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State Median Income

The tables below show Estimated State Median Income by state for a 4-person family for current and previous Federal Fiscal Years (FFY). These figures (or a percentage of them) are used by some states as the maximum income level allowed in determining income eligibility for certain programs, such as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) or Federal Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF). Figures in the tables below have been published in the Federal Register for use in the LIHEAP program.

Note that the estimates shown in the tables are for use in determining program eligibility in the specific Federal Fiscal Years shown. See Note 2 below the tables for an explanation of how the figures were derived from various data sources.

Also see the notes below the tables for directions on how to compute values for family sizes other than four, and for historical data and additional explanation.

You may scroll down through this topic or select one of the links below to see the data for a specific fiscal year (Note that there are two different sets of numbers for 2001):

· Fiscal Years 2012 - 2009

· Fiscal Years 2008 - 2005

· Fiscal Years 2004 - 2001

· Fiscal Years 2001 - 1998

Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, for FY 2012-2009

Fiscal Year	2012	2011	2010	2009
United States	-	75,648	72,336	70,354
Alabama	-	64,613	60,382	60,298
Alaska	-	84,350	79,770	71,781
Arizona	-	70,110	66,839	65,050
Arkansas	-	56,595	54,662	52,185
California	-	79,704	76,388	74,801
Colorado	-	80,519	76,200	75,775
Connecticut	-	101,643	97,708	93,821
Delaware	-	84,223	79,709	78,321
District of Columbia	-	68,304	64,678	71,571
Florida	-	69,801	67,014	65,024
Georgia	-	70,322	68,776	66,711
Hawaii	-	90,199	84,438	84,472
Idaho	-	63,634	60,560	58,066
Illinois	-	81,187	77,813	75,484
Indiana	-	71,006	68,410	67,787
Iowa	-	73,401	70,967	67,792
Kansas	-	73,321	69,863	67,897
Kentucky	-	64,597	61,207	60,202
Louisiana	-	65,700	61,438	60,161
Maine	-	68,992	66,948	63,501
Maryland	-	101,413	96,952	94,017
Massachusetts	-	98,561	93,351	89,347
Michigan	-	76,385	75,149	72,591
Minnesota	-	87,000	83,444	81,477
Mississippi	-	56,628	52,870	52,992
Missouri	-	69,565	66,939	63,274
Montana	-	65,585	62,353	60,576
Nebraska	-	72,817	69,854	68,917
Nevada	-	71,963	68,646	66,097
New Hampshire	-	93,433	88,625	87,396
New Jersey	-	102,472	97,326	94,441
New Mexico	-	55,279	53,041	52,034
New York	-	81,884	78,061	75,513
North Carolina	-	67,798	64,591	61,420
North Dakota	-	73,101	67,183	67,560
Ohio	-	73,794	71,063	68,579
Oklahoma	-	60,830	57,247	55,031
Oregon	-	71,541	67,605	64,832
Pennsylvania	-	78,665	75,161	74,072
Rhode Island	-	85,963	83,241	78,189
South Carolina	-	64,825	61,494	59,663
South Dakota	-	68,631	64,930	63,508
Tennessee	-	64,203	61,581	60,143
Texas	-	65,348	62,358	59,808
Utah	-	69,814	65,460	63,586
Vermont	-	74,354	73,550	67,884
Virginia	-	84,911	81,919	78,413
Washington	-	81,684	77,676	75,140
West Virginia	-	58,622	56,430	55,920
Wisconsin	-	78,742	75,111	72,495
Wyoming	-	78,905	72,788	71,559

Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, for FY 2008-2005

Fiscal Year	2008	2007	2006	2005
United States	67,019	66,111	65,093	62,732
Alabama	53,690	58,652	55,448	53,754
Alaska	76,560	78,057	72,110	69,868
Arizona	61,102	57,119	58,206	56,857
Arkansas	52,217	51,061	48,353	49,551
California	70,712	69,377	67,814	65,766
Colorado	70,300	73,213	71,559	68,089
Connecticut	92,205	89,319	86,001	81,891
Delaware	76,288	74,993	72,680	69,469
District of Columbia	50,248	64,980	56,067	55,692
Florida	62,269	60,803	58,605	57,473
Georgia	64,427	60,447	62,294	60,676
Hawaii	79,240	73,477	71,320	67,564
Idaho	52,470	57,773	53,376	54,279
Illinois	72,368	70,558	72,368	69,168
Indiana	64,564	65,464	65,009	63,022
Iowa	65,575	66,470	64,341	61,238
Kansas	64,929	65,777	64,215	61,926
Kentucky	54,992	57,540	53,198	54,030
Louisiana	55,945	54,394	50,529	52,299
Maine	64,806	66,107	59,596	58,802
Maryland	89,608	87,972	82,363	77,938
Massachusetts	85,420	86,747	82,561	78,312
Michigan	71,542	71,324	68,602	67,995
Minnesota	77,395	78,829	76,733	72,379
Mississippi	47,726	50,801	46,570	47,847
Missouri	63,847	63,460	64,128	59,764
Montana	55,641	55,618	49,124	51,791
Nebraska	64,800	64,417	63,625	60,129
Nevada	61,777	60,520	63,005	59,588
New Hampshire	81,522	81,313	79,339	72,369
New Jersey	90,261	89,372	87,412	82,406
New Mexico	48,223	51,452	45,867	48,422
New York	72,170	67,857	69,354	65,461
North Carolina	59,481	60,303	56,712	58,227
North Dakota	59,926	68,371	57,092	57,070
Ohio	66,734	67,589	66,066	63,934
Oklahoma	53,138	56,101	50,216	51,377
Oregon	61,945	61,250	61,570	60,262
Pennsylvania	68,646	68,913	68,578	64,310
Rhode Island	78,297	72,706	71,098	67,646
South Carolina	57,932	57,539	56,433	56,110
South Dakota	61,309	61,961	59,272	55,359
Tennessee	56,874	57,569	55,401	55,605
Texas	57,511	56,508	54,554	56,278
Utah	57,999	63,233	62,032	59,864
Vermont	71,382	72,465	65,876	62,331
Virginia	77,430	74,290	71,697	66,889
Washington	72,103	71,727	69,130	66,531
West Virginia	52,292	52,176	46,169	47,550
Wisconsin	71,064	71,267	69,010	66,988
Wyoming	62,933	66,325	56,065	57,148

Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, for FY 2004-2001

Fiscal Year	2004	2003	2002	2001 Restated (Note 4)
United States	63,278	62,228	59,981	56,061
Alabama	54,594	51,451	52,405	50,644
Alaska	71,395	66,874	70,294	61,116
Arizona	56,067	55,663	53,041	49,445
Arkansas	47,838	44,537	46,671	44,270
California	63,761	63,206	63,100	55,415
Colorado	67,634	66,624	62,860	63,530
Connecticut	82,517	82,702	75,505	74,537
Delaware	73,301	69,360	65,584	64,184
District of Columbia	61,799	63,406	62,281	60,234
Florida	56,824	55,351	55,578	52,555
Georgia	59,497	59,489	57,795	56,172
Hawaii	66,014	65,872	66,402	61,540
Idaho	51,098	53,722	47,703	48,822
Illinois	66,507	68,117	66,356	61,733
Indiana	63,573	62,079	58,519	55,342
Iowa	61,656	57,921	58,075	53,040
Kansas	61,686	56,784	57,195	54,843
Kentucky	54,319	51,249	52,186	48,630
Louisiana	51,234	47,363	49,446	49,008
Maine	58,425	56,186	57,536	50,444
Maryland	82,879	77,562	74,806	71,244
Massachusetts	80,247	78,025	71,689	68,846
Michigan	68,337	68,740	65,467	59,053
Minnesota	72,635	70,553	66,677	67,704
Mississippi	46,810	46,331	47,915	43,976
Missouri	61,036	61,173	56,673	54,031
Montana	48,078	46,142	50,966	44,573
Nebraska	60,626	57,040	55,693	56,581
Nevada	59,283	59,614	59,479	54,320
New Hampshire	72,606	71,661	65,885	60,665
New Jersey	80,577	78,560	75,425	70,697
New Mexico	46,596	47,314	44,947	43,902
New York	66,498	64,520	59,755	57,210
North Carolina	56,500	57,203	56,115	54,687
North Dakota	55,138	53,140	51,002	50,925
Ohio	64,282	62,251	56,237	60,012
Oklahoma	53,949	48,459	52,261	47,362
Oregon	58,737	58,315	53,909	55,947
Pennsylvania	66,130	65,411	59,546	58,164
Rhode Island	70,446	68,418	64,614	62,775
South Carolina	59,212	56,294	55,978	52,417
South Dakota	59,718	55,150	52,246	50,052
Tennessee	56,052	54,899	51,999	50,434
Texas	56,606	53,513	53,291	51,148
Utah	59,035	57,043	57,251	55,392
Vermont	62,938	59,125	57,713	53,335
Virginia	69,616	68,054	64,352	60,586
Washington	65,997	63,568	62,618	60,788
West Virginia	49,470	46,270	45,202	43,181
Wisconsin	65,441	66,725	63,436	58,000
Wyoming	58,541	55,859	55,624	51,897

Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, for FY 2001-1998

Fiscal Year	2001 (Note 4)	2000	1999	1998
United States	56,061	53,350	51,518	49,687
Alabama	51,156	48,240	44,879	42,617
Alaska	59,726	57,474	62,078	56,045
Arizona	49,397	47,133	45,032	44,526
Arkansas	44,471	38,646	36,828	38,520
California	55,209	55,217	53,807	51,519
Colorado	63,428	58,988	53,632	50,941
Connecticut	75,534	72,706	67,380	62,157
Delaware	65,157	63,171	56,662	54,519
District of Columbia	60,674	56,125	53,256	49,837
Florida	52,581	49,913	44,829	44,626
Georgia	55,989	51,649	48,920	48,850
Hawaii	61,838	58,474	57,909	54,749
Idaho	49,174	46,126	44,133	42,142
Illinois	61,672	57,811	55,372	53,807
Indiana	55,284	53,581	52,962	47,465
Iowa	53,230	51,782	48,167	47,314
Kansas	55,341	52,900	49,034	46,611
Kentucky	49,108	46,033	44,932	40,587
Louisiana	49,037	46,087	41,851	41,442
Maine	51,059	48,043	48,632	45,507
Maryland	71,404	66,508	61,860	60,239
Massachusetts	68,958	65,012	62,385	59,191
Michigan	59,019	57,521	56,174	52,955
Minnesota	67,140	60,577	56,200	54,396
Mississippi	43,907	42,238	38,748	37,328
Missouri	54,190	52,179	50,015	45,795
Montana	44,737	43,559	41,462	42,987
Nebraska	56,692	53,419	46,726	44,886
Nevada	53,054	53,302	50,946	50,064
New Hampshire	61,014	59,981	56,497	54,492
New Jersey	70,983	67,335	65,586	61,409
New Mexico	43,829	40,033	38,143	37,365
New York	57,142	55,911	52,799	50,672
North Carolina	54,331	51,790	49,272	47,367
North Dakota	51,002	46,921	45,480	43,483
Ohio	60,169	55,926	51,835	50,893
Oklahoma	47,436	44,283	43,138	42,124
Oregon	55,892	54,226	46,245	46,229
Pennsylvania	58,507	55,386	53,814	50,884
Rhode Island	62,339	62,005	53,967	51,362
South Carolina	52,111	49,660	46,973	44,048
South Dakota	49,702	46,831	45,043	42,269
Tennessee	50,310	48,244	45,245	44,312
Texas	51,148	48,007	46,757	43,977
Utah	54,946	50,823	45,775	45,611
Vermont	53,691	51,814	49,401	47,376
Virginia	60,860	57,050	53,394	50,032
Washington	61,059	57,421	53,153	51,415
West Virginia	43,239	43,668	41,293	39,731
Wisconsin	57,890	57,270	52,986	50,628
Wyoming	50,989	48,412	46,830	45,925

Notes:

1) In accordance with 45 CFR 96.85, 60 percent of each state's estimated median income for a 4-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 family sizes greater than six persons, add 3 percent for each additional family member and multiply the new percentage by the 60% of the State's estimated median income for a 4-person family.

2) Prepared by the Bureau of the Census. The methodology used to compute 4-person family median income by state has varied over the years.

· Prior to FY 2008, estimates were based on data available from the March Current Population Survey (CPS) and the decennial census of population conducted by the Bureau of the Census; as well as per capita personal income estimates produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). It was based on income that was received by the Current Population Survey respondents during the calendar year three years earlier. For example, the estimated median income used for eligibility determinations in Fiscal Year 2005 (which actually began October 1, 2004 and ended September 30, 2005) was based on income received during calendar year 2002 (January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002).

· For FY 2008 and FY2009, estimates were based on single year estimates from the American Community Surveys (ACS) for the calendar year three years earlier.

· Beginning with FY 2010, estimates are based on three-year estimates (using data from calendar years three, four, and five years earlier) rather than single-year estimates, to reduce large year-to-year fluctuations that the single-year estimates tended to generate.

3) Historical information on the income eligibility guidelines along with additional alternative measures of income and other related information are available at:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income.html

4) Note that there are two sets of numbers for FY 2001. BEA revised its methodology in estimating personal per capita income, and the new methodology was employed to restate the FY 2001 figures shown in the earlier table and in all subsequent years.

Source:

Information for the tables in this topic was drawn from:
http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2009/03/13/E9-5412/state-median-income-estimate-for-a-four-person-family-notice-of-the-federal-fiscal-year-ffy-2010
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/liheap/guidance/information_memoranda/im10-09_ab.html
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/4person.html

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