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[Federal Register: February 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 38)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

State Median Income Estimates for Four-Person Families (FY 2000); Notice of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 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 FY 2000.

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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 2000 (October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000). 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, 1999, 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 2000 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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are effective at any time between the date of this publication and October 1, 1999, 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 Internet E-Mail: llitow@acf.dhhs.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 FY 2000 (the period of October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2000).

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 may use in determining a household's eligibility for LIHEAP.

LIHEAP is currently authorized through the end of FY 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 four-person families for each state and the District of Columbia for FY 2000 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 FY 2000, the Bureau of the Census used the following three sources of data: (1) The March 1998 Current Population Survey; (2) the 1990 Decennial Census of Population; and (3) 1997 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Like the estimates for FY 1999, the FY 2000 estimates include income estimates from the March Current Population Survey that are based on population controls from the 1990 Decennial Census of Population. Income estimates prior to FY 1996 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.

For further information on the estimating method and data sources, contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, at the Bureau of the Census (301-457-3243).

A state-by-state listing of median income, and 60 percent of median income, for a four-person family for FY 2000 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: February 19, 1999. Donald Sykes, Director, Office of Community Services.

Estimated State Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, Fiscal Year 2000 \1\

60 Percent Estimated

of state estimated median state States

income 4- median person income 4- families person \2\

families

Alabama....................................... $48,240 $28,944 Alaska........................................ 57,474 34,484 Arizona....................................... 47,133 28,280 Arkansas...................................... 38,646 23,188 California.................................... 55,217 33,130 Colorado...................................... 58,988 35,393 Connecticut................................... 72,706 43,624 Delaware...................................... 63,171 37,903 District of Col............................... 56,125 33,675 Florida....................................... 49,913 29,948 Georgia....................................... 51,649 30,989 Hawaii........................................ 58,474 35,084 Idaho......................................... 46,126 27,676 Illinois...................................... 57,811 34,687 Indiana....................................... 53,581 32,149 Iowa.......................................... 51,782 31,069 Kansas........................................ 52,900 31,740 Kentucky...................................... 46,033 27,620 Louisiana..................................... 46,087 27,652 Maine......................................... 48,043 28,826 Maryland...................................... 66,508 39,905 Massachusetts................................. 65,012 39,007 Michigan...................................... 57,521 34,513 Minnesota..................................... 60,577 36,346 Mississippi................................... 42,238 25,343 Missouri...................................... 52,179 31,307 Montana....................................... 43,559 26,135 Nebraska...................................... 53,419 32,051 Nevada........................................ 53,302 31,981 New Hampshire................................. 59,981 35,989 New Jersey.................................... 67,335 40,401 New Mexico.................................... 40,033 24,020 New York...................................... 55,911 33,547 North Carolina................................ 51,790 31,074 North Dakota.................................. 46,921 28,153 Ohio.......................................... 55,926 33,556 Oklahoma...................................... 44,283 26,570 Oregon........................................ 54,226 32,536 Pennsylvania.................................. 55,386 33,232 Rhode Island.................................. 62,005 37,203 South Carolina................................ 49,660 29,796 South Dakota.................................. 46,831 28,099 Tennessee..................................... 48,244 28,946 Texas......................................... 48,007 28,804 Utah.......................................... 50,823 30,494 Vermont....................................... 51,814 31,088 Virginia...................................... 57,050 34,230 Washington.................................... 57,421 34,453 West Virginia................................. 43,668 26,201 Wisconsin..................................... 57,270 34,362 Wyoming....................................... 48,412 29,047

Note--FY 2000 covers the period of October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000. The estimated median income for 4-person families living in the United States is $53,350 for FY 2000. 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, 1999, 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 1998 Current Population Survey, 1990 Decennial Census of Population and Housing, and 1997 per capita personal income estimates, by state, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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