LIHEAP: THE FACTS COMPILED

[Bonobo]

I spent the last few hours compiling statistics. I am sorry it
will be hard to read but I couldn't get it all to line up
right despite pressing the space key about a thousand times
and spending hours trying to make it look better. ;) 

I am hoping some of you will be willing to look up these stats
and counter reference them against some of the claims of those
arguing that the LIHEAP cuts are not such a big deal because
the price of heating oil has dropped, etc.

One of the bottom lines is that the number of households that
used LIHEAP went from 5,279,150 in 2008 to 7,457,223 in 2010.
Furthermore, the avg. price of heating oil was $3.23/gallon in
07/08; $2.45 in 08/09; $2.65 in 09/10; and $3.12 in 10/11.

The two sources for my facts were:
http://www.liheap.org/fact_sheets.html
&
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPD2F_prs_dpgal_w.htm

Number of Households Using LIHEAP by State
 
STATE	2008	2009	2010
FED FUNDING	2.57 B	5.1 B	5.1 B
ALASKA			
ALABAMA	64,792	98,714	109,671
ARKANSAS	60,000	75,000	85,000
ARIZONA	25,730	46,483	36,032
CALIFORNIA	165,678	434,141	287,676
COLORADO	92,369	105,736	130,000
CONNECTICUT	86,000	107,336	113,385
D.C.			
DELAWARE	14,424	17,654	20,265
FLORIDA	73,349	149,416	76,502
GEORGIA	81,735	98,082	250,000
IOWA	86,342	95,234	102,000
IDAHO	32,847	39,416	49,743
ILLINOIS	319,828	415,669	460,146
INDIANA	160,000	197,809	197,800
KANSAS	41,846	46,959	58,700
KENTUCKY	173,840	300,000	330,537
LOUISIANA	17,653	20,831	34,710
MASSACHUSETTS	144,846	186,160	206,488
MARYLAND	93,198	122,250	134,691
MAINE	47,000	63,000	69,930
MICHIGAN	526,307	633,682	614,589
MINNESOTA	126,229	153,721	164,790
MISSOURI	127,000	147,000	165,700
MISSISSIPPI	61,675	74,010	124,337
MONTANA	18,921	22,048	28,044
NORTH CAROLINA	319,980	383,755	309,595
NORTH DAKOTA	15,315	16,320	16,320
NEBRASKA	33,534	39,281	44,200
NEW HAMPSHIRE	35,351	44,425	47,215
NEW JERSEY	196,062	295,046	385,510
NEW MEXICO	65,690	69,477	80,000
NEVADA	13,389	24,151	27,500
NEW YORK	895,000	1,200,000	1,260,000
OHIO	387,332	393,681	426,410
OKLAHOMA	83,503	117,780	110,962
OREGON	63,542	98,571	118,000
PENNSYLVANIA	370,873	547,302	602,032
RHODE ISLAND	30,038	33,932	37,100
SOUTH CAROLINA	13,100	18,218	29,767
TENNESEE	71,061	115,045	112,368
TEXAS	67,475	149,709	150,000
UTAH	32,000	42,453	51,103
VIRGINIA	108,040	122,625	142,905
VERMONT	21,680	26,313	27,850
WASHINGTON	68,023	104,374	148,211
WISCONSIN	155,000	173,000	215,325
WEST VIRGINIA	78,122	87,166	11,485
WYOMING	8,000	12,000	14,393
TOTAL	5,279,150	6,897,565	7,457,223

HEATING OIL COSTS
MTH/YR	     COST/GALLON     	COST/GALLON
	     EAST COAST (PADD 1)	MIDWEST (PADD 2)
	     (CT,MN,MA,NH,RI,VT)	(IL,IN,IO,KT,MI,MN,NE,OH,WI)
OCT '07	              2.847	2.845
NOV '07	              3.208	3.166
DEC '07	              3.302	3.092
JAN '08	              3.380	3.065
FEB '08	              3.389	3.144
MAR '08	              3.731	3.564
		
OCT '08	              3.348	3.200
NOV '08	              2.896	2.576
DEC '08	              2.554	2.123
JAN '09	              2.445	2.020
FEB '09	              2.365	1.899
MAR '09	              2.229	1.775
		
OCT '09	              2.615	2.378
NOV '09	              2.761	2.51
DEC '09	              2.788	2.471
JAN '10	              2.955	2.583
FEB '10	              2.894	2.532
MAR '10	              2.715	2.604
				
OCT '10	              2.969	2.648
NOV '10	              3.092	2.86
DEC '10	              3.277	2.966
JAN '11	              3.433	3.065
FEB '11	              3.606	3.199

[CreekDog]

1. it's all offset by new tax incentives and spending in cities across the USA

:sarcasm:

[Hannah Bell]

2. if you check plain text after you've lined up the data it will stay the way you

formatted it if you don't type too far to the right, e.g.:


1     5     10     9     10
2     7     11     9     10

so if you already had it formatted & then it ran together
when you posted, try checking plain text.

[Bonobo]

4. Thanks, I think it is a little easier to read now though I lost my html... nt

[BlueCheese]

3. Thanks for this.

We have lots of opinions, and people are certainly entitled to them. But we always need facts, so thanks for putting in the work needed.

[Bonobo]

5. You're welcome.

7.5 million household required help with this program (and it's not easy to qualify for).

That's probably over 20 million people.

[QC]

6. K&R!

[Starry Messenger]

7. k&r

[EOTE]

8. Great job, K&R.

Frankly, I find it disgusting that people HERE are actually defending this. I find it hard to believe that one can call themselves a progressive or liberal and still support trash like this. When will people wake up and realize that we're not being represented?

[Bonobo]

9. Thanks, after reading all the disinfo being thrown around here, I decided

to get my hands dirty and study the numbers and then publish them.

It was a big time investment, but I learned a lot and I hope they will be of use to some here.

[woo me with science]

10. Thank you for doing this, and also note

that these are households that are currently RECEIVING it. The number that need it and have not qualified is likely much, much higher in this economy.

[Bonobo]

11. That's a very, very good point!

The number of those must be staggering. This already represents over 25 million Americans! That's nearly 1 in 10 already! Jesus!

[kickysnana]

12. There is no place for that money to be made up. Overall prices will go up.

Power companies will not eat that much of a downturn in revenue. They will raise prices on the remainder to keep income levels up. So many are now privately owned.

Another deregulation noose around America's neck.

[lonestarnot]

14. Damn good point! And we all know how they run to corp com. every chance they get for an increase.

[neverforget]

13. kr for your effort and the information

thank you! :toast: :fistbump:

[QC]

15. Kick!

[tekisui]

16. knr!

[truebrit71]

17. Thank you for laying it out so clearly...more people need it than before..

..and the Prez lied when he said that energy prices were going down. Oil and Nat Gas, maybe, heating oil, you know, the stuff that people use to heat their homes, is going up.

We'll have to see if the usual suspects show up to tell us that 'technically' the President's talking points are correct, whilst avoiding answering whether the people that may freeze to death due to the President's cut in their assistance are 'technically' dead or 'actually' dead...

[Robb]

18. Excellent work here.

Only hiccup could be inflation '07-'11? :shrug: