Agencies release list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies
June 17, 2019 / Source: FRB
Joint Press Release
June 17, 2019
Agencies release list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
For release at 12:00 p.m. EDT
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced the availability of the 2019 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies, where revitalization or stabilization activities are eligible to receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration under the community development definition.
Distressed nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies and underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies are designated by the agencies in accordance with their CRA regulations. The criteria for designating these areas are available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) website (http://www.ffiec.gov/cra). The designations continue to reflect local economic conditions, including unemployment, poverty, and population changes.
As with past releases, the agencies apply a one-year lag period for geographies that were listed in 2018 but are no longer designated as distressed or underserved in the current release. Revitalization or stabilization activities in these geographies are eligible to receive CRA consideration under the community development definition for 12 months after publication of the current list.
The current and previous years' lists can be found on the FFIEC website, along with information about the data sources used to generate those lists.
2019 List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies (PDF)
Source Information and Methodology (PDF)
Media Contacts:
Federal Reserve
Susan Stawick
202-452-2955
FDIC
Greg Hernandez
202-898-6984
OCC
William Grassano
202-649-6870
Last Update: June 17, 2019