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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

Map of states showing population density

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

List of U.S. states by population
List of United States cities by population density
Demographics of the United States (for cities and counties by population density, detailed population density map)

[edit] 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.

[0] The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state, but is used in the calculation of the total average U.S. population density.

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