JARC Coordination Plan - Oklahoma Department of Transportation
JARC Coordination Plan - Oklahoma Department of Transportation
JARC Coordination Plan - Oklahoma Department of Transportation
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Section 2: State Demographic Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />
Small Urbanized Area Population Characteristics<br />
Target population characteristics for the Lawton and Norman urbanized areas are<br />
included in this section. An urbanized area is one that is defined by the U.S. Census as<br />
having a geographic area with a population <strong>of</strong> 50,000 persons or more (U.S. Code, Title<br />
23, Section 101). An urbanized area does not have to follow existing political<br />
jurisdictional boundaries. Urbanized areas are subject to metropolitan transportation<br />
planning requirements as designated in U.S. Code, Title 23, Section 134 and Section 8<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Federal Transit Act and promulgated by Code <strong>of</strong> Federal Regulations, Title 23,<br />
Section 450.300. This study focuses primarily on the Lawton and Norman small urban<br />
areas, whose transportation funds are dispersed by the state. The <strong>Oklahoma</strong> City and<br />
Tulsa large urban areas receive funding through the Association <strong>of</strong> Central <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Governments (ACOG) and the Indian Nations Council <strong>of</strong> Governments (INCOG),<br />
respectively. ACOG and INCOG maintain their own locally coordinated public transit /<br />
human service transportation plans and are not included in the state plan.<br />
Table 2.9 shows land area, population and density for the Lawton and Norman<br />
urbanized areas as compared to Tulsa, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> City and the State. At the time <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Plan</strong>, 2010 U.S. Census data was not available for urbanized areas, thus 2010 American<br />
Community Survey one-year population estimates were used instead. Both the Lawton<br />
and Norman urbanized areas lost population between 2000 and 2005; however,by 2010,<br />
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Human Service <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>