§5340 Apportionments based on growing States and high density States formula factors

Summary

The Secretary must divide the money made available under section 5338(b)(2)(N) among the 50 States using two formulas: one for projected growth and one for very dense States. State — each of the 50 States. First, the growth formula gives each State a share based on its forecasted population for the year 15 years after the most recent decennial census. The forecast uses the trend between that census and the most recent Commerce population estimate. Each State’s share of the total money matches its share of the total forecasted population. Then the State’s share is split so urbanized areas get their share based on forecasted urban population (using State forecasts if available, or the last census if not). Any money left after paying urbanized areas goes to grants under section 5311. Money for urbanized areas is further split among those areas by their share of the State’s urban population and added to amounts under section 5336 for grants under section 5307. Second, the density formula applies only to States with more than 370 persons per square mile. For each qualifying State the law uses the State’s land area, the number 370, and the State’s urban share to compute an intermediate amount, then subtracts that from the State’s total population to get the basis for its share. Each qualifying State gets a share of the density money proportional to that basis compared to all qualifying States. That money is then split among the State’s urbanized areas by population share and added to amounts under section 5336 for grants under section 5307.