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Population Growth in the Desert Region
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1850 |
1900 |
1950 |
1996 |
| Los Angeles |
1,200 |
102,479 |
1,970,358 |
15,747,000 |
| Las Vegas |
30 |
100 |
48,289 |
1,201,073 |
| Pheonix |
50 (in 1868) |
5,554 |
106,818 |
1,159,014 |
| San Diego |
650 |
17,700 |
334,387 |
1,183,102 |
| Tucson |
3,000 |
7,531 |
45,454 |
449,637 |
Estimated Future Population Growth
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1995 |
2025 |
| California |
31,589,000 |
49,285,000 |
| Arizona |
4,218,000 |
6,412,000 |
| Nevada |
1,530,000 |
2,312,000 |
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