Mississippi Rural TEA

The Definition of a RURAL TEA:

1. An area not located within a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as designated by the Office of Management and Budget;
2. 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.

 

MISSISSIPPI ECONOMY: The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Mississippi's total state product in 2010 was $98 billion.

At 56 percent, the state has one of the lowest workforce participation rates in the country.

RURAL TEA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI:

• Adams
  Alcorn
  Amite
  Attala
  Bolivar
  Calhoun
  Carroll
  Chickasaw
  Choctaw
  Claiborne
  Clarke
  Clay
  Coahoma
  Covington
  Franklin
  George
  Greene
  Grenada
  Holmes
  Humphreys
  Issaquena
  Itawamba
  Jasper
  Jefferson
  Jefferson Davis
  Jones
  Kemper
  Lafayette
  Lauderdale
  Lawrence
  Leake
  Lee
  Leflore
  Lincoln
  Lowndes
  Marion
  Monroe
  Montgomery
  Neshoba
  Newton
  Noxubee
  Oktibbeha
  Panola
  Pearl River
  Pike
  Pontotoc
  Prentiss
  Quitman
  Scott
  Sharkey
  Smith
  Stone
  Sunflower
  Tallahatchie
  Tippah
  Tishomingo
  Tunica
  Union
  Walthall
  Warren
  Washington
  Wayne
  Webster
  Wilkinson
  Winston
  Yalobusha
  Yazoo

INTERACTIVE RURAL TEA MAP