Difficult Development Areas: Nonmetropolitan
2012 - All States
Effective for allocations after 12/31/11. MSAs defined
using November 20, 2008 OMB definitions and derived FY2011 HUD
Metro FMR Area (HMFA) definitions.
| State |
County or County Equivalent
(All entries are counties unless noted otherwise) |
| Alaska |
Aleutians East Borough, Bethel Census Area,
Bristol Bay Borough, Dillingham Census
Area, Haines Borough, Hoonah-Aragoon Census Area, Juneau City and Borough, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Kodiak Island Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Nome Census Area, North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic
Borough, Petersburg, Census Area, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and Borough,
Skagway Municipality, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Valdez-Cordova Census
Area, Wade Hampton Census Area, Wrangell City and Borough, Yakutat
City and Borough, Yukon-Koyokuk Census Area |
| Arizona |
Apache, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Navajo,
Santa Cruz |
| Arkansas |
Baxter, Carroll, Drew, Lafayette, Montgomery, Pike |
| California |
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte,
Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Nevada,
Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne |
| Colorado |
Archuleta, Eagle, Garfield, Hinsdale, Jackson, Lake, Mineral, Ouray,
Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Miguel, Summit |
| Florida |
Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus, Columbia, DeSoto,
Dixie, Franklin, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Holmes, Levy, Liberty, Madison,
Monroe, Okeechobee, Putnam, Suwannee, Taylor, Walton |
| Georgia |
Decatur, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Lumpkin, Sumter, Talbot, Towns,
Troup, Upson |
| Hawaii |
Hawaii, Kelawao, Kauai, Maui |
| Idaho |
Adams, Benewah, Blaine, Bonner, Boundary, Cassia,
Clearwater, Gooding, Idaho, Jerome, Lewis, Lincoln, Twin Falls, Washington |
| Kentucky |
Butler, Carlisle, Fulton, Lincoln,
Nicholas, Owen, Powell, Simpson |
| Louisiana (parishes) |
Bienville,
Claiborne, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, St. Mary,
Tangipahoa |
| Maine |
Franklin, Hancock, Knox,
Lincoln, Piscataquis, Waldo |
| Maryland |
Kent, St. Mary's |
| Massachusetts |
Dukes, Nantucket |
| Michigan |
Benzie, Otsego |
| Mississippi |
Adams, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar,
Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke,
Clay, Coahoma,
Covington, Franklin, Greene, Grenada, Holmes,
Humphreys, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson
Davis, Jones, Kemper,
Lauderdale, Leake, Leflore, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe,
Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha,
Panola, Pearl River,
Pike, Prentiss, Quitman, Scott, Sharkey, Smith,
Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishimongo, Union,
Walthall, Warren,
Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston,
Yalobusha, Yazoo |
| Missouri |
Taney |
| Montana |
Beaverhead, Madison, Meagher, Mineral,
Park |
| Nevada |
Douglas |
| New
Hampshire |
Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Grafton |
| New Mexico |
Guadalupe,
McKinley, Mora, Taos |
| New York |
Cortland, Essex, Fulton, Genessee, Greene,
Hamilton, Jefferson, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca,
Steuben, Sullivan |
| North Carolina |
Avery, Chowan, Cleveland, Hyde, Jones, McDowell, Mitchell, Perquimans,
Rutherford, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Watauga,
Wilson |
| Oregon |
Clatsop, Coos,
Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant,
Hood River, Josephine, Lincoln, Linn, Morrow,
Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, Wheeler |
| Pennsylvania |
Monroe, Wayne |
| South Carolina |
Beaufort, Jasper |
| Tennessee |
Bedford, Haywood, Sevier |
| Texas |
Angelina,
Burnet,
Coke, Coleman,
Dallam, Frio, Henderson, Houston,
Kerr, Lamar,
Llano, Madison, Mills,
Nacogdoches, Navarro,
San Saba, Titus, Trinity, Walker |
| Utah |
Duchesne |
| Vermont |
Addison,
Bennington, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Rutland, Windham,
Windsor |
| Virginia |
Northampton, Prince
Edward |
| Washington |
Clallam, Island, Jefferson, Lewis,
Mason, San Juan |
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