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US Urbanized Areas: Density Profiles

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

Urbanized Areas with More than 1,000,000 Population in 1990:
Ranked by Density of Highest Density 10 Percent of Land Area
Rank Urbanized Area High Tract 1% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Overall
1 New York 227,167 93,782 29,464 7,088 4,400 3,184 2,337 1,734 1,303 997 746 555 5,184
2 Los Angeles 79,725 34,204 18,415 10,600 8,340 6,770 5,268 3,900 2,856 2,035 1,362 812 6,062
3 San Francisco-Oakland 145,050 37,948 17,200 7,900 5,487 3,847 2,667 1,972 1,506 1,090 753 570 4,311
4 Chicago 90,550 34,414 15,035 5,806 4,030 2,896 2,138 1,614 1,290 1,018 759 610 3,525
5 Philadelphia 47,731 33,228 14,814 5,188 3,360 2,424 1,910 1,478 1,165 913 694 570 3,263
6 Miami 32,007 25,483 13,460 8,419 6,863 5,434 4,376 3,075 2,273 1,926 1,328 647 4,815
7 Boston 86,725 29,973 12,329 4,404 2,742 1,874 1,401 1,087 848 729 632 548 2,673
8 San Jose 29,246 17,468 12,251 8,322 6,944 5,749 4,133 2,447 1,454 1,158 839 599 4,401
9 Milwaukee 29,173 20,710 11,432 5,286 3,214 2,447 1,744 1,332 1,024 933 797 568 2,892
10 Baltimore 181,533 27,406 11,398 4,645 3,142 2,270 1,582 1,274 971 767 657 562 2,734
11 San Diego 27,387 19,546 11,282 6,558 4,737 3,484 2,848 2,112 1,538 1,092 821 557 3,520
12 New Orleans 41,600 20,415 11,042 7,035 5,577 3,569 2,178 1,464 1,101 808 686 607 3,441
13 Washington 59,625 25,635 10,741 5,178 3,797 2,983 2,382 1,818 1,340 964 716 569 3,055
14 Cleveland 26,345 15,517 9,441 4,987 3,367 2,522 1,841 1,310 986 816 663 540 2,659
15 Detroit 16,737 13,284 9,259 6,133 4,547 3,343 2,586 1,987 1,529 1,168 881 566 3,204
16 Sacramento 12,956 11,283 8,220 6,248 5,421 4,606 3,926 3,222 2,296 1,591 1,019 680 3,751
17 Pittsburgh 40,800 14,893 7,871 4,084 2,723 1,805 1,255 1,023 776 667 591 532 2,139
18 Columbus 25,922 14,858 8,000 4,667 3,674 2,916 2,076 1,563 1,204 919 735 595 2,640
19 Seattle 36,900 14,865 7,837 5,008 3,964 3,245 2,554 2,048 1,582 1,097 769 572 2,876
20 Fort Lauderdale 25,910 10,788 7,813 5,764 4,725 4,058 3,478 2,686 1,601 1,281 1,245 742 3,351
21 Denver 22,070 12,321 7,587 5,553 4,742 3,903 3,209 2,528 1,848 1,321 885 592 3,228
22 Minneapolis-St. Paul 20,643 13,693 7,458 4,246 3,193 2,488 2,021 1,601 1,254 961 685 536 2,453
23 Cincinnati 44,400 13,487 7,423 4,069 2,924 2,134 1,663 1,309 1,028 799 682 555 2,270
24 Phoenix 13,787 9,791 7,414 5,723 4,742 3,753 3,073 2,429 1,776 1,297 968 640 3,193
25 Portland 22,858 11,384 7,322 4,827 3,795 3,031 2,363 1,873 1,394 1,076 863 716 2,738
26 St. Louis 35,800 12,561 7,155 4,032 3,055 2,293 1,673 1,225 1,006 828 645 569 2,259
27 Houston 14,954 10,726 6,965 4,618 3,430 2,696 2,111 1,694 1,365 1,098 820 595 2,547
28 San Antonio 10,073 9,372 6,916 4,862 3,860 3,074 2,444 1,940 1,600 1,188 917 715 2,769
29 Dallas-Fort Worth 17,833 10,855 6,509 4,341 3,385 2,621 2,042 1,463 1,024 809 643 550 2,346
30 Riverside-San Bernardino 11,014 9,185 6,250 3,810 2,497 1,748 1,353 1,104 914 731 595 540 1,976
31 Tampa-St. Petersburg 14,982 8,087 5,669 4,279 3,587 2,926 2,361 1,799 1,271 950 702 521 2,416
32 Kansas City 14,295 9,124 5,638 3,673 3,000 2,465 1,904 1,451 1,156 828 648 537 2,130
33 Atlanta 30,300 6,910 4,149 2,615 2,083 1,748 1,382 1,155 914 681 580 531 1,590
  Average 46,548 19,794 10,114 5,454 4,101 3,161 2,433 1,840 1,370 1,047 798 594 3,103
Data includes all census tracts of 500 or more population per square mile in the urbanized portions of Los Angeles (Los Angeles and Orange counties) and Portland (Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah and Washington counties)
Note: This analysis produces results similar to, but not identical to data for urbanized areas.

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