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Per Capita Land Consumption in the USA's Top Sprawlers (1990)

Urbanized Area

Fraction of Acre Per Resident

1. Atlanta, GA

0.337

2. Houston, TX

0.259

3. New York City, NY-NJ

0.118

4. Washington, DC-MD-VA

0.180

5. Philadelphia, PA-NJ

0.177

6. Los Angeles, CA

0.110

7. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

0.289

8. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

0.243

9. Phoenix, AZ

0.237

10. Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN

0.327

Source: U.S. Census Bureau data

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