01-7112. State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FFY 2002); Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2002 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 for FFY 2002—Correction.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the estimated median income for four-person families in each State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2002 (October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002). This notice corrects a notice published on Wednesday, March 7, 2001 (66 FR 13767) which erroneously contained estimated median incomes for FFY 2001. LIHEAP grantees may adopt the FFY 2002 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, 2001, 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 2002 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, 2001, 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, D.C. 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 2002 (the period of October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2002).

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 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 FFY 2002 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 FFY 2002, the Bureau of the Census used the following three sources of data: (1) the March 2000 Current Population Survey; (2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1999 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Like the estimates for FFY 2001, the FFY 2002 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 FFY 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.

In 1999, BEA revised its methodology in estimating per capita personal income estimates. BEA's revised methodology is reflected in the FFY 2002 state 4-person family median income estimates. Generally, the revised methodology decreased, on average, state median income estimates by about 0.04 percent. 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 FFY 2002 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 16, 2001.

Robert Mott,

Acting Director, Office of Community Services.

Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Federal Fiscal Year 2002 ¹

States	Estimated state median income 4-person families 2	60 Percent of estimated state median income 4-person families
Alabama	$52,405	$31,443
Alaska	70,294	42,176
Arizona	53,041	31,825
Arkansas	46,671	28,003
California	63,100	37,860
Colorado	62,860	37,716
Connecticut	75,505	45,303
Delaware	65,584	39,350
District of Col.	62,281	37,369
Florida	55,578	33,347
Georgia	57,795	34,677
Hawaii	66,402	39,841
Idaho	47,703	28,622
Illinois	66,356	39,814
Indiana	58,519	35,111
Iowa	58,075	34,845
Kansas	57,195	34,317
Kentucky	52,186	31,312
Louisiana	49,446	29,668
Maine	57,536	34,522
Maryland	74,806	44,884
Massachusetts	71,689	43,013
Michigan	65,467	39,280
Minnesota	66,677	40,006
Mississippi	47,915	28,749
Missouri	56,673	34,004
Montana	50,966	30,580
Nebraska	55,693	33,416
Nevada	59,479	35,687
New Hampshire	65,885	39,531
New Jersey	75,425	45,255
New Mexico	44,947	26,968
New York	59,755	35,853
North Carolina	56,115	33,669
North Dakota	51,002	30,601
Ohio	56,237	33,742
Oklahoma	52,261	31,357
Oregon	53,909	32,345
Pennsylvania	59,546	35,728
Rhode Island	64,614	38,768
South Carolina	55,978	33,587
South Dakota	52,246	31,348
Tennessee	51,999	31,199
Texas	53,291	31,975
Utah	57,251	34,351
Vermont	57,713	34,628
Virginia	64,352	38,611
Washington	62,618	37,571
West Virginia	45,202	27,121
Wisconsin	63,436	38,062
Wyoming	55,624	33,374
Note—FFY 2002 covers the period of October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the United States is $59,981 for FFY 2002. 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, 2001, 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% 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 2000 Current Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing, and 1999 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 FFY 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 (301-457-3243).