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Older Urbanized Areas in California
Growth in Population, Per Capita Land Consumption,
and Total Land Area (1970 to 1990) *

Urbanized Area

% Growth in Population

% Growth in Per Capita Land Consumption

% Growth in Land Area
(Sprawl)

Bakersfield

72%

0%

72%

Fresno

72%

— 3%

68%

Los Angeles

37%

— 8%

25%

Modesto

117%

— 30%

52%

Oxnard-Ventura

96%

— 28%

41%

Riverside-San Bernardino

101%

— 26%

49%

Sacramento

73%

— 21%

42%

Salinas

96%

18%

131%

San Diego

96%

— 7%

81%

San Francisco-Oakland

21%

6%

28%

San Jose

40%

— 13%

22%

Santa Barbara

40%

— 6%

32%

Santa Rosa

159%

— 32%

76%

Seaside-Monterrey

43%

38%

97%

Simi Valley

125%

— 16%

89%

Stockton

63%

— 3%

58%

Mean of percentages **

78%

— 8%

60%

Weighted average***

46%

— 6%

38%

* The Census Bureau classified these as Urbanized Areas in 1970 or earlier.
** Mean of the percentages.
*** For "% Growth in Population," is the % change in total population of all 16 cities; "% Growth in Per Capita Land Consumption," is the % change in total area of all 16 cities divided by the total population; "% Growth in Total Land Area" is the % change in the sum of all land areas between 1970 and 1990.

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