Office of Community Services - Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) Program

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

assistance with heating and cooling costs

Average of 2001, 2002, and 2003 state-level estimates of the number of LIHEAP income-eligible households using the Federal maximum LIHEAP income standard by vulnerability category

State-level estimates of the number of income eligible households for FY 2002 were developed using the CPS ASEC. While the CPS ASEC file can be used to make state-level estimates, the statistical variances for many States are too large for the data to be useful for analysis. The U.S. Bureau of the Census uses averages derived from three consecutive years of CPS ASEC data to develop state-level estimates of poverty for the school lunch program. This method reduces the variances of the estimates and improves confidence in the data. To estimate the FY 2002 numbers of LIHEAP eligible households in the population and eligible households in various vulnerability and poverty groups, averages derived from the 2001, 2002, and 2003 CPS ASEC were used.

Table B-1 shows the number of LIHEAP eligible households (Federal Maximum Income Standard) by vulnerability group for each state. For example, it shows that 566,360 households in Alabama were eligible for the LIHEAP program and that 223,837 of those households had an elderly member.

Note-From Appendix D of the LIHEAP Report to Congress for FY 2002. Print table in landscape mode.

Table B-1. Average of 2001, 2002, and 2003 state-level estimates of the number of LIHEAP income-eligible households using the Federal maximum LIHEAP income standard by vulnerability category ^1/2/(Three-year Average of the CPS ASEC 2001-2003.)
State	Total number of LIHEAP eligible households	LIHEAP eligible households by vulnerability category³			LIHEAP eligible households with no vulnerable members
State	Total number of LIHEAP eligible households	At least one person 60+ years	At least one child less than 6 yrs. old	At least one person with a disability⁴	LIHEAP eligible households with no vulnerable members
Alabama	566,360	223,837	106,644	230,319	241,629
Alaska	57,857	14,432	17,788	15,207	26,341
Arizona	522,988	187,748	128,564	112,067	213,290
Arkansas	331,541	144,518	74,461	132,841	115,084
California	3,636,518	1,267,856	876,448	947,598	1,538,767
Colorado	465,120	157,894	90,595	87,970	218,529
Connecticut	425,218	188,801	70,653	89,879	170,474
Delaware	81,335	35,729	15,770	19,564	30,507
Dist. of Columbia	82,809	32,051	13,224	22,255	37,973
Florida	1,983,048	928,578	299,798	493,243	767,834
Georgia	895,205	322,615	192,643	263,026	385,576
Hawaii	120,337	44,750	24,897	26,097	53,090
Idaho	122,546	43,577	31,657	22,817	48,094
Illinois	1,492,120	608,743	281,579	347,127	614,033
Indiana	732,774	344,854	119,824	175,348	271,451
Iowa	304,587	129,522	52,315	62,628	123,551
Kansas	296,898	132,087	50,879	71,360	115,306
Kentucky	469,566	190,582	87,666	183,615	192,603
Louisiana	566,642	221,160	131,452	200,399	219,352
Maine	171,627	88,993	19,740	56,331	63,667
Maryland	606,449	280,131	79,569	109,663	249,772
Massachusetts	867,073	410,096	133,222	220,568	330,021
Michigan	1,249,438	503,403	215,709	368,086	535,598
Minnesota	493,043	195,140	82,685	101,427	216,235
Mississippi	381,164	136,066	91,620	148,594	157,390
Missouri	577,725	240,810	105,570	131,023	235,085
Montana	105,044	38,352	20,203	25,488	46,488
Nebraska	172,107	75,146	31,419	31,953	66,583
Nevada	193,767	77,056	43,592	38,501	76,554
New Hampshire	129,836	64,980	17,187	34,008	48,273
New Jersey	1,056,018	520,584	156,753	256,548	391,342
New Mexico	196,936	74,283	42,585	53,134	82,281
New York	2,419,342	1,021,462	423,773	711,172	997,549
North Carolina	1,008,179	400,301	205,954	331,707	409,313
North Dakota	76,164	33,022	13,050	12,302	30,410
Ohio	1,265,130	541,618	227,139	328,497	509,352
Oklahoma	394,664	155,456	79,794	113,701	164,485
Oregon	370,846	130,937	74,015	101,673	168,137
Pennsylvania	1,471,754	701,638	211,116	407,171	566,545
Rhode Island	143,659	73,579	20,378	43,964	50,437
South Carolina	461,616	212,567	72,975	171,814	179,219
South Dakota	83,024	40,436	11,842	17,494	30,929
Tennessee	731,687	285,446	138,261	247,766	311,506
Texas	2,277,084	805,453	592,549	557,715	917,575
Utah	181,240	55,367	59,208	38,853	68,552
Vermont	70,012	30,623	10,160	19,247	29,572
Virginia	740,479	308,814	133,874	215,196	301,511
Washington	703,431	250,415	136,683	168,325	319,619
West Virginia	229,541	95,818	39,109	94,931	96,348
Wisconsin	552,232	235,672	98,356	137,943	221,046
Wyoming	54,439	22,620	10,559	11,755	21,403
All States	32,588,222	13,325,619	6,265,506	8,809,914	13,276,281

¹^/State estimates are subject to sampling error, and may not sum to total due to rounding.
²^/The greater of 60 percent of state median income estimates or 150 percent of the poverty guidelines.
³^/ A household can be counted under more than one vulnerability category.
⁴^/A person with a disability is defined as anyone 15 years or older who had limited work opportunities during the past year due to a disability, as reported on the CPS ASEC. The definition also includes individuals who received Veteran’s Disability income, Supplemental Security Income, or Social Security Disability income for themselves or for a surviving, dependent, or disabled child, as well as individuals under age 65 who received Medicare benefits during the past year.