Enterprise Communities

There are currently 49 urban areas that were designated as urban enterprise communities by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on December 21, 1994. There are also currently 28 rural areas that were designated as rural enterprise communities by the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) on December 21, 1994. These designations will remain in effect until the end of 2004. The 20 additional rural enterprise communities designated by USDA on December 24, 1998 ("Round II" enterprise communities) are not treated as enterprise communities for Federal tax purposes.

Parts of the following urban areas are enterprise communities. You can find out if your business or an employee's residence is located within an urban enterprise community by using the RC/EZ/EC Locator at www.hud.gov/crlocator.

• Birmingham, AL
• Little Rock/Pulaski, AR
• Phoenix, AZ
• Oakland, CA
• Denver, CO
• Bridgeport, CT
• New Haven, CT
• Washington, DC
• Wilmington, DE
• Miami/Dade, FL
• Tampa, FL
• Albany, GA
• Des Moines, IA
• East St. Louis, IL
• Springfield, IL
• Indianapolis, IN
• Louisville, KY
• Boston, MA
• Springfield, MA
• Muskegon, MI
• Minneapolis, MN
• St. Paul, MN
• Kansas City/Kansas City KS, MO
• St. Louis, MO
• Jackson, MS
• Charlotte, NC
• Omaha, NE
• Manchester, NH
• Albuquerque, NM
• Las Vegas, NV
• Newburgh/Kingston, NY
• Akron, OH
• Cleveland, OH
• Columbus, OH
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Portland, OR
• Harrisburg, PA
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Providence, RI
• Nashville/Davidson, TN
• Dallas, TX
• El Paso, TX
• Houston, TX
• San Antonio, TX
• Waco, TX
• Ogden, UT
• Norfolk, VA
• Seattle, WA
• Huntington, WV

Parts of the following rural areas are enterprise communities. You can find out if your business or an employee's residence is located within an urban enterprise community by using the RC/EZ/EC Locator at www.hud.gov/crlocator.

• Chambers County, AL
• East Arkansas, EC
• Mississippi County, AR
• Arizona Border Region, AZ
• Imperial County, CA
• City of Watsonville, CA
• Jackson County, FL
• Central Savannah River Area, GA
• Crisp/Dooly, GA
• Northeast Louisiana Delta, LA
• Lake County, MI
• City of East Prairie, MO
• North Delta Mississippi, MS
• Halifax/Edgecombe/Wilson, NC
• Robeson County, NC
• La Jicarita, NM
• Greater Portsmouth, OH
• Southeast Oklahoma, OK
• Josephine County, OR
• City of Lock Haven, PA
• Williamsburg-Lake City, SC
• Beadle/Spink, SD
• Fayette/Haywood County, TN
• Scott/McCreay Area, TN
• Accomack-Northampton, VA
• Lowe Yakima County Rural, WA
• Central Appalachia, WV
• McDowell County, WV