Land use totals for the Greater Philadelphia region, in five-years increments from 1990 to 2015. Data is derived from the corresponding year's Land Use GIS dataset, created by DVRPC.

Please note that DVRPC has altered our data creation methodology over time, as technology, processes, and higher resolution orthoimagery have become available. As such, you'll find that land use categories in different tables do not always completely correlate to one another. For example, in 2015, DVRPC created more detailed land use classifications, making comparisons with previous datasets problematic. For more information, please visit our publication "Land Use in the Delaware Valley, 2015 Enhanced Land Use Data" (ADR 026).