Quote:
Originally Posted by dimondpark
50 largest US cities and Canadian Cities with 400,000+ inhabitants by population per square mile...
I didnt realize the majority had under 5,000 per square mile.
Largest US and Canadian Cities by Population Density:
New York, NY 28,317/sq m
San Francisco, CA 18,569/sq mi
Vancouver, BC 14,226/sq mi
Boston, MA 13,938/sq mi
Miami, FL 12,599/sq mi
Chicago, IL 11,900/sq m
Philadelphia, PA 11,683/sq mi
Toronto, ON 11,226/sq mi
Washington, DC 11,148/sq mi
Montreal, QC 10,075/sq mi
Long Beach, CA 9,347/sq mi
Los Angeles, CA 8,484/sq mi
Seattle, WA 8,405/sq mi
Minneapolis, MN 7,660/sq mi
Baltimore, MD 7,598/sq mi
Oakland, CA 7,514/sq mi
Mississauga, ON 6,391/sq mi
Milwaukee, WI 6,186/sq mi
San Jose, CA 5,777/sq mi
Brampton, ON 5,772/sq mi
Sacramento, CA 5,059/sq mi
Detroit, MI 4,847/sq mi
Portland, OR 4,793/sq m
Las Vegas, NV 4,709/sq mi
Fresno, CA 4,563/sq mi
Denver, CO 4,521/sq m
Laval, QC 4,431/sq mi
San Diego, CA 4,325/sq mi
Surrey, BC 4,239/sq mi
Arlington, TX 4,100/sq mi
Columbus, OH 3,936/sq mi
Calgary, AB 3,888/sq mi
Dallas, TX 3,866/sq mi
Winnepeg, MB 3,700/sq mi
Houston, TX 3,613/sq m
Atlanta, GA 3,539/sq mi
Edmonton, AB 3,525/sq mi
Omaha, NE 3,356/sq m
Mesa, AZ 3,514/sq m
San Antonio, TX 3,238/sq mi
Raleigh, NC 3,163/sq mi
Phoenix, AZ 3,120/sq mi
Quebec City, QC 3,039/sq mi
Austin, TX 3,031/sq mi
Albuquerque, NM 2,972/sq mi
Charlotte, NC 2,757/sq mi
El Paso, TX 2,660/sq mi
Fort Worth, TX 2,491/sq mi
Wichita, KS 2,431/sq mi
Colorado Springs, CO 2,378/sq mi
Indianapolis, IN 2,366/sq m
Louisville, KY 2,339/sq m
New Orleans, LA 2,311/sq mi
Tucson, AZ 2,299/sq mi
Memphis, TN 2,056/sq mi
Tulsa, OK 2,048/sq mi
Virginia Beach, VA 1,850/sq mi
Kansas City, MO 1,528/sq mi
Nashville, TN 1,388/sq mi
Hamilton, ON 1,245/sq mi
Jacksonville, FL 1,178/sq mi
Oklahoma City, OK 1,053/sq mi
Ottawa, ON 867/sq mi
Halifax, NS 190/sq mi
Source: Wikipedia
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Looking back to nearly 30 years ago, much has changed...
1990 US Census
Rank City, State....Population/Area Sq Miles/Pop Density
1 New York city, NY *...... 7,322,564 308.9 23,705
2 Los Angeles city, CA..... 3,485,398 469.3 7,427
3 Chicago city, IL......... 2,783,726 227.2 12,252
4 Houston city, TX......... 1,630,553 539.9 3,020
5 Philadelphia city, PA.... 1,585,577 135.1 11,736
6 San Diego city, CA *..... 1,110,549 324.0 3,428
7 Detroit city, MI......... 1,027,974 138.7 7,411
8 Dallas city, TX.......... 1,006,877 342.4 2,941
9 Phoenix city, AZ *....... 983,403 419.9 2,342
10 San Antonio city, TX..... 935,933 333.0 2,811
11 San Jose city, CA........ 782,248 171.3 4,567
12 Baltimore city, MD....... 736,014 80.8 9,109
13 Indianapolis city, IN *.. 731,327 361.7 2,022
14 San Francisco city, CA... 723,959 46.7 15,502
15 Jacksonville city, FL *.. 635,230 758.7 837
16 Columbus city, OH........ 632,910 190.9 3,315
17 Milwaukee city, WI....... 628,088 96.1 6,536
18 Memphis city, TN *....... 610,337 256.0 2,384
19 Washington city, DC...... 606,900 61.4 9,884
20 Boston city, MA.......... 574,283 48.4 11,865
21 Seattle city, WA......... 516,259 83.9 6,153
22 El Paso city, TX *....... 515,342 245.4 2,100
23 Cleveland city, OH....... 505,616 77.0 6,566
24 New Orleans city, LA *... 496,938 180.6 2,752
25 Nashville-Davidson, TN *. 488,374 473.3 1,032
26 Denver city, CO *........ 467,610 153.3 3,050
27 Austin city, TX.......... 465,622 217.8 2,138
28 Fort Worth city, TX *.... 447,619 281.1 1,592
29 Oklahoma City city, OK *. 444,719 608.2 731
30 Portland city, OR........ 437,319 124.7 3,507
31 Kansas City city, MO *... 435,146 311.5 1,397
32 Long Beach city, CA...... 429,433 50.0 8,589
33 Tucson city, AZ *........ 405,390 156.3 2,594
34 St. Louis city, MO....... 396,685 61.9 6,408
35 Charlotte city, NC....... 395,934 174.3 2,272
36 Atlanta city, GA......... 394,017 131.8 2,990
37 Virginia Beach city, VA * 393,069 248.3 1,583
38 Albuquerque city, NM..... 384,736 132.2 2,910
39 Oakland city, CA......... 372,242 56.1 6,635
40 Pittsburgh city, PA...... 369,879 55.6 6,653
41 Sacramento city, CA...... 369,365 96.3 3,836
42 Minneapolis city, MN..... 368,383 54.9 6,710
43 Tulsa city, OK........... 367,302 183.5 2,002
44 Honolulu CDP, HI *....... 365,272 82.8 4,411
45 Cincinnati city, OH...... 364,040 77.2 4,716
46 Miami city, FL........... 358,548 35.6 10,072
47 Fresno city, CA.......... 354,202 99.1 3,574
48 Omaha city, NE........... 335,795 100.6 3,338
49 Toledo city, OH.......... 332,943 80.6 4,131
50 Buffalo city, NY......... 328,123 40.6 8,082
51 Wichita city, KS......... 304,011 115.1 2,641
52 Santa Ana city, CA....... 293,742 27.1 10,839
53 Mesa city, AZ............ 288,091 108.6 2,653
54 Colorado Springs city, CO 281,140 183.2 1,535
55 Tampa city, FL........... 280,015 108.7 2,576
56 Newark city, NJ.......... 275,221 23.8 11,564
57 St. Paul city, MN........ 272,235 52.8 5,156
58 Louisville city, KY...... 269,063 62.1 4,333
59 Anaheim city, CA......... 266,406 44.3 6,014
60 Birmingham city, AL *.... 265,968 148.5 1,791
61 Arlington city, TX....... 261,721 93.0 2,814
62 Norfolk city, VA......... 261,229 53.8 4,856
63 Las Vegas city, NV *..... 258,295 83.3 3,101
64 Corpus Christi city, TX.. 257,453 135.0 1,907
65 St. Petersburg city, FL.. 238,629 59.2 4,031
66 Rochester city, NY....... 231,636 35.8 6,470
67 Jersey City city, NJ..... 228,537 14.9 15,338
68 Riverside city, CA....... 226,505 77.7 2,915
69 Anchorage city, AK *..... 226,338 1,697.6 133
70 Lexington-Fayette, KY *.. 225,366 284.5 792
71 Akron city, OH........... 223,019 62.2 3,586
72 Aurora city, CO *........ 222,103 132.5 1,676
73 Baton Rouge city, LA..... 219,531 73.9 2,971
74 Stockton city, CA........ 210,943 52.6 4,010
75 Raleigh city, NC......... 207,951 88.1 2,360