Suburban Orange County:
15 Times as Much High Density as Portland
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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Despite its smart growth policies, Portland (Oregon) remains a rather sparsely populated urban area, with generally low density and lower than
average core and corridor densities. This is illustrated by the fact that suburban Orange County, California (Los Angeles area) has a much steeper density profile than that of Portland (chart). In most higher density categories, Orange County is approximately twice as dense as Portland.
Approximately 38 square miles of urbanized Orange County is above 10,000 population per square mile (3,858 per square kilometer), almost 15 times. Portland's 2.7 square miles.
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Percentage of Land Area |
Orange County |
Portland |
Orange County Compared to Portland |
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Most Dense Census Tract |
40,886 |
22,858 |
1.8 |
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Most Dense 1% |
22,401 |
11,384 |
2.0 |
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Most Dense 10% |
12,563 |
7,322 |
1.7 |
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10% to 20% |
8,443 |
4,827 |
1.7 |
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20% to 30% |
6,943 |
3,795 |
1.8 |
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30% to 40% |
5,800 |
3,031 |
1.9 |
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40% to 50% |
4,508 |
2,363 |
1.9 |
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50% to 60% |
3,499 |
1,873 |
1.9 |
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60% to 70% |
2,905 |
1,394 |
2.1 |
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70% to 80% |
2,348 |
1,076 |
2.2 |
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80% to 90% |
1,464 |
863 |
1.7 |
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90% to 100% |
829 |
716 |
1.2 |
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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) |
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