US Urbanized Areas
Ranked by Density of
New Development: 1980-1990

CHANGE IN POPULATION/CHANGE IN LAND AREA | PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN DENSITY

Change in Population/Change in Land Area: 1980-1990
US Urbanized Areas over One Million Population
Rank Urbanized Area Change in Population (000) Change in Land Area (Sq. Miles) Change in Population/
Land Area
1 Miami 307 13 23,615
2 San Jose 191 12 15,917
3 Los Angeles 1,923 139 13,835
4 Denver 166 20 8,300
5 San Diego 644 79 8,152
6 Fort Lauderdale 230 38 6,053
7 Phoenix 597 100 5,970
8 San Francisco-Oakland 439 78 5,628
9 Sacramento 301 56 5,375
10 Riverside-San Bernardino 465 101 4,604
11 Dallas-Fort Worth 747 163 4,583
12 Washington 600 138 4,348
13 Houston 490 128 3,828
14 Portland 146 39 3,744
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul 292 83 3,518
16 Seattle 352 103 3,417
17 Tampa-St. Petersburg 356 123 2,894
18 New York 454 159 2,855
19 Boston 96 34 2,824
20 Atlanta 544 232 2,345
21 Norfolk 553 246 2,248
22 San Antonio 184 84 2,190
23 Baltimore 135 70 1,929
24 Milwaukee 19 16 1,188
25 Kansas City 177 173 1,023
26 Cincinnati 89 92 967
27 St. Louis 98 131 748
28 Philadelphia 110 149 738
29 Chicago 12 87 138
30 New Orleans -38 40 (950)
31 Detroit -112 75 (1,493)
32 Pittsburgh -132 65 (2,031)
33 Buffalo -48 20 (2,400)
34 Cleveland -75 7 (10,714)

Urbanized Areas Ranked by Percentage Change in Density: 1980-1990

Rank Urbanized Area Change in Density
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%


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