Annual Statistical Supplement, 2003

Public Assistance

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Table 9.J1 Number of households receiving home energy assistance, by state and type of assistance, fiscal year 2001
State Heating Cooling Energy crisis intervention Low-cost residential
weatherization and
energy-related
home repair
Winter Summer
United States a 4,380,375 b 249,848 c 1,355,560 86,795 97,447
Alabama 53,209 20,375 16,577 18,776 611
Alaska 7,549 . . . 417 . . . 617
Arizona 17,222 b c 4,750 . . . 556
Arkansas 53,288 . . . 24,302 . . . 647
California 134,236 b c 57,727 . . . 18,781
Colorado 76,470 . . . 2,119 . . . 1,826
Connecticut 78,976 . . . 21,465 . . . . . .
Delaware 10,985 4,266 3,080 . . . 343
District of Columbia 18,879 . . . 5,798 . . . 298
Florida 20,215 38,755 44,614 23,212 1,041
Georgia 130,120 12,568 . . . . . . 924
Hawaii 5,937 b c . . . 704 . . .
Idaho 30,997 . . . 2,688 . . . 1,370
Illinois 181,201 . . . 10,067 . . . 1,368
Indiana 128,608 24,799 29,000 . . . 1,406
Iowa 83,728 . . . 1,949 . . . 1,391
Kansas 28,027 . . . 6,823 . . . 785
Kentucky 154,147 . . . 70,642 . . . 822
Louisiana 1,738 26,649 20,769 . . . 319
Maine 52,421 . . . 3,587 . . . 1,822
Maryland 76,424 . . . 1,695 d . . . . . .
Massachusetts 133,355 . . . 12,743 . . . 10,530
Michigan 302,582 . . . 60,867 . . . 2,808
Minnesota 110,341 . . . 33,504 . . . 564
Mississippi 57,617 22,186 2,712 1,717 . . .
Missouri 110,133 . . . 67,959 . . . . . .
Montana 16,769 . . . 1,137 . . . 409
Nebraska 29,646 5,482 36,358 . . . 1,038
Nevada 9,025 4,884 . . . . . . 402
New Hampshire 27,276 . . . 3,841 d . . . 653
New Jersey 121,419 27,447 10,915 . . . 1,792
New Mexico 44,502 . . . 2,454 . . . 1,123
New York 697,465 . . . 159,390 . . . 5,363
North Carolina 150,445 . . . 115,338 . . . 316
North Dakota 15,442 337 1,766 . . . 2,438
Ohio 245,305 . . . 122,491 42,380 5,363
Oklahoma 60,383 14,025 33,928 . . . 316
Oregon 73,043 . . . 7,222 . . . 2,438
Pennsylvania 300,462 . . . 124,991 . . . 6,251
Rhode Island 24,606 . . . 22,585 . . . 624
South Carolina 50,589 . . . 13,194 . . . 736
South Dakota 15,159 . . . 487 . . . 569
Tennessee 60,206 6,107 20,867 . . . 2,179
Texas 8,734 14,443 98,941 . . . 3,460
Utah 31,233 . . . 1,378 . . . 502
Vermont 18,483 . . . 5,225 . . . 1,078
Virginia 84,237 15,763 9,920 . . . 2,376
Washington 66,741 . . . 27,627 . . . 3,094
West Virginia 45,332 11,762 14,102 . . . 1,069
Wisconsin 115,881 . . . 24,737 . . . 3,074
Wyoming 9,587 . . . 1,812 . . . 207
a. An unduplicated total of households assisted cannot be derived from these data because the same household may be included under more than one type of assistance.
b. Includes households that received combined heating and cooling assistance in Arizona and California and households that received energy assistance in Hawaii with no differentiation made between heating and cooling assistance.
c. Excludes households that received combined heating and cooling assistance in Arizona and California and households that received energy assistance in Hawaii with no differentiation made between heating and cooling assistance.
d. Households in winter crisis situation received expedited heating assistance.
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J1.1 Number of households receiving home energy assistance, by state and type of assistance, fiscal years 1982–2001
Year Heating a Cooling a Energy crisis intervention Low-cost residential
weatherization and
energy-related
home repair
Winter Summer
1982 5,990,176 1,075,061 707,123 . . . 430,830
1983 6,414,448 529,036 972,894 25,342 482,620
1984 6,443,637 537,598 963,743 28,841 180,748
1985 6,545,616 511,333 857,809 27,196 217,864
1986 6,359,924 535,553 951,945 114,194 191,316
1987 6,495,409 366,721 1,060,425 60,797 172,372
1988 5,827,481 309,044 981,775 57,750 156,770
1989 5,595,268 126,977 890,616 20,384 142,584
1990 5,459,631 358,823 1,058,067 37,340 148,104
1991 5,769,346 374,483 1,004,634 39,399 127,587
1992 5,906,292 384,468 950,275 25,570 106,066
1993 5,282,993 143,279 956,435 47,169 111,295
1994 5,663,040 145,684 1,127,832 24,532 126,086
1995 5,147,619 341,041 932,263 77,915 102,817
1996 4,069,409 129,184 769,154 29,121 82,931
1997 4,069,409 129,184 769,154 19,121 82,931
1998 3,641,836 316,764 704,640 154,708 85,708
1999 3,338,720 532,619 757,410 315,470 84,106
2000 3,604,295 318,438 925,311 88,339 90,985
2001 4,380,375 249,848 1,355,560 86,795 97,447
a. Several states either provide combined heating and cooling assistance or do not differentiate between heating and cooling assistance. The data for those states are included only in the Heating category.
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
NOTES: An unduplicated total of households assisted cannot be derived from these data because the same households may be included under more than one type of assistance.
. . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J2 Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program funds: Federal net allocations and amounts carried over, by state, fiscal year 2001 (in dollars)
State Regular
federal
allocation		 Supplemental
federal
allocation		 Carry-over
to following
fiscal year
United States a 1,357,793,477 451,391,311 70,117,647
Alabama 11,721,903 3,669,705 1,428,321
Alaska 6,208,712 1,990,343 606,376
Arizona 5,234,186 1,461,035 0
Arkansas 8,992,936 2,835,706 375,787
California 62,775,912 20,788,908 0
Colorado 22,019,960 7,489,006 1,624,727
Connecticut 28,758,429 9,979,036 3,835,733
Delaware 3,817,128 1,281,353 509,986
District of Columbia 4,466,231 1,468,937 315,000
Florida 18,641,042 4,191,306 0
Georgia 14,744,314 4,749,326 1,105,568
Hawaii 1,484,834 270,037 17,698
Idaho 8,457,980 2,150,441 895,627
Illinois 79,598,364 28,160,418 2,302,752
Indiana 36,033,239 12,176,687 0
Iowa 25,541,963 8,920,716 168,661
Kansas 11,718,165 4,144,494 0
Kentucky 18,755,044 5,404,852 0
Louisiana 12,048,921 3,744,827 0
Maine 17,949,919 5,863,098 469,771
Maryland 22,019,965 7,242,333 0
Massachusetts 57,503,370 19,823,314 650,000
Michigan 75,232,288 27,296,506 9,168,638
Minnesota 54,445,113 18,522,713 3,379,437
Mississippi 10,087,400 3,203,639 124,055
Missouri 31,794,695 10,457,227 0
Montana 8,558,981 2,640,787 515,407
Nebraska 12,627,881 4,438,589 875,689
Nevada 2,676,949 741,169 0
New Hampshire 10,888,570 3,655,127 120,529
New Jersey 53,270,779 19,207,718 6,523,000
New Mexico 6,600,853 2,245,669 374,997
New York 174,069,784 62,370,122 12,520,545
North Carolina 25,608,810 7,407,182 3,301,599
North Dakota 8,758,658 2,761,834 1,750,683
Ohio 70,416,650 24,115,661 6,539,841
Oklahoma 9,966,138 3,320,900 0
Oregon 16,976,776 3,963,588 826,899
Pennsylvania 93,664,086 32,500,983 6,610,234
Rhode Island 9,442,339 3,404,602 0
South Carolina 9,360,132 2,739,762 0
South Dakota 7,316,453 2,389,821 38,635
Tennessee 18,998,458 4,787,381 0
Texas 31,024,494 9,572,292 0
Utah 10,022,234 3,487,636 787,973
Vermont 8,161,371 2,647,338 0
Virginia 26,822,780 7,669,144 751,119
Washington 26,986,621 6,067,753 145,926
West Virginia 12,411,637 3,717,179 1,380,900
Wisconsin 49,008,419 16,894,822 0
Wyoming 4,101,611 1,358,289 75,535
a. Net of set-asides to direct-grant Indian tribes and tribal organizations and the insular areas.
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J2.1 Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program funds: Federal net allocations and amounts carried over, fiscal years 1982–2001 (in dollars)
Year Regular
federal
allocation		 Supplemental
federal
allocation		 Carry-over
to following
fiscal year
1982 1,855,265,713 123,000,000 167,622,219
1983 1,954,327,406 0 126,734,742
1984 2,052,395,279 2,200,000 160,512,007
1985 2,078,044,805 0 103,191,230
1986 1,988,842,779 0 100,034,095
1987 1,804,751,604 0 128,664,885
1988 1,516,388,203 0 76,987,683
1989 1,369,642,868 0 68,307,592
1990 1,379,023,013 49,700,470 53,923,488
1991 1,400,498,244 193,443,923 73,292,715
1992 1,460,448,621 24,431,796 78,189,483
1993 1,307,182,655 23,663,576 36,828,086
1994 1,397,090,175 322,170,703 91,639,371
1995 1,855,265,713 123,000,000 167,622,219
1996 867,303,740 178,061,574 81,479,264
1997 964,896,037 211,876,438 59,564,206
1998 964,167,635 150,896,688 55,654,317
1999 1,060,819,242 174,599,382 42,151,190
2000 1,059,828,175 731,648,623 58,888,497
2001 a 1,357,793,477 451,391,311 70,117,647
a. Net of set-asides to direct-grant Indian tribes and tribal organizations and the insular areas.
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J3 Estimated home energy assistance obligations, by state and type of assistance, fiscal year 2001 (in dollars)
State Heating Cooling Energy crisis
intervention		 Weatherization
United States 1,302,453,006 a 54,735,350 b 474,281,110 234,197,220
Alabama 6,952,037 2,380,428 5,983,626 930,649
Alaska 8,704,243 . . . 284,208 4,030,139 c
Arizona 4,982,615 a b 1,405,352 1,514,440
Arkansas 6,164,464 . . . 3,999,583 2,147,702
California 31,063,739 a b 22,205,019 19,684,960
Colorado 43,836,549 . . . 920,826 3,346,308
Connecticut 37,545,257 . . . 6,814,489 . . .
Delaware 3,194,550 1,050,000 616,000 630,000
District of Columbia 6,918,699 . . 1,000,000 873,469
Florida 2,117,897 3,960,450 15,997,444 3,337,938
Georgia 17,313,858 2,515,840 . . . 2,000,737
Hawaii 1,509,047 a b 66,046 . . .
Idaho 6,394,427 . . . 1,039,661 2,642,951
Illinois 119,427,603 . . . 9,103,020 16,089,906
Indiana 37,812,921 954,013 3,406,949 8,215,392
Iowa 43,775,132 . . . 1,232,826 2,693,869
Kansas 10,140,405 . . . 2,535,101 1,851,953
Kentucky 14,489,026 . . . 7,583,593 4,023,650
Louisiana 2,351,796 7,055,390 3,044,242 1,920,157
Maine 20,580,155 . . . 1,249,816 4,710,451
Maryland 34,559,038 . . . . . . . . .
Massachusetts 78,755,827 . . . 8,557,446 d 4,000,000
Michigan 75,869,231 . . . 22,431,839 12,152,377
Minnesota 58,851,989 . . . 17,238,371 2,373,319
Mississippi 8,523,334 2,272,889 568,221 . . .
Missouri 26,390,001 . . . 22,931,225 . . .
Montana 7,994,730 . . . 269,277 3,239,773
Nebraska 5,421,890 592,096 10,654,121 2,276,657
Nevada 2,797,917 1,106,759 987 d . . .
New Hampshire 15,047,793 . . . . . . 850,000
New Jersey 64,413,570 2,747,000 11,831,000 3,246,000
New Mexico 10,219,960 . . . 1,545,320 e
New York 107,401,024 . . . 113,242,106 42,582,158
North Carolina 11,843,457 . . . 14,840,753 3,936,704
North Dakota 8,121,985 f 1,598,719 2,090,888
Ohio 46,510,148 . . . 50,173,880 9,453,229
Oklahoma 19,189,305 2,088,735 5,942,372 896,953
Oregon 16,135,232 . . . 1,473,758 4,244,195
Pennsylvania 76,639,340 . . . 62,900,000 16,851,279
Rhode Island 9,353,098 . . . 2,825,114 1,927,041
South Carolina 4,997,258 . . . 6,990,066 1,674,599
South Dakota 9,030,294 . . . 600,000 1,770,630
Tennessee 13,760,997 1,189,292 5,033,750 1,903,012
Texas 5,069,161 21,767,574 2,981,859 10,463,872
Utah 12,329,322 . . . 603,850 2,489,028
Vermont 13,189,281 . . . 1,540,167 . . .
Virginia 25,624,956 3,244,192 2,708,018 5,644,346
Washington 26,997,172 . . . 1,206,754 5,717,502
West Virginia 9,061,501 1,810,692 3,458,788 2,618,526
Wisconsin 68,479,467 . . . 11,203,318 9,785,486
Wyoming 4,600,308 . . . 442,230 1,364,975
a. Includes funds for households that received combined heating and cooling assistance in Arizona and California and households that received energy assistance in Hawaii with no differentiation made between heating and cooling assistance.
b. Excludes funds for households that received combined heating and cooling assistance in Arizona and California and households that received energy assistance in Hawaii with no differentiation made between heating and cooling assistance.
c. Includes $1.9 million in state funds for weatherization assistance.
d. Excludes funds for households that received expedited heating assistance for winter crisis situations.
e. State provided weatherization assistance with funds obligated in fiscal year 2000.
f. State provided cooling assistance with funds obligated in fiscal year 2000.
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
NOTES: Includes federal LIHEAP appropriated funds and nonfederal funds operated through the LIHEAP program.
. . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J3.1 Estimated home energy assistance obligations, by type of assistance, fiscal years 1982–2001 (in dollars)
Year Heating a Cooling a Energy
intervention
crisis		 Weatherization
1982 1,124,476,630 51,498,572 138,941,133 136,195,046
1983 1,343,267,155 33,020,830 191,771,756 195,463,612
1984 1,372,772,591 32,374,067 225,795,893 186,662,906
1985 1,466,721,924 29,135,118 191,407,205 227,096,051
1986 1,351,903,078 35,620,945 199,178,003 193,420,839
1987 1,280,302,113 29,581,262 197,719,071 220,419,633
1988 1,145,560,993 21,151,405 190,046,023 170,292,505
1989 1,017,024,757 12,341,113 187,442,779 147,952,928
1990 1,030,150,903 25,007,676 188,844,316 133,479,484
1991 1,098,583,280 27,416,776 220,795,517 129,279,737
1992 990,903,081 22,645,002 197,218,623 134,816,010
1993 948,596,196 22,274,975 183,189,522 146,444,590
1994 1,062,552,111 24,862,635 225,583,805 214,342,289
1995 884,846,144 43,883,481 212,713,182 159,076,150
1996 696,801,144 17,597,204 167,622,219 135,835,358
1997 749,704,757 18,755,118 176,095,176 153,589,045
1998 633,618,243 62,178,981 212,043,081 138,217,577
1999 684,600,568 72,294,009 210,175,301 145,039,987
2000 818,811,085 72,445,852 249,906,169 158,628,023
2001 1,302,453,006 54,735,350 474,281,110 234,197,220
a. Several states either provide combined heating and cooling assistance or do not differentiate between heating and cooling assistance. The data for those states are included only in the Heating category.
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
NOTE: Includes federal LIHEAP appropriated funds and nonfederal funds operated through the LIHEAP program.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.