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North Carolina 2027 QCTs and DDAs by county

HUD's 2027 list puts 456 North Carolina census tracts, home to 1,645,971 people in the 2020 Census, in qualified census tracts, across 79 counties; Mecklenburg County (53), Guilford County (30), Gaston County (27) have the most. 9 nonmetropolitan counties are difficult development areas. 36 ZIP code areas (ZCTAs) are Small Area DDAs. A building in a QCT or DDA can take 130% of eligible basis. The lists apply to allocations and bond issues after December 31, 2026.

4562027 qualified census tracts
1,645,971people in them (2020 Census)
9nonmetro DDA counties
36Small Area DDA ZIP codes

Qualified census tracts by county

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County2027 QCTsPopulation in QCTsMonitored LIHTC properties in QCTs
Alamance County731,3106
Anson County23,4191
Beaufort County37,6645
Bertie County12,7880
Bladen County38,9387
Brunswick County12,2880
Buncombe County514,76811
Burke County315,8533
Cabarrus County1034,72610
Caldwell County14,1080
Carteret County35,8654
Caswell County15,5170
Catawba County39,2301
Chatham County314,0505
Chowan County14,9056
Clay County13,1730
Cleveland County39,6016
Columbus County313,27215
Craven County39,7892
Cumberland County1748,85119
Dare County11,1610
Davidson County412,7435
Duplin County38,2111
Durham County1666,72932
Edgecombe County310,9145
Forsyth County2586,20522
Franklin County929,8434
Gaston County2775,35829
Granville County12,4620
Greene County28,5363
Guilford County30114,67742
Halifax County620,16011
Harnett County311,0424
Henderson County416,3199
Hertford County26,5972
Hoke County28,7497
Hyde County12,3051
Iredell County620,5823
Jackson County217,6591
Johnston County1449,17412
Lee County417,17413
Lenoir County615,1534
Lincoln County14,8962
Macon County16,9622
Madison County12,7850
Martin County27,9583
McDowell County12,5690
Mecklenburg County53206,47760
Montgomery County14,4161
Moore County23,2590
Nash County26,3131
New Hanover County1134,08310
Northampton County13,5920
Onslow County517,9420
Orange County727,7083
Pamlico County12,4911
Pasquotank County12,6613
Pender County11,6770
Person County28,8585
Pitt County1033,5936
Randolph County416,1306
Richmond County621,79012
Robeson County2378,65031
Rockingham County311,7276
Rowan County29,0319
Rutherford County14,5053
Sampson County311,3800
Scotland County415,7451
Stanly County26,2081
Surry County39,1623
Union County26,3801
Vance County413,78216
Wake County26122,76656
Warren County26,7323
Washington County26,7561
Watauga County424,4482
Wayne County720,5004
Wilson County927,01315
Yadkin County13,1580

Sources: HUD 2027 QCT data file (qct_data_2027.xlsx), checked tract by tract against HUD's QCT2027.csv; population from the 2020 Census columns in that file. Properties: HUD's LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026), monitored properties by 2020 tract.

Nonmetropolitan DDA counties

Every site in these counties is in a 2027 difficult development area: Bertie County, Chowan County, Craven County, Dare County, Haywood County, Lee County, Pasquotank County, Transylvania County, Watauga County.

Small Area DDA ZIP codes

In metro areas HUD designates DDAs by ZIP Code Tabulation Area. A ZCTA follows ZIP code boundaries closely but not exactly, so check a specific address with the lookup.

Metro area2027 Small Area DDA ZCTAs
Asheville, NC MSA28704, 28709, 28729, 28759, 28790, 28801, 28803, 28804, 28806
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area28075, 28079, 28202, 28203, 28204, 28277
Gates County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area27926, 27937, 27938, 27946, 27969, 27979
Goldsboro, NC MSA27534
Greensboro-High Point, NC HUD Metro FMR Area27235, 27301, 27410
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA28673, 28682
Hoke County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area28304
Iredell County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area28117
Jacksonville, NC MSA28454, 28542
Pender County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area28411
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC MSA28374
Rockingham County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area27358
Wilmington, NC HUD Metro FMR Area28480
Winston-Salem, NC HUD Metro FMR Area27040

Changes from the 2026 lists

Compared with HUD's 2026 lists, North Carolina gains 64 qualified census tracts and loses 67; 20 Small Area DDA ZIP codes are new and 16 dropped off; 0 nonmetro DDA counties are new and 9 dropped off. A site that dropped off keeps its status for an application filed before 2027 and allocated within 730 days. Every state's changes.

CountyTracts new for 2027Tracts dropped since 2026
Mecklenburg County15.10, 19.19, 19.23, 31.09, 38.09, 58.686, 8, 15.09, 18.01, 19.14, 38.02, 40, 54.05, 56.26, 60.16
Guilford County112.02, 119.05, 126.19, 126.20, 144.11, 161.02125.04, 126.12, 136.01, 143
Cumberland County16.03, 23.0212, 34.03, 35.01
Gaston County313.04, 316, 322.01, 327.03306.01
Johnston County401.01, 409.04, 410.04, 412.03, 412.06
Forsyth County17, 27.02, 32.02, 39.03
Iredell County601, 613.01606.03, 616.01
Wake County523.07, 528.11, 537.13, 542.24
Caldwell County308.02301, 314.03
Davidson County613608, 615.01
Duplin County901.02, 908.04901.03
Haywood County9209, 9211, 9213.02
Robeson County9607.01, 9620.029606.01
Rowan County513.03502.01, 520
Wayne County7, 2015
Wilson County4.02, 7.016.01
Alamance County203.02208.02
Brunswick County204.09201.01
Carteret County9704.02, 9705.01
Columbus County9311, 9312.02
Henderson County9312, 9313
Northampton County9204.019203.01
Onslow County9.029.01
Pamlico County9501.039501.04
Rockingham County410.01, 415.02
Sampson County9701.01, 9709
Scotland County105.01101.02
Ashe County9708.01
Beaufort County9308
Cabarrus County421.02
Catawba County102.03
Chatham County204.02
Cherokee County9304.01
Cleveland County9511
Craven County9609
Dare County9705.01
Durham County13.03
Edgecombe County211
Franklin County604.04
Granville County9707.02
Halifax County9307.01
Harnett County709.02
Hertford County9504.01
Hoke County9704.02
Lee County304.02
Lenoir County107
Macon County9703.04
Moore County9505.05
Orange County107.09
Pender County9203
Pitt County20.03
Randolph County311.01
Rutherford County9609
Union County204.05
Vance County9605
Warren County9502.01
Washington County9501
Wilkes County9609.02
Yadkin County504.01

Nonmetro DDA counties dropped: Avery County, Duplin County, Granville County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area, Hertford County, Macon County, Northampton County, Pamlico County, NC HUD Metro FMR Area, Vance County, Wilson County.

Small Area DDA ZIP codes new for 2027: 27040, 27235, 27301, 27358, 27410, 27534, 27926, 27937, 27938, 27946, 27969, 27979, 28304, 28374, 28454, 28704, 28759, 28790, 28801, 28806.

Small Area DDA ZIP codes dropped: 27502, 27517, 27519, 27560, 27712, 28036, 28078, 28104, 28119, 28173, 28211, 28262, 28269, 28270, 28273, 28278.

Computed by us from HUD's 2026 and 2027 files; 2026 notice: FR Doc. 2025-19007.

Designations: HUD 2027 QCT and DDA designations, FR Doc. 2026-20390 (91 FR 63573, Oct. 6, 2026).

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