CONTENTS

Population Land Area Density

Change in Population Change in Land Area Change in Density

Notes & Caveats

POPULATION
Urbanized Area	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Atlanta	507	768	1,172	1,613	2,157
Baltimore	1,162	1,419	1,580	1,755	1,890
Boston	2,233	2,413	2,653	2,679	2,775
Buffalo	895	1,054	1,087	1,002	954
Chicago	4,921	5,959	6,715	6,780	6,792
Cincinnati	813	994	1,111	1,123	1,212
Cleveland	1,384	1,785	1,960	1,752	1,677
Dallas-Fort Worth	855	1,435	2,016	2,451	3,198
Denver	499	804	1,047	1,352	1,518
Detroit	2,752	3,738	3,971	3,809	3,697
Fort Lauderdale	---	320	614	1,008	1,238
Houston	701	1,140	1,678	2,412	2,902
Kansas City	698	921	1,102	1,098	1,275
Los Angeles	3,997	6,489	8,351	9,479	11,402
Miami	459	853	1,220	1,608	1,915
Milwaukee	829	1,150	1,252	1,207	1,226
Minneapolis-St. Paul	987	1,377	1,701	1,788	2,080
New Orleans	660	845	962	1,078	1,040
New York	12,296	14,115	16,207	15,590	16,044
Norfolk	385	508	668	770	1,323
Philadelphia	2,922	3,635	4,021	4,112	4,222
Phoenix	216	552	863	1,409	2,006
Pittsburgh	1,533	1,804	1,846	1,810	1,678
Portland	513	652	825	1,026	1,172
Riverside-San Bernardino	136	378	584	705	1,170
Sacramento	212	452	641	796	1,097
San Antonio	450	642	773	945	1,129
San Diego	433	836	1,198	1,704	2,348
San Francisco-Oakland	2,022	2,431	2,988	3,191	3,630
San Jose	176	603	1,025	1,244	1,435
Seattle	622	864	1,238	1,392	1,744
St. Louis	1,401	1,668	1,883	1,849	1,947
Tampa-St. Petersburg	408	627	863	1,353	1,709
Washington	1,287	1,808	2,481	2,763	3,363
Total	49,364	65,039	78,296	84,653	94,965
LAND AREA
Urbanized Area	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Atlanta	106	246	435	905	1,137
Baltimore	152	220	310	523	593
Boston	345	516	664	857	891
Buffalo	123	160	214	266	286
Chicago	708	960	1,277	1,498	1,585
Cincinnati	146	242	335	420	512
Cleveland	300	587	646	629	636
Dallas-Fort Worth	262	920	1,071	1,280	1,443
Denver	105	167	293	439	459
Detroit	423	732	872	1,044	1,119
Fort Lauderdale	---	124	212	289	327
Houston	270	431	539	1,049	1,177
Kansas City	149	282	475	589	762
Los Angeles	871	1,370	1,572	1,827	1,966
Miami	117	183	259	340	353
Milwaukee	102	392	457	496	512
Minneapolis-St. Paul	231	657	721	980	1,063
New Orleans	109	154	184	230	270
New York	1,253	1,892	2,425	2,808	2,967
Norfolk	62	109	299	418	664
Philadelphia	312	597	752	1,015	1,164
Phoenix	55	248	388	600	741
Pittsburgh	254	525	596	713	778
Portland	114	192	267	349	388
Riverside-San Bernardino	61	169	310	359	460
Sacramento	42	134	254	278	334
San Antonio	90	192	223	354	438
San Diego	133	276	381	611	690
San Francisco-Oakland	287	572	681	796	874
San Jose	61	223	277	326	338
Seattle	123	238	413	424	588
St. Louis	228	323	461	597	728
Tampa-St. Petersburg	180	218	291	527	650
Washington	178	341	495	807	945
Total	7,952	14,592	19,049	24,643	27,838
DENSITY
Urbanized Area	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Atlanta	4,783	3,122	2,694	1,782	1,897
Baltimore	7,645	6,450	5,097	3,356	3,187
Boston	6,472	4,676	3,995	3,126	3,114
Buffalo	7,276	6,588	5,079	3,767	3,336
Chicago	6,951	6,207	5,258	4,526	4,285
Cincinnati	5,568	4,107	3,316	2,674	2,367
Cleveland	4,613	3,041	3,034	2,785	2,637
Dallas-Fort Worth	3,263	1,560	1,882	1,915	2,216
Denver	4,752	4,814	3,573	3,080	3,307
Detroit	6,506	5,107	4,554	3,648	3,304
Fort Lauderdale	---	2,581	2,896	3,488	3,786
Houston	2,596	2,645	3,113	2,299	2,466
Kansas City	4,685	3,266	2,320	1,864	1,673
Los Angeles	4,589	4,736	5,312	5,188	5,800
Miami	3,923	4,661	4,710	4,729	5,425
Milwaukee	8,127	2,934	2,740	2,433	2,395
Minneapolis-St. Paul	4,273	2,096	2,359	1,824	1,957
New Orleans	6,055	5,487	5,228	4,687	3,852
New York	9,813	7,460	6,683	5,552	5,407
Norfolk	6,210	4,661	2,234	1,842	1,992
Philadelphia	9,365	6,089	5,347	4,051	3,627
Phoenix	3,927	2,226	2,224	2,348	2,707
Pittsburgh	6,035	3,436	3,097	2,539	2,157
Portland	4,500	3,396	3,090	2,940	3,021
Riverside-San Bernardino	2,230	2,237	1,884	1,964	2,543
Sacramento	5,048	3,373	2,524	2,863	3,284
San Antonio	5,000	3,344	3,466	2,669	2,578
San Diego	3,256	3,029	3,144	2,789	3,403
San Francisco-Oakland	7,045	4,250	4,388	4,009	4,153
San Jose	2,885	2,704	3,700	3,816	4,246
Seattle	5,057	3,630	2,998	3,283	2,966
St. Louis	6,145	5,164	4,085	3,097	2,674
Tampa-St. Petersburg	2,267	2,876	2,966	2,567	2,629
Washington	7,230	5,302	5,012	3,424	3,559
All Areas	6,208	4,457	4,110	3,435	3,411
CHANGE: POPULATION
Urbanized Area	1950-1990	1950-1960	1960-1970	1970-1980	1980-1990
Atlanta	325.4%	51.5%	52.6%	37.6%	33.7%
Baltimore	62.7%	22.1%	11.3%	11.1%	7.7%
Boston	24.3%	8.1%	9.9%	1.0%	3.6%
Buffalo	6.6%	17.8%	3.1%	-7.8%	-4.8%
Chicago	38.0%	21.1%	12.7%	1.0%	0.2%
Cincinnati	49.1%	22.3%	11.8%	1.1%	7.9%
Cleveland	21.2%	29.0%	9.8%	-10.6%	-4.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth	274.0%	67.8%	40.5%	21.6%	30.5%
Denver	204.2%	61.1%	30.2%	29.1%	12.3%
Detroit	34.3%	35.8%	6.2%	-4.1%	-2.9%
Fort Lauderdale	ERR	ERR	91.9%	64.2%	22.8%
Houston	314.0%	62.6%	47.2%	43.7%	20.3%
Kansas City	82.7%	31.9%	19.7%	-0.4%	16.1%
Los Angeles	185.3%	62.3%	28.7%	13.5%	20.3%
Miami	317.2%	85.8%	43.0%	31.8%	19.1%
Milwaukee	47.9%	38.7%	8.9%	-3.6%	1.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul	110.7%	39.5%	23.5%	5.1%	16.3%
New Orleans	57.6%	28.0%	13.8%	12.1%	-3.5%
New York	30.5%	14.8%	14.8%	-3.8%	2.9%
Norfolk	243.6%	31.9%	31.5%	15.3%	71.8%
Philadelphia	44.5%	24.4%	10.6%	2.3%	2.7%
Phoenix	828.7%	155.6%	56.3%	63.3%	42.4%
Pittsburgh	9.5%	17.7%	2.3%	-2.0%	-7.3%
Portland	128.5%	27.1%	26.5%	24.4%	14.2%
Riverside-San Bernardino	760.3%	177.9%	54.5%	20.7%	66.0%
Sacramento	417.5%	113.2%	41.8%	24.2%	37.8%
San Antonio	150.9%	42.7%	20.4%	22.3%	19.5%
San Diego	442.3%	93.1%	43.3%	42.2%	37.8%
San Francisco-Oakland	79.5%	20.2%	22.9%	6.8%	13.8%
San Jose	715.3%	242.6%	70.0%	21.4%	15.4%
Seattle	180.4%	38.9%	43.3%	12.4%	25.3%
St. Louis	39.0%	19.1%	12.9%	-1.8%	5.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg	318.9%	53.7%	37.6%	56.8%	26.3%
Washington	161.3%	40.5%	37.2%	11.4%	21.7%
All Areas	92.4%	31.8%	20.4%	8.1%	12.2%
CHANGE: LAND AREA
Urbanized Area	1950-1990	1950-1960	1960-1970	1970-1980	1980-1990
Atlanta	972.6%	132.1%	76.8%	108.0%	25.6%
Baltimore	290.1%	44.7%	40.9%	68.7%	13.4%
Boston	158.3%	49.6%	28.7%	29.1%	4.0%
Buffalo	132.5%	30.1%	33.8%	24.3%	7.5%
Chicago	123.9%	35.6%	33.0%	17.3%	5.8%
Cincinnati	250.7%	65.8%	38.4%	25.4%	21.9%
Cleveland	112.0%	95.7%	10.1%	-2.6%	1.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth	450.8%	251.1%	16.4%	19.5%	12.7%
Denver	337.1%	59.0%	75.4%	49.8%	4.6%
Detroit	164.5%	73.0%	19.1%	19.7%	7.2%
Fort Lauderdale	ERR	ERR	71.0%	36.3%	13.1%
Houston	335.9%	59.6%	25.1%	94.6%	12.2%
Kansas City	411.4%	89.3%	68.4%	24.0%	29.4%
Los Angeles	125.7%	57.3%	14.7%	16.2%	7.6%
Miami	201.7%	56.4%	41.5%	31.3%	3.8%
Milwaukee	402.0%	284.3%	16.6%	8.5%	3.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul	360.2%	184.4%	9.7%	35.9%	8.5%
New Orleans	147.7%	41.3%	19.5%	25.0%	17.4%
New York	136.8%	51.0%	28.2%	15.8%	5.7%
Norfolk	971.0%	75.8%	174.3%	39.8%	58.9%
Philadelphia	273.1%	91.3%	26.0%	35.0%	14.7%
Phoenix	1247.3%	350.9%	56.5%	54.6%	23.5%
Pittsburgh	206.3%	106.7%	13.5%	19.6%	9.1%
Portland	240.4%	68.4%	39.1%	30.7%	11.2%
Riverside-San Bernardino	654.1%	177.0%	83.4%	15.8%	28.1%
Sacramento	695.2%	219.0%	89.6%	9.4%	20.1%
San Antonio	386.7%	113.3%	16.1%	58.7%	23.7%
San Diego	418.8%	107.5%	38.0%	60.4%	12.9%
San Francisco-Oakland	204.5%	99.3%	19.1%	16.9%	9.8%
San Jose	454.1%	265.6%	24.2%	17.7%	3.7%
Seattle	378.0%	93.5%	73.5%	2.7%	38.7%
St. Louis	219.3%	41.7%	42.7%	29.5%	21.9%
Tampa-St. Petersburg	261.1%	21.1%	33.5%	81.1%	23.3%
Washington	430.9%	91.6%	45.2%	63.0%	17.1%
All Areas	250.1%	83.5%	30.5%	29.4%	13.0%
CHANGE: DENSITY
Urbanized Area	1950-1990	1950-1960	1960-1970	1970-1980	1980-1990
Atlanta	-60.3%	-34.7%	-13.7%	-33.8%	6.4%
Baltimore	-58.3%	-15.6%	-21.0%	-34.2%	-5.0%
Boston	-51.9%	-27.7%	-14.6%	-21.8%	-0.4%
Buffalo	-54.2%	-9.5%	-22.9%	-25.8%	-11.4%
Chicago	-38.3%	-10.7%	-15.3%	-13.9%	-5.3%
Cincinnati	-57.5%	-26.2%	-19.3%	-19.4%	-11.5%
Cleveland	-42.8%	-34.1%	-0.2%	-8.2%	-5.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth	-32.1%	-52.2%	20.7%	1.7%	15.7%
Denver	-30.4%	1.3%	-25.8%	-13.8%	7.4%
Detroit	-49.2%	-21.5%	-10.8%	-19.9%	-9.4%
Fort Lauderdale	---	---	12.2%	20.4%	8.5%
Houston	-5.0%	1.9%	17.7%	-26.1%	7.2%
Kansas City	-64.3%	-30.3%	-29.0%	-19.6%	-10.2%
Los Angeles	26.4%	3.2%	12.2%	-2.3%	11.8%
Miami	38.3%	18.8%	1.1%	0.4%	14.7%
Milwaukee	-70.5%	-63.9%	-6.6%	-11.2%	-1.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul	-54.2%	-50.9%	12.6%	-22.7%	7.2%
New Orleans	-36.4%	-9.4%	-4.7%	-10.4%	-17.8%
New York	-44.9%	-24.0%	-10.4%	-16.9%	-2.6%
Norfolk	-67.9%	-24.9%	-52.1%	-17.5%	8.2%
Philadelphia	-61.3%	-35.0%	-12.2%	-24.2%	-10.5%
Phoenix	-31.1%	-43.3%	-0.1%	5.6%	15.3%
Pittsburgh	-64.3%	-43.1%	-9.9%	-18.0%	-15.0%
Portland	-32.9%	-24.5%	-9.0%	-4.9%	2.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino	14.1%	0.3%	-15.8%	4.2%	29.5%
Sacramento	-34.9%	-33.2%	-25.2%	13.5%	14.7%
San Antonio	-48.4%	-33.1%	3.7%	-23.0%	-3.4%
San Diego	4.5%	-7.0%	3.8%	-11.3%	22.0%
San Francisco-Oakland	-41.0%	-39.7%	3.2%	-8.6%	3.6%
San Jose	47.1%	-6.3%	36.8%	3.1%	11.3%
Seattle	-41.3%	-28.2%	-17.4%	9.5%	-9.7%
St. Louis	-56.5%	-16.0%	-20.9%	-24.2%	-13.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg	16.0%	26.9%	3.1%	-13.4%	2.4%
Washington	-50.8%	-26.7%	-5.5%	-31.7%	3.9%
Total	-45.0%	-28.2%	-7.8%	-16.4%	-0.7%
Unweighted Average	-33.4%	-21.2%	-6.9%	-12.3%	1.8%