Small size, large population. (beach, land, square)

[circa81]

In terms of land area, whats the smallest "big city", as in a city with, say over 200 thousand residents?

[kidphilly]

Maybe Jersey City

14.9 sq miles and a population of ~250K

Jersey City, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[circa81]

Hmm, ok, how about west of the Mississippi?

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by circa81

Hmm, ok, how about west of the Mississippi?

Probably either Santa Anna or Long Beach in CA - but just a guess

[ckhthankgod]

Is a city west of the Mississippi going to be dense enough to even be considered? Providence is pretty dense, nut has about 170-180,000 people in about 18.5 sq. mi. of land.

[andrew61]

San Francisco is 800,000 people in only 49 square miles. I'd say that's pretty dense.

[circa81]

I'm sorry for all these caveats, but outside of California, and any dessert environments.

[circa81]

Thank you for that link elle

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by andrew61

San Francisco is 800,000 people in only 49 square miles. I'd say that's pretty dense.

True, but I'm wondering if the OP wanted to go that big in terms of population.

[slengel]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Is a city west of the Mississippi going to be dense enough to even be considered? Providence is pretty dense, nut has about 170-180,000 people in about 18.5 sq. mi. of land.

st. louis has 320,000 in 61 square miles; still considered pretty dense. in 1950, it had almost 900,000 in the same area. that's a city.