After Congress appropriates funding annually, FTA apportions the formula program funds to states, urban areas, territories, and Indian tribes based upon various criteria. Visit the Apportionments pages to learn more. The table below shows the states, urbanized areas, and territories in Region 9, along with their Designated Recipients for FTA 5307 Urbanized Area, 5337 State of Good Repair, and 5339(a) Bus and Bus Facilities formula funding programs.

* TMA = Transportation Management Area: > 200,000 in population and subject to a FHWA-FTA TMA Planning Certification Review, per 23 CFR Part 450. Also known as "Large urbanized areas" for the purposes of formula Apportionments per 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53. 

Urban Area: The territory identified according to criteria must encompass at least 2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000. (per the U.S. Census)

DOT = Department of Transportation

MPO = federally-recognized Metropolitan Planning Organization serving the urban area, per 23 CFR Part 450. 

COG = Council of Governments, serving as the MPO

AoG = Association of Governments, serving as the MPO

Sources: U.S. Census, FTA