Annual Statistical Supplement, 2004

Other Social Insurance, Veterans' Benefits, and Public Assistance

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 2002
State Heating Cooling Energy crisis intervention Low-cost residential
weatherization and
energy-related
home repair
Winter Summer
United States a 4,090,879 b 570,490 c 999,444 107,992 93,272
Alabama 41,844 26,742 12,416 9,530 569
Alaska 7,634 . . . 774 . . . 553
Arizona 23,591 b c 5,742 . . . 886
Arkansas 44,812 . . . 17,727 . . . 625
California 92,777 b c 35,371 . . . 16,213
Colorado 79,614 . . . 4,669 . . . 1,826
Connecticut 75,934 . . . 13,426 . . . . . .
Delaware 11,796 3,829 2,693 . . . 147
District of Columbia 18,278 . . . 1,685 . . . 242
Florida 22,153 29,260 19,514 20,998 948
Georgia 76,320 . . . . . . . . . 801
Hawaii 484 b c . . . 6,114 . . .
Idaho 29,827 . . . 4,836 . . . 1,379
Illinois 150,864 45,121 11,747 . . . 1,439
Indiana 116,698 42,632 27,057 . . . 943
Iowa 75,357 . . . 4,154 2,089 1,626
Kansas 31,834 . . . 2,055 . . . 524
Kentucky 95,581 33,139 67,838 . . . 675
Louisiana 21,056 36,793 11,479 . . . 319
Maine 46,923 . . . 3,831 . . . 1,227
Maryland 66,186 . . . 1,018 d . . . . . .
Massachusetts 131,569 . . . 9,092 . . . 6,578
Michigan 312,841 . . . 37,681 . . . 3,407
Minnesota 111,625 . . . 25,220 . . . 709
Mississippi 23,153 25,079 . . . . . . . . .
Missouri 99,522 . . . 47,009 . . . . . .
Montana 16,974 . . . 451 . . . 845
Nebraska 25,952 5,841 32,062 . . . 767
Nevada 15,665 10,001 3,196 . . . . . .
New Hampshire 24,876 . . . 3,878 d . . . 365
New Jersey 124,783 28,741 11,014 . . . 1,264
New Mexico 34,416 . . . 6,185 . . . . . .
New York 689,565 32,673 191,212 . . . 8,409
North Carolina 161,953 . . . 69,306 . . . 877
North Dakota 13,530 160 1,596 . . . 1,641
Ohio 248,528 . . . 123,412 58,637 7,135
Oklahoma 46,682 19,335 32,302 . . . 317
Oregon 58,544 . . . 3,083 . . . 3,153
Pennsylvania 296,222 152,688 73,082 . . . 7,026
Rhode Island 24,379 . . . 2,952 . . . 833
South Carolina 28,810 8,336 9,058 10,624 543
South Dakota 14,989 . . . 614 . . . 547
Tennessee 59,566 19,258 13,778 . . . 1,777
Texas 19,769 28,045 12,496 . . . 3,143
Utah 32,031 . . . 1,830 . . . 490
Vermont 17,935 . . . 6,165 . . . 1,212
Virginia 91,553 22,817 7,519 . . . 1,941
Washington 56,166 . . . 1,264 . . . 4,722
West Virginia 53,592 . . . 6,196 . . . 1,142
Wisconsin 117,326 . . . 18,382 . . . 3,298
Wyoming 8,800 . . . 1,377 . . . 189
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
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.
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 1982–2002
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
2002 4,090,879 570,490 999,444 107,992 93,272
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.
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.
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 2002 (in dollars)
State Regular
federal
allocation		 Supplemental
federal
allocation		 Carry-over
to following
fiscal year
United States a 1,653,568,175 99,387,492 59,061,927
Alabama 14,284,628 0 528,292
Alaska 6,373,367 0 0
Arizona 6,378,521 1,673,521 0
Arkansas 10,959,034 0 0
California 76,505,205 0 0
Colorado 26,839,585 1,994,729 1,269,515
Connecticut 35,045,798 1,604,928 3,214,478
Delaware 4,651,655 353,989 300,000
District of Columbia 5,442,670 299,513 200,000
Florida 22,716,478 0 0
Georgia 17,967,820 0 0
Hawaii 1,809,458 0 18,095
Idaho 10,307,123 878,039 261,379
Illinois 97,000,718 8,173,095 0
Indiana 43,909,300 3,711,662 0
Iowa 31,126,126 1,118,669 1,544,169
Kansas 14,282,663 1,008,515 0
Kentucky 22,855,403 3,196,722 0
Louisiana 14,683,141 0 1,274,447
Maine 21,874,256 0 251,084
Maryland 26,834,125 1,579,579 2,185,487
Massachusetts 70,075,161 4,195,456 2,523,073
Michigan 91,680,099 7,694,005 8,702,899
Minnesota 66,348,286 2,257,327 3,231,468
Mississippi 12,292,778 0 218,185
Missouri 38,745,874 2,308,716 2,986,560
Montana 10,430,204 498,675 514,220
Nebraska 15,389,463 1,400,140 640,172
Nevada 3,262,202 1,312,645 12,962
New Hampshire 13,269,106 0 79,011
New Jersey 64,917,211 4,786,974 6,032,000
New Mexico 8,043,979 0 0
New York 212,125,965 15,825,802 6,197,575
North Carolina 31,159,322 4,019,313 3,115,932
North Dakota 10,921,884 385,013 1,096,409
Ohio 85,811,633 8,732,990 1,854,434
Oklahoma 11,998,086 0 331,196
Oregon 20,712,188 1,628,266 1,521,830
Pennsylvania 114,141,586 7,244,772 7,405,155
Rhode Island 11,506,691 786,593 0
South Carolina 11,406,510 1,940,719 0
South Dakota 8,916,026 460,584 0
Tennessee 23,152,034 0 0
Texas 37,807,287 0 0
Utah 12,241,787 935,694 1,095,898
Vermont 9,945,667 0 0
Virginia 32,686,964 3,139,645 67,055
Washington 32,886,631 0 61,588
West Virginia 15,125,156 1,210,876 0
Wisconsin 59,722,984 2,702,967 0
Wyoming 4,998,337 327,359 327,359
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
a. Net of set-asides to direct-grant Indian tribes and tribal organizations and the insular areas.
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 1982–2002 (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 1,357,793,477 451,391,311 70,117,647
2002 a 1,653,568,175 99,387,492 59,061,927
SOURCE: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, U.S. Administration for Children and Families' administrative data.
a. Net of set-asides to direct-grant Indian tribes and tribal organizations and the insular areas.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J3 Estimated home energy assistance obligations, by state and type of assistance, fiscal year 2002 (in dollars)
State Heating Cooling Energy crisis
intervention		 Weatherization
United States 1,039,287,196 a 77,732,865 b 268,262,280 213,987,850
Alabama 5,837,939 3,920,412 3,533,558 714,234
Alaska 5,274,251 . . . 553,386 3,248,191 c
Arizona 4,576,086 a b 1,779,588 1,544,735
Arkansas 5,000,051 . . . 3,164,829 1,643,855
California 28,179,906 a b 20,852,120 18,438,198
Colorado 24,216,816 . . . 1,265,502 3,341,972
Connecticut 30,344,655 . . . 2,180,851 . . .
Delaware 2,848,792 649,000 455,309 506,358
District of Columbia 5,646,022 . . . 600,000 1,305,239
Florida 3,234,271 4,466,375 10,273,176 3,305,248
Georgia 15,141,921 . . . . . . 1,990,482
Hawaii 1,583,035 a b 45,081 . . .
Idaho 6,681,645 . . . 1,503,331 1,307,974
Illinois 69,243,091 7,379,011 9,546,192 13,564,493
Indiana 30,188,864 2,298,595 4,212,416 3,631,795
Iowa 21,721,603 . . . 1,189,749 4,668,919
Kansas 10,322,092 . . . 690,480 1,928,159
Kentucky 10,373,165 2,877,050 8,176,601 2,495,245
Louisiana 647,270 16,307,394 100,000 1,807,338
Maine 15,819,535 . . . 618,694 3,625,885
Maryland 24,266,091 . . . . . . . . .
Massachusetts 55,152,567 . . . d 4,846,813
Michigan 63,103,246 . . . 12,256,445 7,705,586
Minnesota 46,933,588 . . . 11,506,289 3,018,590
Mississippi 5,041,089 5,461,180 . . . . . .
Missouri 18,462,806 . . . 14,700,888 . . .
Montana 6,871,014 . . . 333,464 2,264,102
Nebraska 4,998,859 544,588 6,848,990 1,693,237
Nevada 1,164,156 1,564,343 d . . .
New Hampshire 11,344,620 . . . . . . 300,000
New Jersey 51,677,211 2,876,000 4,114,000 3,222,000
New Mexico 6,483,060 . . . 1,256,520 d
New York 120,202,468 801,781 45,736,096 33,991,233
North Carolina 11,934,632 . . . 16,347,048 3,684,116
North Dakota 5,638,846 237,625 e 1,420,363 2,550,000
Ohio 47,633,933 . . . 29,054,569 13,119,478
Oklahoma 5,697,661 3,006,725 1,024,140 883,029
Oregon 14,373,651 . . . 840,747 3,876,634
Pennsylvania 71,953,759 2,747,028 18,270,534 17,120,000
Rhode Island 8,898,162 . . . 304,711 1,870,002
South Carolina 3,421,953 2,281,302 5,939,496 1,140,651
South Dakota 6,939,168 . . . 363,773 1,377,404
Tennessee 12,764,756 1,891,075 4,254,919 2,083,683
Texas 8,689,568 13,883,527 3,988,448 15,528,055
Utah 9,147,794 . . . 636,343 1,224,179
Vermont 7,744,588 . . . 1,309,302 239,933
Virginia 19,605,684 4,539,854 2,802,074 5,489,176
Washington 23,324,311 . . . 724,045 4,950,457
West Virginia 11,212,251 . . . 1,512,516 2,268,773
Wisconsin 54,836,329 . . . 11,616,160 9,361,067
Wyoming 2,888,365 . . . 359,537 1,111,332
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.
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. State provided weatherization assistance with funds obligated in fiscal year 2000.
e. State provided cooling assistance with funds obligated in fiscal year 2000.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.
Table 9.J3.1 Estimated home energy assistance obligations, by type of assistance, fiscal years 1982–2002 (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
2002 1,039,287,196 77,732,865 268,262,280 213,987,850
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.
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.
CONTACT: Leon Litow (202) 401-5304.