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. For example, the population density of the U.S. is a twelfth that of 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]
State or territory | Population density | Population | Land area | ||||||
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Rank (all) |
Rank (50 states) |
per mi2 |
per km2 |
Rank | People | Rank | mi2 | km2 | |
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1 | — | 11295 | 4361 | 50 | 689,545 | 56 | 61 | 158.0 |
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2 | 1 | 1263 | 488 | 11 | 9,288,994 | 46 | 7,354 | 19,046.8 |
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3 | 2 | 1061 | 410 | 44 | 1,097,379 | 51 | 1,034 | 2,678.0 |
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4 | — | 960 | 371 | 30 | 3,285,874 | 49 | 3,515 | 9,103.8 |
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5 | 3 | 901 | 348 | 15 | 7,029,917 | 45 | 7,800 | 20,201.9 |
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6 | 4 | 745 | 288 | 29 | 3,605,944 | 48 | 4,842 | 12,540.7 |
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7 | — | 733 | 283 | 53 | 153,836 | 52 | 210 | 543.9 |
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8 | — | 650 | 251 | 55 | 49,710 | 55 | 77 | 199.4 |
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9 | — | 649 | 251 | 54 | 87,146 | 54 | 134 | 347.1 |
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10 | 5 | 636 | 246 | 18 | 6,177,224 | 42 | 9,707 | 25,141.0 |
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11 | 6 | 508 | 196 | 46 | 989,948 | 50 | 1,949 | 5,047.9 |
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12 | 7 | 429 | 166 | 4 | 20,201,249 | 30 | 47,126 | 122,055.8 |
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13 | 8 | 402 | 155 | 3 | 21,538,187 | 26 | 53,625 | 138,888.1 |
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14 | 9 | 291 | 112 | 5 | 13,002,700 | 32 | 44,743 | 115,883.8 |
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15 | 10 | 289 | 111 | 7 | 11,799,448 | 35 | 40,861 | 105,829.5 |
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16 | — | 260 | 100 | 56 | 47,329 | 53 | 179 | 463.6 |
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17 | 11 | 254 | 98.0 | 1 | 39,538,223 | 3 | 155,959[4] | 403,932.0 |
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18 | 12 | 231 | 89.1 | 6 | 12,812,508 | 24 | 55,519 | 143,793.5 |
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19 | 13 | 227 | 87.5 | 41 | 1,455,271 | 47 | 6,423 | 16,635.5 |
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20 | 14 | 219 | 84.4 | 12 | 8,631,393 | 36 | 39,490 | 102,278.6 |
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21 | 15 | 215 | 82.9 | 8 | 10,439,388 | 29 | 48,618 | 125,920.0 |
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22 | 16 | 189 | 73.1 | 17 | 6,785,528 | 38 | 35,826 | 92,788.9 |
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23 | 17 | 186 | 71.9 | 9 | 10,214,860 | 21 | 57,513 | 148,958.0 |
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24 | 18 | 178 | 68.8 | 10 | 10,077,331 | 22 | 96,716 | 250,493.3 |
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25 | 19 | 170 | 65.7 | 23 | 5,118,425 | 40 | 30,061 | 77,857.6 |
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26 | 20 | 168 | 64.7 | 16 | 6,910,840 | 34 | 41,235 | 106,798.2 |
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27 | 21 | 154 | 59.4 | 42 | 1,377,529 | 44 | 8,953 | 23,188.2 |
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28 | 22 | 116 | 44.8 | 13 | 7,705,281 | 20 | 66,456 | 172,120.2 |
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29 | 23 | 114 | 44.1 | 26 | 4,505,836 | 37 | 39,486 | 102,268.3 |
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30 | 24 | 112 | 43.1 | 2 | 29,145,505 | 2 | 261,232 | 676,587.8 |
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31 | 25 | 109 | 42.0 | 20 | 5,893,718 | 25 | 54,158 | 140,268.6 |
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32 | 26 | 108 | 41.6 | 25 | 4,657,757 | 33 | 43,204 | 111,897.8 |
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33 | 27 | 99.2 | 38.3 | 24 | 5,024,279 | 28 | 50,645 | 131,169.9 |
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34 | 28 | 89.5 | 34.6 | 19 | 6,154,913 | 18 | 68,742 | 178,041.0 |
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35 | 29 | 74.6 | 28.8 | 40 | 1,793,716 | 41 | 24,038 | 62,258.1 |
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36 | 30 | 71.7 | 27.7 | 22 | 5,706,494 | 14 | 79,627 | 206,233.0 |
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37 | 31 | 69.8 | 26.9 | 51 | 643,077 | 43 | 9,217 | 23,871.9 |
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38 | 32 | 63.1 | 24.4 | 35 | 2,961,279 | 31 | 46,923 | 121,530.0 |
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39 | 33 | 63.0 | 24.3 | 14 | 7,151,502 | 6 | 113,594 | 294,207.1 |
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40 | 34 | 57.9 | 22.3 | 34 | 3,011,524 | 27 | 52,035 | 134,770.0 |
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41 | 35 | 57.7 | 22.3 | 28 | 3,959,353 | 19 | 68,595 | 177,660.2 |
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42 | 36 | 57.1 | 22.1 | 32 | 3,190,369 | 23 | 55,857 | 144,669.0 |
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43 | 37 | 54.3 | 21.5 | 21 | 5,773,714 | 8 | 103,642 | 268,431.5 |
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44 | 38 | 44.2 | 17.1 | 43 | 1,363,359 | 39 | 30,843 | 79,883.0 |
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45 | 39 | 44.1 | 17.0 | 27 | 4,237,256 | 10 | 95,988 | 248,607.8 |
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46 | 40 | 39.8 | 15.4 | 31 | 3,271,616 | 12 | 82,170 | 212,819.3 |
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47 | 41 | 35.9 | 13.9 | 36 | 2,937,880 | 13 | 81,759 | 211,754.8 |
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48 | 42 | 28.3 | 10.9 | 33 | 3,104,614 | 7 | 109,781 | 284,331.5 |
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49 | 43 | 25.5 | 9.9 | 38 | 1,961,504 | 15 | 76,824 | 198,973.2 |
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50 | 44 | 22.3 | 8.6 | 39 | 1,839,106 | 11 | 82,643 | 214,044.4 |
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51 | 45 | 17.5 | 6.7 | 37 | 2,117,522 | 5 | 121,298 | 314,160.4 |
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52 | 46 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 47 | 886,667 | 16 | 75,811 | 196,349.6 |
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53 | 47 | 11.3 | 4.4 | 48 | 779,094 | 17 | 69,001 | 178,711.8 |
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54 | 48 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 45 | 1,084,225 | 4 | 145,546 | 376,962.4 |
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55 | 49 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 52 | 576,851 | 9 | 97,093 | 251,469.7 |
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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 |