LIST OF U.S. STATES BY POPULATION DENSITY

This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, ordered by population density. The data are from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Rank	State	Population density (per sq. mi)	Population density (per km²)
1	New Jersey	1,834.4	438.00
2	Rhode Island	1,003.2	387.35
3	Massachusetts	809.8	312.7
4	Connecticut	702.9	271.40
5	Maryland	541.9	209.23
6	New York	401.9	155.18
7	Delaware	401.1	154.87
8	Florida	296.4	114.43
9	Ohio	277.3	107.05
10	Pennsylvania	274.0	105.80
11	Illinois	223.4	86.27
12	California	217.1	83.85
13	Hawaii	188.6	72.83
14	Virginia	178.8	69.03
15	Michigan	175.0	67.55
16	Indiana	169.5	65.46
17	North Carolina	165.2	63.80
18	Georgia	141.4	54.59
19	Tennessee	138.0	53.29
20	New Hampshire	137.8	53.20
21	South Carolina	133.2	51.45
22	Louisiana	102.6	39.61
23	Kentucky	101.7	39.28
24	Wisconsin	98.8	38.13
25	Washington	88.6	34.20
26	Alabama	87.6	33.84
27	Missouri	81.2	31.36
	U.S. Average	80.7	31.17
28	Texas	79.6	30.75
29	West Virginia	75.1	29.00
30	Vermont	65.8	25.41
31	Minnesota	61.8	23.86
32	Mississippi	60.6	23.42
33	Iowa	52.4	20.22
34	Arkansas	51.3	19.82
35	Oklahoma	50.3	19.40
36	Arizona	45.2	17.43
37	Colorado	41.5	16.01
38	Maine	41.3	15.95
39	Oregon	35.6	13.76
40	Kansas	32.9	12.69
41	Utah	27.2	10.50
42	Nebraska	22.3	8.60
43	Nevada	18.2	7.03
44	Idaho	15.6	6.04
45	New Mexico	15.0	5.79
46	South Dakota	9.9	3.84
47	North Dakota	9.3	3.59
48	Montana	6.2	2.39
49	Wyoming	5.1	1.96
50	Alaska	1.1	0.42

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External links

See also

★ List of U.S. states by population

★ Demographics of the United States (for cities and counties by population density)

External links

★ States by population, organized alphabetically State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States, RESIDENT POPULATION -- JULY 2005 . United States Census Bureau. September 29, 2006.

★ GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000. United States Census Bureau. Last accessed September 29, 2006.

★ Population Statistics by State