The Definition of a RURAL TEA:
- An area not located within a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as designated by the Office of Management and Budget;
- Or the outer boundary of any city or town having a population of 20,000 or more based on the most recent census.
What does a rural TEA mean for industry professionals and investors?
The RIA Act of 2022 created a unique set aside for areas designated as RURAL.
A project that is located in a rural TEA qualifies for priority processing of Form I-526 by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. These investors will qualify for set-aside visas from the rural TEA classification, which makes up 20% of the yearly allocation of EB-5 visas.
TEXAS ECONOMY: As of 2021-Q3, Texas had a gross state product (GSP) of $2.0 trillion, the second highest in the U.S. Its GSP is greater than the GDPs of Brazil, Canada, Russia, South Korea and Spain, which are the world’s 9th-, 10th-, 11th-, 12th- and 13th-largest economies, respectively. The state ranks 22nd among U.S.
RURAL TEA COUNTIES IN TEXAS:
- Anderson
Andrews
Angelina
Armstrong
Austin
Bailey
Baylor
Bee
Blanco
Borden
Bosque
Brewster
Briscoe
Brooks
Brown
Burnet
Calhoun
Camp
Carson
Cass
Castro
Cherokee
Childress
Cochran
Coke
Coleman
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Cottle
Crane
Crockett
Culberson
Dallam
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Delta
DeWitt
Dickens
Dimmit
Donley
Duval
Eastland
Edwards
Erath
Fannin
Fayette
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Franklin
Freestone
Frio
Gaines
Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Gonzales
Gray
Grimes
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Harrison
Hartley
Haskell
Hemphill
Henderson
Hill
Hockley
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hutchinson
Irion
Jack
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Karnes
Kenedy
Kent
Kerr
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
La Salle
Lamar
Lamb
Lavaca
Lee
Leon
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Loving
Madison
Marion
Mason
Matagorda
Maverick
McCulloch
McMullen
Menard
Milam
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
Moore
Morris
Motley
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Nolan
Ochiltree
Oldham
Palo Pinto
Panola
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Presidio
Rains
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Runnels
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
Shelby
Sherman
Starr
Stephens
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Terrell
Terry
Throckmorton
Titus
Trinity
Tyler
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
Walker
Ward
Washington
Wharton
Wheeler
Wilbarger
Willacy
Winkler
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala
INTERACTIVE RURAL TEA MAP
