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| Rank | State | People/Sq. Mile [People/Sq. Km] | Land Area (sq. miles [sq. km]) |
2016 Population |
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| 1 | New Jersey (NJ) | 1,205 [465.6] | 7,417 [19,209] | 8,944,469 | |
| 2 | Rhode Island (RI) | 1,010 [390.3] | 1,045 [2,706] | 1,056,426 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts (MA) | 868 [335.5] | 7,840 [20,305] | 6,811,779 | |
| 4 | Connecticut (CT) | 738 [285] | 4,845 [12,548] | 3,576,452 | |
| 5 | Maryland (MD) | 615 [237.7] | 9,774 [25,314] | 6,016,447 | |
| 6 | Delaware (DE) | 487.2 [188.1] | 1,954 [5,060] | 952,065 | |
| 7 | New York (NY) | 418.2 [161.5] | 47,214 [122,283] | 19,745,289 | |
| 8 | Florida (FL) | 382.2 [147.6] | 53,927 [139,670] | 20,612,439 | |
| 9 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 285.3 [110.1] | 44,817 [116,075] | 12,784,227 | |
| 10 | Ohio (OH) | 283.6 [109.5] | 40,948 [106,054] | 11,614,373 | |
| 11 | California (CA) | 251.7 [97.2] | 155,959 [403,931] | 39,250,017 | |
| 12 | Illinois (IL) | 230.3 [88.9] | 55,584 [143,961] | 12,801,539 | |
| 13 | Hawaii (HI) | 222.4 [85.9] | 6,423 [16,635] | 1,428,557 | |
| 14 | Virginia (VA) | 212.5 [82] | 39,594 [102,547] | 8,411,808 | |
| 15 | North Carolina (NC) | 208.3 [80.4] | 48,711 [126,160] | 10,146,788 | |
| 16 | Indiana (IN) | 184.9 [71.4] | 35,867 [92,895] | 6,633,053 | |
| 17 | Michigan (MI) | 174.8 [67.5] | 56,804 [147,121] | 9,928,300 | |
| 18 | Georgia (GA) | 178.1 [68.7] | 57,906 [149,975] | 10,310,371 | |
| 19 | South Carolina (SC) | 164.8 [63.6] | 30,109 [77,981] | 4,961,119 | |
| 20 | Tennessee (TN) | 161.4 [62.3] | 41,217 [106,751] | 6,651,194 | |
| 21 | New Hampshire (NH) | 148.8 [57.5] | 8,968 [23,227] | 1,334,795 | |
| 22 | Kentucky (KY) | 111.7 [43.12] | 39,728 [102,895] | 4,436,974 | |
| 23 | Louisiana (LA) | 107.5 [41.49] | 43,562 [112,825] | 4,681,666 | |
| 24 | Washington (WA) | 109.5 [42.29] | 66,544 [172,348] | 7,288,000 | |
| 25 | Wisconsin (WI) | 106.4 [41.08] | 54,310 [140,662] | 5,778,708 | |
| 26 | Texas (TX) | 106.4 [41.09] | 261,797 [678,051] | 27,862,596 | |
| 27 | Alabama (AL) | 95.8 [37] | 50,744 [131,426] | 4,863,300 | |
| 28 | Missouri (MO) | 88.5 [34.15] | 68,886 [178,413] | 6,093,000 | |
| 29 | West Virginia (WV) | 76 [29.36] | 24,078 [62,361] | 1,831,102 | |
| 30 | Minnesota (MN) | 69.3 [26.77] | 79,610 [206,188] | 5,519,952 | |
| 31 | Vermont (VT) | 67.5 [26.07] | 9,250 [23,957] | 624,594 | |
| 32 | Mississippi (MS) | 63.7 [24.6] | 46,907 [121,488] | 2,988,726 | |
| 33 | Arizona (AZ) | 61 [23.55] | 113,635 [294,313] | 6,931,071 | |
| 34 | Arkansas (AR) | 57.4 [22.16] | 52,068 [134,855] | 2,988,248 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma (OK) | 57.1 [22.06] | 68,667 [177,846] | 3,923,561 | |
| 36 | Iowa (IA) | 56.1 [21.66] | 55,869 [144,700] | 3,134,693 | |
| 37 | Colorado (CO) | 53.4 [20.63] | 103,718 [268,628] | 5,540,545 | |
| 38 | Maine (ME) | 43.14 [16.66] | 30,862 [79,932] | 1,331,479 | |
| 39 | Oregon (OR) | 42.64 [16.46] | 95,997 [248,631] | 4,093,465 | |
| 40 | Utah (UT) | 37.14 [14.34] | 82,144 [212,751] | 3,051,217 | |
| 41 | Kansas (KS) | 35.53 [13.72] | 81,815 [211,899] | 2,907,289 | |
| 42 | Nevada (NV) | 26.77 [10.34] | 109,826 [284,448] | 2,940,058 | |
| 43 | Nebraska (NE) | 24.81 [9.58] | 76,872 [199,097] | 1,907,116 | |
| 44 | Idaho (ID) | 20.34 [7.85] | 82,747 [214,313] | 1,683,140 | |
| 45 | New Mexico (NM) | 17.15 [6.62] | 121,356 [314,310] | 2,081,015 | |
| 46 | South Dakota (SD) | 11.4 [4.4] | 75,885 [196,541] | 865,454 | |
| 47 | North Dakota (ND) | 10.99 [4.24] | 68,976 [178,647] | 757,952 | |
| 48 | Montana (MT) | 7.16 [2.77] | 145,552 [376,977] | 1,042,520 | |
| 49 | Wyoming (WY) | 6.03 [2.33] | 97,100 [251,487] | 585,501 | |
| 50 | Alaska (AK) | 1.3 [0.5] | 571,951 [1,481,346] | 741,894 | |
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