Census of Population and Housing, and 2002 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).