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This article is a list of the 50 U.S. States ordered by population density. The data are from the 2000 U.S. Census.
| Rank (2007) | Rank (2000) | State | Population density (2007) (persons per sq. mi) |
Population density (2007) (persons per km²) |
Population density (2000) (persons per sq. mi) |
Population density (2000) (persons per km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia1 | 9,581.3 | 3,699.9 | 9,378.0 | 3,620.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | New Jersey | 1,171.1 | 452.16 | 1,138.0 | 439.39 |
| 2 | 2 | Rhode Island | 1,012.3 | 390.78 | 1,003.2 | 387.35 |
| 3 | 3 | Massachusetts | 822.7 | 317.63 | 809.8 | 312.67 |
| 4 | 4 | Connecticut | 722.9 | 279.11 | 702.9 | 271.40 |
| 5 | 5 | Maryland | 574.8 | 221.94 | 541.9 | 209.23 |
| 6 | 7 | Delaware | 442.6 | 170.87 | 401.1 | 154.87 |
| 7 | 6 | New York | 408.7 | 157.81 | 401.9 | 155.18 |
| 8 | 8 | Florida | 338.4 | 130.67 | 296.4 | 114.43 |
| 9 | 9 | Ohio | 280.0 | 108.12 | 277.3 | 107.05 |
| 10 | 10 | Pennsylvania | 277.4 | 107.11 | 274.0 | 105.80 |
| 11 | 12 | California | 234.4 | 90.49 | 217.1 | 83.85 |
| 12 | 11 | Illinois | 231.2 | 89.28 | 223.4 | 86.27 |
| 13 | 13 | Hawaii | 199.8 | 77.15 | 188.6 | 72.83 |
| 14 | 14 | Virginia | 194.8 | 75.20 | 178.8 | 69.03 |
| 15 | 17 | North Carolina | 186.0 | 71.82 | 165.2 | 63.80 |
| 16 | 15 | Michigan | 177.3 | 68.46 | 175.0 | 67.55 |
| 17 | 16 | Indiana | 176.9 | 68.31 | 169.5 | 65.46 |
| 18 | 18 | Georgia | 164.8 | 63.64 | 141.4 | 54.59 |
| 19 | 19 | Tennessee | 149.4 | 57.67 | 138.0 | 53.29 |
| 20 | 20 | New Hampshire | 146.7 | 56.65 | 137.8 | 53.20 |
| 21 | 21 | South Carolina | 146.4 | 56.52 | 133.2 | 51.45 |
| 22 | 23 | Kentucky | 106.8 | 41.22 | 101.7 | 39.28 |
| 23 | 24 | Wisconsin | 103.1 | 39.82 | 98.8 | 38.13 |
| 24 | 22 | Louisiana | 98.6 | 38.05 | 102.6 | 39.61 |
| 25 | 25 | Washington | 97.2 | 37.53 | 88.6 | 34.20 |
| 26 | 28 | Texas | 91.3 | 35.25 | 79.6 | 30.75 |
| 27 | 26 | Alabama | 91.2 | 35.21 | 87.6 | 33.84 |
| U.S. Average | 86.2 | 33.28 | 80.7 | 31.17 | ||
| 28 | 27 | Missouri | 85.3 | 32.95 | 81.2 | 31.36 |
| 29 | 29 | West Virginia | 75.3 | 29.06 | 75.1 | 29.00 |
| 30 | 30 | Vermont | 67.2 | 25.93 | 65.8 | 25.41 |
| 31 | 31 | Minnesota | 65.3 | 25.21 | 61.8 | 23.86 |
| 32 | 32 | Mississippi | 62.2 | 24.03 | 60.6 | 23.42 |
| 33 | 36 | Arizona | 55.8 | 21.54 | 45.2 | 17.43 |
| 34 | 34 | Arkansas | 54.4 | 21.02 | 51.3 | 19.82 |
| 35 | 33 | Iowa | 53.5 | 20.65 | 52.4 | 20.22 |
| 36 | 35 | Oklahoma | 52.7 | 20.34 | 50.3 | 19.40 |
| 37 | 37 | Colorado | 46.9 | 18.10 | 41.5 | 16.01 |
| 38 | 38 | Maine | 42.7 | 16.48 | 41.3 | 15.95 |
| 39 | 39 | Oregon | 39.0 | 15.07 | 35.6 | 13.76 |
| 40 | 40 | Kansas | 33.9 | 13.10 | 32.9 | 12.69 |
| 41 | 41 | Utah | 32.2 | 12.43 | 27.2 | 10.50 |
| 42 | 43 | Nevada | 23.4 | 9.02 | 18.2 | 7.03 |
| 43 | 42 | Nebraska | 23.1 | 8.91 | 22.3 | 8.60 |
| 44 | 44 | Idaho | 18.1 | 7.00 | 15.6 | 6.04 |
| 45 | 45 | New Mexico | 16.2 | 6.27 | 15.0 | 5.79 |
| 46 | 46 | South Dakota | 10.5 | 4.05 | 9.9 | 3.84 |
| 47 | 47 | North Dakota | 9.3 | 3.58 | 9.3 | 3.59 |
| 48 | 48 | Montana | 6.5 | 2.51 | 6.2 | 2.39 |
| 49 | 49 | Wyoming | 5.4 | 2.08 | 5.1 | 1.96 |
| 50 | 50 | Alaska | 1.2 | 0.46 | 1.1 | 0.42 |
Notes
- ^ The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state, but is used in the calculation of the total average U.S. population density.
See also
- List of U.S. states by population
- Demographics of the United States (for cities and counties by population density)
External links
- States by population, organized alphabetically State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States, RESIDENT POPULATION -- JULY 2005 . United States Census Bureau. September 29, 2006.
- GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000. United States Census Bureau. Last accessed September 29, 2006.
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