Source of Suburban Population Growth:
US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000
1950-1990
|
Urbanized Area |
Suburban Growth Attributable to Central City Loss |
|
Atlanta |
0.0% |
|
Baltimore |
22.7% |
|
Boston |
29.5% |
|
Buffalo |
81.0% |
|
Chicago |
30.9% |
|
Cincinnati |
26.0% |
|
Cleveland |
58.3% |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth |
0.0% |
|
Denver |
0.0% |
|
Detroit |
46.5% |
|
Fort Lauderdale |
0.0% |
|
Houston |
0.0% |
|
Kansas City |
3.7% |
|
Los Angeles |
0.0% |
|
Miami |
0.0% |
|
Milwaukee |
2.2% |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
15.0% |
|
New Orleans |
16.1% |
|
New York |
13.2% |
|
Norfolk |
3.4% |
|
Philadelphia |
27.2% |
|
Phoenix |
0.0% |
|
Pittsburgh |
67.9% |
|
Portland |
0.0% |
|
Riverside-San Bernardino |
0.0% |
|
Sacramento |
0.0% |
|
San Antonio |
0.0% |
|
San Diego |
0.0% |
|
San Francisco-Oakland |
3.8% |
|
San Jose |
0.0% |
|
Seattle |
0.0% |
|
St. Louis |
45.7% |
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
0.0% |
|
Washington |
8.6% |
|
Average |
14.8% |
Calculation Method: Total Central City Population Loss Divided by Suburban
Population Gain (1950-1990) |
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