Map of states shaded by population density (2020)

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]

New Jersey is the most densely populated state.

New York is home to the most populous city in the country, and ranks 7th among the states in density.

Washington is 22nd in density among the states.

Despite a small population, Vermont has fairly average population density because of its small area.

Idaho's population has increased rapidly in recent decades, but its population density is lower than other states.

About half of the population of Alaska lives in the Anchorage metropolitan area.

Puerto Rico is the third most densely populated of states and possessions of the U.S.

2020 population density by state or territory

2020 density by population rank and land area (states, territories, and the District of Columbia)

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