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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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