For use with Allowable Transportation Expenses Table
The Operating Costs and Public Transportation Costs section of the Transportation Standards are provided by Region and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The following table lists the states which comprise each Region and the Counties which make up each MSA. If you do not reside in an MSA, use the Regional standard.
Northeast Region: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
MSA / Counties
New York
in NY: Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester
in NJ: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth,
Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren
in CT: Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven
in PA: Pike
Philadelphia
in PA: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia
in NJ: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester,
Salem
in DE: New Castle
in MD: Cecil
Boston
in MA: Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk,
Worcester
in NH: Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford
in CT: Windham
in ME: York
Pittsburgh
Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland
Buffalo
Erie, Niagara
Midwest Region: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
MSA / Counties (unless otherwise specified)
Chicago
in IL: Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake,
McHenry, Will
in IN: Lake, Porter
in WI: Kenosha
Detroit
Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland,
St. Clair, Washtenaw, Wayne
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
Minneapolis- St. Paul
in MN: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott,
Sherburne, Washington, Wright
in WI: Pierce, St. Croix
Cleveland
Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit
Cincinnati
in OH: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren
in KY: Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton
in IN: Dearborn, Ohio
St. Louis
in MO: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren,
St. Louis city
in IL: Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair
Kansas City
in MO: Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray
in KS: Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte
South Region: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama
MSA / Counties (unless otherwise specified)
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia
in MD: Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's
in VA: Arlington, Clarke, Culpepper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun,
Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren, Alexandria city,
Fairfax city, Falls Church city, Fredericksburg city, Manassas city,
Manassas Park city
in WV: Berkeley, Jefferson
Baltimore
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's,
Baltimore city
Atlanta
Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb,
Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding,
Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, Walton
Miami
Broward, Dade
Tampa
Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman,
Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant
Houston
Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery,
Waller
West Region: New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii
MSA / Counties (unless otherwise specified)
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernadino, Riverside, Ventura
San Francisco
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma
San Diego
San Diego
Portland
in OR: Clackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, Yamhill
in WA: Clark
Seattle
Island, King, Kitsap, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston
Honolulu
Honolulu
Anchorage
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