List of states and territories of the United States by population density explained

This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia 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 the outskirts of Seattle all the way to Minneapolis, 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.^[1]

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^[2] and area data are for the year 2010.^[3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development.^[4]

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Density !	Population	Land area
/mi^2	/km^2	mi^2	km^2
	11,131	4,297	678,972	61	158
	1,263	488	9,290,841	7,354	19,047
	1,060	409	1,095,962	1,034	2,678
Puerto Rico	936	361	3,205,691	3,424	8,868
	898	347	7,001,399	7,800	20,202
Guam	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
American Samoa	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
Northern Mariana Islands	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	3,417,734	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	338,485,999	3,531,905	9,147,593

See also

• List of U.S. states and territories by area
• Demographics of the United States
  • List of U.S. states by population
  • List of United States cities by population density
  • List of U.S. states by historical population
  • List of U.S. states by African-American population
  • List of U.S. states by fertility rate

Notes and References

1. http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp2008/tab-sorting_population.htm United Nations World Population Prospects
2. Web site: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States . 12 Dec 2023 . census.gov . 21 Feb 2024.
3. Web site: State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates . 16 Dec 2021 . census.gov . 21 Feb 2024.
4. Population data: Web site: Total population by sex . un.org . 21 Feb 2024.