POPULATION GROWTH and the DIMINISHING
NATURAL STATE of ARIZONA

Analysis of National Resources Inventory & U.S. Census Data on
Development and Habitat Loss in a Thirsty Grand Canyon State

Arizona Sprawl

1982 - 2017

  (1.1 million acres lost between 1982-2017): Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2020. 2017 National Resources Inventory, Summary Report   (7% due to increased per capita consumption; 93% due to population growth): 2017 National Resources Inventory, Summary Report; U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for Arizona counties   (Population growth was 34% from births and 66% migration OR 44% related to international migration and 56% all other):  Camarota, S. 2020. Analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey. Center for Immigration Studies.

Numbers USA

Two Decades of NumbersUSA Studies on Population Growth and Urban Sprawl

  • 2000 – Sprawl in California: A report on quantifying the role of the state’s population boom
  • 2000 – Overpopulation = Sprawl in Florida: A report quantifying the impact of Florida’s population boom on sprawl
  • 2001 -- Weighing Sprawl Factors in Large U.S. Cities: A report on the nearly equal roles played by population growth and land use choices in the loss of farmland and natural habitat to urbanization
  • 2003 – Outsmarting Smart Growth: Population Growth, Immigration, and the Problem of Sprawl
  • 2003 – Sprawl in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
  • 2004 – Sprawl in Minnesota
  • 2014 – Vanishing Open Spaces: Population Growth and Sprawl in America
  • 2015 – Vanishing Open Spaces in Florida: Population Growth and Sprawl in the Sunshine State
  • 2017 – Paving the Piedmont: Weighing Sprawl Factors in the Emerging Piedmont Megalopolis
  • 2017 – Population Growth and Sprawl in Texas: How an Exploding Population Consumes Natural Habitat and Agricultural Land in the Lone Star State
  • 2020 – Population Growth & Sprawl in Oregon: Analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and National Resources Inventory Data on Loss of Open Space in the Beaver State
  • 2021 – Population Growth and the Diminishing Natural State of Arizona: Analysis of National Resources Inventory & U.S. Census Data on Development and Habitat Loss in a Thirsty Grand Canyon State