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List of U.S. states and territories by population density

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Map of states shaded by population density (2020)

This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia of the United States of America by population density, population size, and land area. It also includes a sortable table of density by states, territories, divisions, and regions by population rank and land area, and a sortable table for density by states, divisions, regions, and territories in square miles and square kilometers.

The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area. There are large, sparsely populated areas in parts of the US, like the east-to-west stretch extending from Minneapolis to the outskirts of Seattle, or the north-to-south portion from northern Montana to southern New Mexico, excluding Denver and Albuquerque. For comparison, the population density of the U.S. is 1/15 that of South Korea and 1/12 that of India and the Netherlands. On the other hand, it is over 8 times higher than that of Canada and over 9 times higher than that of Australia.

States and territories by population density

Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 and area data are for the year 2010. Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development.

Location	Density	Population	Land area	/mi2
11,131	4,297	678,972	61	158
1,263	488	9,290,842	7,354	19,047
1,060	409	1,095,962	1,034	2,678
936	361	3,205,691	3,424	8,868
898	347	7,001,399	7,800	20,202
824	319	172,952	210	543
747	288	3,617,176	4,842	12,542
737	284	98,750	134	348
637	246	6,180,253	9,707	25,142
578	222	43,915	76	198
529	204	1,031,890	1,949	5,047
422	163	22,610,726	53,625	138,887
415	160	19,571,216	47,126	122,057
290	112	12,961,683	44,743	115,883
288	111	11,785,935	40,861	105,829
274	106	49,796	182	472
250	97	38,965,193	155,779	403,466
226	87	12,549,689	55,519	143,793
223	86	1,435,138	6,423	16,635
223	86	10,835,491	48,618	125,920
221	85	8,715,698	39,490	102,279
192	74	11,029,227	57,513	148,959
192	74	6,862,199	35,826	92,789
179	69	5,373,555	30,061	77,857
178	69	10,037,261	56,539	146,435
173	67	7,126,489	41,235	106,798
157	60	1,402,054	8,953	23,187
118	45	7,812,880	66,456	172,119
117	45	30,503,301	261,232	676,587
115	44	4,526,154	39,486	102,269
109	42	5,910,955	54,158	140,268
106	41	4,573,749	43,204	111,898
101	39	5,108,468	50,645	131,171
90	35	6,196,156	68,742	178,040
74	28	1,770,071	24,038	62,259
72	28	5,737,915	79,627	206,232
70	27	647,464	9,217	23,871
65	25	7,431,344	113,594	294,207
63	24	2,939,690	46,923	121,531
59	23	4,053,824	68,595	177,660
59	23	3,067,732	52,035	134,771
57	22	3,207,004	55,857	144,669
57	22	5,877,610	103,642	268,431
45	17	1,395,722	30,843	79,883
44	17	4,233,358	95,988	248,608
42	16	3,417,735	82,170	212,818
36	14	2,940,546	81,759	211,754
29	11	3,194,176	109,781	284,332
26	10	1,978,379	76,824	198,974
24	9.2	1,964,726	82,643	214,045
17	6.7	2,114,371	121,298	314,161
12	4.7	919,318	75,811	196,350
11	4.4	783,926	69,001	178,711
7.8	3.0	1,132,812	145,546	376,962
6.0	2.3	584,057	97,093	251,470
1.3	0.50	733,406	570,641	1,477,953
113	43	332,746,351	2,954,843	7,653,006
95	37	334,235,923	3,531,846	9,147,436
95	37	334,914,895	3,531,907	9,147,594
96	37	338,486,000	3,531,905	9,147,593

Gallery

| File:Newark-broad-street.jpg |New Jersey is the most densely populated state. | File:View of Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center New York City dllu (cropped).jpg |New York is home to the most populous city in the country, and ranks 8th among the states in density. | File:Montpelier with state capitol in distance.jpg |Despite a small population, Vermont has fairly average population density because of its small area. | File:Boise Idaho.jpg |Idaho's population has increased rapidly in recent decades, but its population density is lower than other states. | File:Anchorage1.jpg |About half of the population of Alaska lives in the Anchorage metropolitan area. | File:Old San Juan Street, Puerto Rico 2007.jpg |Puerto Rico is the fourth most densely populated of states and possessions of the U.S.

References

[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp2008/tab-sorting_population.htm United Nations World Population Prospects] {{webarchive. link. (December 29, 2010)
(12 Dec 2023). "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States".
(16 Dec 2021). "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates".
"Total population by sex".

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