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Urbanized Area Profiles:
Portland Compared to Other Areas

This is a part of the Demographia 1990 US Urbanized Area Density Profile product. Data may be reproduced with appropriate citation.

Data includes all census tracts of 500 or more population per square mile in the urbanized portions of the metropolitan areas

PORTLAND & OTHER URBANIZED AREAS COMPARED BY POPULATION PROFILE DECILE: 1990
Rank in Average Variance Metropolitan Area Average Population Variance from Portland (Absolute Value) Average Percentage Variance from Portland (Absolute Value) Maximum Variance from Portland Rank Minimum Variance from Portland Rank Range Rank Density Compared to Portland Rank
  Portland 0 0.0% 0   0   0   0  
1 San Antonio 107 3.9% 206 30 (406) 42 612 3 31 38
2 Virginia Beach-Norfolk 163 6.0% (29) 23 (277) 45 248 1 (172) 33
3 Seattle 189 6.9% 516 34 (144) 52 659 6 138 40
4 Houston 191 7.0% 22 26 (366) 43 388 2 (191) 32
5 Columbus 227 8.3% 679 36 (310) 44 988 10 (98) 34
6 Salt Lake City 289 10.5% 297 32 (529) 38 826 9 (228) 31
7 Minneapolis-St. Paul 309 11.3% 136 29 (603) 36 739 7 (285) 29
8 Tampa-St. Petersburg 319 11.7% (1) 25 (1,653) 15 1,652 26 (322) 27
9 Memphis 331 12.1% 69 27 (1,052) 25 1,122 17 (310) 28
10 Las Vegas 334 12.2% 856 37 (426) 40 1,281 20 88 39
11 Tucson 377 13.8% (3) 24 (1,194) 22 1,192 19 (378) 26
12 Dallas-Fort Worth 387 14.1% (166) 12 (813) 29 647 4 (392) 25
13 Fresno 393 14.3% 390 33 (669) 32 1,059 14 (272) 30
14 Washington 436 15.9% 3,420 46 (147) 50 3,567 43 317 45
15 West Palm Beach 464 16.9% (98) 20 (1,482) 18 1,385 23 (467) 24
16 Phoenix 470 17.2% 946 38 (76) 55 1,022 13 455 46
17 St. Louis 478 17.5% (147) 18 (795) 30 649 5 (479) 22
18 Cincinnati 488 17.8% 101 28 (897) 28 998 12 (468) 23
19 Detroit 504 18.4% 1,937 42 (150) 49 2,087 33 466 47
20 Providence 511 18.6% 2,615 44 (628) 33 3,243 41 145 41
21 Denver 516 18.8% 946 39 (124) 53 1,071 15 490 48
22 Louisville 516 18.9% (163) 13 (915) 27 751 8 (514) 21
23 Cleveland 535 19.5% 2,119 43 (563) 37 2,682 38 (79) 35
24 Oklahoma City 572 20.9% (135) 19 (2,146) 11 2,010 30 (577) 20
25 Kansas City 596 21.8% (178) 8 (1,684) 14 1,506 25 (608) 18
26 Fort Lauderdale 613 22.4% 1,115 40 26 58 1,088 16 613 50
27 Indianapolis 621 22.7% (80) 22 (1,468) 19 1,388 24 (622) 17
28 Buffalo 623 22.8% 3,281 45 (485) 39 3,767 45 164 43
29 Austin 670 24.5% (182) 7 (1,173) 23 991 11 (670) 16
30 Pittsburgh 703 25.7% 549 35 (1,226) 21 1,775 28 (599) 19
31 Rochester 757 27.7% 252 31 (1,781) 13 2,033 32 (711) 15
32 Milwaukee 762 27.8% 4,110 50 (619) 34 4,729 49 154 42
33 Jacksonville 770 28.1% (89) 21 (2,631) 6 2,542 37 (781) 13
34 Riverside-San Bernardino 772 28.2% (176) 9 (1,299) 20 1,122 18 (762) 14
35 Baltimore 815 29.8% 4,077 49 (781) 31 4,857 50 (4) 37
36 San Diego 817 29.8% 3,960 48 (158) 48 4,118 47 782 52
37 Dayton 840 30.7% (150) 17 (1,505) 17 1,354 22 (843) 12
38 Hartford 852 31.1% (157) 16 (2,088) 12 1,931 29 (855) 11
39 Orlando 866 31.6% (187) 4 (2,527) 8 2,340 34 (870) 10
40 Grand Rapids 905 33.1% (170) 10 (1,520) 16 1,350 21 (908) 9
41 Richmond 928 33.9% (187) 2 (2,202) 10 2,014 31 (927) 8
42 Birmingham 965 35.2% (159) 15 (2,520) 9 2,361 35 (962) 7
43 Raleigh-Durham 968 35.4% (168) 11 (2,535) 7 2,367 36 (963) 6
44 New Orleans 969 35.4% 3,720 47 (408) 41 4,129 48 703 51
45 Chicago 992 36.2% 7,713 56 (259) 46 7,972 54 787 53
46 Sacramento 1,004 36.7% 1,625 41 (36) 57 1,662 27 1,013 54
47 Philadelphia 1,045 38.2% 7,492 55 (608) 35 8,100 56 525 49
48 Boston 1,068 39.0% 5,007 52 (1,157) 24 6,164 52 (65) 36
49 Atlanta 1,142 41.7% (185) 6 (3,173) 4 2,988 40 (1,148) 5
50 Honolulu 1,217 44.4% 6,975 54 (1,029) 26 8,005 55 289 44
51 Nashville 1,259 46.0% (186) 5 (3,014) 5 2,828 39 (1,263) 4
52 Charlotte 1,269 46.3% (187) 3 (3,546) 3 3,359 42 (1,271) 3
53 Greensboro 1,408 51.4% (204) 1 (3,840) 2 3,637 44 (1,410) 2
54 Greenville 1,507 55.0% (162) 14 (4,217) 1 4,055 46 (1,513) 1
55 San Francisco-Oakland 1,624 59.3% 9,879 57 (145) 51 10,024 57 1,573 55
56 San Jose 1,692 61.8% 4,929 51 (117) 54 5,046 51 1,663 56
57 Miami 2,068 75.5% 6,138 53 (68) 56 6,207 53 2,077 57
58 New York 2,577 94.1% 22,143 59 (160) 47 22,303 59 2,446 58
59 Los Angeles 3,310 120.9% 11,093 58 97 59 10,996 58 3,324 59

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