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Broken Arrow

BA Population Tops 90,000 Continues to Grow

What exactly is Broken Arrow's population?

The answer depends on who you talk to.

Figures being released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show Broken Arrow's population was 90,714 as of July 2007, an increase of 2,781 from the prior year.

City officials, however, contend 95,000 is a more accurate figure and say they fully expect the number to be more than 100,000 by the time the next census rolls around.

Whatever the correct number may be, BA's growth continues a trend that shows area suburbs to outpacing Tulsa.

Broken Arrow's population increased 3.2 percent from 2006 to 2007. Tulsa's growth for the period was slightly less than 0.4 percent. Jenks' population rose 5.5 percent, Owasso was up 4.9 percent and Coweta grew by 3.9 percent.

Broken Arrow remains officially the fifth-largest city in the state, but that ranking is disputed by city leaders who point out Norman's population includes students at the University of Oklahoma and Lawton includes the unstable population of a major militry base.

And with only about half of the city urbanized, Mayor Wade McCaleb said Broken Arrow still has "plenty of room to grow."

Construction is about to begin on about five large subdivisions in the city, he said.

Neighbor Newspapers
7/10/2008

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