Exurban Change Program - Creating your own local story of growth and change
Local Stories of
Growth and Change: Creating your own
TOP FIGURES, MAPS,
AND TABLES
Growth and Change at the Rural-Urban Interface tells a
story of
statewide population growth and change. To create the story of
population growth and land use change for particular Ohio counties and
townships of interest, follow the
instructions below. Get the data and maps for your area of
interest and compare it to the statewide figures, tables and maps from
the report located on the side of each set of instructions. Some
data manipulation is involved. Click
here for an example (or download a
PowerPoint version).
1.
1990 Population
Growth. Go to the County and Township
Data and Resource page. Click-on your county. Select
"Section 1: Township Level Population Characteristics & Trends
(Data Tables)." Scroll to "Table 1.2 Township Change by
Decade 1960 to 2000." Compare your county and/or
township growth rate to Ohio's and
the U.S. growth rate shown in the figure on the left.
A LOCAL EXAMPLE-Huron Co.
2. Township Population Growth Go to the
County and Township
Data and Resource page. Click-on your county. Under
Section 1, select "Figure 2: Township Population Change: Change in
Number of Persons 1990 to 2000." Compare your township and city
and village growth rates to the
state using the figure on the right.
A LOCAL
EXAMPLE-Hocking Co.
-and-
Go to the
County and Township Data and
Resource page. Click-on your county. Under Section 1,
select "Figure 1: Percentage County Population Located in Townships
vs. Cities & Villages." Compare your township versus city
growth rates to growth rates across the state (figure on your right).
A LOCAL EXAMPLE-Champaign Co.
3. Pattern of Township
Population Change. Go to the County and Township
Data and Resource page. Click-on your county. Under Maps,
select map number 1.3. Use the map on the left to compare your
township population change to the rest of Ohio.
A LOCAL
EXAMPLE-Geauga Co.
4. Population Density.
Go to the
County and Township
Data and Resource page. Click-on your county. Select
"Section 1: Township Level Population Characteristics & Trends
(Data Tables)." Scroll to "Table 1.3 Land Area & Population Density 1960 to
2000." To compare your community to others in the state, click-on
the map on the right.
A
LOCAL EXAMPLE-Darke Co.
5.
County Urban Land and Population Growth. Compare your county's urban land use and population
growth with other counties in Ohio (Excel
version or Adobe
Acrobat version). See how your county
ranks. Then compare your county to how the state ranks
nationally: 7th fastest growing, 22nd in population growth.
6.
County Urban Land Consumption Index. The "urban land
consumption index" is defined as the amount of urban land within an
area for a given year, divided by the population of that area for
the same year. If this index rises over a period of time, that would
indicate that the county's population is utilizing more land per
person.
Compare your county to others in Ohio. Use the figure on
the right to compare your county to the state overall.
7. Land Cover, early
1990s. Go to the County and Township
Data and Resource page. Click-on your county. Under Maps,
select Map 2.2: County Land Use (early 1990's). Use the map on the
left to compare your township to the rest of Ohio.
A LOCAL EXAMPLE-Butler Co.
8. Land Use Change, 1982 to
1997. Go to the County and Township
Data and Resource page. Click-on your county. Under
Section 2, select Figure 2: County Land Cover Change by Type: 1982
to 1997. Use the figure on the right to compare your county to
the state overall. For a comparison of all Ohio counties, click
here for a table.
A LOCAL
EXAMPLE-Franklin Co.
-and-
For maps of land use change, go
to the County and Township Data and
Resource page. Click-on your county. Under Maps, select maps
numbered 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6. Use the map on the left to compare
your township to the rest of Ohio.
LOCAL EXAMPLES-Butler Co.:
2.3,
2.4,
2.5,
and 2.6.
For more data and information on these topics, browse the
data page
and the township tool page of this Web site.
