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1970-1990 California Urbanized Areas Raw Data Population,
per capita land use and total land area
from 1970 and 1990 U.S. Census Bureau reports

Urbanized Area

1970 Population

1990 Population

1970
Per Capita Land Use (acres/person)

1990
Per Capita Land Use (acres/person)

1970
Total Land Area
(sq. miles)

1990
Total Land Area
(sq. miles)

Bakersfield

176,155

302,605

0.2078

0.2079

57.2

98.3

Fresno

262,908

453,388

0.1926

0.1873

79.1

132.7

Los Angeles1

8,351,266

11,402,946

0.1205

0.1103

1571.9

1965.7

Modesto

106,107

230,609

0.2069

0.1446

34.3

52.1

Oxnard — Ventura

244,653

480,482

0.2917

0.2093

111.5

157.1

Riverside — San Bernardino

583,597

1,170,196

0.3396

0.2516

309.7

460.1

Sacramento2

633,732

1,097,005

0.2466

0.1948

244.2

333.9

Salinas

62,456

122,225

0.1537

0.1817

15.0

34.7

San Diego3

1,198,323

2,348,417

0.2033

0.1881

380.7

690.2

San Francisco-Oakland4

2,987,850

3,629,516

0.1459

0.1541

681.0

874.1

San Jose5

1,025,273

1,435,019

0.1730

0.1509

277.2

338.4

Santa Barbara

129,774

182,163

0.1830

0.1715

37.1

48.8

Santa Rosa

75,083

194,560

0.3256

0.2211

38.2

67.2

Seaside-Monterey

93,284

133,188

0.1653

0.2282

24.1

47.5

Simi Valley

56,936

128,043

0.2788

0.2344

24.8

46.9

Stockton

160,373

262,046

0.1868

0.1802

46.8

73.8

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); 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.

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