Konstantinos has 150+ answers in. San Francisco, CA. The term Bay Area is a geographic term and describes the communities around San Francisco all the way down to San Jose. Silicon Valley is a subset of the Bay Area.
If you compare the top city on this listâManilaâto the most densely populated city in the U.S.âNew York Cityâthe difference is staggering. New Yorkâs population density is 26,402 people per square mileâless than a quarter the population density of Manila!
Houston, the nation's fourth largest city in terms of population, is the 51st most dense of the 100 most populous cities, registering about 3,500 people per square mile. A story in the October issue of Governing explores how the city became the country's most sprawling major metro area. READ: More urban news. Further north, Dallas is just about as densely populated and is the ninth most populous city. Similar cities include Phoenix (sixth most populous nationally) with a population density of 2,798 people/sq. mile and San Antonio (seventh most populous) with 2,880 people/sq. mile.