The population density of San Diego, CA was 4,311 in 2018.

Population Density

Population Density is computed by dividing the total population by Land Area Per Square Mile.

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Geographic and Population Datasets Involving San Diego, CA

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    San Mateo County And California Crime Rates 2000-2014

    performance.smcgov.org | Last Updated 2016-08-31T20:40:07.000Z

    Violent and property crime rates per 100,000 population for San Mateo County and the State of California. The total crimes used to calculate the rates for San Mateo County include data from: Sheriff's Department Unincorporated, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Broadmoor, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Pacifica, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Bay Area DPR, BART, Union Pacific Railroad, and CA Highway Patrol.

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    SANDAG Crime Data

    internal-sandiegocounty.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2022-04-25T19:39:32.000Z

    SANDAG provides an annual report on crime in the San Diego region. This dataset contains data from the 2009 through 2021 editions of the report. Some data for previous years reports is updated with new editions. "San Diego County" includes all cities and unincorporated areas in San Diego County. "Sheriff - Total" includes the contract cities and the unincorporated area served by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. California and United States data come from the FBI's Annual Crime Reports.

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    AMS San Diego Testbed - Calibration Data

    datahub.transportation.gov | Last Updated 2021-09-03T20:00:44.000Z

    The data in this repository were collected from the San Diego, California testbed, namely, I-15 from the interchange with SR-78 in the north to the interchange with SR-163 in the south, along the mainline and at the entrance ramps. This file contains information on the field observation and simulation results for speed profile from the Dallas, Texas testbed. The time reported for the speed profiles are between 2:00PM to 8:00PM in increments of 10 minutes.

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    Air Pollution Equipment Permits

    internal-sandiegocounty.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2023-10-17T17:23:02.000Z

    Permitted equipment by the Air Pollution Control District in San Diego County, CA.

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    Monthly Unemployment Rate

    internal-sandiegocounty.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2023-01-24T00:40:03.000Z

    Percent of the total civilian labor force that is unemployed, California and San Diego County, 2015-2019. Source: State of California, Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division data.

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    Smart City Challenge Finalists Project Proposals - Calibration Data

    datahub.transportation.gov | Last Updated 2020-09-17T20:00:42.000Z

    Analysis of the projects proposed by the seven finalists to USDOT's Smart City Challenge, including challenge addressed, proposed project category, and project description. The time reported for the speed profiles are between 2:00PM to 8:00PM in increments of 10 minutes.

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    2016 San Diego County Demographics - Age and Gender by City

    internal-sandiegocounty.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2019-07-01T21:15:35.000Z

    Age and Gender by City, San Diego County. Source: U.S. Census Bureau; 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01001.

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    HE.C.2 Peer Cities Table V3

    datahub.austintexas.gov | Last Updated 2023-05-24T22:18:47.000Z

    PARD’s Long Range Plan for Land, Facilities and Programs, Our Parks, Our Future (adopted November 2019) compared Austin’s park system to five peer cities: Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, Portland, OR, San Antonio, TX, and San Diego, CA. The peer cities were selected based on characteristics such as population, size, density, and governance type. Portland and San Diego were selected as aspirational cities known for their park systems. Note that the table below presents each scoring area’s 1 to 100 index, where 100 is the highest possible score.

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    ARCHIVED - Leading Causes of Death in San Diego County

    internal-sandiegocounty.data.socrata.com | Last Updated 2023-04-25T17:32:22.000Z

    For current version see: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/community_health_statistics/CHSU_Mortality.html#leading Leading Causes of Death in San Diego County, by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, HHSA Region and Supervisorial District. Gender and race/ethnicity are at the county geographic level. Notes: 1. Rank is based on total number of deaths in each of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) "rankable" categories. The top 15 leading causes of death presented here are based on the San Diego County residents for each year. 2. Cause of death is based on the underlying cause of death reported on death certificates as classified by ICD-10 codes. 3. Deaths for specific demographics or geographic area may not equal the total deaths for San Diego County due to missing data. § Not shown for fewer than 5 deaths. Source: California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, Office of Health Information and Research, Vital Records Business Intelligence System. Prepared by County of San Diego, Health & Human Services Agency, Public Health Services, Community Health Statistics Unit, 2018.

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    Housing Affordability Index- California and San Mateo County

    performance.smcgov.org | Last Updated 2021-05-18T20:13:34.000Z

    URL, CA Association of Realtors,