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This article is a list of the 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia ordered by population density. The data are from the 2000 U.S. Census and 2007 population estimates.

Rank (2007)	Rank (2000)	State	Population density (2007) (persons per sq. mi)	Population density (2007) (persons per km²)	Population density (2000) (persons per sq. mi)	Population density (2000) (persons per km²)
		District of Columbia^[1]	9,581.3	3,699.9	9,378.0	3,620.6
1	1	New Jersey	1,171.1	452.16	1,138.0	439.39
2	2	Rhode Island	1,012.3	390.78	1,003.2	387.35
3	3	Massachusetts	822.7	317.63	809.8	312.67
4	4	Connecticut	722.9	279.11	702.9	271.40
5	5	Maryland	574.8	221.94	541.9	209.23
6	7	Delaware	442.6	170.87	401.1	154.87
7	6	New York	408.7	157.81	401.9	155.18
8	8	Florida	338.4	130.67	296.4	114.43
9	9	Ohio	280.0	108.12	277.3	107.05
10	10	Pennsylvania	277.4	107.11	274.0	105.80
11	12	California	234.4	90.49	217.1	83.85
12	11	Illinois	231.2	89.28	223.4	86.27
13	13	Hawaii	199.8	77.15	188.6	72.83
14	14	Virginia	194.8	75.20	178.8	69.03
15	17	North Carolina	186.0	71.82	165.2	63.80
16	15	Michigan	177.3	68.46	175.0	67.55
17	16	Indiana	176.9	68.31	169.5	65.46
18	18	Georgia	164.8	63.64	141.4	54.59
19	19	Tennessee	149.4	57.67	138.0	53.29
20	20	New Hampshire	146.7	56.65	137.8	53.20
21	21	South Carolina	146.4	56.52	133.2	51.45
22	23	Kentucky	106.8	41.22	101.7	39.28
23	24	Wisconsin	103.1	39.82	98.8	38.13
24	22	Louisiana	98.6	38.05	102.6	39.61
25	25	Washington	97.2	37.53	88.6	34.20
26	28	Texas	91.3	35.25	79.6	30.75
27	26	Alabama	91.2	35.21	87.6	33.84
		U.S. Average	86.2	33.28	80.7	31.17
28	27	Missouri	85.3	32.95	81.2	31.36
29	29	West Virginia	75.3	29.06	75.1	29.00
30	30	Vermont	67.2	25.93	65.8	25.41
31	31	Minnesota	65.3	25.21	61.8	23.86
32	32	Mississippi	62.2	24.03	60.6	23.42
33	36	Arizona	55.8	21.54	45.2	17.43
34	34	Arkansas	54.4	21.02	51.3	19.82
35	33	Iowa	53.5	20.65	52.4	20.22
36	35	Oklahoma	52.7	20.34	50.3	19.40
37	37	Colorado	46.9	18.10	41.5	16.01
38	38	Maine	42.7	16.48	41.3	15.95
39	39	Oregon	39.0	15.07	35.6	13.76
40	40	Kansas	33.9	13.10	32.9	12.69
41	41	Utah	32.2	12.43	27.2	10.50
42	43	Nevada	23.4	9.02	18.2	7.03
43	42	Nebraska	23.1	8.91	22.3	8.60
44	44	Idaho	18.1	7.00	15.6	6.04
45	45	New Mexico	16.2	6.27	15.0	5.79
46	46	South Dakota	10.5	4.05	9.9	3.84
47	47	North Dakota	9.3	3.58	9.3	3.59
48	48	Montana	6.5	2.51	6.2	2.39
49	49	Wyoming	5.4	2.08	5.1	1.96
50	50	Alaska	1.2	0.46	1.1	0.42

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Notes

^ The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state, but is used in the calculation of the total average U.S. 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.

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

Rank	State	Population density (per sq. mi)	Population density (per km²)
1	New Jersey	1134.4	438.00
2	Rhode Island	1003.2	387.35
3	Massachusetts	809.8	312.68
4	Connecticut	702.9	271.40
5	Maryland	541.9	209.23
6	New York	501.9	195.18
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

Other pages

List of U.S. states by population

Other websites

States by population -- JULY 2005 . United States Census Bureau. September 29, 2006.
GCT-PH1-R. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. United States Census Bureau. Last accessed September 29, 2006.

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