San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

1950‑1959:		San Diego, CA SMA
1959‑1983:		San Diego, CA SMSA
1983‑2003:		San Diego, CA MSA
2003‑2006:		San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


San Diego County, CA	556,808	1,033,011	1,357,854	1,861,846	2,498,016	2,813,833	2,936,609



Total	556,808	1,033,011	1,357,854	1,861,846	2,498,016	2,813,833	2,936,609
Percent Change	-	85.5%	31.4%	37.1%	34.2%	12.6%	4.4%



Total (as currently defined)	556,808	1,033,011	1,357,854	1,861,846	2,498,016	2,813,833	2,936,609
Percent Change	-	85.5%	31.4%	37.1%	34.2%	12.6%	4.4%

Timeline

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Component

San Diego County, CA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


San Diego, CA	334,387	*	573,224	*	696,769	*	875,538	*	1,110,549	*	1,223,400	*	1,255,540	*

Escondido, CA	6,544		16,377		36,792		64,355		108,635	*	133,559	*	134,085

Coronado, CA	12,700		18,039		20,910		16,859		26,540		24,100	*	26,424

Carlsbad, CA	(x)		9,253		14,944		35,490		63,126		78,247		90,773	*

National City, CA	21,199		32,771		43,184		48,772		54,249		54,260		61,419	*

San Marcos, CA	(x)		(x)		3,896		17,479		38,974		54,977		73,487	*



Total	334,387		573,224		696,769		875,538		1,219,184		1,381,059		1,481,219
Metro	556,808		1,033,011		1,357,854		1,861,846		2,498,016		2,813,833		2,936,609
Percent	60.1%		55.5%		51.3%		47.0%		48.8%		49.1%		50.4%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

San Diego, CA

Escondido, CA

Coronado, CA

Carlsbad, CA

National City, CA

San Marcos, CA

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			456,782	82.0%
		UA Population		432,974	77.8%
	Rural Population			100,026	18.0%

	Inside Central Cities			334,387	60.1%
	Outside Central Cities			222,421	39.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			556,808	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	San Diego, CA		432,974	432,974	100.0%

	Total			432,974


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			917,985	88.9%
		UA Population		836,175	80.9%
	Rural Population			115,026	11.1%

	Inside Central Cities			573,224	55.5%
	Outside Central Cities			459,787	44.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,033,011	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	San Diego, CA		836,175	836,175	100.0%

	Total			836,175


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,270,735	93.6%
		UA Population		1,198,323	88.3%
	Rural Population			87,119	6.4%

	Inside Central Cities			696,769	51.3%
	Outside Central Cities			661,085	48.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,357,854	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	San Diego, CA		1,198,323	1,198,323	100.0%

	Total			1,198,323


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			1,735,948	93.2%
		UA Population		1,704,352	91.5%
	Rural Population			125,898	6.8%

	Inside Central Cities			939,893	50.5%
	Outside Central Cities			921,953	49.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,861,846	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	San Diego, CA		1,704,352	1,704,352	100.0%

	Total			1,704,352


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,378,026	95.2%
		UA Population		2,348,417	94.0%
	Rural Population			119,990	4.8%

	Inside Central Cities			1,245,724	49.9%
	Outside Central Cities			1,252,292	50.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,498,016	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	San Diego, CA		2,348,417	2,348,417	100.0%

	Total			2,348,417


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,704,191	96.1%
		UA Population		2,674,436	95.0%
	Rural Population			109,642	3.9%

	Inside Principal Cities			1,410,884	50.1%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,402,949	49.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,813,833	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	San Diego, CA		2,674,436	2,674,436	100.0%

	Total			2,674,436


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: San Diego, CA SMA
-		San Diego County, CA included as original SMA component
-		San Diego, CA designated as original central city of new SMA


Jun 1983



-		Escondido, CA designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Coronado, CA designated as central city of MSA


Jun 2003



-		Title of San Diego, CA MSA changed to San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metro Area
-		Carlsbad, CA designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		National City, CA designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		San Marcos, CA designated as principal city of Metro Area
-		Coronado, CA no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Escondido, CA no longer designated as principal/central city

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