US Urbanized Areas: Land Area over
10,000 Per Square Mile Density: 1990
(3,858 per Square Kilometer)
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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Rank |
Urbanized Area |
Square Miles |
Square Kilometers |
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1 |
Los Angeles |
314.5 |
506.3 |
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2 |
New York |
304.7 |
490.6 |
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3 |
Chicago |
145.2 |
233.8 |
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4 |
Philadelphia |
83.2 |
134.0 |
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5 |
San Francisco-Oakland |
79.1 |
127.3 |
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6 |
Boston |
59.0 |
94.9 |
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7 |
Washington |
40.5 |
65.2 |
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8 |
San Diego |
35.5 |
57.1 |
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9 |
Miami |
33.3 |
53.6 |
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10 |
Detroit |
32.5 |
52.3 |
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11 |
Baltimore |
30.8 |
49.6 |
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12 |
San Jose |
26.7 |
43.0 |
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13 |
Cleveland |
23.8 |
38.3 |
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14 |
Milwaukee |
22.3 |
36.0 |
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15 |
New Orleans |
14.0 |
22.6 |
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16 |
Pittsburgh |
13.5 |
21.8 |
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17 |
St. Louis |
12.3 |
19.9 |
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18 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
10.9 |
17.6 |
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19 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
8.7 |
14.0 |
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20 |
Houston |
6.9 |
11.1 |
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21 |
Cincinnati |
6.9 |
11.0 |
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22 |
Seattle |
6.8 |
10.9 |
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23 |
Columbus |
5.1 |
8.2 |
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24 |
Sacramento |
3.8 |
6.1 |
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25 |
Denver |
3.2 |
5.2 |
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26 |
Riverside-San Bernardino |
3.1 |
5.0 |
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27 |
Portland |
2.7 |
4.3 |
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28 |
Atlanta |
1.4 |
2.2 |
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29 |
Phoenix |
1.2 |
2.0 |
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30 |
Kansas City |
1.2 |
1.9 |
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31 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
0.7 |
1.2 |
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32 |
Fort Lauderdale |
0.7 |
1.2 |
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33 |
San Antonio |
0.4 |
0.7 |
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