Density of New Development by Decade:
1980-1990
US Urbanized Areas
(New Population per Square Mile of New Development)
|
Urbanized Area |
1950-1960 |
1960-1970 |
1970-1980 |
1980-1990 |
1950-1990 |
|
Atlanta |
1,864 |
2,138 |
938 |
2,345 |
1,600 |
|
Baltimore |
3,779 |
1,789 |
822 |
1,929 |
1,651 |
|
Boston |
1,053 |
1,622 |
135 |
2,824 |
993 |
|
Buffalo |
4,297 |
611 |
(1,635) |
(2,400) |
362 |
|
Chicago |
4,119 |
2,385 |
294 |
138 |
2,133 |
|
Cincinnati |
1,885 |
1,258 |
141 |
967 |
1,090 |
|
Cleveland |
1,397 |
2,966 |
12,235 |
(10,714) |
872 |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth |
881 |
3,848 |
2,081 |
4,583 |
1,984 |
|
Denver |
4,919 |
1,929 |
2,089 |
8,300 |
2,879 |
|
Detroit |
3,191 |
1,664 |
(942) |
(1,493) |
1,358 |
|
Fort Lauderdale |
NA |
3,341 |
5,117 |
6,053 |
3,786 |
|
Houston |
2,727 |
4,981 |
1,439 |
3,828 |
2,427 |
|
Kansas City |
1,677 |
938 |
(35) |
1,023 |
941 |
|
Los Angeles |
4,994 |
9,218 |
4,424 |
13,835 |
6,763 |
|
Miami |
5,970 |
4,829 |
4,790 |
23,615 |
6,169 |
|
Milwaukee |
1,107 |
1,569 |
(1,154) |
1,188 |
968 |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
915 |
5,063 |
336 |
3,518 |
1,314 |
|
New Orleans |
4,111 |
3,900 |
2,522 |
(950) |
2,360 |
|
New York |
2,847 |
3,925 |
(1,611) |
2,855 |
2,187 |
|
Norfolk |
2,617 |
842 |
857 |
2,248 |
1,558 |
|
Philadelphia |
2,502 |
2,490 |
346 |
738 |
1,526 |
|
Phoenix |
1,741 |
2,221 |
2,575 |
4,234 |
2,609 |
|
Pittsburgh |
1,000 |
592 |
(308) |
(2,031) |
277 |
|
Portland |
1,782 |
2,307 |
2,451 |
3,744 |
2,405 |
|
Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,241 |
1,461 |
2,469 |
4,604 |
2,591 |
|
Sacramento |
2,609 |
1,575 |
6,458 |
5,375 |
3,031 |
|
San Antonio |
1,882 |
4,226 |
1,313 |
2,190 |
1,951 |
|
San Diego |
2,818 |
3,448 |
2,200 |
8,152 |
3,438 |
|
San Francisco-Oakland |
1,435 |
5,110 |
1,765 |
5,628 |
2,739 |
|
San Jose |
2,636 |
7,815 |
4,469 |
15,917 |
4,545 |
|
Seattle |
2,104 |
2,137 |
14,000 |
2,146 |
2,413 |
|
St. Louis |
2,811 |
1,558 |
(250) |
748 |
1,092 |
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
5,763 |
3,233 |
2,076 |
2,894 |
2,768 |
|
Washington |
3,196 |
4,370 |
904 |
4,348 |
2,707 |
|
Total |
2,361 |
2,974 |
1,136 |
3,228 |
2,293 |
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