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Population Density of
US Urban Places Ranked by State: 1990

State/District Population Land Area in Square Miles Population per Square Mile Populstion per Square Kilometer
Alabama 2,598,959 3,886 669 258
Alaska 476,034 16,857 28 11
Arizona 3,113,023 3,553 876 338
Arkansas 1,489,741 1,896 786 303
California 26,919,055 9,471 2,842 1,097
Colorado 2,727,405 1,791 1,523 588
Connecticut 2,020,803 921 2,195 847
Delaware 271,689 123 2,202 850
Florida 9,639,615 5,277 1,827 705
Georgia 3,247,945 3,032 1,071 414
Hawaii 1,044,884 1,033 1,012 391
Idaho 631,526 490 1,288 497
Illinois 9,746,297 3,354 2,906 1,122
Indiana 3,622,107 1,899 1,908 737
Iowa 2,128,311 1,805 1,179 455
Kansas 1,981,825 1,193 1,661 641
Kentucky 1,994,317 1,467 1,360 525
Louisiana 2,884,475 2,179 1,324 511
Maine 615,050 1,144 538 208
Maryland 3,840,663 1,585 2,423 935
Massachusetts 4,331,035 1,682 2,575 994
Michigan 6,301,470 2,746 2,295 886
Minnesota 3,448,524 3,612 955 369
Mississippi 1,376,082 1,624 847 327
Missouri 3,572,659 2,481 1,440 556
Montana 508,371 2,012 253 98
Nebraska 473,726 578 820 317
Nevada 1,071,605 1,980 541 209
New Hampshire 557,438 633 880 340
New Jersey 5,957,035 2,024 2,943 1,136
New Mexico 1,174,823 1,217 965 373
New York 14,563,372 3,456 4,214 1,627
North Carolina 1,200,790 673 1,784 689
North Dakota 3,378,623 2,694 1,254 484
Ohio 7,774,279 3,562 2,183 843
Oklahoma 2,411,156 3,470 695 268
Oregon 2,067,774 994 2,080 803
Pennsylvania 7,223,781 2,791 2,588 999
Rhode Island 727,569 216 3,364 1,299
South Carolina 1,643,341 1,551 1,059 409
South Dakota 491,901 506 973 376
Tennessee 2,989,237 3,137 953 368
Texas 13,530,184 9,424 1,436 554
Utah 1,601,932 1,511 1,060 409
Vermont 213,838 208 1,027 397
Virginia 4,024,968 2,800 1,437 555
Washington 3,719,220 2,097 1,773 685
West Virginia 779,106 692 1,126 435
Wisconsin 3,481,926 2,339 1,489 575
Wyoming 341,614 412 829 320
District of Columbia 606,900 61 9,884 3,816
United States 181,931,103 126,079 1,443 557
Calculated from US Census Bureau data.

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