These ratings come from SmartGrowthAmerica.org. What is listed is their "density factor" ratings of American metros which combines the following variables:
dens - gross population density in persons/sqmile
11500p - % of pop living at densities less than 1500 pp/sqmile
g125cp - % of pop living at densities greater than 12,500 pp/sqmile
dgcent - estimated density at center of metro derived from a negative exponetial density function
urbdn - gross pop density of urban lands
lot - weighted average lot size for single family dwellings
dncen - weighted density of all pop centers in a metro
To read the details about how they put it all together look here:
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sp...lTechnical.pdf
Here are the top 20 "densest" --From page 28 of the above document
(City) (Density Rating)
1. New York 242.5
2. Jersey City 195.7
3. San Francisco 155.2
4. Los Angeles/Long Beach 151.5
5. Chicago 142.9
6. Miami/Hialeah 129.1
7. Anaheim/Santa Ana 128.8
8. San Jose 124.8
9. Newark 118.9
10. Oakland 116.6
11. Honolulu 116.5
12. Philadelphia 114.7
13. Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood 113.9
14. Boston 113.6
15. San Diego 113.4
16. Las Vegas 110.0
17. Washington DC 106.9
18. Pheonix 106.8
19. Baltimore 104.3
20. Oxnard/Ventura 103.9
Bottom 20 (Least Dense)
1. Knoxville 71.2
2. Greenville 71.9
3. Greensboro/Winston/Salem 74.2
4. Columbia 74.6
5. Raleigh/Durham 76.2
6. Birmingham 77.1
7. Little Rock 77.5
8. Baton Rouge 80.8
9. Worcester 81.2
10. Tulsa 82.7
11. Grand Rapids 82.7
12. Albany 82.9
13. Wichita 84.4
14. Atlanta 84.5
15. Oklahoma City 84.5
16. Jacksonville 85.6
17. Syracuse 85.8
18. Allentown/Bethlehem 86.2
19. Springfield 86.3
20. Hartford 86.3> |
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