Texas MPO's

Texas MPO's

There are a total of 25 MPO's in the State of Texas. They are all charged with the duty to plan for transportation with the use of Federal dollars within their planning areas.

MPO	2000 Population	Small, Medium or Large MPO	TMA*
Abilene	121,606	Medium
Amarillo	196,133	Medium
Brownsville	176,890	Medium
Bryan- College Station	152,415	Medium
Capital Area	1,159,836	Large	TMA
Corpus Christi	300,979	Large	TMA
El Paso	679,622	Large	TMA
Harlingen- San Benito	116,176	Medium
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council/ Hidalgo County (McAllen, Pharr, Edinburg)	566,634	Large	TMA
Houston- Galveston	4,669,571	Large	TMA
Jefferson- Orange- Hardin Regional Transportation Study	385,090	Large
Killeen- Temple	277,296	Large
Laredo	178,423	Medium
Longview	96,189	Small
Lubbock	211,914	Large	TMA
Midland- Odessa	230,489	Large
North Central Texas COG	4,879,204	Large	TMA
San Angelo	91,470	Small
San Antonio- Bexar County	1,392,931	Large	TMA
Sherman- Dennison	80,736	Small
Texarkana	88,500	Small
Tyler	139,071	Medium
Victoria	84,088	Small
Waco	213,517	Medium
Wichita Falls	108,062	Small

A small MPO is defined as having a population of 50,000 to 100,000, a medium as having 100,000 to 200,000 and a large as over 200,000.

* TMA stands for Transportation Management Area wherein the urbanized area has a population of over 200,000 and has to meet certain requirements, such as Air Quality Control.

(These specific numbers were taken from the Federal Highway Administrations Website at www.planning.dot.gov/overview.asp )

MPO

2000 Population

Small, Medium or Large MPO

TMA*