Why can’t I find the income limits for a particular nonmetropolitan county or a metropolitan area?
HUD revised the FMR and income limit area definitions based on guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that revised metropolitan areas using 2000 Census data. Some former nonmetropolitan counties are now part of metropolitan areas, and some metropolitan areas have been subsumed within other areas, or their names have been significantly changed. In instances where OMB metropolitan area definitions have changed, HUD’s FMR areas may consist of submarket areas within the new OMB metropolitan area. Submarkets are established only if there are significant differences in rents or median incomes between the different old FMR areas that comprise the new OMB metropolitan area. HUD uses FY2006 FMR areas in calculating FY2006 income limits because FMRs are used in the calculation of certain income limits and the two sets of definitions are linked in statutory history. For a complete description of OMB metropolitan area definitions and HUD FMR area definitions, please review the FY2
