This page allows you to generate Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Qualified Census Tract (QCT) tables for individual counties, individual metropolitan areas, nonmetropolitan parts of individual States, all counties in a single State, the complete table for all metropolitan areas, and the complete table for all nonmetropolitan parts of States. Simply click the appropriate button below.
Geocoded lists of all Qualified Census Tracts are available in WinZip-archived dBase files. | 2009 | 2010 |
The 2010 QCTs are based on new metropolitan area geography and a new, more detailed tabulation of household income at the census tract level from the 2000 Census. See the latest Designation Notice for information on the application of new metropolitan area geography. An explanation of the new, more detailed tabulation of household income at the census tract level from the 2000 Census used to designate the 2009 and 2010 QCTs, and a downloadable data file, are available here.
Excel spreadheets containing the data used to designate the 2010 QCTs are available here. The designation algorithm can be read here.
The Complete Metro Table is available as an Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) file formatted for optimal printing. | 2009 | 2010 | The Complete Nonmetro Table is available as an Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) file formatted for optimal printing. | 2009 | 2010 |The Difficult Development Area tables are available as Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) files formatted for optimal printing.
| Metro DDAs 2009 | Nonmetro DDAs 2009 |
| Metro DDAs 2010 | Nonmetro DDAs 2010
To determine the census tract number for a particular address, visit the HUD User GIS Service -- Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Census Tract (QCT) Locator, or for Guam and Northern Marianas Island locations, the Small Business Administration (SBA) HUB Zone Locator.
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Problems or questions? Contact Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov.