[Federal Register: April 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 72)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
State Median Income Estimate for a Four-Person Family (FFY 2004);
Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2004 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: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of estimated State median income for FFY 2004.
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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 FFY 2004
(October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004). 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, 2003, 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 2004 State median income estimates.
This listing of estimated State median incomes provides 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, 2003, 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: (202) 401-5304, E-Mail:
llitow@acf.hhs.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
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FFY 2004 (the period of October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004).
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 a four-person family for each
State and the District of Columbia for FFY 2004 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 2004, the Bureau of the Census used the following
three sources of data: (1) The Current Population Survey 2002 Annual
Demographic File; (2) the 2000 Decennial Census of Population; and (3)
2001 per capita personal income estimates, by State, from the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
As indicated above, the Current Population Survey 2000 Annual
Demographic File is one of the data sources used in developing the
State median estimates for FFY 2004. The use of this file introduces
the following changes in development of the estimates:
1. The Annual Demographic File enhances income estimates produced
by the Bureau of the Census from the March Current Population (CPS). In
2001, the Bureau of the Census began referring to the March CPS file as
the CPS Annual Demographic File (ADF) due to a significant sample
expansion to improve the accuracy of State estimates of children's
health insurance coverage and an expansion of the months in which the
survey is conducted.
This sample expansion, known as the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP) sample, has three components: (1) Asking the
March Income Supplement questions of selected households in the
February and April CPS samples, that is, of the households not also
included in the March sample; (2) interviewing selected sample
households from the preceding November CPS sample during the February-
April period using the March Income Supplement; and (3) increasing the
monthly CPS sample in States with high sampling errors for uninsured
children. The sample increase added about 28,000 interviewed households
to the 2001 ADF, resulting in a total sample size of about 78,000
interviewed households.
Although the expanded sample was implemented in 2001, only
information from the regular 2001 March CPS sample was released when
the FFY 2003 State median income estimates were calculated. The FFY
2004 estimates shown below use the expanded sample from the 2002 ADF.
2. Prior income estimates from the March CPS have been based on
population controls from the 1990 Decennial Census of Population. The
2002 ADF estimates are based on population controls from the 2000
Decennial Census of Population. Nationally, the use of Census 2000-
based population controls lowered the national median household income
by 0.3 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 (301-763-3243).
A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median
income, for a four-person family for FFY 2004 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 6, 2003.
Clarence H. Carter,
Director.
Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State,
Federal Fiscal Year 2004 1
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60 percent
Estimated of
State estimated
median State
States income for median
a four- income for
person a four-
family 2 person
family
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Alabama........................................ $54,594 $32,756
Alaska......................................... 71,395 42,837
Arizona........................................ 56,067 33,640
Arkansas....................................... 47,838 28,703
California..................................... 63,761 38,257
Colorado....................................... 67,634 40,580
Connecticut.................................... 82,517 49,510
Delaware....................................... 73,301 43,981
District of Col................................ 61,799 37,079
Florida........................................ 56,824 34,094
Georgia........................................ 59,497 35,698
Hawaii......................................... 66,014 39,608
Idaho.......................................... 51,098 30,659
Illinois....................................... 66,507 39,904
Indiana........................................ 63,573 38,144
Iowa........................................... 61,656 36,994
Kansas......................................... 61,686 37,012
Kentucky....................................... 54,319 32,591
Louisiana...................................... 51,234 30,740
Maine.......................................... 58,425 35,055
Maryland....................................... 82,879 49,727
Massachusetts.................................. 80,247 48,148
Michigan....................................... 68,337 41,002
Minnesota...................................... 72,635 43,581
Mississippi.................................... 46,810 28,086
Missouri....................................... 61,036 36,622
Montana........................................ 48,078 28,847
Nebraska....................................... 60,626 36,376
Nevada......................................... 59,283 35,570
New Hampshire.................................. 72,606 43,564
New Jersey..................................... 80,577 48,346
New Mexico..................................... 46,596 27,958
New York....................................... 66,498 39,899
North Carolina................................. 56,500 33,900
North Dakota................................... 55,138 33,083
Ohio........................................... 64,282 38,569
Oklahoma....................................... 53,949 32,369
Oregon......................................... 58,737 35,242
Pennsylvania................................... 66,130 39,678
Rhode Island................................... 70,446 42,268
South Carolina................................. 59,212 35,527
South Dakota................................... 59,718 35,831
Tennessee...................................... 56,052 33,631
Texas.......................................... 56,606 33,964
Utah........................................... 59,035 35,421
Vermont........................................ 62,938 37,763
Virginia....................................... 69,616 41,770
Washington..................................... 65,997 39,598
West Virginia.................................. 49,470 29,682
Wisconsin...................................... 65,441 39,265
Wyoming........................................ 58,541 35,125
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Note--FFY 2004 covers the period of October 1, 2003 through September
30, 2004. The estimated median income for a four-person family living
in the United States is $63,278 for FFY 2004. 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, 2003,
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% 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 each additional family member above six
persons, add 3% to the percentage for a six-person family (132%), and
multiply the new percentage by the State's estimated median income for
a four-person family.
2 Prepared by the Bureau of the Census from the Current Population
Survey 2002 Annual Demographic File, 2000 Decennial Census of
Population and Housing, and 2001 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 Bureau of the Census (301-763-3243).
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