Is the target employment area of investment immigrants defined as poverty-stricken areas?

Target employment area (TEA) is defined as agricultural area or remote area with sparse population (population less than 20,000); Or, it is located in a high unemployment area in a big city with more than 20,000 people recognized by the state government in writing; (The unemployment rate is 150% higher than the national level. For example, if the average unemployment rate in the United States is 9% and the unemployment rate is higher than 13.5%, it can be determined as the target employment area). So it is not surprising that tea is in big cities, as long as the unemployment rate is high.

It should be noted that if the unemployment rate data is used to identify the target employment area, then the audit level of the target employment area is the US state government. The federal immigration law defines TEA as rural areas, or unemployment rate.