Demographia

United States:
Urbanized Areas & Core Cities:
1950 to 2000

POPULATION   1950       2000  
Urbanized Area Urbanized Area Core City Suburbs   Urbanized Area Core City Suburbs
Atlanta 507 331 176   3,500 416 3,084
Baltimore 1,162 950 212   2,076 651 1,425
Boston 2,233 801 1,432   4,032 589 3,443
Buffalo 895 580 315   977 293 684
Chicago 4,921 3,621 1,300   8,308 2,896 5,412
Cincinnati 813 504 309   1,503 331 1,172
Cleveland 1,384 915 469   1,787 478 1,309
Columbus 438 375 63   1,133 711 422
Dallas-Fort Worth 855 713 142   4,146 1,724 2,422
Denver 499 416 83   1,984 555 1,429
Detroit 2,752 1,850 902   3,903 951 2,952
Houston 701 596 105   3,822 1,954 1,868
Indianapolis 502 427 75   1,219 782 437
Kansas City 698 457 241   1,362 442 920
Las Vegas 40 24 16   1,314 478 836
Los Angeles 3,997 1,970 2,027   11,789 3,695 8,094
Miami 459 249 210   4,919 362 4,557
Milwaukee 829 637 192   1,309 597 712
Minneapolis-St. Paul 987 833 154   2,389 670 1,719
New Orleans 660 570 90   1,009 485 524
New York 12,296 7,892 4,404   17,800 8,008 9,792
Norfolk 385 294 91   1,394 234 1,160
Orlando 73 52 21   1,157 186 971
Philadelphia 2,922 2,072 850   5,149 1,518 3,631
Phoenix 216 106 110   2,907 1,321 1,586
Pittsburgh 1,533 677 856   1,753 335 1,418
Portland 513 374 139   1,583 529 1,054
Providence 583 249 334   1,175 174 1,001
Riverside-San Bernardino 136 63 73   1,507 441 1,066
Sacramento 212 138 74   1,393 407 986
San Antonio 450 408 42   1,327 1,145 182
San Diego 433 334 99   2,674 1,223 1,451
San Francisco-Oakland 2,022 1,160 862   3,228 1,176 2,052
San Jose 176 95 81   1,538 894 644
Seattle 790 612 178   2,712 563 2,149
St. Louis 1,401 857 544   2,077 348 1,729
Tampa-St. Petersburg 408 319 89   2,062 541 1,521
Washington 1,287 802 485   3,934 572 3,362
San Juan, Puerto Rico 466 357 109   2,217 434 1,783
Total 51,634 33,681 17,953   120,068 39,109 80,959
Change         68434 5,428 63006
Share of Growth           7.1% 92.9%
               
Core Cities Annexing 12,634 8,524 4,110   49,305 17,893 31,412
Change         36,671 9,369 27,302
Share of Growth           25.5% 74.5%
               
Core Cities Not Annexing 39,599 25,608 13,991   70,763 21,216 49,547
Change         31,164 (4,392) 35,556
Share of Growth           -14.1% 114.1%
               
CHANGE IN POPULATION              
Urban Area Urbanized Area Core City Suburbs   Urbanized Area Core City Suburbs
Atlanta 2,993 85 2,908   590.3% 25.7% 1652.3%
Baltimore 914 (299) 1,213   78.7% -31.5% 572.2%
Boston 1,799 (212) 2,011   80.6% -26.5% 140.4%
Buffalo 82 (287) 369   9.2% -49.5% 117.1%
Chicago 3,387 (725) 4,112   68.8% -20.0% 316.3%
Cincinnati 690 (173) 863   84.9% -34.3% 279.3%
Cleveland 403 (437) 840   29.1% -47.8% 179.1%
Columbus 695 336 359   158.7% 89.6% 569.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth 3,291 1,011 2,280   384.9% 141.8% 1605.6%
Denver 1,485 139 1,346   297.6% 33.4% 1621.7%
Detroit 1,151 (899) 2,050   41.8% -48.6% 227.3%
Houston 3,121 1,358 1,763   445.2% 227.9% 1679.0%
Indianapolis 717 355 362   142.8% 83.1% 482.7%
Kansas City 664 (15) 679   95.1% -3.3% 281.7%
Las Vegas 675 2 673   105.6% 0.4% 412.9%
Los Angeles 7,792 1,725 6,067   194.9% 87.6% 299.3%
Miami 4,460 113 4,347   971.7% 45.4% 2070.0%
Milwaukee 480 (40) 520   57.9% -6.3% 270.8%
Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,402 (163) 1,565   142.0% -19.6% 1016.2%
New Orleans 349 (85) 434   52.9% -14.9% 482.2%
New York 5,504 116 5,388   44.8% 1.5% 122.3%
Norfolk 1,009 (60) 1,069   262.1% -20.4% 1174.7%
Orlando 1,084 134 950   1484.9% 257.7% 4523.8%
Philadelphia 2,227 (554) 2,781   76.2% -26.7% 327.2%
Phoenix 2,691 1,215 1,476   1245.8% 1146.2% 1341.8%
Pittsburgh 220 (342) 562   14.4% -50.5% 65.7%
Portland 1,070 155 915   208.6% 41.4% 658.3%
Providence 592 (75) 667   101.5% -30.1% 199.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino 1,371 378 993   1008.1% 600.0% 1360.3%
Sacramento 1,181 269 912   557.1% 194.9% 1232.4%
San Antonio 877 737 140   194.9% 180.6% 333.3%
San Diego 2,241 889 1,352   517.6% 266.2% 1365.7%
San Francisco-Oakland 1,206 16 1,190   59.6% 1.4% 138.1%
San Jose 1,362 799 563   773.9% 841.1% 695.1%
Seattle 1,922 (49) 1,971   243.3% -8.0% 1107.3%
St. Louis 676 (509) 1,185   48.3% -59.4% 217.8%
Tampa-St. Petersburg 1,654 222 1,432   405.4% 69.6% 1609.0%
Washington 2,647 (230) 2,877   205.7% -28.7% 593.2%
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1,751 77 1,674   375.8% 21.6% 1535.8%
Total 67,835 4,977 62,858   129.9% 14.6% 347.3%
               
Notes              
In 000s              
Urbanized areas achieving 1,000,000 population between 1950 and 2000    
San Juan 1950 figure is for metropolitan area          
Las Vegas 1950 figure estimated by Demographia          
               
Source              
United States Bureau of the Census            

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