### Question
Can you define what eligible individual means?


### Answer
**Eligible individual** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 1926e*:

> an individual who is a member of a household the members of which have a combined income (for the most recent 12-month period for which the information is available) that is not more than 100 percent of the median nonmetropolitan household income for the State or territory in which the individual resides, according to the most recent decennial census of the United States

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 1926e*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 50-AGRICULTURAL CREDIT > SUBCHAPTER I-REAL ESTATE LOANS**

