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Rural Areas Defined

 

For a project to be eligible for the Rural Surface Transportation Grant program the project must be located in a rural area.

A project is designated as urban if it is located within or exactly on the boundary of a 2020 Census-designated Urban Area (UA), and  that UA had a population greater than 200,000.

A project will be designated as rural if it is located:

  • In an urban area that had a population less than 200,000 in the 2020 Census, or
  • Outside of any urban area.

For projects that include expenditures in both urban areas and rural areas, the Department will designate the project as urban or rural based on where the majority of project funds will be spent.

To determine if a location is in a Census-Designated UA, please consult the following resources:

  1.  Grant Project Location Verification Map: https://maps.dot.gov/BTS/GrantProjectLocationVerification/. UPDATE COMING JUNE 2023
  2.  List of Census 2020 Urban Areas with population greater than 200,000 (urban). See below.
UACE Name of Census-designated Urban Area Population
00631 Aguadilla--Isabela--San Sebastián, PR              232,573
00766 Akron, OH              541,879
00970 Albany--Schenectady, NY              593,142
01171 Albuquerque, NM              769,837
01495 Allentown--Bethlehem, PA--NJ              621,703
01927 Amarillo, TX              205,860
02305 Anchorage, AK              249,252
02602 Ann Arbor, MI              317,689
02683 Antioch, CA              326,205
02764 Appleton, WI              230,967
03358 Asheville, NC              285,776
03817 Atlanta, GA           4,999,259
03904 Atlantic City--Ocean City--Villas, NJ              294,921
04222 Augusta-Richmond County, GA--SC              431,480
04384 Austin, TX           1,809,888
04681 Bakersfield, CA              570,235
04843 Baltimore, MD           2,212,038
05167 Barnstable Town, MA              303,269
05680 Baton Rouge, LA              631,326
06290 Bel Air--Aberdeen, MD              214,647
07786 Birmingham, AL              774,956
08785 Boise City, ID              433,180
08974 Bonita Springs--Estero, FL              425,675
09271 Boston, MA--NH           4,382,009
09536 Bradenton--Sarasota--Venice, FL              779,075
09946 Bremerton, WA              224,449
10162 Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY              916,408
10972 Brownsville, TX              216,444
11350 Buffalo, NY              948,864
13375 Canton, OH              295,319
13510 Cape Coral, FL              599,242
15508 Charleston, SC              684,773
15670 Charlotte, NC--SC           1,379,873
15832 Chattanooga, TN--GA              398,569
16264 Chicago, IL--IN           8,671,746
16885 Cincinnati, OH--KY           1,686,744
17317 Clarksville, TN--KY              200,947
17668 Cleveland, OH           1,712,178
18748 College Station--Bryan, TX              206,137
18856 Colorado Springs, CO              632,494
18964 Columbia, SC              590,407
19099 Columbus, GA--AL              267,746
19234 Columbus, OH           1,567,254
19558 Concord, NC              278,612
19504 Concord--Walnut Creek, CA              538,583
20287 Corpus Christi, TX              339,066
22042 Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX           5,732,354
22366 Davenport, IA--IL              285,211
22528 Dayton, OH              674,046
22612 Daytona Beach--Palm Coast--Port Orange, FL              402,126
23311 Deltona, FL              210,712
23500 Denton--Lewisville, TX              429,461
23527 Denver--Aurora, CO           2,686,147
23743 Des Moines, IA              542,486
23824 Detroit, MI           3,776,890
25228 Durham, NC              396,118
27253 El Paso, TX--NM              854,584
28117 Eugene, OR              270,179
28333 Evansville, IN              206,855
29089 Fargo, ND--MN              216,214
29440 Fayetteville, NC              325,008
29494 Fayetteville--Springdale--Rogers, AR--MO              373,687
29872 Flint, MI              298,964
30628 Fort Collins, CO              326,332
31087 Fort Wayne, IN              335,934
31843 Fresno, CA              717,589
32167 Gainesville, FL              213,748
32194 Gainesville, GA              265,218
34300 Grand Rapids, MI              605,666
34813 Green Bay, WI              224,156
35164 Greensboro, NC              338,928
35461 Greenville, SC              387,271
35920 Gulfport--Biloxi, MS              236,344
37081 Harrisburg, PA              490,859
37243 Hartford, CT              977,158
38647 Hickory, NC              201,511
39889 Honolulu, HI              853,252
40429 Houston, TX           5,853,575
40753 Huntington, WV--KY--OH              200,157
40780 Huntsville, AL              329,066
41212 Indianapolis, IN           1,699,881
41347 Indio--Palm Desert--Palm Springs, CA              361,075
42211 Jackson, MS              347,693
42346 Jacksonville, FL           1,247,374
43723 Kalamazoo, MI              204,562
43912 Kansas City, MO--KS           1,674,218
44479 Kennewick--Richland--Pasco, WA              255,401
44992 Killeen, TX              257,222
45451 Kissimmee--St. Cloud, FL              418,404
45640 Knoxville, TN              597,257
46045 Lafayette, LA              227,316
46828 Lakeland, FL              277,915
47530 Lancaster--Manheim, PA              394,530
47719 Lansing, MI              318,300
47854 Laredo, TX              251,462
47995 Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV           2,196,623
49582 Lexington-Fayette, KY              315,631
49933 Lincoln, NE              291,217
50392 Little Rock, AR              461,864
50533 Livermore--Pleasanton--Dublin, CA              240,381
51445 Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA        12,237,376
51755 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN              974,397
51877 Lubbock, TX              272,280
53200 Madison, WI              450,305
52390 McAllen, TX              779,553
52695 McKinney--Frisco, TX              504,803
56116 Memphis, TN--MS--AR           1,056,190
56602 Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL           6,077,522
57466 Milwaukee, WI           1,306,795
57628 Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN           2,914,866
57709 Mission Viejo--Lake Forest--Laguna Niguel, CA              646,843
57925 Mobile, AL              321,907
58006 Modesto, CA              357,301
58600 Montgomery, AL              254,348
60895 Myrtle Beach--North Myrtle Beach, SC--NC              298,954
61165 Nashua, NH--MA              242,984
61273 Nashville-Davidson, TN           1,158,642
61372 Navarre--Miramar Beach--Destin, FL              226,213
62407 New Haven, CT              561,456
62677 New Orleans, LA              914,531
63217 New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ        19,426,449
64945 Ogden--Layton, UT              608,857
65080 Oklahoma City, OK              982,276
65242 Olympia--Lacey, WA              208,157
65269 Omaha, NE--IA              819,508
65863 Orlando, FL           1,853,896
66673 Oxnard--San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA              376,117
67105 Palm Bay--Melbourne, FL              510,675
67140 Palmdale--Lancaster, CA              359,559
68482 Pensacola, FL--AL              390,172
68509 Peoria, IL              259,781
69076 Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD           5,696,125
69192 Phoenix West--Goodyear--Avondale, AZ              419,946
69184 Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ           3,976,313
69697 Pittsburgh, PA           1,745,039
71479 Port St. Lucie, FL              437,745
71263 Portland, ME              205,356
71317 Portland, OR--WA           2,104,238
71803 Poughkeepsie--Newburgh, NY              314,766
72505 Providence, RI--MA           1,285,806
72559 Provo--Orem, UT              588,609
73261 Raleigh, NC           1,106,646
73693 Reading, PA              276,278
74179 Reno, NV--CA              446,529
74746 Richmond, VA           1,059,150
75340 Riverside--San Bernardino, CA           2,276,703
75421 Roanoke, VA              217,312
75664 Rochester, NY              704,327
75745 Rock Hill, SC              218,443
75718 Rockford, IL              276,443
76474 Round Lake Beach--McHenry--Grayslake, IL--WI              261,835
77068 Sacramento, CA           1,946,618
78229 Salem, OR              268,331
78499 Salt Lake City, UT           1,178,533
78580 San Antonio, TX           1,992,689
78661 San Diego, CA           3,070,300
78904 San Francisco--Oakland, CA 3,515,933
79039 San Jose, CA           1,837,446
79093 San Juan, PR           1,844,410
79282 Santa Barbara, CA              202,197
79309 Santa Clarita, CA              278,031
79498 Santa Rosa, CA              297,329
79768 Savannah, GA              309,466
80227 Scranton, PA              366,713
80389 Seattle--Tacoma, WA           3,544,011
81739 Shreveport, LA              288,052
83116 South Bend, IN--MI              278,921
83764 Spokane, WA              447,279
83926 Springfield, MA--CT              442,145
83953 Springfield, MO              282,651
77770 St. Louis, MO--IL           2,156,323
85087 Stockton, CA              414,847
86302 Syracuse, NY              413,660
86464 Tallahassee, FL              252,934
86599 Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL           2,783,045
87004 Temecula--Murrieta--Menifee, CA              528,991
87300 The Woodlands--Conroe, TX              402,454
87490 Thousand Oaks, CA              213,986
87868 Toledo, OH--MI              497,952
88462 Trenton, NJ              370,422
88732 Tucson, AZ              875,441
88948 Tulsa, OK              722,810
90541 Victorville--Hesperia--Apple Valley, CA              355,816
90892 Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA           1,451,578
92242 Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD           5,174,759
95077 Wichita, KS              500,231
95833 Wilmington, NC              255,329
96670 Winston-Salem, NC              420,924
96697 Winter Haven, FL              253,251
97291 Worcester, MA--CT              482,085
97750 York, PA              238,549
97831 Youngstown, OH              320,901

More information will be forthcoming regarding details of a combined Notice of Funding Opportunity that will allow applicants to use one application to apply for three separate discretionary grant opportunities:

  • INFRA Grants: known statutorily as the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects program (23 U.S.C. 117)
  • Mega Grants: known statutorily as the National Infrastructure Project Assistance program (49 U.S.C. 6701)
  • Rural Surface Transportation Grant: (23 U.S.C. 173)
Last updated: Thursday, June 1, 2023