CDFI Market Map

The CDFI Market Map shows CDFIs, local officials, and investors where many opportunities are for CDFI expansion and growth. We are confident that the CDFI industry and its allies will step up when they see the opportunities that CDFI Deserts present.

CDFI Friendly America’s goal is to eliminate CDFI Deserts by 2040.

The CDFI Market Map identifies 1,292 Places, 714 Counties, 255 Metro Areas, and 9 States that are CDFI Deserts (click below to view the full lists).

What is a CDFI Desert?

CDFI Desert Lists

CDFI Deserts by Sector Lists

To navigate the map below, you can click the icon to search for a specific city, county, or state or use the + or − icons to zoom in and use your pointer to move around the map. Click on the icon to view the legend. To show or hide specific layers, click on the icon to expand the layer groups, hover your cursor over the desired layer, and click the image that looks like an eye. For more detailed instructions, visit the CDFI Market Map User Guide.

View Data Sources

CDFI Market Map Data Sources/Citations

CDFI Financing Data: U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund Transaction Level Report (TLR) Database, 2005-2022. Received through FOIA requests.
*Note: When the CDFI Market Map was launched on 8/15/2024 the CDFI Desert Micro/Metro Areas and Counties were indicated based on TLR data from 2005-2021. As of 10/3/2024, these have been updated in the Map and their respective lists to include the TLR data through 2022.
Certified CDFI Headquarters Locations: U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund Certified CDFI Locations as of 6/17/2024. Downloaded from https://www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/certification/cdfi.
CDFI Fund Investment Area Tracts: U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund Investment Area Census Tract Data based on 2016-2020 ACS Variables. Downloaded from https://www.cdfifund.gov/sites/cdfi/files/2023-01/CDFI_Investment_Areas_ACS_2016_2020.xlsb.
GIS Cartography Files: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census Boundary Files via Esri ArcGIS Online. Downloaded from https://doc.arcgis.com/en/esri-demographics/latest/regional-data/2020-census.htm.
Justice40 Census Tracts: White House Council on Environmental Quality Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool. Downloaded from https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/downloads.
Population and Demographic Data: U.S. Census Bureau 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Data. Downloaded from https://data.census.gov/.