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08-19-2008, 02:52 AM
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Densest cities in the United States
It seems that there has been a lot of emphasis on density of a city lately, mainly with density meaning better since their city is more urban. What do you define as dense? I would say 10,000 people or more per square mile. Here are cities starting with the most dense, and their density per sq. mi. rounded to the nearest 1000:
1. New York City - 27,000
2. San Francisco - 16,000
3. Chicago - 12,000
4. Boston - 12,000
5. Philly - 11,000
6. Miami - 11,000
7. Washington, D.C. - 9000
8. Los Angeles - 8000
9. Baltimore - 8000
10. Seattle - 7000
11. Detroit - 7000
12. Minneapolis - 7000
13. St. Louis - 6000
14. Cleveland - 6000
Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Phoenix, and Denver are all big cities with their densities less than 4000 per sq. mi.
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08-19-2008, 07:15 AM
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Location: Jersey City
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The densest city in the U.S. is Union City, NJ. 53,000 ppsm
The densest municipality is the Town of Guttenberg, NJ at 56,000 ppsm (though its land area is only 0.2 sq miles)
These places are in Hudson County, which has a county-wide density of 13,000 ppsm in 47 sq miles.
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08-19-2008, 07:34 AM
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Location: Manhattan, New York
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lammius
The densest city in the U.S. is Union City, NJ. 53,000 ppsm
The densest municipality is the Town of Guttenberg, NJ at 56,000 ppsm (though its land area is only 0.2 sq miles)
These places are in Hudson County, which has a county-wide density of 13,000 ppsm in 47 sq miles.
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Its only 1.3 sq mi |
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08-19-2008, 07:53 AM
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Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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yeah, hudson county is packed pretty tightly
good to see miami up there..
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08-19-2008, 08:14 AM
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Location: San Diego
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ah thought SF would be higher
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08-19-2008, 08:27 AM
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Hartford has about 7,350 ppsm. At one time it had 10,500 ppsm.
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08-19-2008, 12:44 PM
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Location: Cleveland
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Cleveland is now at about 6,000 per sq mile. At its peak it officially had about 12,000/sq mile. It unofficially had about 15,000/sq mile though in its prime.
10,000+ for dense is a little bit high I would say. I was thinking more 5,000+. Anything above 10,000/sq mile is really dense.
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08-19-2008, 12:52 PM
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Location: West LA
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SEAandATL, what's the source for those numbers?
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08-19-2008, 03:56 PM
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LASam,
Take the population of Seattle and ATL and divide that by their square miles (land).
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08-19-2008, 06:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LASam
SEAandATL, what's the source for those numbers?
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Wikipedia, under each city's article. |
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