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By Urban Area and Metro level LA is denser than NYC, it's never been population "dry" lol
Yes, but in terms of peak density, NYC is on a whole different level. There's a good chance that Los Angeles will seperate itself a bit from CHI/SF/BOS/PHI/DC pack in the next decade though. Again in terms of peak density. It's fascinating to witness.
New tract level density map was included in today's Census 2020 data release! You may recall that many new tracts were split out ahead of 2020, resulting in tighter geographies and perhaps some new contenders in this thread.
One surprise: Virginia tract 1014.07, in the Ballston area of Arlington, now has the highest density in metro DC, with 96,758 people per square mile. Since the Census count, a new 330-apartment tower was completed within that five-block tract, so its density should comfortably exceed 100,000 ppsm soon -- putting Arlington among just a few cities with such high-achieving tracts.
The highest-density tract within the District is 52.03 on Thomas Circle, at 82,591 ppsm.
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New tract level density map was included in today's Census 2020 data release! You may recall that many new tracts were split out ahead of 2020, resulting in tighter geographies and perhaps some new contenders in this thread.
One surprise: Virginia tract 1014.07, in the Ballston area of Arlington, now has the highest density in metro DC, with 96,758 people per square mile. Since the Census count, a new 330-apartment tower was completed within that five-block tract, so its density should comfortably exceed 100,000 ppsm soon -- putting Arlington among just a few cities with such high-achieving tracts.
The highest-density tract within the District is 52.03 on Thomas Circle, at 82,591 ppsm.
Ballston will become significantly more dense than it already is, I'd expect 120,000+ ppsm in the next few years.
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New tract level density map was included in today's Census 2020 data release! You may recall that many new tracts were split out ahead of 2020, resulting in tighter geographies and perhaps some new contenders in this thread.
One surprise: Virginia tract 1014.07, in the Ballston area of Arlington, now has the highest density in metro DC, with 96,758 people per square mile. Since the Census count, a new 330-apartment tower was completed within that five-block tract, so its density should comfortably exceed 100,000 ppsm soon -- putting Arlington among just a few cities with such high-achieving tracts.
The highest-density tract within the District is 52.03 on Thomas Circle, at 82,591 ppsm.
Haven't checked other cities, but I know the densest tract in Columbus, Ohio is around 34,888.8 / sq. mi. and the densest tract in Cincinnati is 20,656.7 / sq. mi.
Just to underscore how fast Miami is densifying - it is now the 4th most densly populated major city in the US after NYC, SF, BOS
The peak density as noted at the beginning of the thread was 77,214 ppsm
Here are the top 5 densest tracts in Brickell :
Census Tract 67.21
Population Density: 139,084.0
Total Population: 2,620
Land Area (sq mi): 0.0
Census Tract 67.17
Population Density: 126,107.8
Total Population: 2,309
Land Area (sq mi): 0.0
Census Tract 67.19
Population Density: 108,677.0
Total Population: 2,934
Land Area (sq mi): 0.0
Census Tract 67.18
Population Density: 99,418.9 will be over 100k in 3 years
Total Population: 3,979
Land Area (sq mi): 0.0
Census Tract 67.22
Population Density: 96,297.6 will be over 100k in 3 years
Total Population: 1,754
Land Area (sq mi): 0.0
So it appears that Virginia Beach is tied with Norfolk with the most tracts over 10k in the entire region, at 3 each. VB has around 7 more just shy of 10k, roaming in the ~9k area (one is practically 9.9k). Has one tract over 18k, by far the highest in the region. Among large cities, It's top 5 in the country for percentage of housing being rowhomes.
Surprised downtown Norfolk and the Ghent area is not over 10k. To me, those are the urban cores of the region, esp downtown Norfolk developed quite a bit.
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