Urban Counties in the South and Southwest

Schools and school districts are eligible for different E-rate discounts based on whether their location is in an "urban" or a "rural" area as specified by the federal Office of Management and Budget's list of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). If the county or parish where your school or district is located is not listed below, you are entitled to seek the higher discounts offered to rural schools and districts. In other words, every Arkansas county not listed here is considered a rural county and eligible to receive the higher discounts available to rural schools. This list was drawn from data posted on the Internet by the US Census Bureau and is current as of June 1997. - Mimi Mayer

Arkansas Counties

Benton
Craighead
Crawford
Crittenden
Faulkner
Jefferson
Lonoke
Miller
Pulaski
Saline
Sebastian
Washington

Louisiana Parishes

Acadia
Ascension
Bossier
Caddo
Calcasieu
East Baton Rouge
Jefferson
Lafayette
Lafourche
Livingston
Orleans
Ouachita
Plaquemines
Rapides
St. Bernard
St. Charles
St. James
St. John the Baptist
St. Landry
St. Martin
St. Tammany
Terrebonne
Webster
West Baton Rouge

New Mexico Counties

Bernalillo
Dona Ana
Los Alamos
Sandoval
Santa Fe
Valencia

Oklahoma Counties

Canadian
Cleveland
Creek
Garfield
Logan
McClain
Oklahoma
Osage
Pottawatomie
Rogers
Sequoya
Tulsa
Wagoner

Texas Counties

Archer
Bastrop
Bell
Bexar
Bowie
Brazoria
Brazos
Caldwell
Cameron
Chambers
Collin
Comal
Coryell
Dallas
Denton
Ector
Ellis
El Paso
Fort Bend
Galveston
Grayson
Tom Green
Gregg
Guadalupe
Hardin
Harris
Harrison
Hays
Henderson
Hidalgo
Hood
Hunt
Jefferson
Johnson
Kaufman
Liberty
Lubbock
McLennan
Midland
Montgomery
Nueces
Orange
Parker
Potter
Randall
Rockwall
San Patricio
Smith
Tarrant
Taylor
Travis
Upshur
Victoria
Waller
Webb
Wichita
Williamson
Wilson

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