Density Profiles: Most Dense 20% of Area:
Portland Compared to Dense Urban Areas
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
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POPULATION DENSITY BY PERCENTILE OF URBANIZED LAND AREA: 1990 |
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Land Area Percentile --> |
1% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
9% |
10% |
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New York |
93,782 |
50,034 |
35,137 |
27,098 |
21,812 |
17,877 |
14,883 |
12,535 |
11,101 |
10,212 |
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San Francisco |
37,948 |
23,590 |
19,350 |
16,788 |
15,081 |
13,658 |
12,518 |
11,626 |
10,820 |
10,033 |
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Chicago |
34,414 |
22,537 |
18,174 |
15,149 |
13,103 |
11,436 |
10,232 |
9,186 |
8,290 |
7,646 |
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Los Angeles |
34,204 |
23,407 |
20,611 |
18,686 |
16,949 |
15,667 |
14,668 |
13,936 |
13,216 |
12,664 |
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Philadelphia |
33,228 |
23,558 |
19,094 |
15,522 |
12,827 |
10,782 |
9,664 |
8,684 |
7,759 |
6,937 |
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Portland |
11,384 |
8,906 |
8,201 |
7,557 |
7,045 |
6,649 |
6,314 |
6,051 |
5,583 |
5,434 |
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Land Area Percentile --> |
11% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
15% |
16% |
17% |
18% |
19% |
20% |
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New York |
9,300 |
8,530 |
8,018 |
7,580 |
7,135 |
6,714 |
6,383 |
6,062 |
5,720 |
5,467 |
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San Francisco |
9,442 |
9,033 |
8,638 |
8,200 |
7,861 |
7,636 |
7,378 |
7,139 |
6,910 |
6,719 |
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Chicago |
7,065 |
6,675 |
6,356 |
6,057 |
5,787 |
5,563 |
5,391 |
5,229 |
5,049 |
4,876 |
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Los Angeles |
12,086 |
11,711 |
11,265 |
10,990 |
10,654 |
10,343 |
10,091 |
9,856 |
9,611 |
9,411 |
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Philadelphia |
6,475 |
6,177 |
5,834 |
5,475 |
5,248 |
4,961 |
4,731 |
4,495 |
4,375 |
4,181 |
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Portland |
5,355 |
5,269 |
5,213 |
5,056 |
4,942 |
4,819 |
4,652 |
4,500 |
4,335 |
4,178 |
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DENSITY COMPARISON |
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Compared to Portland --> |
1% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
9% |
10% |
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New York |
723.8% |
461.8% |
328.4% |
258.6% |
209.6% |
168.9% |
135.7% |
107.2% |
98.8% |
87.9% |
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San Francisco |
233.3% |
164.9% |
136.0% |
122.1% |
114.1% |
105.4% |
98.3% |
92.1% |
93.8% |
84.6% |
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Chicago |
202.3% |
153.1% |
121.6% |
100.5% |
86.0% |
72.0% |
62.1% |
51.8% |
48.5% |
40.7% |
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Los Angeles |
200.4% |
162.8% |
151.3% |
147.3% |
140.6% |
135.6% |
132.3% |
130.3% |
136.7% |
133.0% |
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Philadelphia |
191.9% |
164.5% |
132.8% |
105.4% |
82.1% |
62.2% |
53.1% |
43.5% |
39.0% |
27.6% |
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Portland |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
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Compared to Portland --> |
11% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
15% |
16% |
17% |
18% |
19% |
20% |
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New York |
73.7% |
61.9% |
53.8% |
49.9% |
44.4% |
39.3% |
37.2% |
34.7% |
31.9% |
30.8% |
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San Francisco |
76.3% |
71.4% |
65.7% |
62.2% |
59.1% |
58.5% |
58.6% |
58.6% |
59.4% |
60.8% |
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Chicago |
31.9% |
26.7% |
21.9% |
19.8% |
17.1% |
15.4% |
15.9% |
16.2% |
16.5% |
16.7% |
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Los Angeles |
125.7% |
122.3% |
116.1% |
117.4% |
115.6% |
114.6% |
116.9% |
119.0% |
121.7% |
125.2% |
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Philadelphia |
20.9% |
17.2% |
11.9% |
8.3% |
6.2% |
3.0% |
1.7% |
-0.1% |
0.9% |
0.1% |
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Portland |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
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