|
California
Urbanized Areas Sprawl Apportionment (1970-90)
|
Urbanized
Area
|
Sprawl
in Square Miles
|
%
of Total Sprawl
related
to POPULATION
GROWTH was
|
%
of Total Sprawl
related
to GROWTH IN PER
CAPITA LAND CONSUMPTION was
|
|
1970-1990
|
1980-1990
|
|
Antioch-Pittsburg
|
|
35.5
|
67%
|
33%
|
|
Bakersfield
|
41.1
|
|
99%
|
1%
|
|
Chico
|
|
7.6
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Fairfield
|
|
8.7
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Fresno
|
53.6
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Hemet-San
Jacinto
|
|
15.6
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Lancaster-Palmdale
|
|
37.9
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Los
Angeles1
|
393.8
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Modesto
|
17.8
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Napa
|
|
2.0
|
70%
|
30%
|
|
Oxnard-Ventura
|
45.6
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Palm
Springs
|
|
26.7
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Redding
|
|
16.5
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Riverside-San
Bernardino
|
150.4
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Sacramento2
|
89.7
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Salinas
|
19.7
|
|
80%
|
20%
|
|
San
Diego3
|
309.5
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
San
Francisco-Oakland4
|
193.1
|
|
78%
|
22%
|
|
San
Jose5
|
61.2
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Santa
Barbara
|
11.7
|
|
78%
|
22%
|
|
Santa
Cruz
|
|
24.7
|
74%
|
26%
|
|
Santa
Maria
|
|
2.3
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Santa
Rosa
|
29.0
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Seaside-Monterey
|
23.4
|
|
52%
|
48%
|
|
Simi
Valley
|
22.1
|
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Stockton
|
27.0
|
|
84%6
|
16%
|
|
Visalia
|
|
2.6
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Yuba
City
|
|
1.7
|
100%
|
0%
|
|
Total
|
1,670.5
|
95%
|
5%
|
Data
sources: 1970 Census of Population, Volume 1 — Characteristics
of the Population, Part 1 — United States Summary, Table 20
— Population and Land Area of Urbanized Areas, 1970 and1960
(issued June, 1973); 1980 Census of Population, Number of Inhabitants,
United States Summary, Table 34 — Population, Land Area, and
Population Density of Urbanized Areas: 1980; 1990 Census of Population
and Housing, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, United
States, Table 8 — Land Area and Population Density: 1990.
1
Includes Anaheim, Burbank, Long Beach, Pasadena, Pomona, and Santa
Ana.
2 Roseville added to Urbanized Area in 1990.
3 Escondido added to Urbanized Area in 1990.
4 Includes Vallejo; Berkeley and Livermore added to Urbanized
Area in 1990.
5 Palo Alto added to Urbanized Area in 1990.
6 Adjusted down from 100%; see explanation in Appendix
B.
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