List of states and territories of the United States by population density
This article includes a sortable table listing the 50 states, the territories, and the District of Columbia by population density, population rank, 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.
Population density is defined as the population per land area. Resident population is from the United States Census Bureau estimates for July 1, 2015, and from the 2015 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs for territories besides Puerto Rico. In the second table, territorial data are from the 2010 Census. Land area is from the 2010 Census.
The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area. For example, the population density of the U.S. is a twelfth that of the Netherlands and a fifteenth that of South Korea. However, it is over 8 times higher than that of Canada and over 9 times higher than that of Australia.
2015 density (states, territories and DC)
2013 density (states, territories, divisions and regions)
| Rank | State/Territory/ Division/Region | Density | Density | Geog. sort |