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Qualified Census Tract Table Generator

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 CSV files. | 2024 | 2025 |

2025 QCTs

Effective date: The effective date of the 2025 QCTs and DDAs is January 1, 2025.

The 2025 QCTs are based on MSA definitions published in OMB Bulletin No. 18-04 on September 14, 2018 and data from the 2020 Decennial Census and three sets of 5-year tabulations of the American Community Survey (2016-2020; 2017-2021; and 2018-2022). The Census Tract boundaries are according to the 2020 Decennial Census. See the latest Designation Notice for complete information.

Excel spreadsheets containing the data used to designate the 2025 QCTs are available here. The designation algorithm can be read here.

Metro Table

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The Complete Metro Table is available as an Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) file formatted for optimal printing. | 2024 | 2025 |

Nonmetro Table

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The Complete Nonmetro Table is available as an Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) file formatted for optimal printing. | 2024 | 2025 |

Difficult Development Area Tables

Effective date: The effective date of the 2025 QCTs and DDAs is January 1, 2025.

Information on Small Difficult Development Areas (SDDAs):
While the geographic extent of ZCTAs is very similar to current 5-digit ZIP codes, and the vast majority of ZIP Code areas remain fixed over time, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) may alter specific ZIP code geography at any time after HUD designates SDDAs. The data from which SAFMRs and SDDA designations are derived, however, does not immediately shift with the USPS definition of ZIP Codes, but remains defined by the ZCTAs as established by the Census Bureau. Therefore, for purposes of determining 2024 and 2025 SDDA status, users should refer to the DDA (ZCTA) address locator at http://www.huduser.gov/portal/sadda/sadda_qct.html rather than the USPS-assigned 5-digit ZIP Code of the project.

ZIP Code-based Metropolitan DDAs (Small DDAs)

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County-Based DDA Tables

Nonmetropolitan Difficult Development Areas
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The Difficult Development Area tables are available as Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) files formatted for optimal printing.
| Metro DDAs 2024 | Nonmetro DDAs 2024 | Metro DDAs 2025 | Nonmetro DDAs 2025 |

To view the location of the 2024 and 2025 QCTs and SDDAs, visit the HUD User GIS Service -- Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Census Tract (QCT) and Small Difficult Development Area (SDDA) Locator.

Complete QCT and DDA dataset is available at: Qualified Census Tracts and Difficult Development Areas