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Rural Lands Demographics

Question: How many houses in the Rural Lands & how many acres?
Answer: SMC Housing Log

Question:    How much Open Space Greenbelt in the Bay Area:
Answer:       Over 1 Million Acres!
Question:    What are the San Mateo County Statistics?
Answer:       Here they are!

Map of San Mateo County Unincorporated Area

LAND USE DATA: Sustainable San Mateo County Database

Go to the SustainableSanMateo.org Website

Allocation of Land Uses by County
County Urban% Rural% Greenbelt% Estimated
UDI¹
Alameda 29.2 56.9 21.6 25
Contra Costa 30.2 46 23.8 16
Marin 14 35 51 14
Napa 4 75.8 20.2 16
San Francisco 79.4 1.3 19.3 92
San Mateo² 26.2 39.1 34.7 22
Santa Clara 21.5 56.9 21.6 21
Solano 9.7 71.1 19.2 8
Sonoma 6.3 83.7 10 18
Source: Greenbelt Alliance: Greenbelt at Risk 2000
1. Urban Density Index (UDI): Total housing units/urban square miles/100. Source: US Census 2000
2. Total area of San Mateo County is 285,339 acres.

San Mateo County Rural Lands Area Demographics

Total Rural Lands Area                view map          99,621 Acres      (100%)
Total Privately Held Taxpaying                              4,811 Acres       (4.82%)
Total Government & Land Trust                             94,810 Acres    (95.18%)

California State Parks 15,811 Acres
San Mateo County Parks 15,369 Acres
San Francisco Watershed 23,000 Acres
Mid-Peninsula Open Space 27,030 Acres
Peninsula Open Space Trust 9,600 Acres
Golden Gate Natl Rec. Area 4,000 Acres
SMC County Service Area 7 & 11 78 Acres
SMC County Service Area 7 Map
SMC County Service Area 11 Map

Allocation of Land Uses by County
County	Urban%	Rural%	Greenbelt%	Estimated UDI¹
Alameda	29.2	56.9	21.6	25
Contra Costa	30.2	46	23.8	16
Marin	14	35	51	14
Napa	4	75.8	20.2	16
San Francisco	79.4	1.3	19.3	92
San Mateo²	26.2	39.1	34.7	22
Santa Clara	21.5	56.9	21.6	21
Solano	9.7	71.1	19.2	8
Sonoma	6.3	83.7	10	18

Source: Greenbelt Alliance: Greenbelt at Risk 2000 1. Urban Density Index (UDI): Total housing units/urban square miles/100. Source: US Census 2000 2. Total area of San Mateo County is 285,339 acres.