Demographia

US Urbanized Areas: Percentage of
Land Area by Population Density

This is a part of the Demographia 1990 US Urbanized Area Density Profile product. Data may be reproduced with appropriate citation.

Data includes all census tracts of 500 or more population per square mile in the urbanized portions of the metropolitan areas

Top Table: Land Area Above Density Threshhold
Bottom Table: Land Area Within Density Category

  Over 25,000  
1 New York 3.85%
2 San Francisco-Oakland 1.31%
3 Philadelphia 1.28%
4 Chicago 1.17%
5 Los Angeles 1.11%
6 Boston 0.70%
7 Miami 0.63%
8 Baltimore 0.55%
9 Washington 0.44%
10 New Orleans 0.15%
11 Milwaukee 0.13%
12 Columbus 0.11%
13 Seattle 0.08%
14 San Jose 0.08%
15 San Diego 0.06%
16 Fort Lauderdale 0.05%
17 Pittsburgh 0.05%
18 Cleveland 0.04%
19 Cincinnati 0.02%
20 Atlanta 0.00%
  San Antonio 0.00%
  Kansas City 0.00%
  Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.00%
  Riverside-San Bernardino 0.00%
  Dallas-Fort Worth 0.00%
  Portland 0.00%
  Houston 0.00%
  St. Louis 0.00%
  Detroit 0.00%
  Phoenix 0.00%
  Minneapolis-St. Paul 0.00%
  Denver 0.00%
  Sacramento 0.00%
  Average 0.36%
     
  Over 20,000  
1 New York 4.9%
2 Los Angeles 2.8%
3 San Francisco-Oakland 2.3%
4 Philadelphia 2.3%
5 Chicago 2.0%
6 Boston 1.3%
7 Baltimore 1.1%
8 Miami 0.9%
9 Washington 0.8%
10 Milwaukee 0.4%
11 San Diego 0.3%
12 New Orleans 0.3%
13 Seattle 0.2%
14 Cincinnati 0.1%
15 Fort Lauderdale 0.1%
16 Columbus 0.1%
17 Pittsburgh 0.1%
18 Cleveland 0.1%
19 San Jose 0.1%
20 Sacramento 0.0%
  San Antonio 0.0%
  Kansas City 0.0%
  Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.0%
  Riverside-San Bernardino 0.0%
  Dallas-Fort Worth 0.0%
  Portland 0.0%
  Houston 0.0%
  St. Louis 0.0%
  Detroit 0.0%
  Phoenix 0.0%
  Minneapolis-St. Paul 0.0%
  Denver 0.0%
  Atlanta 0.0%
  Average 0.6%
     
  Over 15,000  
1 New York 6.4%
2 Los Angeles 6.1%
3 San Francisco-Oakland 4.6%
4 Philadelphia 3.7%
5 Chicago 3.6%
6 Boston 2.4%
7 Miami 2.2%
8 Milwaukee 1.8%
9 Baltimore 1.8%
10 Washington 1.5%
11 San Diego 1.3%
12 New Orleans 1.3%
13 San Jose 1.2%
14 Columbus 0.4%
15 Pittsburgh 0.4%
16 Cleveland 0.4%
17 Minneapolis-St. Paul 0.3%
18 Seattle 0.3%
19 Denver 0.2%
20 Cincinnati 0.1%
21 Detroit 0.1%
22 Fort Lauderdale 0.1%
23 Dallas-Fort Worth 0.1%
24 Portland 0.1%
25 Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.0%
  Sacramento 0.0%
  Kansas City 0.0%
  Riverside-San Bernardino 0.0%
  Phoenix 0.0%
  San Antonio 0.0%
  Houston 0.0%
  St. Louis 0.0%
  Atlanta 0.0%
  Average 1.2%
     
  Over 10,000  
1 Los Angeles 16.8%
2 New York 9.8%
3 San Francisco-Oakland 9.7%
4 Miami 8.5%
5 San Jose 8.1%
6 Chicago 6.8%
7 Philadelphia 6.2%
8 San Diego 5.5%
9 Milwaukee 5.2%
10 Boston 5.0%
11 New Orleans 4.4%
12 Baltimore 4.1%
13 Washington 3.6%
14 Cleveland 3.3%
15 Detroit 2.7%
16 Pittsburgh 1.6%
17 St. Louis 1.4%
18 Sacramento 1.3%
19 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1.3%
20 Cincinnati 1.3%
21 Columbus 1.3%
22 Seattle 1.1%
23 Denver 0.7%
24 Dallas-Fort Worth 0.6%
25 Houston 0.6%
26 Portland 0.6%
27 Riverside-San Bernardino 0.3%
28 Phoenix 0.2%
29 Fort Lauderdale 0.2%
30 Kansas City 0.2%
31 San Antonio 0.1%
32 Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.1%
33 Atlanta 0.1%
  Average 3.4%
     
  Over 7,500  
1 Los Angeles 30.5%
2 Miami 21.0%
3 San Jose 20.2%
4 San Francisco-Oakland 16.1%
5 New York 13.6%
6 New Orleans 12.5%
7 San Diego 11.8%
8 Chicago 9.8%
9 Philadelphia 9.0%
10 Detroit 8.6%
11 Milwaukee 8.6%
12 Sacramento 7.2%
13 Cleveland 7.1%
14 Boston 7.1%
15 Baltimore 6.6%
16 Washington 6.3%
17 Fort Lauderdale 5.3%
18 Columbus 4.5%
19 Pittsburgh 4.3%
20 Cincinnati 3.7%
21 St. Louis 3.6%
22 Portland 3.6%
23 Minneapolis-St. Paul 3.5%
24 Seattle 3.4%
25 Phoenix 3.4%
26 Denver 3.0%
27 Houston 2.7%
28 San Antonio 2.3%
29 Dallas-Fort Worth 1.9%
30 Riverside-San Bernardino 1.3%
31 Kansas City 1.1%
32 Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.7%
33 Atlanta 0.2%
  Average 7.4%
     
  Over 5,000  
1 Los Angeles 47.1%
2 San Jose 39.9%
3 Miami 38.5%
4 Sacramento 29.9%
5 New Orleans 29.0%
6 San Francisco-Oakland 28.0%
7 San Diego 23.2%
8 Phoenix 21.8%
9 New York 21.7%
10 Denver 21.5%
11 Detroit 21.4%
12 Fort Lauderdale 19.6%
13 Chicago 18.7%
14 Washington 16.0%
15 Philadelphia 15.4%
16 Milwaukee 15.2%
17 Seattle 14.8%
18 Cleveland 14.4%
19 Portland 13.8%
20 San Antonio 13.6%
21 Baltimore 13.2%
22 Columbus 12.5%
23 Boston 12.5%
24 Houston 11.8%
25 Pittsburgh 10.4%
26 Minneapolis-St. Paul 10.4%
27 Cincinnati 9.8%
28 Dallas-Fort Worth 9.7%
29 Riverside-San Bernardino 9.6%
30 St. Louis 8.7%
31 Tampa-St. Petersburg 7.3%
32 Kansas City 5.9%
33 Atlanta 1.8%
  Average 17.8%
     
  Over 2,500  
1 Los Angeles 70.0%
2 Sacramento 61.6%
3 Miami 59.6%
4 Fort Lauderdale 55.9%
5 Denver 55.2%
6 Phoenix 55.2%
7 San Jose 54.8%
8 San Diego 50.6%
9 Detroit 46.6%
10 San Francisco-Oakland 46.5%
11 Seattle 46.0%
12 Washington 43.5%
13 San Antonio 43.4%
14 Portland 43.0%
15 New York 42.6%
16 Tampa-St. Petersburg 42.5%
17 New Orleans 41.2%
18 Columbus 39.5%
19 Chicago 39.3%
20 Houston 38.1%
21 Dallas-Fort Worth 36.9%
22 Milwaukee 35.3%
23 Cleveland 35.3%
24 Minneapolis-St. Paul 34.7%
25 Kansas City 34.1%
26 Philadelphia 33.7%
27 St. Louis 33.3%
28 Baltimore 32.3%
29 Cincinnati 29.1%
30 Boston 26.9%
31 Pittsburgh 26.8%
32 Riverside-San Bernardino 25.3%
33 Atlanta 17.3%
  Average 41.7%
     
  Under 2,500  
1 Los Angeles 30.0%
2 Sacramento 38.4%
3 Miami 40.4%
4 Fort Lauderdale 44.1%
5 Denver 44.8%
6 Phoenix 44.8%
7 San Jose 45.2%
8 San Diego 49.4%
9 Detroit 53.4%
10 San Francisco-Oakland 53.5%
11 Seattle 54.0%
12 Washington 56.5%
13 San Antonio 56.6%
14 Portland 57.0%
15 New York 57.4%
16 Tampa-St. Petersburg 57.5%
17 New Orleans 58.8%
18 Columbus 60.5%
19 Chicago 60.7%
20 Houston 61.9%
21 Dallas-Fort Worth 63.1%
22 Milwaukee 64.7%
23 Cleveland 64.7%
24 Minneapolis-St. Paul 65.3%
25 Kansas City 65.9%
26 Philadelphia 66.3%
27 St. Louis 66.7%
28 Baltimore 67.7%
29 Cincinnati 70.9%
30 Boston 73.1%
31 Pittsburgh 73.2%
32 Riverside-San Bernardino 74.7%
33 Atlanta 82.7%
  Average 58.3%

  Over 25,000  
1 New York 3.85%
2 San Francisco-Oakland 1.31%
3 Philadelphia 1.28%
4 Chicago 1.17%
5 Los Angeles 1.11%
6 Boston 0.70%
7 Miami 0.63%
8 Baltimore 0.55%
9 Washington 0.44%
10 New Orleans 0.15%
11 Milwaukee 0.13%
12 Columbus 0.11%
13 Seattle 0.08%
14 San Jose 0.08%
15 San Diego 0.06%
16 Fort Lauderdale 0.05%
17 Pittsburgh 0.05%
18 Cleveland 0.04%
19 Cincinnati 0.02%
20 Atlanta 0.00%
  San Antonio 0.00%
  Kansas City 0.00%
  Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.00%
  Riverside-San Bernardino 0.00%
  Dallas-Fort Worth 0.00%
  Portland 0.00%
  Houston 0.00%
  St. Louis 0.00%
  Detroit 0.00%
  Phoenix 0.00%
  Minneapolis-St. Paul 0.00%
  Denver 0.00%
  Sacramento 0.00%
  Average 0.36%
     
  20,000-25,000  
1 Los Angeles 1.69%
2 New York 1.05%
3 Philadelphia 1.02%
4 San Francisco-Oakland 0.99%
5 Chicago 0.83%
6 Boston 0.60%
7 Baltimore 0.55%
8 Washington 0.36%
9 Milwaukee 0.27%
10 Miami 0.27%
11 San Diego 0.24%
12 New Orleans 0.15%
13 Seattle 0.12%
14 Cincinnati 0.08%
15 Cleveland 0.06%
16 Pittsburgh 0.05%
17 Fort Lauderdale 0.05%
18 San Jose 0.02%
19 Sacramento 0.00%
  Houston 0.00%
  Kansas City 0.00%
  Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.00%
  Riverside-San Bernardino 0.00%
  Dallas-Fort Worth 0.00%
  San Antonio 0.00%
  Portland 0.00%
  St. Louis 0.00%
  Columbus 0.00%
  Phoenix 0.00%
  Minneapolis-St. Paul 0.00%
  Denver 0.00%
  Detroit 0.00%
  Atlanta 0.00%
  Average 0.25%
     
  15,000-20,000  
1 Los Angeles 3.3%
2 San Francisco-Oakland 2.3%
3 Chicago 1.6%
4 New York 1.5%
5 Philadelphia 1.4%
6 Milwaukee 1.4%
7 Miami 1.3%
8 San Jose 1.1%
9 Boston 1.1%
10 San Diego 1.0%
11 New Orleans 1.0%
12 Baltimore 0.7%
13 Washington 0.7%
14 Minneapolis-St. Paul 0.3%
15 Columbus 0.3%
16 Pittsburgh 0.3%
17 Cleveland 0.3%
18 Denver 0.2%
19 Detroit 0.1%
20 Portland 0.1%
21 Seattle 0.1%
22 Dallas-Fort Worth 0.1%
23 San Antonio 0.0%
  Kansas City 0.0%
  Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.0%
  Riverside-San Bernardino 0.0%
  Sacramento 0.0%
  Houston 0.0%
  St. Louis 0.0%
  Phoenix 0.0%
  Cincinnati 0.0%
  Fort Lauderdale 0.0%
  Atlanta 0.0%
  Average 0.6%
     
  10,000-15,000  
1 Los Angeles 10.7%
2 San Jose 6.9%
3 Miami 6.3%
4 San Francisco-Oakland 5.1%
5 San Diego 4.2%
6 New York 3.4%
7 Milwaukee 3.4%
8 Chicago 3.2%
9 New Orleans 3.1%
10 Cleveland 2.9%
11 Boston 2.6%
12 Detroit 2.6%
13 Philadelphia 2.5%
14 Baltimore 2.3%
15 Washington 2.1%
16 St. Louis 1.4%
17 Sacramento 1.3%
18 Cincinnati 1.2%
19 Pittsburgh 1.2%
20 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1.0%
21 Columbus 0.9%
22 Seattle 0.8%
23 Houston 0.6%
24 Denver 0.5%
25 Dallas-Fort Worth 0.5%
26 Portland 0.5%
27 Riverside-San Bernardino 0.3%
28 Kansas City 0.2%
29 Phoenix 0.2%
30 Fort Lauderdale 0.1%
31 Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.1%
32 San Antonio 0.1%
33 Atlanta 0.1%
  Average 2.2%
     
  7,500-10,000  
1 Los Angeles 13.7%
2 Miami 12.5%
3 San Jose 12.1%
4 New Orleans 8.1%
5 San Francisco-Oakland 6.4%
6 San Diego 6.3%
7 Sacramento 5.9%
8 Detroit 5.9%
9 Fort Lauderdale 5.1%
10 Cleveland 3.8%
11 New York 3.8%
12 Milwaukee 3.4%
13 Phoenix 3.2%
14 Columbus 3.2%
15 Portland 3.0%
16 Chicago 3.0%
17 Philadelphia 2.8%
18 Pittsburgh 2.7%
19 Washington 2.7%
20 Baltimore 2.5%
21 Cincinnati 2.4%
22 Seattle 2.3%
23 Denver 2.3%
24 San Antonio 2.2%
25 St. Louis 2.2%
26 Minneapolis-St. Paul 2.2%
27 Boston 2.1%
28 Houston 2.1%
29 Dallas-Fort Worth 1.3%
30 Riverside-San Bernardino 1.0%
31 Kansas City 0.9%
32 Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.6%
33 Atlanta 0.1%
  Average 4.0%
     
  5,000-7,500  
1 Sacramento 22.7%
2 San Jose 19.7%
3 Denver 18.5%
4 Phoenix 18.4%
5 Miami 17.5%
6 Los Angeles 16.6%
7 New Orleans 16.5%
8 Fort Lauderdale 14.3%
9 Detroit 12.8%
10 San Francisco-Oakland 11.9%
11 Seattle 11.4%
12 San Diego 11.4%
13 San Antonio 11.3%
14 Portland 10.2%
15 Washington 9.7%
16 Houston 9.1%
17 Chicago 8.9%
18 Riverside-San Bernardino 8.3%
19 New York 8.1%
20 Columbus 8.0%
21 Dallas-Fort Worth 7.8%
22 Cleveland 7.3%
23 Minneapolis-St. Paul 6.9%
24 Baltimore 6.6%
25 Milwaukee 6.6%
26 Tampa-St. Petersburg 6.6%
27 Philadelphia 6.4%
28 Pittsburgh 6.1%
29 Cincinnati 6.1%
30 Boston 5.4%
31 St. Louis 5.1%
32 Kansas City 4.8%
33 Atlanta 1.6%
  Average 10.4%
     
  2,500-5,000  
1 Fort Lauderdale 36.3%
2 Tampa-St. Petersburg 35.2%
3 Denver 33.7%
4 Phoenix 33.4%
5 Sacramento 31.7%
6 Seattle 31.2%
7 San Antonio 29.8%
8 Portland 29.2%
9 Kansas City 28.2%
10 Washington 27.5%
11 San Diego 27.4%
12 Dallas-Fort Worth 27.2%
13 Columbus 27.0%
14 Houston 26.3%
15 Detroit 25.2%
16 St. Louis 24.6%
17 Minneapolis-St. Paul 24.3%
18 Los Angeles 22.9%
19 Miami 21.1%
20 Cleveland 20.9%
21 New York 20.9%
22 Chicago 20.6%
23 Milwaukee 20.1%
24 Cincinnati 19.3%
25 Baltimore 19.1%
26 San Francisco-Oakland 18.5%
27 Philadelphia 18.3%
28 Pittsburgh 16.4%
29 Riverside-San Bernardino 15.7%
30 Atlanta 15.5%
31 San Jose 14.9%
32 Boston 14.4%
33 New Orleans 12.2%
  Average 23.9%
     
  Under 2,500  
1 Los Angeles 30.0%
2 Sacramento 38.4%
3 Miami 40.4%
4 Fort Lauderdale 44.1%
5 Denver 44.8%
6 Phoenix 44.8%
7 San Jose 45.2%
8 San Diego 49.4%
9 Detroit 53.4%
10 San Francisco-Oakland 53.5%
11 Seattle 54.0%
12 Washington 56.5%
13 San Antonio 56.6%
14 Portland 57.0%
15 New York 57.4%
16 Tampa-St. Petersburg 57.5%
17 New Orleans 58.8%
18 Columbus 60.5%
19 Chicago 60.7%
20 Houston 61.9%
21 Dallas-Fort Worth 63.1%
22 Cleveland 64.7%
23 Milwaukee 64.7%
24 Minneapolis-St. Paul 65.3%
25 Kansas City 65.9%
26 Philadelphia 66.3%
27 St. Louis 66.7%
28 Baltimore 67.7%
29 Cincinnati 70.9%
30 Boston 73.1%
31 Pittsburgh 73.2%
32 Riverside-San Bernardino 74.7%
33 Atlanta 82.7%
  Average 58.3%

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