Density of New Development: US Urbanized Areas with 1990 (or 1980) Population over 1,000,000: 1950-1990
Rank	Metropolitan Area	Change in Population (000)	Change in Land Area (Square Miles)	New Population/New Land Area
1	Los Angeles	7,405,000	1,095	6,763
2	Miami	1,456,000	236	6,169
3	San Jose	1,259,000	277	4,545
4	Fort Lauderdale	1,238,000	327	3,786
5	San Diego	1,915,000	557	3,438
6	Sacramento	885,000	292	3,031
7	Denver	1,019,000	354	2,879
8	Tampa-St. Petersburg	1,301,000	470	2,768
9	San Francisco-Oakland	1,608,000	587	2,739
10	Washington	2,076,000	767	2,707
11	Phoenix	1,790,000	686	2,609
12	Riverside-San Bernardino	1,034,000	399	2,591
13	Houston	2,201,000	907	2,427
14	Seattle	1,122,000	465	2,413
15	Portland	659,000	274	2,405
16	New Orleans	380,000	161	2,360
17	New York	3,748,000	1,714	2,187
18	Chicago	1,871,000	877	2,133
19	Dallas-Fort Worth	2,343,000	1,181	1,984
20	San Antonio	679,000	348	1,951
21	Baltimore	728,000	441	1,651
22	Atlanta	1,650,000	1,031	1,600
23	Norfolk	938,000	602	1,558
24	Philadelphia	1,300,000	852	1,526
25	Detroit	945,000	696	1,358
26	Minneapolis-St. Paul	1,093,000	832	1,314
27	St. Louis	546,000	500	1,092
28	Cincinnati	399,000	366	1,090
29	Boston	542,000	546	993
30	Milwaukee	397,000	410	968
31	Kansas City	577,000	613	941
32	Cleveland	293,000	336	872
33	Buffalo	59,000	163	362
34	Pittsburgh	145,000	524	277
	Total	24,331,000	10,953	2,221
Source: Calculated from US Census Bureau data. 1950 New Orleans data adjusted to eliminate non-urban portions of the city Calculation is change population divided by change in urbanized area (square miles).