# State Median Income Estimates for a Four-Person Household: Notice of the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2014 State Median Income Estimates for Use Under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
**AGENCY:**
Division of Energy Assistance, Office of Community Services; Administration for Children and Families; Health and Human Services.
**ACTION:**
Notice of state median income estimates for FFY 2014.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice announces to grantees of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) the estimated median income of four-person households in each state and the District of Columbia for FFY 2014 (October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014). LIHEAP grantees that choose to base their income eligibility criteria on these state median income (SMI) estimates may adopt these estimates (up to 60 percent) on their date of publication in the *Federal Register* or on a later date as discussed in the “Dates” section. This enables grantees to implement this notice during the period between the heating and cooling seasons. However, by October 1, 2013, or the beginning of the grantee's fiscal year, whichever is later, such grantees must adjust their income eligibility criteria so that they are in accord with the FFY 2014 SMI.
Sixty percent of SMI provides one of the maximum income criteria that LIHEAP grantees may use in determining a household's income eligibility for LIHEAP.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* These estimates become effective at any time between the date of this publication and the later of (1) October 1, 2013; or (2) the beginning of a 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: *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Under the provisions of section 2603(11) of Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the estimated median income of four-person families for each state, the District of Columbia, and the United States for FFY 2014 (October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2014).
Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this Act provides that 60 percent of the median income of four-person families 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 3-year estimates derived from the American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce (Census Bureau).
For additional information about the ACS state median income estimates, including the definition of income and the derivation of medians see *http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/SubjectDefinitions/2011_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf* under “Income in the Past 12 Months.” For additional information about the ACS 1-year and 3-year estimates, see *http://www.census.gov/acs/www/guidance_for_data_users/estimates/* . For additional information about the ACS in general, see *http://www.census.gov/acs/www/* or contact the Census Bureau's Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division at (301) 763-3243.
The SMI estimates, like those derived from any survey, are subject to two types of errors:
(1) Non-sampling Error, which consists of random errors that increase the variability of the data and non- random errors that consistently shift the data in 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 SMI estimates, see *http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/Accuracy/MultiyearACSAccuracyofData2011.pdf* .
In the state-by-state listing of SMI and 60 percent of SMI for a four-person family for FFY 2014, LIHEAP grantees must regard “family” to be the equivalent of “household” with regards to setting their income eligibility criteria. This listing describes the method for adjusting SMI for households of different sizes, as specified in regulations applicable to LIHEAP (45 CFR 96.85(b)). These regulations were published in the *Federal Register* on March 3, 1988, (53 FR 6827) and amended on October 15, 1999 (64 FR 55858).
Dated: May 8, 2013.
Jeannie L. Chaffin,
Director, Office of Community Services.
| States | Estimated state | 60 percent of |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alabama | $64,899 | $38,939 |
| Alaska | 87,726 | 52,636 |
| Arizona | 64,434 | 38,660 |
| Arkansas | 56,994 | 34,196 |
| California | 77,679 | 46,607 |
| Colorado | 84,431 | 50,659 |
| Connecticut | 103,173 | 61,904 |
| Delaware | 83,557 | 50,134 |
| District of Columbia | 87,902 | 52,741 |
| Florida | 65,406 | 39,244 |
| Georgia | 67,401 | 40,441 |
| Hawaii | 85,350 | 51,210 |
| Idaho | 61,724 | 37,034 |
| Illinois | 81,770 | 49,062 |
| Indiana | 70,504 | 42,302 |
| Iowa | 76,905 | 46,143 |
| Kansas | 74,073 | 44,444 |
| Kentucky | 65,968 | 39,581 |
| Louisiana | 68,964 | 41,378 |
| Maine | 74,481 | 44,689 |
| Maryland | 105,348 | 63,209 |
| Massachusetts | 102,773 | 61,664 |
| Michigan | 73,354 | 44,012 |
| Minnesota | 87,283 | 52,370 |
| Mississippi | 57,662 | 34,597 |
| Missouri | 70,896 | 42,538 |
| Montana | 68,905 | 41,343 |
| Nebraska | 74,484 | 44,690 |
| Nevada | 69,475 | 41,685 |
| New Hampshire | 94,838 | 56,903 |
| New Jersey | 103,852 | 62,311 |
| New Mexico | 57,353 | 34,412 |
| New York | 83,648 | 50,189 |
| North Carolina | 66,985 | 40,191 |
| North Dakota | 82,605 | 49,563 |
| Ohio | 73,924 | 44,354 |
| Oklahoma | 63,580 | 38,148 |
| Oregon | 69,573 | 41,744 |
| Pennsylvania | 80,937 | 48,562 |
| Rhode Island | 87,793 | 52,676 |
| South Carolina | 62,965 | 37,779 |
| South Dakota | 71,207 | 42,724 |
| Tennessee | 64,042 | 38,425 |
| Texas | 66,880 | 40,128 |
| Utah | 68,017 | 40,810 |
| Vermont | 81,408 | 48,845 |
| Virginia | 90,109 | 54,065 |
| Washington | 83,238 | 49,943 |
| West Virginia | 63,863 | 38,318 |
| Wisconsin | 79,141 | 47,485 |
| Wyoming | 76,868 | 46,121 |