List of U.S. states and territories by population density

Map of states shaded by population density (2020)

This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia of the United States of America by population density, population size, 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.

The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area. There are large, sparsely populated areas in parts of the US, like the east-to-west stretch extending from the outskirts of Seattle all the way to Minneapolis, or the north-to-south portion from northern Montana to southern New Mexico, excluding Denver and Albuquerque.Template:Cn For comparison, the population density of the U.S. is 1/15 that of South Korea and 1/12 that of India and the Netherlands. On the other hand, it is over 8 times higher than that of Canada and over 9 times higher than that of Australia.<ref>United Nations World Population Prospects Template:Webarchive</ref>

States and territories by population density

Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and area data are for the year 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development.<ref name=UN>Population data: {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

States and territories by density, population and area

Location	Density		Population	Land area
	/mi2	/km2		mi2	km2
Template:Flag	11,131	4,297	678,972	61	158
Template:Flag	1,263	488	9,290,842	7,354	19,047
Template:Flag	1,060	409	1,095,962	1,034	2,678
Template:Flag	936	361	3,205,691	3,424	8,868
Template:Flag	898	347	7,001,399	7,800	20,202
Template:Flag<ref name=UN/>	824	319	172,952	210	543
Template:Flag	747	288	3,617,176	4,842	12,542
Template:Flag<ref name=UN/>	737	284	98,750	134	348
Template:Flag	637	246	6,180,253	9,707	25,142
Template:Flag<ref name=UN/>	578	222	43,915	76	198
Template:Flag	529	204	1,031,890	1,949	5,047
Template:Flag	422	163	22,610,726	53,625	138,887
Template:Flag	415	160	19,571,216	47,126	122,057
Template:Flag	290	112	12,961,683	44,743	115,883
Template:Flag	288	111	11,785,935	40,861	105,829
Template:Flag<ref name=UN/>	274	106	49,796	182	472
Template:Flag	250	97	38,965,193	155,779	403,466
Template:Flag	226	87	12,549,689	55,519	143,793
Template:Flag	223	86	1,435,138	6,423	16,635
Template:Flag	223	86	10,835,491	48,618	125,920
Template:Flag	221	85	8,715,698	39,490	102,279
Template:Flag	192	74	11,029,227	57,513	148,959
Template:Flag	192	74	6,862,199	35,826	92,789
Template:Flag	179	69	5,373,555	30,061	77,857
Template:Flag	178	69	10,037,261	56,539	146,435
Template:Flag	173	67	7,126,489	41,235	106,798
Template:Flag	157	60	1,402,054	8,953	23,187
Template:Flag	118	45	7,812,880	66,456	172,119
Template:Flag	117	45	30,503,301	261,232	676,587
Template:Flag	115	44	4,526,154	39,486	102,269
Template:Flag	109	42	5,910,955	54,158	140,268
Template:Flag	106	41	4,573,749	43,204	111,898
Template:Flag	101	39	5,108,468	50,645	131,171
Template:Flag	90	35	6,196,156	68,742	178,040
Template:Flag	74	28	1,770,071	24,038	62,259
Template:Flag	72	28	5,737,915	79,627	206,232
Template:Flag	70	27	647,464	9,217	23,871
Template:Flag	65	25	7,431,344	113,594	294,207
Template:Flag	63	24	2,939,690	46,923	121,531
Template:Flag	59	23	4,053,824	68,595	177,660
Template:Flag	59	23	3,067,732	52,035	134,771
Template:Flag	57	22	3,207,004	55,857	144,669
Template:Flag	57	22	5,877,610	103,642	268,431
Template:Flag	45	17	1,395,722	30,843	79,883
Template:Flag	44	17	4,233,358	95,988	248,608
Template:Flag	42	16	3,417,735	82,170	212,818
Template:Flag	36	14	2,940,546	81,759	211,754
Template:Flag	29	11	3,194,176	109,781	284,332
Template:Flag	26	10	1,978,379	76,824	198,974
Template:Flag	24	9.2	1,964,726	82,643	214,045
Template:Flag	17	6.7	2,114,371	121,298	314,161
Template:Flag	12	4.7	919,318	75,811	196,350
Template:Flag	11	4.4	783,926	69,001	178,711
Template:Flag	7.8	3.0	1,132,812	145,546	376,962
Template:Flag	6.0	2.3	584,057	97,093	251,470
Template:Flag	1.3	0.50	733,406	570,641	1,477,953
Template:Noflag	113	43	332,746,351	2,954,843	7,653,006
Template:Noflag	95	37	334,235,923	3,531,846	9,147,436
Template:Noflag	95	37	334,914,895	3,531,907	9,147,594
Template:Noflag	96	37	338,486,000	3,531,905	9,147,593

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See also

• List of U.S. states and territories by area
• Demographics of the United States
  • List of U.S. states by population
  • List of United States cities by population density
  • List of U.S. states by historical population
  • List of U.S. states by African-American population
  • List of U.S. states by fertility rate