Demographia

New & Revised Items: 2004

High-Income World Urbanized Area Growth and Population Density (20041222)
Metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Affordability (20041220)
Metropolitan Houston Housing Affordability (20041220)
Atlanta: Fastest Growing Large Metropolitan Area More Affordable then Average (20041220)
Metropolitan Atlanta Housing Affordability (20041220)

USA State Population, Land Area & Density (20041220)
International Central Business District Market Share Trends (20041218)
Rental Car Tour of the World: Portland Presentatoin (20041218)
Transit Oriented Development: St. Louis Eastside Line (20041218)
Too Little Too Late: Sydney Loosens Noose on Strangled Housing Market (20041214)

International Housing Affordability: USA, Canada, New Zealand (20041212)
Net Reduction in Agricultural Land and Urbanization Exceeds Land Area of Texas, Oklahoma and Vermont: 1950-2000 (20041211)
USA Agricultural Land by State: 1950-2000 (20041211)
US Domesticated Land 1950-2000: Urban and Agriculture (20041211)
Commercial Land Use Per Job: Paris Metropolitan Area (Ile-de-France): 1999 (20041211)

Paris Metropolitan Area (Ile-de-France) Employment by Area: 1990-1999 (20041211)
Smart Growth Colorado, Oregon & California Score Highest House Value Increase (20041209)
Change in House Values and Household Incomes: USA States: 1970 to 2000 (20041209)
Smart Growth and Land Short States Least Affordable (20041209)
Housing Affordability: USA States Ranked: 1970 to 2000 (20041209)

Smart Growth States Lose Most Housing Affordability: Oregon Worst (20041209)
Change in Housing Affordability: USA States: 1970 to 2000 (20041209)
Housing Affordability: USA States: 1970 to 2000 (20041209)
USA Medium Sized Metropolitan Areas Grow Nearly as Fast as Large (20041207)
More than 90% of Metropolitan Growth Still in Suburbs: 2000 to 2003 (20041207)

USA Major Metropolitan Areas: Suburban and Core City Growth: 2000 to 2003 (20041207)
Distribution of USA Population Growth: 2000 to 2003: Metropolitan, Central Cities, Suburbs and Other (20041207)
US Cities With Substantially Same Borders: 1950-2000: Change in Population Density (20041207)
USA: Number of General Purpose Governments in Metropolitan Areas over 500,000 (20041205)
Boston Metropolitan & Urbanized Area & Urbanized Density from 1920 (20041126)

Philadelphia Metropolitan & Urbanized Area & Urbanized Density from 1900 (20041126)
New York Urbanized Area: Population & Density from 1800: Provisional (20041126)
Housing Affordability: New Zealand Urban Areas (20041115)
Housing Affordability: Canada Metropolitan Areas (20041115)
Population Growth: Large Metropolitan Areas in High Income New World: (USA, Canada, Australia) (20041115)

The Cultura in Japan: Domesticated Land: 2000 and 1975 (Urban & Farm) (20041113)
Answer to Chicago Transit Authority Woes: W. Cox Chicago Sun-Times Oped (20041112)
Unsustainable Chicago Transit Authority: W. Cox Chicago Tribune Oped (20041112)
Employment Density: USA Urbanized Areas: 2000 (20041112)
Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: Canada: 1951 to 2001 (20041113)

USA: Rural Population by State: 2000 (20041111)
USA: Urbanization in Metropolitan Areas: 2000 (20041111)
Canada: Urbanization in Metropolitan Areas: 2001 (20041111)
USA Home Ownership Rate in Major Metropolitan Areas by Race: 2000 (20041111)
The Cultura in the USA: Domesticated Land: 2000 and 1950 (Urban & Farm) (20041110)

The Cultura in Canada: Domesticated Land: 2001 (Urban & Farm) (20041110)
USA Urbanized Areas: Density of New Development: 1950-2000 (20041110)
USA, Europe, Canada, Asia: 14 Nations: GDP per Capita from 1960 (20041105)
Japan Urbanization from 1950 (20041102)
Shopping in Europe (20041030)

USA Housing Affordability: 2000 Census (20041030)
Housing Affordability: All USA Urbanized Areas (20041030)
Census Data: Smart Growth Associated with Less Housing Affordability (20041030)
Housing Affordability: USA Urbanized Areas Over 1,000,000 (20041030)
USA Work Trip Travel Time by Density: All 5,949 Places in Metropolitan Areas Over 1,000,000 (20041030)

USA Work Trip Travel Time by Density: All 9,105 Places in Metropolitan Areas (20041030)
Washington Metro Quarter Century: Billions for Transit & More Congestion (20041011)
Washington DC Metro: Impact on Traffic Into Core (20041011)
American Dream Boundaries: Comparing Portland & Atlanta (200106150)
Boston: Atlanta-Style Suburban Sprawl (200401015)

Orlando: Walkable Edge City (200401015)
Hong Kong Urbanized Areas Population & Density 2001 (20040927)
Hong Kong-Kowloon Urbanized Area Population & Density of Components: 2001 (20040927)
Share of Suburban Growth from Central Cities: USA 1950-2000 (20040925)
Valencia: Atlanta in Spain (2004913)

Places Worth Caring About: Local Democracy in America (20040912)
Guadalajara: the Mexican Dream (20040912)
Leon: Curitiba in Mexico (20040912)
Mexico City #2: East Side-West Side (20040912)
Puebla: Between the Mountains(20040912)

Toluca: Growing Exurb (20040912)
International Unemployment & Long-Term Unemployment Rates: 2003 (20040911)
Sierra Club Proposes Prison Densities (20021019)
Canada & USA Urbanized Area Population Densities Similar (20040909)
USA Population by State: 1900-2003 (20040903)

Acapulco: Big Box Nirvana - Hypermarket Heaven (20040821)
Costs of Sprawl Reconsidered: Response to Victoria Transport Policy Institute (20040810)
Costs of Sprawl Measured in Benefits? (20040810)
Colorado Springs Sprawls Less than Portland (20040807)
Providence: Least Sprawling Metropolitan Area in the USA (20040807)
EPA Withdraws Inaccurate Smart Growth Report (20040728)

EPA Withdraws Flawed Report: Summary (20040728)
Characteristics of Regional Transportation Systems: FHWA Comments (20040726)
Characteristics of Regional Transportation Systems: EPA Withdrawal Explanation (20040726)
Characteristics of Regional Transportation Systems: Withdrawn EPA Report (20040726)
Portland Expands Urban Growth Boundary Again: Above 2040 Plan Area (20040718)

World Urbanized Areas Over 5,000,000: Ranked (20040719)
World Urbanized Areas Over 5,000,000: Ranked (20040719)
Japan Public Transport Market Share Index (20040718)
Former Municipality of Tokyo (23 Wards): Transport Market Share by Mode (20040718)
Suburban Tokyo: Transport Market Share by Mode (20040718)

Tokyo-Yokohama: Transport Market Share by Mode (20040718)
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto: Transport Market Share by Mode (20040718)
Nagoya: Transport Market Share by Mode (20040718)
Suburbanization in Vancouver: Population & Developed Land Area: 1951-2001 (20040712)
What if There Had Been No Forced Busing? (20040707)
"Why Not Just Buy Them Cars:" Heartland Institute Op-Ed (20040711)

Carthage-on-the-Mississippi (St. Louis) Mayor Disputes Census (20040627)
US Metropolitan Growth 2000-2003: More of the Same (20040625)
Greater Mobility Opportunity Program: Frequently Asked Questions (20040711)
Greater Mobility Opportunity Program: Cost Estimates (20040707)
"Why Not Just Buy Them Cars:" Frequently Asked Questions (20040711)

"Why Not Just Buy Them Cars:" Cost Estimates (20040707)
Cost Estimates: Conversion of Transit Subsidies to Auto Subsidies for Low Income Riders (20040707)
Time to Give Transit Riders Cars? (20040706)
The Freeways/Urban Decline Myth: Collision of Theory and Reality (20040706)
Transit More than 15X Federal Highway User Fees than Highways (20040705)

Federal Highway User Fees: Highway & Transit Use per Passenger Mile (20040705)
US Public Transport Financial Performance Since 1970 (20040705)
Cost of Public Transport 4-Times Cars in USA (20040703)
Cost of Public Transport & Driving from 1960: USA (20040703)
2004: Another British Rail (National Rail) Passenger Record (20040701)

USA Core Cities with 1950 Boundaries: 1950-2000 Population Trends (20040710)
USA Metropolitan Area & Core Cities Population Trends: 1930-1940 (20040710)
The 1970s: Decade of School Enrollment Exodus from the Cities (20040707)
Time to Give Transit Riders Cars? (20040706)
The Freeways/Urban Decline Myth: Collision of Theory and Reality (20040706)

Boston Metropolitan Area: Population from 1790 (20040704)
Cost of Public Transport 4-Times Cars in USA (20040703)
Cost of Public Transport & Driving from 1960: USA (20040703)
World Metropolitan Areas over 5,000,000 Population from 1965 (20040703)
Beijing Urbanized Area: Population & Land Area 1990-2001 (20040703)

High-Income World Core Cities: Densification (20040630)
New York Metropolitan Area Employment: 1956-2000 (20040629)
High-Income World Metropolitan Areas: Index (20040629)
Israel Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: 1965-Present (20040629)
High-Income World Metropolitan Areas: Core City & Suburban Population Trends (20040629)

Singapore Metropolitan Area: 1965-2001 (20040629)
New Zealand Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: 1965-2001 (20040629)
Australia Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: 1965-2001 (20040629)
Hong Kong Metropolitan Area & Core City: 1965-2001 (20040629)
Japan Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: 1965-2000 (20040629)

United States Urbanized Areas & Core Cities: 1950-2000 (20040629)
Canada Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: 1951-2001 (20040629)
Western Europe Metropolitan Areas & Core Cities: 1965-Present (20040629)
Carthage-on-the-Mississippi (St. Louis) Mayor Disputes Census (20040627)
US Metropolitan Growth 2000-2003: More of the Same (20040625)

USA Metropolitan Areas & Core City Population: 2000-2003 (2004625)
USA 2003 Consolidated Metropolitan Areas, Population from 1900: By Population (2004625)
USA 2003 Metropolitan Areas, Population from 1900: By Population (2004625)
USA 2003 Micropolitan Areas, Population from 1900: By Population (2004625)
Malaga: Heart of Retirement Haven (20040623)

USA 2003 Consolidated Metropolitan Areas, Population from 1900: Alphabetical (2004625)
USA 2003 Metropolitan Areas, Population from 1900 (2004625): Alphabetical
USA 2003 Micropolitan Areas, Population from 1900 (2004625): Alphabetical
Malaga: Heart of Retirement Haven (20040623)
Sloganeering Hawaii Mayors Sell Transit Blather (20040623)

Not So Grande Montreal: Despite Barriers Voters Strike Blow for Democracy (20040620)
Gibraltar: Twinned with Ceuta? (20040617)
The Business of Government: Texas Competition: Veritas (20040617)
The Business of Government: Texas Competition (20040617)
Fukuoka & Kitakyushu: End of the Line (20040609)

Houston: "Can Do" Urban Area (20040609)
Double Secret Probation: The University of British Columbia Atlanta Driving and Obesity Study (20040608)
The Purpose of Urban Planning: Illustration (2004607)
"Fidel Gives Us Candy": Of Charettes, Visioning and Contrivance (20040606)
Porto: Portugal's Picturesque Second City (20030530)

Seville: Planner's Europe (Almost) (20050530)
Brussels: Suburban and Suburbanizing (20040529)
South Bronx: Revival (20040527)
St. Louis: From Carthage to the Future? (20040527)
Bucharest: Birthplace of Smart Growth (20040526)
School Costs Lower in Faster Growing Areas (20040525)

Transit & Soundwall Spending Deosn't Reduce Traffic Congestion (20040534)
Lisbon: Leaping from the Past to the Future (20040523)
Antwerp: Cutting Edge Metropolis (20040523)
Zurich: Spilling Into the Mountains (20040523)
Barcelona: More than Meets the Eye (20040523)

United States Metropolitan Area Population: 2003 (20040523)
World Urban Population Density by Nation & Area (20040511)
Lisbon: Leaping from the Past to the Future (20040511)
Marseille: Defined by Geography (20040506)
Geneva: World Class City, Traffic & Graffiti (20030506)

Selected Densely Populated Components of World Urban Areas Ranked (20040309)
Hong Kong Constituency Areas Over 500,000 per Square Mile: 2001 (20040308)
Hong Kong Urbanized Areas Population & Density 2001 (20040308)
Hong Kong Urbanized Area Population & Density of Components: 2001 (20040308)
Charlottetown: Birthplace of Canada (20040224)

USA Urban Areas Ranked by Change in Traffic Congestion: 1986-2001 (20040214)
USA Mass Transit Cost Rise Exceeds Medicine, Education (20040213)
USA Mass Transit Expenditures in Context: 1970-2002 (20040213)
USA Mass Transit Market Market Share 1.1 Percent Outside New York (20040210)
USA Mass Transit Market Market Share Data: 1945-2002 (20040210)

USA Mass Transit Market Share Nears All-Time Low in 2002 (20040210)
50% Increase in Transit Market Share Would Shave 22 Seconds Off Commute (20040214)
The Contribution of Transit to Traffic Relief (with Randal O'Toole, at Heritage Foundation) (20040214)
Ceaucescu: Father of Smart Growth: The Heartland Institute (200400214)
Portland Economic Growth Noose Loosened (Urban Growth Boundary): The Public Purpose #74 (20030214)

Houston Traffic Congestion Alone in Decline Among 75 Urban Areas: 1986-2001 (20040214)
Portland Traffic Congestion Rises Most of 75 Urban Areas: 1986-2001 (20040214)
USA Urban Areas Ranked by Change in Traffic Congestion: 1986-2001 (20040214)
USA Urbanized Areas by Population Quintile (200402011)
Shortest & Longest Work Trip Travel Time: USA Metropolitan Areas By Size: 2000 (20040207)

Work Trip Travel Time: USA Metropolitan Areas: 2000 (20040207)
Urban Tours by Rental Car: Statistics (20040207)
US Trade Union Market Share Continues Slide (20040201)
US Trade Union Market Share 1900-2003 (20040201)
Analysis of Japan Growth: 1990-2000 (20040118)

Large International Urbanized Areas: Population & Density (20040117)
USA Urbanized Areas & Urban Clusters: 2000 (20030117)
Bordeaux: Population & Density by District (20040117)
Nice: Population & Density by District (20040117)
Incheon: Population & Density by District (20040117)

Taegu: Population & Density by District (20040117)
Busan (Pusan): Population & Density by District (20040117)
Toronto: Los Angeles of the North (20040117)
Berne: Old But Evolving Urbanism (20040117)
Bordeaux Urban & Suburban Development: 1962-1999 (20040117)

Turin (Torino) Central City Population Density Distribution (20040103)

New Items 2003

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