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USA Urbanized Areas:
Density of New Development:
1950-2000

URBANIZED AREAS OVER 1,000,000 IN 2000    
Urbanized Area Change in Land Area Change in Population (000) New Population per New Square Mile Rank
Atlanta 1,857 2,993 1,612 26
Baltimore 531 914 1,722 24
Boston 1,391 1,799 1,293 32
Buffalo 244 82 336 37
Chicago 1,415 3,387 2,394 19
Cincinnati 526 690 1,312 31
Cleveland 347 403 1,161 34
Columbus 333 695 2,089 23
Dallas-Fort Worth 1,145 3,291 2,874 13
Denver 394 1,485 3,771 6
Detroit 838 1,151 1,373 30
Houston 1,025 3,121 3,044 11
Indianapolis 462 717 1,552 27
Kansas City 435 664 1,525 28
Los Angeles 797 7,792 9,778 1
Miami 999 4,460 4,464 4
Milwaukee 385 480 1,247 33
Minneapolis-St. Paul 663 1,402 2,114 22
New Orleans 89 349 3,928 5
New York 2,100 5,504 2,621 17
Norfolk 465 1,009 2,171 21
Orlando 428 1,084 2,532 18
Philadelphia 1,488 2,227 1,497 29
Phoenix 744 2,691 3,617 8
Pittsburgh 598 220 368 36
Portland 360 1,070 2,973 12
Providence 361 592 1,642 25
Riverside-San Bernardino 378 1,371 3,629 7
Sacramento 327 1,181 3,611 9
San Antonio 318 877 2,762 14
San Diego 649 2,241 3,451 10
San Francisco-Oakland 240 1,206 5,032 3
San Jose 199 1,362 6,840 2
Seattle 831 1,922 2,314 20
St. Louis 601 676 1,125 35
Tampa-St. Petersburg 622 1,654 2,658 16
Washington 979 2,647 2,704 15
Total 25,562 65,409 2,559  
         
Source: Calculated from US Census Bureau Data    

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