Selected Current City, Ward & Neighborhood Densities

All the data was collected and compiled by Irit Solzi [i]

N. AMERICA -USA

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Chicago	Near North Side	2004	3.89	84,679	21,779.6
Chicago	Edgewater	2004	4.41	72,336	16,416.2
Chicago	Rogers Park	2004	4.67	73,832	15,824.7
Chicago	Lake View	2004	8.04	110,272	13,723.6
Chicago	Albany Park	2004	4.92	67,053	13,615.3
Chicago	Logan Square	2004	9.33	96,198	10,309.2
Chicago	Hermosa	2004	3.11	31,294	10,061.1
Chicago	Lincoln Park	2004	8.29	74,804	9,018.6
Chicago	Uptown	2004	8.29	73,910	8,910.8

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km2	Population	Population per Km2
New York	Manhattan	2004	57.5	1,537,200	26,734
New York	Manhattan Community District #6	2000	3.55	133,748	37,664.5
New York	Brooklyn	2004	181.44	2,465,326	13,588
New York	Brooklyn Community District #4	2000	4.06	104,014	25,619
New York	Queens Community District #4	2000	6.17	137,023	22,211
New York	Bronx	2000	108.7	1,332,650	12,243
New York	Bronx Community District #9	2000	5.47	168,743	30,848

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Los Angeles	Westlake	2000	8.24	106,710	12,946.2
Los Angeles	Wilshire	2000	35.90	292,101	8,136.7
Los Angeles	West Adams+ Baldwin Hills+ Leimert Park	2006	32.94	172,913	5,249

S.AMERICA- ARGENTINA

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Buenos Aires	City	2007	203.00	3,034,161	14,947
Buenos Aires	Recoleta	2006	5.40	188,780	34,959
Buenos Aires	Belgrano	2006	6.80	138,942	20,433
Buenos Aires	Almargo	2006	4.10	138,942	33,888
Buenos Aires	Caballito	2006	7.10	183,396	25,830
Buenos Aires	Palermo	2006	17.40	278,825	16,024

www.wikipedia.com

www.demographia.com

www.nyc.com

www.rdkc.gov.uk

www.dreamtown.com

www.eupedia.com

www.citymayor.com

ASIA

JAPAN

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Yokohama	Minami	2001	12.62	195,645	15,499
Tokyo	Shinjiku	2006	15.10	205,512	13,337
Tokyo	Shibuya	2006	18.23	309,463	16,975
Tokyo	Nakano	2000	15.59	311,526	20,709
Osaka	City	2006	222.00	2,636,257	11,869
Osaka	Abeno-ku	2000	5.99	103,973	17,358
Osaka	Joto-ku	2000	8.42	157,936	18,757
Osaka	Kita-ku	2000	10.33	91,952	8,901

CHINA

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Guangzhou	Yuexiu	1996	23.07	453,800	19,672
Guangzhou	Liwan	1996	30.50	527,100	17,228
Hong Kong	Kowloon	1999	46.71	2,124,100	45,474
Hong Kong	Kowloon S. boundries	1999	10.48	799,123	76,252
Hong Kong	Sham Shui Po	1999	9.48	366,800	38,692
Shanghai	Core	1998	289.45	6,296,700	21,743
Shanghai	Nanshi	1998	7.88	446,900	56,715
Shanghai	Putuo	1998	54.82	834,500	15,222
Shanghai	Hongkou	1998	23.48	799,700	34,053

S.KOREA

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Seoul	City	2006	605.52	10,356,000	17,102
Seoul	City-Urbanized portion	2006	352.0	10,356,000	29,420
Seoul	Kuro-gu	1999	20.11	396,644	19,719
Seoul	Kwanak-gu	1998	11.28	526,742	46,716
Seoul	Chungnang-gu	1998	10.78	467,538	43,359
Seoul	Kwangjin-gu	1998	11.25	397,325	35,320

www.wikipedia.com

www.demographia.com

www.nyc.com

www.rdkc.gov.uk

www.dreamtown.com

www.eupedia.com

www.citymayor.com

EUROPA

UK

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
London	Kensington & Chelsea	2006	11.92	195,800	16,422
London	Islington	2006	15.03	219,032	14,569
London	Tower Hamlets	2006	18.58	164,686	8,860
London	Camden	2006	14.07	196,564	13,970
London	Southwark	2006	21.77	227,500	10,449
London	Wandsworth	2006	29.81	218,541	7,332

FRANCE

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year	Area Km^2	Population	Population per Km^2
Paris	Ville de Paris	1999	86.94	2,123,000	24,420
Paris	Arrondissement #X	1999	2.90	89,612	30,868
Paris	Arrondissement #VII	1999	4.10	56,985	13,914
Paris	Arrondissement #III	1999	1.17	34,248	29,362
Paris	Arrondissement #XI	1999	3.65	149,102	40,797
Paris	Arrondissement #XX	1999	5.99	182,952	30,555
Paris	Arrondissement #XII	1999	6.38	136,591	21,421

SPAIN

City	Geographical Area / Neighborhood	Year		Area Km^2		Population	Population per Km^2
Barcelona	City		2006		100.00	1,673,075	16,730
Barcelona	Ciutat Vella		2006		4.90	121,450	24,785
Barcelona	Eixample		2006		7.46	262,485	35,185
Barcelona	Nou Barris		2006		8.04	164,981	20,520
Madrid	Centro		2005		5,23	148,714	28,435
Madrid	Retiro		2005		5.38	126,058	23,400
Madrid	Latina		2005		25.4	259,687	10,383

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[i] בכל עיר לקחתי רק חלק מהשכונות/ רובעים כך שניתן לראות את המגוון הרחב והשונה של צפיפויות.

In Each city I chose only a few of the neighborhoods / wards in order to show the diversity of population densities.

Some of the resources:

www.wikipedia.com

www.demographia.com

www.nyc.com

www.rdkc.gov.uk

www.dreamtown.com

www.eupedia.com

www.citymayor.com