The effective date is March 8, 2006.
Median Family Incomes:
- Transmittal Notice on Estimated Median Family Incomes for FY 2006,
State Median Family Incomes in pdf
- Tables for 1999 and Estimated FY2006 Decile Distributions by Area in pdf and MS WORD
Income Limits
- FY 2006 Income Limits Briefing Material in pdf
- Income Limit Area Definitions in pdf and MS WORD
- Transmittal Notice of FY 2006 Income Limits for the Public Housing and Section 8 Programs in pdf
- Tables for Section 8 Programs in pdf and MS WORD
- Data for Section 8 Programs in MS EXCEL
- Transmittal Notice of FY 2006 Income Limits for the Section 221(d)(3) BMIR, Section 235 and Section 236 Programs in pdf
- Tables for Section 221(d)(3) BMIR, Section 235 and Section 236 Programs in pdf and MS WORD
State Map of Median Income and Income Limits
To view Income Limits for Section 8 Programs and Median Family Income information for a given county or a specific State, in pdf format, go to the U.S. map below and click on the State you are interested in.
- Federal Register Notice of Proposed Metropolitan Area Definitions for FY2006 Income Limits (*.pdf, 162 KB)
- Table of Impact of New FMR Area Definitions on Very Low Income Limits (Revised 01/19/06 to correct omission of HH designation) (*.doc, 1.72 MB)
- Supplemental Income Limit Files: These files add the Base Median (from the 2000 Census) data to the Section 8 income limit EXCEL files. This data makes it possible to determine if changes are the result of the change in the distributions (the Base Median) or the methodology (constraints in BLS data in FY2005). Please review the READ ME (*.doc, 21 KB) file before using this data.
- Section 8 2003 (*.xls, 800 KB)
- Section 8 2004 (*.xls, 800 KB)
- Section 8 2005 (*.xls, 864 KB)
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