The States
Ranked by Population Density (2008)

Rank	State	People/Sq. Mile [People/Sq. Km]	Land Area (sq. mile) [sq. km]	2008 Population

1	New Jersey (NJ)	1,170 [452]	7,417 [19,209]	8,640,218
2	Rhode Island (RI)	1,005 [388.2]	1,045 [2,706]	1,058,991
3	Massachusetts (MA)	828 [320]	7,840 [20,305]	6,443,424

4	Connecticut (CT)	722 [279]	4,845 [12,548]	3,487,896
5	Maryland (MD)	576 [222.5]	9,774 [25,314]	5,602,258
6	Delaware (DE)	446.8 [172.5]	1,954 [5,060]	850,366

7	New York (NY)	412.8 [159.4]	47,214 [122,283]	19,367,028
8	Florida (FL)	339.9 [131.2]	53,927 [139,670]	18,019,093
9	Ohio (OH)	280.5 [108.3]	40,948 [106,054]	11,458,390

10	Pennsylvania (PA)	277.8 [107.2]	44,817 [116,075]	12,388,055
11	California (CA)	235.7 [91]	155,959 [403,931]	36,121,296
12	Illinois (IL)	232.1 [89.6]	55,584 [143,961]	12,759,673

13	Hawaii (HI)	200.6 [77.4]	6,423 [16,635]	1,275,264
14	Virginia (VA)	196.2 [75.8]	39,594 [102,547]	7,628,347
15	North Carolina (NC)	189.3 [73.1]	48,711 [126,160]	8,845,343

16	Indiana (IN)	177.8 [68.6]	35,867 [92,895]	6,294,124
17	Michigan (MI)	176.1 [68]	56,804 [147,121]	10,083,878
18	Georgia (GA)	167.3 [64.6]	57,906 [149,975]	9,318,715

19	Tennessee (TN)	150.8 [58.2]	41,217 [106,751]	6,068,306
20	South Carolina (SC)	148.8 [57.4]	30,109 [77,981]	4,324,799
21	New Hampshire (NH)	146.7 [56.6]	8,968 [23,227]	1,308,824

22	Kentucky (KY)	107.5 [41.49]	39,728 [102,895]	4,199,440
23	Wisconsin (WI)	103.6 [40.01]	54,310 [140,662]	5,568,505
24	Louisiana (LA)	101.3 [39.09]	43,562 [112,825]	4,243,634

25	Washington (WA)	98.4 [38]	66,544 [172,348]	6,360,529
26	Texas (TX)	92.9 [35.88]	261,797 [678,051]	23,367,534
27	Alabama (AL)	91.9 [35.47]	50,744 [131,426]	4,587,564

28	Missouri (MO)	85.8 [33.13]	68,886 [178,413]	5,832,977
29	West Virginia (WV)	75.4 [29.1]	24,078 [62,361]	1,806,760
30	Vermont (VT)	67.2 [25.93]	9,250 [23,957]	620,196

31	Minnesota (MN)	65.6 [25.32]	79,610 [206,188]	5,143,134
32	Mississippi (MS)	62.6 [24.19]	46,907 [121,488]	2,896,713
33	Arizona (AZ)	57.2 [22.09]	113,635 [294,313]	6,178,251

34	Arkansas (AR)	54.8 [21.17]	52,068 [134,855]	2,804,199
35	Iowa (IA)	53.7 [20.75]	55,869 [144,700]	2,967,270
36	Oklahoma (OK)	53 [20.48]	68,667 [177,846]	3,568,132

37	Colorado (CO)	47.62 [18.39]	103,718 [268,628]	4,751,474
38	Maine (ME)	42.66 [16.47]	30,862 [79,932]	1,313,355
39	Oregon (OR)	39.48 [15.24]	95,997 [248,631]	3,680,968

40	Kansas (KS)	34.25 [13.22]	81,815 [211,899]	2,756,267
41	Utah (UT)	33.31 [12.86]	82,144 [212,751]	2,585,155
42	Nevada (NV)	23.68 [9.14]	109,826 [284,448]	2,484,196

43	Nebraska (NE)	23.2 [8.96]	76,872 [199,097]	1,759,779
44	Idaho (ID)	18.42 [7.11]	82,747 [214,313]	1,461,183
45	New Mexico (NM)	16.35 [6.31]	121,356 [314,310]	1,937,916

46	South Dakota (SD)	10.6 [4.09]	75,885 [196,541]	787,380
47	North Dakota (ND)	9.3 [3.59]	68,976 [178,647]	636,453
48	Montana (MT)	6.65 [2.57]	145,552 [376,977]	945,428

49	Wyoming (WY)	5.49 [2.12]	97,100 [251,487]	512,573
50	Alaska (AK)	1.2 [0.46]	571,951 [1,481,346]	676,301

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The StatesRanked by Population Density (2008)

The States
Ranked by Population Density (2008)