Urbanized
Areas that Stopped Per Capita Sprawl
These
areas reduced per capita land consumption but had much Overall Sprawl
(19701990)
|
%
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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