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US Urbanized Area Densities
Ranked Within Region: 1990

REGIONAL RANKINGS BY CHANGE IN DENSITY | REGIONAL RANKINGS BY DENSITY
URBANIZED AREA DATA TABLES | RELATED NOTES ON PORTLAND

Change in Urbanized Area Density by Region
 
East
Midwest
South
West
Rank
 Urbanized Area Change Urbanized Area Change Urbanized Area Change Urbanized Area Change
1 Riverside-San Bernardino 29.5%
2 Phoenix 23.2%
3 San Diego 22.0%
4 Dallas-Fort Worth 15.7%
5 Sacramento 14.7%
6 Miami 14.7%
7 Los Angeles 11.8%
8 San Jose 11.3%
9 Fort Lauderdale 8.5%
10 Norfolk 8.2%
11 Denver 7.4%
12 Minneapolis-St. Paul 7.2%
13 Houston 7.2%
14 Atlanta 6.4%
15 Washington 3.9%
16 San Francisco-Oakland 3.6%
17 Seattle 3.3%
18 Portland 2.7%
19 Tampa-St. Petersburg 2.4%
20 Boston -0.4%
21 Milwaukee -1.6%
22 New York -2.6%
23 San Antonio -3.4%
24 Baltimore -5.0%
25 Chicago -5.3%
26 Cleveland -5.3%
27 Detroit -9.4%
28 Kansas City -10.2%
29 Philadelphia -10.5%
30 Buffalo -11.4%
31 Cincinnati -11.5%
32 St. Louis -13.6%
33 Pittsburgh -15.0%
34 New Orleans -17.8%
  East -5.9% Midwest -6.2% South 4.7% West 13.0%

Urbanized Areas Ranked by Population Density: 1990: By Region


Rank
East
Midwest
South
West
Urbanized Area Popu-
lation Density		 Urbanized Area Popu-
lation Density		 Urbanized Area Popu-
lation Density		 Urbanized Area Popu-
lation Density
1 Los Angeles 5,800
2 Miami 5,425
3 New York 5,407
4 Chicago 4,285
5 San Jose 4,246
6 San Francisco-Oakland 4,153
7 New Orleans 3,852
8 Fort Lauderdale 3,786
9 Philadelphia 3,627
10 Washington 3,559
11 San Diego 3,403
12 Buffalo 3,336
13 Denver 3,307
14 Detroit 3,304
15 Sacramento 3,284
16 Baltimore 3,187
17 Boston 3,114
18 Portland 3,021
19 Seattle 2,966
20 Phoenix 2,707
21 St. Louis 2,674
22 Cleveland 2,637
23 Tampa-St. Petersburg 2,629
24 San Antonio 2,578
25 Riverside-San Bernardino 2,543
26 Houston 2,466
27 Milwaukee 2,395
28 Cincinnati 2,367
29 Dallas-Fort Worth 2,216
30 Pittsburgh 2,157
31 Norfolk 1,992
32 Minneapolis-
St. Paul		 1,957
33 Atlanta 1,897
34 Kansas City 1,673
  East 3,484 Midwest 2,661 South 2,982 West 3,543

Source:

All data from US Census Bureau. Urbanized area data is compiled only as a part of the decennial census. No estimates are available for intervening or later years. The next data will be compiled from the 2000 census, with availability expected in 2002 or 2003.

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