[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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