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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