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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
yeah, it's as good of a proxy measure as we're ever gonna get.
as of 2010, there were 41 US Urban Areas with a 7 figure population (not including San Juan in PR).
1M+ US Urban Areas by % of land area within central city limits:
- Jacksonville - 140.9%
- San Antonio - 77.2%
- Memphis - 63.4%
- San Jose - 62%
- Indianapolis - 51.2%
- Austin - 50.7%
- Virginia Beach - 48.3%
- Kansas City - 46.5%
- Phoenix - 45.1%
- San Diego - 44.4%
- Columbus - 42.5%
- Charlotte - 40.2%
- Salt Lake City - 39.3%
- Houston - 38.5%
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...es_urban_areas |
This definitely passes the eyeball test more than % of MSA population. I'm still surprised Houston lands out of the top 10 and below a regimented metro like Salt Lake City. I presume it's due to the north county sprawl being mostly out of city limits (and a testament to just how enormous Houston's footprint is).
With the 2020 urban areas I'm curious to see if Memphis and San Jose trade places. The Bay Area seems to have a near-constant footprint while DeSoto County, Mississippi (Memphis suburbs) is booming outwards.