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Population Growth Compared with Per Capita Sprawl in New Areas (Florida 1980-1990)**

Urbanized Area

% Growth in Per Capita Land Consumption

% Growth in Population

Daytona Beach

6%

30%

Fort Myers-Cape Coral

16%

56%

Fort Pierce

1%

79%

Fort Walton Beach

10%

32%

Lakeland

4%

29%

Melbourne-Palm Bay

3%

44%

Naples

35%

76%

Ocala

12%

34%

Panama City

0%

31%

Sarasota-Bradenton

12%

45%

Winter Haven

12%

19%

Average Urbanized Area**

— 10%

43%

Weighted average***

— 9%

42%

* These did not meet Census Bureau criteria as Urbanized Areas until 1980.
** Mean of the percentages.
*** Land and population for all cities are calculated together.

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