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Nationwide 100 largest Urbanized Areas

• Average sprawl by type of growth - GRAPH
• Average population growth among top third and bottom third sprawlers - GRAPH
• Urbanized Areas that stopped Per Capita Sprawl
• Per Capita Sprawl compared to Overall Sprawl - GRAPH
• Rate of Per Capita Sprawl compared to Population Growth - GRAPH
• Urban sources of sprawl - GRAPH
• Statewide sources of sprawl (49 states) - GRAPH
• Rural land loss (sprawl) as related to each growth factor (1970-1990) - GRAPH

Nationwide • Ten Worst Sprawlers • California • Florida • Minnesota

Ten Worst Sprawlers

• USA's Top Sprawlers - Urbanized Areas with Greatest Sprawl (1970 to 1990)
• Per Capita Land Consumption in the USA's Top Sprawlers (1990)
• Per Capita Sprawl Compared with Population Growth in USA's Ten Largest Sprawlers (1970-1990)
• Sources of Sprawl in USA's Top Sprawling Urbanized Areas

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California -- all Urbanized Area

• Average older California Urbanized Area (1970-90) Growth in per capita land consumption compared to growth in total land area (sprawl) - GRAPH
• Average new California Urbanized Area (1980-90) Growth in per capita land consumption compared to growth in total land area (sprawl) - GRAPH
• Older Urbanized Areas in California Growth in Population, Per Capita Land Consumption, and Total Land Area (1970 to 1990)*
• New Urbanized Areas in California Growth in Population, Per Capita Land Consumption, and Total Land Area (1980 to 1990)*
• Average older California Urbanized Area (1970-90) Per capita land consumption growth compared to population growth - GRAPH
• Average new California Urbanized Area (1980-90) Per capita land consumption growth compared to population growth - GRAPH
• California Urbanized Areas Sprawl Apportionment (1970-90)
• 1970-1990 California Urbanized Areas Raw Data
• 1980-1990 California Urbanized Areas Raw Data

Nationwide • Ten Worst Sprawlers • California • Florida • Minnesota

Florida

• Average sprawl in Florida Urbanized Areas (1980-90) worsened as population grew - GRAPH
• Square miles of sprawl by Florida's older Urbanized Areas (1970-90) related to two growth factors - GRAPH
• Overall sprawl in Florida's Older Urbanized Areas (1970-90)
  
• Overall sprawl in Florida's New Urbanized Areas (1980-90)
  
• Per Capita Sprawl Compared with Overall Sprawl in Older Areas (Florida 1970-1990)
  
• Per Capita Sprawl Compared with Overall Sprawl in New Areas (Florida 1970-1990)
  
• Overall sprawl rate in the average older Florida Urbanized Area was more than 12 times higher than the Per Capita Sprawl rate - GRAPH
  
• Average new Florida Urbanized Areas had considerable Overall Sprawl even though per capita land consumption was falling - GRAPH
  
• Population Growth Compared with Per Capita Sprawl in Older Areas (Florida 1970-1990)
  
• Population Growth Compared with Per Capita Sprawl in New Areas (Florida 1970-1990)
  
• Population Growth in average Older Florida Urbanized Area was more than 10 times higher than growth in per capita consumption - GRAPH
  
• Population Growth grew while per capita consumption shrank in average new Urbanized Area - GRAPH
  
• Sources of Sprawl in Florida's Older Urbanized Areas
  
• Sources of Sprawl in Florida's New Urbanized Areas
  
• 1970-1990 Florida Older Urbanized Areas Raw Data
  
• 1980-1990 Florida New Urbanized Areas Raw Data

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Minnesota

• Minnesota Urbanized Areas Sprawl Apportionment (1970-90, 1970-80, 1980-90)
  
• Minnesota Urbanized Areas Raw Data (1970-90)