USDA ERS & HRSA FORHP
Rural designations
Rural–Urban Continuum codes, Frontier & Remote areas, and Federal Office of Rural Health Policy eligibility by county, tract, and ZIP.
Published by USDA ERS & HRSA FORHP
Finest detail tract
Tables 5
How we use this · on 7 desks
“Does this place count as rural for federal programs?”
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- Business & Site Planning: At a glance, Compare a few ZIPs, Pick a site, ZIP dossier, and 1 more
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What we added
- Several federal rural definitions checked at once for an address, county, or ZIP
Frontier & Remote (county)
Sample of 25 rows out of about 3,143
· 14 columns
| state_fips | county_fips | state | county_name | tract_count | far1_tracts | far2_tracts | far3_tracts | far4_tracts | any_far1 | any_far2 | any_far3 | any_far4 | max_far_level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 001 | AL | Autauga County | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 003 | AL | Baldwin County | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 005 | AL | Barbour County | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 007 | AL | Bibb County | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 009 | AL | Blount County | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 011 | AL | Bullock County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 013 | AL | Butler County | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 015 | AL | Calhoun County | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 017 | AL | Chambers County | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 019 | AL | Cherokee County | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 021 | AL | Chilton County | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 023 | AL | Choctaw County | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 01 | 025 | AL | Clarke County | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 01 | 027 | AL | Clay County | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 029 | AL | Cleburne County | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 031 | AL | Coffee County | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 033 | AL | Colbert County | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 035 | AL | Conecuh County | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 01 | 037 | AL | Coosa County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 039 | AL | Covington County | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 01 | 041 | AL | Crenshaw County | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 01 | 043 | AL | Cullman County | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 045 | AL | Dale County | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 01 | 047 | AL | Dallas County | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 01 | 049 | AL | DeKalb County | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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