Agenda Item #3 2020 Adjusted Census Urban Area Boundary and New TPO Metropolitan Planning Area Boundary
The US Census Bureau delineates urban and rural areas following each Decennial Census with the 2020 urban area designations being made on 12/29/2022. The TPO must review its Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) boundary after each Census and adjust as necessary. The MPA must include, at a minimum, the entire existing Census urbanized area plus the contiguous area expected to become urbanized within a 20-year forecast period. TPO staff will provide an overview of the process used to delineate both an Adjusted (smoothed) Census Urban Area as well as the new MPA boundary for our region.
Attachment #3A: Resolution Adopting Delineation of the Adjusted Knoxville 2020 Census Urban Area Boundary Attachment #3B: Resolution Adopting Delineation of New Knoxville Regional TPO Metropolitan Planning Area Boundary based on the 2020 Census