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Urbanized Areas that Stopped Per Capita Sprawl
These areas reduced per capita land consumption but had much Overall Sprawl
(1970—1990)
|
% Growth in Per Capita Land Consumption
|
Urbanized
Area
(alphabetical order)
|
% Growth in Total Land Area
|
Population
Growth
|
|
—5.9%
|
Corpus Christi, TX
|
19.3%
|
26.9%
|
|
—15.1%
|
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
|
34.8%
|
58.7%
|
|
—23.6%
|
Ft.
Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano, FL
|
54.1%
|
101.7%
|
|
—2.7%
|
Fresno, CA
|
67.8%
|
72.5%
|
|
—15.7%
|
Honolulu, HI
|
20.6%
|
43.0%
|
|
—35.3%
|
Las Vegas, NV
|
90.7%
|
194.6%
|
|
—8.4%
|
Los Angeles, CA
|
25.1%
|
36.5%
|
|
—13.2%
|
Miami-Hialeah, FL
|
36.3%
|
57.0%
|
|
—28.3%
|
Oxnard-Ventura, CA
|
40.9%
|
96.4%
|
|
—17.7%
|
Phoenix, AZ
|
91.3%
|
132.4%
|
|
—25.9%
|
Riverside-San
Bernardino, CA
|
48.6%
|
100.5%
|
|
—21.0%
|
Sacramento, CA
|
36.7%
|
73.1%
|
|
—16.3%
|
Salt Lake City, UT
|
37.9%
|
64.7%
|
|
—7.5%
|
San Diego, CA
|
81.3%
|
96.0%
|
|
—12.8%
|
San Jose, CA
|
22.1%
|
40.0%
|
|
—3.5%
|
Stockton, CA
|
57.7%
|
63.4%
|
|
—18.7%
|
West Palm Beach-Boca
Raton, FL
|
124.8%
|
176.4%
|
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Data
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