[Federal Register: March 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 52)] [Notices] [Page 12698-12700] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17mr04-85] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families 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 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 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: (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 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60 percent Estimated of state estimated median State States income for median a four- income for person a four family \2\ 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 [[Page 12699]] 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). [[Page 12700]] [FR Doc. 04-5931 Filed 3-16-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-01-P