USA Urbanized Areas: Density of New Development: 1950-2000
URBANIZED AREAS OVER 1,000,000 IN 2000 |
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Urbanized Area |
Change in Land Area |
Change in Population (000) |
New Population per New Square Mile |
Rank |
Atlanta |
1,857 |
2,993 |
1,612 |
26 |
Baltimore |
531 |
914 |
1,722 |
24 |
Boston |
1,391 |
1,799 |
1,293 |
32 |
Buffalo |
244 |
82 |
336 |
37 |
Chicago |
1,415 |
3,387 |
2,394 |
19 |
Cincinnati |
526 |
690 |
1,312 |
31 |
Cleveland |
347 |
403 |
1,161 |
34 |
Columbus |
333 |
695 |
2,089 |
23 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
1,145 |
3,291 |
2,874 |
13 |
Denver |
394 |
1,485 |
3,771 |
6 |
Detroit |
838 |
1,151 |
1,373 |
30 |
Houston |
1,025 |
3,121 |
3,044 |
11 |
Indianapolis |
462 |
717 |
1,552 |
27 |
Kansas City |
435 |
664 |
1,525 |
28 |
Los Angeles |
797 |
7,792 |
9,778 |
1 |
Miami |
999 |
4,460 |
4,464 |
4 |
Milwaukee |
385 |
480 |
1,247 |
33 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
663 |
1,402 |
2,114 |
22 |
New Orleans |
89 |
349 |
3,928 |
5 |
New York |
2,100 |
5,504 |
2,621 |
17 |
Norfolk |
465 |
1,009 |
2,171 |
21 |
Orlando |
428 |
1,084 |
2,532 |
18 |
Philadelphia |
1,488 |
2,227 |
1,497 |
29 |
Phoenix |
744 |
2,691 |
3,617 |
8 |
Pittsburgh |
598 |
220 |
368 |
36 |
Portland |
360 |
1,070 |
2,973 |
12 |
Providence |
361 |
592 |
1,642 |
25 |
Riverside-San Bernardino |
378 |
1,371 |
3,629 |
7 |
Sacramento |
327 |
1,181 |
3,611 |
9 |
San Antonio |
318 |
877 |
2,762 |
14 |
San Diego |
649 |
2,241 |
3,451 |
10 |
San Francisco-Oakland |
240 |
1,206 |
5,032 |
3 |
San Jose |
199 |
1,362 |
6,840 |
2 |
Seattle |
831 |
1,922 |
2,314 |
20 |
St. Louis |
601 |
676 |
1,125 |
35 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
622 |
1,654 |
2,658 |
16 |
Washington |
979 |
2,647 |
2,704 |
15 |
Total |
25,562 |
65,409 |
2,559 |
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Source: Calculated from US Census Bureau Data |
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