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<br />Triangle Area Feral Planning Organization Regional Profile
<br />The Triangle Area RAral Ranning Organization (TARPO) region encompasses the four following counties
<br />in North Carolina: Chatham (partial), Orange (partial), Lee, and Moore. The partsof Chatham and
<br />Orange Countiesthat are not part of TAFFOare included in the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro
<br />Metropolitan Ranning Organization ( DCHCM PO) for northeastern Chatham and southeastern/ central
<br />Orange, or the Burlington- Graham Metropolitan Ranning Organization (BGM PO) for west - central
<br />Orange.
<br />At the time of the 2010 Census, the combined population of the four TAFFO counties was 343,419,
<br />which represented a 19% increase over the population in 2000. Approximately 209,023 of these
<br />residents lived within the TARPO area, with the remainder living in the DCHCM FO and BGM PO areas.
<br />The following table and graphs show the population totals for each county and include the breakdown
<br />by urbanized areas (densely - populated areaswith more than 50,000 population), urban dusters
<br />(densely - populated areaswith 2,500 to 49,999 population), and rural areas.
<br />2010 Census Population Statistics for TARPO Counties
<br />160,000
<br />140,000
<br />120,000
<br />100,000
<br />80,000
<br />60,000
<br />40,000
<br />20,000
<br />A
<br />Chatham Lee County Moore Grange
<br />County County County
<br />0000 Rjral Population
<br />iiiiiii Urban Cluster Population
<br />uuuuu Urbanized Area Population
<br />Triangle Area FFO Locally Coordinated Human Service Transportation Ran 3
<br />Chatham County
<br />Lee County
<br />Moore County
<br />Orange County
<br />Total Fbpulation
<br />63,505
<br />57,866
<br />88,247
<br />133,801
<br />Urbanized Area
<br />6,513
<br />-
<br />-
<br />95,625
<br />Population
<br />Urban Ouster
<br />15,128
<br />33,120
<br />43,543
<br />-
<br />Population
<br />RAral Fbpulation
<br />41,864
<br />24,746
<br />44,704
<br />38,176
<br />Non - urbanized (Urban
<br />56,992
<br />57,866
<br />88,247
<br />38,176
<br />Ouster + RAral)
<br />M FO Population
<br />16,738
<br />-
<br />-
<br />117,658
<br />RPOPopulation
<br />46,767
<br />57,866
<br />88,247
<br />16,143
<br />160,000
<br />140,000
<br />120,000
<br />100,000
<br />80,000
<br />60,000
<br />40,000
<br />20,000
<br />A
<br />Chatham Lee County Moore Grange
<br />County County County
<br />0000 Rjral Population
<br />iiiiiii Urban Cluster Population
<br />uuuuu Urbanized Area Population
<br />Triangle Area FFO Locally Coordinated Human Service Transportation Ran 3
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