List of U.S. states by population density facts for kids
(Redirected from List of states and territories of the United States by population density)This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, territories, and U.S. Census Bureau divisions and regions ordered by population density. This data is from the 2013 estimate of population by the United States Census Bureau.
Legend |
Division totals – 9 divisions for 50 States and DC |
Region totals – 4 regions ( 2 or 3 divisions each) |
Individual territories |
Total U.S. Territories |
50 States + District of Columbia |
Note: Divisions and regions are as defined by U.S. Census Bureau |
Note: "Geographic region" column shows larger region which contains "State / Territory / Division / Region" entity in column 2 |
Rank | State/Territory/ Division/Region |
Population /sqmi |
Population /sqkm |
Geographic region |
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10,588.8 | 4,088.4 | SAtl |
1 | ![]() |
1,210.1 | 467.2 | MdAtl |
1 | ![]() |
1,055.9 | 407.7 | Terr. |
2 | ![]() |
1,017.1 | 392.7 | NEng |
-- | Territories | 991.0 | 382.6 | USA |
3 | ![]() |
858.0 | 331.3 | NEng |
2 | ![]() |
792.2 | 305.9 | Terr. |
3 | ![]() |
759.6 | 293.3 | Terr. |
4 | ![]() |
742.6 | 286.7 | NEng |
4 | ![]() |
726.1 | 280.4 | Terr. |
5 | ![]() |
610.8 | 235.8 | SAtl |
6 | ![]() |
475.1 | 183.4 | SAtl |
7 | ![]() |
417.0 | 161.0 | MdAtl |
1 | Mid-Atlantic | 416.5 | 160.8 | NEast |
8 | ![]() |
364.6 | 140.8 | SAtl |
1 | Northeast | 345.5 | 133.4 | USA |
5 | ![]() |
295.5 | 114.1 | Terr. |
9 | ![]() |
285.5 | 110.2 | MdAtl |
10 | ![]() |
283.2 | 109.3 | ENC |
11 | ![]() |
246.1 | 95.0 | Pac |
2 | New England | 233.2 | 90.0 | NEast |
3 | South Atlantic | 233.1 | 90.0 | South |
12 | ![]() |
232.0 | 89.6 | ENC |
13 | ![]() |
218.6 | 84.4 | Pac |
14 | ![]() |
209.2 | 80.8 | SAtl |
15 | ![]() |
202.6 | 78.2 | SAtl |
4 | East North Central | 192.1 | 74.2 | MWest |
16 | ![]() |
183.4 | 70.8 | ENC |
17 | ![]() |
175.0 | 67.6 | ENC |
18 | ![]() |
173.7 | 67.1 | SAtl |
19 | ![]() |
158.8 | 61.3 | SAtl |
20 | ![]() |
157.5 | 60.8 | ESC |
21 | ![]() |
147.8 | 57.1 | NEng |
2 | South | 136.3 | 52.6 | USA |
22 | ![]() |
111.3 | 43.0 | ESC |
23 | ![]() |
107.1 | 41.3 | WSC |
24 | ![]() |
106.0 | 40.9 | ENC |
5 | East South Central | 105.0 | 40.5 | South |
25 | ![]() |
104.9 | 40.5 | Pac |
26 | ![]() |
101.2 | 39.1 | WSC |
27 | ![]() |
95.4 | 36.9 | ESC |
3 | Midwest | 90.0 | 34.7 | USA |
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89.5 | 34.6 | NAmer |
6 | West South Central | 89.1 | 34.4 | South |
28 | ![]() |
87.9 | 33.9 | WNC |
29 | ![]() |
77.1 | 29.8 | SAtl |
30 | ![]() |
68.1 | 26.3 | WNC |
31 | ![]() |
68.0 | 26.3 | NEng |
32 | ![]() |
63.7 | 24.6 | ESC |
33 | ![]() |
58.3 | 22.5 | Mtn |
7 | Pacific | 57.4 | 22.2 | West |
34 | ![]() |
56.9 | 22.0 | WSC |
35 | ![]() |
56.1 | 21.7 | WSC |
36 | ![]() |
55.3 | 21.4 | WNC |
37 | ![]() |
50.8 | 19.6 | Mtn |
38 | ![]() |
43.1 | 16.6 | NEng |
4 | West | 42.4 | 16.4 | USA |
8 | West North Central | 41.1 | 15.9 | MWest |
39 | ![]() |
40.9 | 15.8 | Pac |
40 | ![]() |
35.4 | 13.7 | WNC |
41 | ![]() |
35.3 | 13.6 | Mtn |
9 | Mountain | 26.7 | 10.3 | West |
42 | ![]() |
25.4 | 9.8 | Mtn |
43 | ![]() |
24.3 | 9.4 | WNC |
44 | ![]() |
19.5 | 7.5 | Mtn |
45 | ![]() |
17.2 | 6.6 | Mtn |
46 | ![]() |
11.1 | 4.3 | WNC |
47 | ![]() |
10.5 | 4.0 | WNC |
48 | ![]() |
7.0 | 2.7 | Mtn |
49 | ![]() |
6.0 | 2.3 | Mtn |
50 | ![]() |
1.3 | 0.5 | Pac |
Population density - showing population and land area per square miles
Legend |
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Division totals – 9 divisions for 50 States and DC |
Region totals – 4 regions ( 2 or 3 divisions each) |
Individual territories |
Total U.S. Territories |
50 States + District of Columbia |
Note: Divisions and regions are as defined by U.S. Census Bureau |
Note: "Geographic region" column shows larger region which contains "State / Territory / Division / Region" entity in column 2 |
Rank | State/Territory/ Division/Region |
2013 estimated population |
Land area (sqmi) |
Population /sqmi |
Geographic region |
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1 | ![]() |
8,899,339 | 7,354 | 1,210.1 | MdAtl |
2 | ![]() |
1,051,511 | 1,034 | 1,017.1 | NEng |
3 | ![]() |
6,692,824 | 7,800 | 858.0 | NEng |
4 | ![]() |
3,596,080 | 4,842 | 742.6 | NEng |
5 | ![]() |
5,928,814 | 9,707 | 610.8 | SAtl |
6 | ![]() |
925,749 | 1,949 | 475.1 | SAtl |
7 | ![]() |
19,651,127 | 47,126 | 417.0 | MdAtl |
8 | ![]() |
19,552,860 | 53,625 | 364.6 | SAtl |
9 | ![]() |
12,773,801 | 44,743 | 285.5 | MdAtl |
10 | ![]() |
11,570,808 | 40,861 | 283.2 | ENC |
11 | ![]() |
38,332,521 | 155,779 | 246.1 | Pac |
12 | ![]() |
12,882,135 | 55,519 | 232.0 | ENC |
13 | ![]() |
1,404,054 | 6,423 | 218.6 | Pac |
14 | ![]() |
8,260,405 | 39,490 | 209.2 | SAtl |
15 | ![]() |
9,848,060 | 48,618 | 202.6 | SAtl |
16 | ![]() |
6,570,902 | 35,826 | 183.4 | ENC |
17 | ![]() |
9,895,622 | 56,539 | 175.0 | ENC |
18 | ![]() |
9,992,167 | 57,513 | 173.7 | SAtl |
19 | ![]() |
4,774,839 | 30,061 | 158.8 | SAtl |
20 | ![]() |
6,495,978 | 41,235 | 157.5 | ESC |
21 | ![]() |
1,323,459 | 8,953 | 147.8 | NEng |
22 | ![]() |
4,395,295 | 39,486 | 111.3 | ESC |
23 | ![]() |
4,625,470 | 43,204 | 107.1 | WSC |
24 | ![]() |
5,742,713 | 54,158 | 106.0 | ENC |
25 | ![]() |
6,971,406 | 66,456 | 104.9 | Pac |
26 | ![]() |
26,448,193 | 261,232 | 101.2 | WSC |
27 | ![]() |
4,833,722 | 50,645 | 95.4 | ESC |
28 | ![]() |
6,044,171 | 68,742 | 87.9 | WNC |
29 | ![]() |
1,854,304 | 24,038 | 77.1 | SAtl |
30 | ![]() |
5,420,380 | 79,627 | 68.1 | WNC |
31 | ![]() |
626,630 | 9,217 | 68.0 | NEng |
32 | ![]() |
2,991,207 | 46,923 | 63.7 | ESC |
33 | ![]() |
6,626,624 | 113,594 | 58.3 | Mtn |
34 | ![]() |
2,959,373 | 52,035 | 56.9 | WSC |
35 | ![]() |
3,850,568 | 68,595 | 56.1 | WSC |
36 | ![]() |
3,090,416 | 55,857 | 55.3 | WNC |
37 | ![]() |
5,268,367 | 103,642 | 50.8 | Mtn |
38 | ![]() |
1,328,302 | 30,843 | 43.1 | NEng |
39 | ![]() |
3,930,065 | 95,988 | 40.9 | Pac |
40 | ![]() |
2,893,957 | 81,759 | 35.4 | WNC |
41 | ![]() |
2,900,872 | 82,170 | 35.3 | Mtn |
42 | ![]() |
2,790,136 | 109,781 | 25.4 | Mtn |
43 | ![]() |
1,868,516 | 76,824 | 24.3 | WNC |
44 | ![]() |
1,612,136 | 82,643 | 19.5 | Mtn |
45 | ![]() |
2,085,287 | 121,298 | 17.2 | Mtn |
46 | ![]() |
844,877 | 75,811 | 11.1 | WNC |
47 | ![]() |
723,393 | 69,001 | 10.5 | WNC |
48 | ![]() |
1,015,165 | 145,546 | 7.0 | Mtn |
49 | ![]() |
582,658 | 97,093 | 6.0 | Mtn |
50 | ![]() |
735,132 | 570,641 | 1.3 | Pac |
1 | Mid-Atlantic | 41,324,267 | 99,223 | 416.5 | NEast |
2 | New England | 14,618,806 | 62,688 | 233.2 | NEast |
3 | South Atlantic | 61,783,647 | 265,062 | 233.1 | South |
4 | East North Central | 46,662,180 | 242,902 | 192.1 | MWest |
5 | East South Central | 18,716,202 | 178,290 | 105.0 | South |
6 | West South Central | 37,883,604 | 425,066 | 89.1 | South |
7 | Pacific | 51,373,178 | 895,286 | 57.4 | West |
8 | West North Central | 20,885,710 | 507,620 | 41.1 | MWest |
9 | Mountain | 22,881,245 | 855,767 | 26.7 | West |
1 | Northeast | 55,943,073 | 161,912 | 345.5 | USA |
2 | South | 118,383,453 | 868,418 | 136.3 | USA |
3 | Midwest | 67,547,890 | 750,523 | 90.0 | USA |
4 | West | 74,254,423 | 1,751,053 | 42.4 | USA |
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646,449 | 61 | 10,588.8 | SAtl |
-- | ![]() |
316,128,839 | 3,531,905 | 89.5 | NAmer |
1 | ![]() |
3,615,086 | 3,424 | 1,055.9 | Terr. |
2 | ![]() |
106,405 | 134 | 792.2 | Terr. |
3 | ![]() |
159,358 | 210 | 759.6 | Terr. |
4 | ![]() |
55,519 | 76 | 726.1 | Terr. |
5 | ![]() Islands |
53,883 | 182 | 295.5 | Terr. |
-- | Territories | 3,990,251 | 4,027 | 991.0 | USA |
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