[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26780-26782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11287]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


State Median Income Estimate for a Four-Person Family: Notice of 
the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 State Median Income Estimates for 
Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 93.568) Administered by 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration 
for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of 
Energy Assistance

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community 
Services, Division of Energy Assistance, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of State median income estimates for FFY 2011.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces to LIHEAP grantees the estimated median 
income of four-person families in each State and the District of 
Columbia for FFY 2011 (October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2011). LIHEAP 
grantees that choose to base their income eligibility criteria on these 
State median income estimates may adopt these estimates (up to 60 
percent) on the estimates' date of publication in the Federal Register 
or on a later date as discussed below. This enables these grantees to 
implement this notice during the period between the heating and cooling 
seasons. However, by October 1, 2010, or the beginning of the grantees' 
fiscal years, whichever is later, these grantees must adjust their 
income eligibility criteria so that such criteria are in accord with 
the FFY 2011 State median income estimates.
    This listing of 60 percent 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.

DATES: Effective Date: For each LIHEAP grantee, these estimates become 
effective at any time between their date of publication in the Federal 
Register and the later of October 1, 2010, or the beginning of that 
grantee's fiscal year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Edelman, Office of Community 
Services, Division of Energy Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-5292, e-
mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84f4e1f0e1f6aae1e0e1e8e9e5eac4e5e7e2aaececf7aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9d9ccddccdb87cccdccc5c4c8c7e9c8cacf87c1c1da87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the provisions of section 2603(11) of 
Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 
(Pub. L.) 97-35, as amended, HHS announces the estimated median income 
of four-person families for each State, the District of Columbia, and 
the United States for FFY 2011 (October 1, 2010, through September 30, 
2011).
    Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this Act provides that 60 percent of 
the median income for each State and the District of Columbia (State 
median income, or SMI), as annually established by the Secretary 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 was last authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public 
Law 109-58, which was enacted on August 8, 2005. This authorization 
expired on September 30, 2007, and reauthorization remains pending.
    The SMI estimates that HHS publishes in this notice are three-year 
estimates derived from the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by 
the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau). 
HHS obtained these estimates directly from the Census Bureau. For 
additional information about the ACS State median income estimates, see 
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/medincsizeandstate.html. For 
additional information about the ACS in general, see http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ or contact the Census Bureau's Housing and 
Household Economic Statistics Division at (301) 763-3243.
    Under the advice of the Census Bureau, HHS switched to three-year 
estimates rather than single-year estimates to reduce the large year-
to-year fluctuations that the single-year estimates tend to generate 
for certain States and the District of Columbia. The change from the 
single-year to three-year estimates caused the FFY 2010 estimates to 
drop by about two percent on average. HHS plans to use the Census 
Bureau's ACS-derived SMI three-year estimates for all fiscal years 
after 2010. For further information about ACS one-year and three-year 
estimates, see http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/

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SAFFInfo.jsp?--content=acs--guidance.html.
    The State median income estimates, like those derived from any 
survey, are subject to two types of errors: (1) Nonsampling Error, 
which consists of random errors that increase the variability of the 
data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data into a 
specific direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error 
that arises from the use of probability sampling to create the sample. 
For additional information about the accuracy of the ACS State median 
income estimates, see http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS/accuracy2005-2007.pdf.
    A State-by-State listing of SMI and 60 percent of SMI for a four-
person family for FFY 2011 follows. The listing describes the method 
for adjusting SMI for families of different sizes as specified in 
regulations applicable to LIHEAP, at 45 CFR 96.85(b), which were 
published in the Federal Register on March 3, 1988, at 53 FR 6824 and 
amended on October 15, 1999, at 64 FR 55858.

    Dated: April 27, 2010.
Yolanda J. Butler,
Acting Director, Office of Community Services.

Estimated State Median Income for a Four-Person Family, by State, for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011, for Use in
                             the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
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                                                                                         60 percent of estimated
                                                                 Estimated state median  state median income for
                            States                                 income for a four-     a four-person family 2
                                                                   person family \1\                3
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Alabama.......................................................                  $64,613                  $38,768
Alaska........................................................                   84,350                   50,610
Arizona.......................................................                   70,110                   42,066
Arkansas......................................................                   56,595                   33,957
California....................................................                   79,704                   47,822
Colorado......................................................                   80,519                   48,311
Connecticut...................................................                  101,643                   60,986
Delaware......................................................                   84,223                   50,534
District of Columbia..........................................                   68,304                   40,982
Florida.......................................................                   69,801                   41,881
Georgia.......................................................                   70,322                   42,193
Hawaii........................................................                   90,199                   54,119
Idaho.........................................................                   63,634                   38,180
Illinois......................................................                   81,187                   48,712
Indiana.......................................................                   71,006                   42,604
Iowa..........................................................                   73,401                   44,041
Kansas........................................................                   73,321                   43,993
Kentucky......................................................                   64,597                   38,758
Louisiana.....................................................                   65,700                   39,420
Maine.........................................................                   68,992                   41,395
Maryland......................................................                  101,413                   60,848
Massachusetts.................................................                   98,561                   59,137
Michigan......................................................                   76,385                   45,831
Minnesota.....................................................                   87,000                   52,200
Mississippi...................................................                   56,628                   33,977
Missouri......................................................                   69,565                   41,739
Montana.......................................................                   65,585                   39,351
Nebraska......................................................                   72,817                   43,690
Nevada........................................................                   71,963                   43,178
New Hampshire.................................................                   93,433                   56,060
New Jersey....................................................                  102,472                   61,483
New Mexico....................................................                   55,279                   33,167
New York......................................................                   81,884                   49,130
North Carolina................................................                   67,798                   40,679
North Dakota..................................................                   73,101                   43,861
Ohio..........................................................                   73,794                   44,276
Oklahoma......................................................                   60,830                   36,498
Oregon........................................................                   71,541                   42,925
Pennsylvania..................................................                   78,665                   47,199
Rhode Island..................................................                   85,963                   51,578
South Carolina................................................                   64,825                   38,895
South Dakota..................................................                   68,631                   41,179
Tennessee.....................................................                   64,203                   38,522
Texas.........................................................                   65,348                   39,209
Utah..........................................................                   69,814                   41,888
Vermont.......................................................                   74,354                   44,612
Virginia......................................................                   84,911                   50,947
Washington....................................................                   81,684                   49,010
West Virginia.................................................                   58,622                   35,173
Wisconsin.....................................................                   78,742                   47,245
Wyoming.......................................................                   78,905                   47,343
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Note: FFY 2011 covers the period of October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011. The estimated median income for
  a four-person family living in the United States for this period is $75,648. These estimates become effective
  for LIHEAP at any time between the date of this publication and October 1, 2010, or the beginning of a LIHEAP
  grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later.

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\1\ Prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau), from three-year estimates
  from the 2006, 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys (ACSs). These estimates, like those derived from any
  survey, are subject to two types of errors: (1) Nonsampling Error, which consists of random errors that
  increase the variability of the data and non-random errors that consistently direct the data into a specific
  direction; and (2) Sampling Error, which consists of the error that arises from the use of probability
  sampling to create the sample.
\2\ These figures were calculated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
  Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) by multiplying the
  estimated State median income for a four-person family for each State by 60 percent.
\3\ To adjust for different sizes of family, 45 CFR 96.85 calls for multiplying 60 percent of a State's
  estimated median income for a four-person family by the following percentages: 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, 45 CFR 96.85
  calls for adding 3 percentage points to the percentage for a six-person family (132 percent) and multiply the
  new percentage by 60 percent of a State's estimated median income for a four-person family.

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