This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia by population density, population rank, 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.
Population density is defined as the population per (divided by) land area. Resident population is from the 2020 United States census.[1] Land area is from the 2010 Census.[2]
The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area, and its large barren spaces with extend almost from the outskirts of Seattle up till Minneapolis from west to east, and from Tacoma (a suburb of Seattle) to San Francisco, excluding Portland and Spokane. For example, the population density of the U.S. is a twelfth that of India and the Netherlands and a fifteenth that of South Korea. However, it is over 8 times higher than that of Canada and over 9 times higher than that of Australia.[3]
2020 population density by state or territory
State or territory | Population density | Population | Land area | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank (all) |
Rank (50 states) |
per mi2 |
per km2 |
Rank | People | Rank | mi2 | km2 | |
District of Columbia | 1 | — | 11295 | 4361 | 50 | 689,545 | 56 | 61 | 158.0 |
New Jersey | 2 | 1 | 1263 | 488 | 11 | 9,288,994 | 46 | 7,354 | 19,046.8 |
Rhode Island | 3 | 2 | 1061 | 410 | 44 | 1,097,379 | 51 | 1,034 | 2,678.0 |
Puerto Rico | 4 | — | 960 | 371 | 30 | 3,285,874 | 49 | 3,515 | 9,103.8 |
Massachusetts | 5 | 3 | 901 | 348 | 15 | 7,029,917 | 45 | 7,800 | 20,201.9 |
Connecticut | 6 | 4 | 745 | 288 | 29 | 3,605,944 | 48 | 4,842 | 12,540.7 |
Guam | 7 | — | 733 | 283 | 53 | 153,836 | 52 | 210 | 543.9 |
American Samoa | 8 | — | 650 | 251 | 55 | 49,710 | 55 | 77 | 199.4 |
US Virgin Islands | 9 | — | 649 | 251 | 54 | 87,146 | 54 | 134 | 347.1 |
Maryland | 10 | 5 | 636 | 246 | 18 | 6,177,224 | 42 | 9,707 | 25,141.0 |
Delaware | 11 | 6 | 508 | 196 | 46 | 989,948 | 50 | 1,949 | 5,047.9 |
New York | 12 | 7 | 429 | 166 | 4 | 20,201,249 | 30 | 47,126 | 122,055.8 |
Florida | 13 | 8 | 402 | 155 | 3 | 21,538,187 | 26 | 53,625 | 138,888.1 |
Pennsylvania | 14 | 9 | 291 | 112 | 5 | 13,002,700 | 32 | 44,743 | 115,883.8 |
Ohio | 15 | 10 | 289 | 111 | 7 | 11,799,448 | 35 | 40,861 | 105,829.5 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 16 | — | 260 | 100 | 56 | 47,329 | 53 | 179 | 463.6 |
California | 17 | 11 | 254 | 98.0 | 1 | 39,538,223 | 3 | 155,959[4] | 403,932.0 |
Illinois | 18 | 12 | 231 | 89.1 | 6 | 12,812,508 | 24 | 55,519 | 143,793.5 |
Hawaii | 19 | 13 | 227 | 87.5 | 41 | 1,455,271 | 47 | 6,423 | 16,635.5 |
Virginia | 20 | 14 | 219 | 84.4 | 12 | 8,631,393 | 36 | 39,490 | 102,278.6 |
North Carolina | 21 | 15 | 215 | 82.9 | 8 | 10,439,388 | 29 | 48,618 | 125,920.0 |
Indiana | 22 | 16 | 189 | 73.1 | 17 | 6,785,528 | 38 | 35,826 | 92,788.9 |
Georgia | 23 | 17 | 186 | 71.9 | 9 | 10,214,860 | 21 | 57,513 | 148,958.0 |
Michigan | 24 | 18 | 178 | 68.8 | 10 | 10,077,331 | 22 | 96,716 | 250,493.3 |
South Carolina | 25 | 19 | 170 | 65.7 | 23 | 5,118,425 | 40 | 30,061 | 77,857.6 |
Tennessee | 26 | 20 | 168 | 64.7 | 16 | 6,910,840 | 34 | 41,235 | 106,798.2 |
New Hampshire | 27 | 21 | 154 | 59.4 | 42 | 1,377,529 | 44 | 8,953 | 23,188.2 |
Washington | 28 | 22 | 116 | 44.8 | 13 | 7,705,281 | 20 | 66,456 | 172,120.2 |
Kentucky | 29 | 23 | 114 | 44.1 | 26 | 4,505,836 | 37 | 39,486 | 102,268.3 |
Texas | 30 | 24 | 112 | 43.1 | 2 | 29,145,505 | 2 | 261,232 | 676,587.8 |
Wisconsin | 31 | 25 | 109 | 42.0 | 20 | 5,893,718 | 25 | 54,158 | 140,268.6 |
Louisiana | 32 | 26 | 108 | 41.6 | 25 | 4,657,757 | 33 | 43,204 | 111,897.8 |
Alabama | 33 | 27 | 99.2 | 38.3 | 24 | 5,024,279 | 28 | 50,645 | 131,169.9 |
Missouri | 34 | 28 | 89.5 | 34.6 | 19 | 6,154,913 | 18 | 68,742 | 178,041.0 |
West Virginia | 35 | 29 | 74.6 | 28.8 | 40 | 1,793,716 | 41 | 24,038 | 62,258.1 |
Minnesota | 36 | 30 | 71.7 | 27.7 | 22 | 5,706,494 | 14 | 79,627 | 206,233.0 |
Vermont | 37 | 31 | 69.8 | 26.9 | 51 | 643,077 | 43 | 9,217 | 23,871.9 |
Mississippi | 38 | 32 | 63.1 | 24.4 | 35 | 2,961,279 | 31 | 46,923 | 121,530.0 |
Arizona | 39 | 33 | 63.0 | 24.3 | 14 | 7,151,502 | 6 | 113,594 | 294,207.1 |
Arkansas | 40 | 34 | 57.9 | 22.3 | 34 | 3,011,524 | 27 | 52,035 | 134,770.0 |
Oklahoma | 41 | 35 | 57.7 | 22.3 | 28 | 3,959,353 | 19 | 68,595 | 177,660.2 |
Iowa | 42 | 36 | 57.1 | 22.1 | 32 | 3,190,369 | 23 | 55,857 | 144,669.0 |
Colorado | 43 | 37 | 54.3 | 21.5 | 21 | 5,773,714 | 8 | 103,642 | 268,431.5 |
Maine | 44 | 38 | 44.2 | 17.1 | 43 | 1,363,359 | 39 | 30,843 | 79,883.0 |
Oregon | 45 | 39 | 44.1 | 17.0 | 27 | 4,237,256 | 10 | 95,988 | 248,607.8 |
Utah | 46 | 40 | 39.8 | 15.4 | 31 | 3,271,616 | 12 | 82,170 | 212,819.3 |
Kansas | 47 | 41 | 35.9 | 13.9 | 36 | 2,937,880 | 13 | 81,759 | 211,754.8 |
Nevada | 48 | 42 | 28.3 | 10.9 | 33 | 3,104,614 | 7 | 109,781 | 284,331.5 |
Nebraska | 49 | 43 | 25.5 | 9.9 | 38 | 1,961,504 | 15 | 76,824 | 198,973.2 |
Idaho | 50 | 44 | 22.3 | 8.6 | 39 | 1,839,106 | 11 | 82,643 | 214,044.4 |
New Mexico | 51 | 45 | 17.5 | 6.7 | 37 | 2,117,522 | 5 | 121,298 | 314,160.4 |
South Dakota | 52 | 46 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 47 | 886,667 | 16 | 75,811 | 196,349.6 |
North Dakota | 53 | 47 | 11.3 | 4.4 | 48 | 779,094 | 17 | 69,001 | 178,711.8 |
Montana | 54 | 48 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 45 | 1,084,225 | 4 | 145,546 | 376,962.4 |
Wyoming | 55 | 49 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 52 | 576,851 | 9 | 97,093 | 251,469.7 |
Alaska | 56 | 50 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 49 | 733,391 | 1 | 570,641 | 1,477,953.4 |
Total | - | - | 94.8 | 36.6 | - | 335,073,176 | - | 3,536,202 | 9,158,721 |
See also
- Outline of the United States
- Index of United States–related articles
- United States
- Demographics of the United States
- U.S. state
- List of U.S. states
- List of U.S. states by African-American population
- List of U.S. states by area
- List of U.S. states by coastline
- List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
- List of U.S. states by elevation
- List of U.S. states by fertility rate
- List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal)
- List of U.S. states by GDP per capita (nominal)
- List of U.S. states by historical population
- List of U.S. states by income equality
- List of U.S. states by population
- List of U.S. states by population growth rate
- List of U.S. states by time zone
- List of U.S. states by vehicles per capita
- List of U.S. states
References
- ^ "Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020" (PDF). Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ United Nations World Population Prospects Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wiersdorf, G. William. "California Land Area". www.onlinecalifornia.us. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017.