[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16479-16480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7741]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Community Services; State Median Income Estimates for
Four-Person Families (FY 1996); Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1996
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 1996.
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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 1996
(October 1, 1995 to September 30, 1996). 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. The adoption date for the
state median income estimates now has been 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 1996 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, 1995, 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 1996 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 or by the beginning of a LIHEAP grantee's fiscal year,
whichever is later.
EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are effective at any time between the
date of this publication and October 1, 1995, 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.
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 1996 (the period of October 1, 1995, through
September 30, 1996).
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 can 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 1996 have been 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 1996, the Bureau of the Census used the following
three sources of data: (1) The March 1994 Current Population Survey;
(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1993 per capita
personal income estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic
Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
This is the first year in which income estimates from the March
Current Population Survey 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.
This has resulted in several states having lower state median income
estimates for FY 1996 than for FY 1995.
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 1996 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 1, 1995.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal
Year 1996\1\
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60 percent
Estimated of
State estimated
median State
States income 4- median
person income 4-
families\2\ person
families
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Alabama....................................... $37,975 $22,785
Alaska........................................ 51,181 30,709
Arizona....................................... 39,679 23,807
Arkansas...................................... 32,594 19,556
California.................................... 44,643 26,786
Colorado...................................... 47,112 28,267
Connecticut................................... 59,288 35,573
Delaware...................................... 50,228 30,137
District of Col............................... 46,943 28,166
Florida....................................... 40,405 24,243
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Georgia....................................... 44,120 26,472
Hawaii........................................ 54,856 32,914
Idaho......................................... 39,851 23,911
Illinois...................................... 47,975 28,785
Indiana....................................... 44,274 26,564
Iowa.......................................... 42,772 25,663
Kansas........................................ 43,155 25,893
Kentucky...................................... 36,291 21,775
Louisiana..................................... 35,177 21,106
Maine......................................... 41,513 24,908
Maryland...................................... 53,717 32,230
Massachusetts................................. 55,120 33,072
Michigan...................................... 46,633 27,980
Minnesota..................................... 48,817 29,290
Mississippi................................... 34,001 20,401
Missouri...................................... 42,162 25,297
Montana....................................... 38,157 22,894
Nebraska...................................... 42,262 25,357
Nevada........................................ 46,137 27,682
New Hampshire................................. 49,452 29,671
New Jersey.................................... 57,916 34,750
New Mexico.................................... 35,560 21,336
New York...................................... 47,570 28,542
North Carolina................................ 42,691 25,615
North Dakota.................................. 41,084 24,650
Ohio.......................................... 46,116 27,670
Oklahoma...................................... 35,133 21,080
Oregon........................................ 42,745 25,647
Pennsylvania.................................. 47,109 28,265
Rhode Island.................................. 47,908 28,745
South Carolina................................ 40,163 24,098
South Dakota.................................. 38,067 22,840
Tennessee..................................... 38,341 23,005
Texas......................................... 40,688 24,413
Utah.......................................... 42,630 25,578
Vermont....................................... 44,184 26,510
Virginia...................................... 47,732 28,639
Washington.................................... 50,557 30,334
West Virginia................................. 34,189 20,513
Wisconsin..................................... 46,363 27,818
Wyoming....................................... 45,414 27,248
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Note--FY 1996 covers the period of October 1, 1995 through September 30,
1996. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the
United States is $45,161 for FY 1996. 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, 1995, 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 1994 Current
Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing,
and 1993 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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