U.S. State Population Density

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1 New Jersey 1,189 inhabitants per square mile (459 /km2)
-- Puerto Rico 1,082 inhabitants per square mile (418 /km2)
02 Rhode Island 1,006 inhabitants per square mile (388 /km2)
-- U.S. Virgin Islands 916.9 inhabitants per square mile (354.0 /km2)
-- American Samoa 914.0 inhabitants per square mile (352.9 /km2)
03 Massachusetts 840.2 inhabitants per square mile (324.4 /km2)
-- Guam 830.0 inhabitants per square mile (320.5 /km2)
04 Connecticut 739.1 inhabitants per square mile (285.4 /km2)
05 Maryland 596.3 inhabitants per square mile (230.2 /km2)
06 Delaware 464.3 inhabitants per square mile (179.3 /km2)
07 New York 412.3 inhabitants per square mile (159.2 /km2)
08 Florida 353.4 inhabitants per square mile (136.4 /km2)
09 Pennsylvania 284.3 inhabitants per square mile (109.8 /km2)
10 Ohio 281.9 inhabitants per square mile (108.8 /km2)
11 California 241.7 inhabitants per square mile (93.3 /km2)
12 Illinois 231.5 inhabitants per square mile (89.4 /km2)
13 Hawaii 214.1 inhabitants per square mile (82.7 /km2)
14 Virginia 204.5 inhabitants per square mile (79.0 /km2)
15 North Carolina 198.2 inhabitants per square mile (76.5 /km2)
16 Indiana 181.7 inhabitants per square mile (70.2 /km2)
17 Michigan 173.9 inhabitants per square mile (67.1 /km2)
18 Georgia 169.5 inhabitants per square mile (65.4 /km2)
19 South Carolina 155.4 inhabitants per square mile (60.0 /km2)
20 Tennessee 155.4 inhabitants per square mile (60.0 /km2)
21 New Hampshire 147.0 inhabitants per square mile (56.8 /km2)
22 Kentucky 110.0 inhabitants per square mile (42.5 /km2)
23 Wisconsin 105.2 inhabitants per square mile (40.6 /km2)
24 Louisiana 105.0 inhabitants per square mile (40.5 /km2)
25 Washington 102.6 inhabitants per square mile (39.6 /km2)
26 Texas 98.07 inhabitants per square mile (37.87 /km2)
27 Alabama 94.65 inhabitants per square mile (36.54 /km2)
United States* 88.08 inhabitants per square mile (34.01 /km2)
28 Missouri 87.26 inhabitants per square mile (33.69 /km2)
29 West Virginia 77.06 inhabitants per square mile (29.75 /km2)
30 Vermont 67.73 inhabitants per square mile (26.15 /km2)
31 Minnesota 67.14 inhabitants per square mile (25.92 /km2)
-- Northern Mariana Islands 63.8 inhabitants per square mile (24.6 /km2)
32 Mississippi 63.50 inhabitants per square mile (24.52 /km2)
33 Arizona 57.05 inhabitants per square mile (22.03 /km2)
34 Arkansas 56.43 inhabitants per square mile (21.79 /km2)
35 Oklahoma 55.22 inhabitants per square mile (21.32 /km2)
36 Iowa 54.81 inhabitants per square mile (21.16 /km2)
37 Colorado 49.33 inhabitants per square mile (19.05 /km2)
38 Maine 43.04 inhabitants per square mile (16.62 /km2)
39 Oregon 40.33 inhabitants per square mile (15.57 /km2)
40 Kansas 35.09 inhabitants per square mile (13.55 /km2)
41 Utah 34.30 inhabitants per square mile (13.24 /km2)
42 Nevada 24.80 inhabitants per square mile (9.58 /km2)
43 Nebraska 23.97 inhabitants per square mile (9.25 /km2)
44 Idaho 19.15 inhabitants per square mile (7.39 /km2)
45 New Mexico 17.16 inhabitants per square mile (6.63 /km2)
46 South Dakota 10.86 inhabitants per square mile (4.19 /km2)
47 North Dakota 9.916 inhabitants per square mile (3.829 /km2)
48 Montana 6.858 inhabitants per square mile (2.648 /km2)
49 Wyoming 5.851 inhabitants per square mile (2.259 /km2)
50 Alaska 1.264 inhabitants per square


My wife and I could technically relocate to South Carolina. It would be a big change coming from Philly/NJ, but it's tempting.
 
It would be interesting to see the median home lot size by state. (As a measure of privacy) A person could move to Alaska and get 1/8 acre with their condo for example.
 
As much as I complain about where I live, it's really still a great location and you get a lot for your money despite the higher taxes. For me it's more about a change of scenery.
 
Originally Posted By: buster
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1 New Jersey 1,189 inhabitants per square mile (459 /km2)
-- Puerto Rico 1,082 inhabitants per square mile (418 /km2)
02 Rhode Island 1,006 inhabitants per square mile (388 /km2)
-- U.S. Virgin Islands 916.9 inhabitants per square mile (354.0 /km2)
-- American Samoa 914.0 inhabitants per square mile (352.9 /km2)
03 Massachusetts 840.2 inhabitants per square mile (324.4 /km2)
-- Guam 830.0 inhabitants per square mile (320.5 /km2)
04 Connecticut 739.1 inhabitants per square mile (285.4 /km2)
05 Maryland 596.3 inhabitants per square mile (230.2 /km2)
06 Delaware 464.3 inhabitants per square mile (179.3 /km2)
07 New York 412.3 inhabitants per square mile (159.2 /km2)
08 Florida 353.4 inhabitants per square mile (136.4 /km2)
09 Pennsylvania 284.3 inhabitants per square mile (109.8 /km2)
10 Ohio 281.9 inhabitants per square mile (108.8 /km2)
11 California 241.7 inhabitants per square mile (93.3 /km2)
12 Illinois 231.5 inhabitants per square mile (89.4 /km2)
13 Hawaii 214.1 inhabitants per square mile (82.7 /km2)
14 Virginia 204.5 inhabitants per square mile (79.0 /km2)
15 North Carolina 198.2 inhabitants per square mile (76.5 /km2)
16 Indiana 181.7 inhabitants per square mile (70.2 /km2)
17 Michigan 173.9 inhabitants per square mile (67.1 /km2)
18 Georgia 169.5 inhabitants per square mile (65.4 /km2)
19 South Carolina 155.4 inhabitants per square mile (60.0 /km2)
20 Tennessee 155.4 inhabitants per square mile (60.0 /km2)
21 New Hampshire 147.0 inhabitants per square mile (56.8 /km2)
22 Kentucky 110.0 inhabitants per square mile (42.5 /km2)
23 Wisconsin 105.2 inhabitants per square mile (40.6 /km2)
24 Louisiana 105.0 inhabitants per square mile (40.5 /km2)
25 Washington 102.6 inhabitants per square mile (39.6 /km2)
26 Texas 98.07 inhabitants per square mile (37.87 /km2)
27 Alabama 94.65 inhabitants per square mile (36.54 /km2)
United States* 88.08 inhabitants per square mile (34.01 /km2)
28 Missouri 87.26 inhabitants per square mile (33.69 /km2)
29 West Virginia 77.06 inhabitants per square mile (29.75 /km2)
30 Vermont 67.73 inhabitants per square mile (26.15 /km2)
31 Minnesota 67.14 inhabitants per square mile (25.92 /km2)
-- Northern Mariana Islands 63.8 inhabitants per square mile (24.6 /km2)
32 Mississippi 63.50 inhabitants per square mile (24.52 /km2)
33 Arizona 57.05 inhabitants per square mile (22.03 /km2)
34 Arkansas 56.43 inhabitants per square mile (21.79 /km2)
35 Oklahoma 55.22 inhabitants per square mile (21.32 /km2)
36 Iowa 54.81 inhabitants per square mile (21.16 /km2)
37 Colorado 49.33 inhabitants per square mile (19.05 /km2)
38 Maine 43.04 inhabitants per square mile (16.62 /km2)
39 Oregon 40.33 inhabitants per square mile (15.57 /km2)
40 Kansas 35.09 inhabitants per square mile (13.55 /km2)
41 Utah 34.30 inhabitants per square mile (13.24 /km2)
42 Nevada 24.80 inhabitants per square mile (9.58 /km2)
43 Nebraska 23.97 inhabitants per square mile (9.25 /km2)
44 Idaho 19.15 inhabitants per square mile (7.39 /km2)
45 New Mexico 17.16 inhabitants per square mile (6.63 /km2)
46 South Dakota 10.86 inhabitants per square mile (4.19 /km2)
47 North Dakota 9.916 inhabitants per square mile (3.829 /km2)
48 Montana 6.858 inhabitants per square mile (2.648 /km2)
49 Wyoming 5.851 inhabitants per square mile (2.259 /km2)
50 Alaska 1.264 inhabitants per square


My wife and I could technically relocate to South Carolina. It would be a big change coming from Philly/NJ, but it's tempting.


- Manhattan 70,629 inhabitants per square mile

The only place in the United States where the average person does not own a car. Think of all the money you'll save on Mobil 1.
 
Art, I visit Manhattan about 3x a year and that's more than enough. Amazing city, but not for me. I'm trying to get away from the rat race...
 
I know PA is very rural if you're not in Philly, central or Pittsburgh, but I never realized how low the population density was there....
 
#39 Oregon suits me...the ocean, mountains, forests, desert, Puget Sound, scuba, snow skiing, world class vineyards, mild climate, etc. etc. all within a few minutes drive. We have 2 counties that are each larger than the state of Israel, but cause only miniscule issues except the traffic gridlock of a deer or wolf standing in the highway. Gotta luv it!
 
Originally Posted By: buster
Art, I visit Manhattan about 3x a year and that's more than enough. Amazing city, but not for me. I'm trying to get away from the rat race...


I hear you Buster. Good luck if you do move!
 
Originally Posted By: buster
As much as I complain about where I live, it's really still a great location and you get a lot for your money despite the higher taxes. For me it's more about a change of scenery.


It is a great place, and you could notionally move down 55 near US 40 and it really isnt that much different from most of SC, besides a bit colder....
 
State is not a good unit of measurement. Metropolitan would be much better. You don't see 3 story town house in Button Willow of California, but you see it in San Francisco Bay Area. You also don't see 100 story high rise in up state NY but it is in NYC.

Puerto Rico is very small, so small you can call it a Metropolitan or a city.
 
Texas: #2 in land mass, #2 in population, #2 in Gross State Product....

#26 in population density!!!!
We're finally not #2!!!!!
 
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
State is not a good unit of measurement. Metropolitan would be much better. You don't see 3 story town house in Button Willow of California, but you see it in San Francisco Bay Area. You also don't see 100 story high rise in up state NY but it is in NYC.

Puerto Rico is very small, so small you can call it a Metropolitan or a city.

I think the area of Puerto Rico is several thousands square miles. If you're talking about small states/countries then Singapore is probably 1 of the smallest one at several hundreds square miles.
 
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
State is not a good unit of measurement. Metropolitan would be much better. You don't see 3 story town house in Button Willow of California, but you see it in San Francisco Bay Area. You also don't see 100 story high rise in up state NY but it is in NYC.

Puerto Rico is very small, so small you can call it a Metropolitan or a city.


I get what you're saying though. Ohio is only slightly more populated per mile than California, but it seems like California has more isolated, lowly populated land areas. There are some truely isolated areas in Ohio, but being a typical smaller, Eastern state, you can't look anyway where and not see a residential tract or at least an old farm house.

Land area and how the population is dispersed are factors.
 
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: buster
As much as I complain about where I live, it's really still a great location and you get a lot for your money despite the higher taxes. For me it's more about a change of scenery.


It is a great place, and you could notionally move down 55 near US 40 and it really isnt that much different from most of SC, besides a bit colder....


He is right, cowtown rodeo isn't too far from there. Moving from north jersey to south jersey for a job involved a little culture shock!
 
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
I get what you're saying though. Ohio is only slightly more populated per mile than California, but it seems like California has more isolated, lowly populated land areas. There are some truely isolated areas in Ohio, but being a typical smaller, Eastern state, you can't look anyway where and not see a residential tract or at least an old farm house.

Land area and how the population is dispersed are factors.

Most populated area in California is in the south, around LA and Orange Counties.

Along I-405 from South Orange County to North LA County around 60 miles drive you will see no empty space, you will see either business or factories or residential housing.
 
Well I know this. Whether we're traveling to Vegas, Southern Cal, or up north to Flagstaff, once you get outside the Phoenix metro area service stations, and repair shops are far and few between until you reach your destination. You better have a well maintained vehicle and a strong bladder also comes in handy.
 
The others are territories and are on the list but not numbered as states because they're not considered states.
 
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
The others are territories and are on the list but not numbered as states because they're not considered states.


Not my point... Let's just let it go.
Let us remember who thinks we have 57 States, having visited them personally.
 
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