List of U.S. States and territories by population density - wikipedia List of U.S. States and territories by population density Shaded map of states demonstrating population density ( 2013 ) Map of states scaled proportional to population ( 2015 ) New Jersey is the most densely - populated state Being home to the most populous city in the country, New York ranks 7th ( among the states ) in overall density Washington is ranked 24th in density among the states. Despite a fairly average population density, Vermont has one of the smallest populations due to its small overall area Idaho 's overall population has increased rapidly in recent decades, but its population density relative to other states is low About half of the population of Alaska lives in the Anchorage metropolitan area Puerto Rico ranks as the third most densely - populated area in the U.S. 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 calculated as resident population divided by total land area. Resident population is from the United States Census Bureau estimates for July 1, 2015 ( for the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico ), and from the 2015 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs for territories besides Puerto Rico. In the second table, territories data ( except Puerto Rico ) is from the 2010 Census. Total land area is from the 2010 Census. The population density of the United States is relatively low compared to many other developed countries due to its size. For example, the population density of the U.S. is one - twelfth that of the Netherlands and one - fifteenth that of South Korea. Contents 1 2015 density ( states, territories, and DC ) 2 2013 density ( states, territories, divisions and regions ) 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 2015 density ( states, territories, and DC ) 2015 Density by population rank and land area ( states, territories, and the District of Columbia ) hide State Pop. dens. Rank Pop. dens. Rank 50 states Density ( Pop. / mi ) Density ( Pop. / km ) Pop. Rank 2015 population Land Rank Land area ( mi ) Land area ( km ) District of Columbia -- 7004110110000000000 ♠ 11,011 7003425100000000000 ♠ 4,251 50 672,228 56 61.05 158.1 New Jersey 7003121800000000000 ♠ 1,218 7002470000000000000 ♠ 470 11 8,958,013 46 7,354 19,046.8 Puerto Rico -- 7003104600000000000 ♠ 1,046 7002404000000000000 ♠ 404 29 3,680,058 49 3,515 9,103.8 Rhode Island 7003102100000000000 ♠ 1,021 7002394000000000000 ♠ 394 44 1,056,298 51 1,034 2,678.0 Massachusetts 5 7002871000000000000 ♠ 871 7002336000000000000 ♠ 336 15 6,794,422 45 7,800 20,201.9 Guam 6 -- 7002808000000000000 ♠ 808 7002314000000000000 ♠ 314 53 169,885 52 210 543.9 US Virgin Islands 7 -- 7002799000000000000 ♠ 799 7002308000000000000 ♠ 308 54 106,906 54 133.73 346.4 Connecticut 8 7002741000000000000 ♠ 741 7002286000000000000 ♠ 286 30 3,590,886 48 4,842 12,540.7 American Samoa 9 -- 7002721000000000000 ♠ 721 7002279000000000000 ♠ 279 55 55,538 55 77 199.4 Maryland 10 5 7002618000000000000 ♠ 618 7002238000000000000 ♠ 238 19 6,006,401 42 9,707 25,141.0 Delaware 11 6 7002485000000000000 ♠ 485 7002187000000000000 ♠ 187 46 945,934 50 1,949 5,047.9 New York 12 7 7002420000000000000 ♠ 420 7002162000000000000 ♠ 162 19,795,791 30 47,126 122,055.8 Florida 13 8 7002378000000000000 ♠ 378 7002145000000000000 ♠ 145 20,271,272 26 53,625 138,888.1 Northern Mariana Islands 14 -- 7002307000000000000 ♠ 307 7002118000000000000 ♠ 118 56 55,070 53 179 463.6 Pennsylvania 15 9 7002286000000000000 ♠ 286 7002110000000000000 ♠ 110 6 12,802,503 32 44,743 115,883.8 Ohio 16 10 7002284000000000000 ♠ 284 7002109000000000000 ♠ 109 7 11,614,373 35 40,861 105,829.5 California 17 11 7002251000000000000 ♠ 251 7001970000000000000 ♠ 97 39,144,818 155,959.34 403,932.8 Illinois 18 12 7002231000000000000 ♠ 231 7001890000000000000 ♠ 89 5 12,859,995 24 55,519 143,793.5 Hawaii 19 13 7002222000000000000 ♠ 222 7001860000000000000 ♠ 86 41 1,431,603 47 6,423 16,635.5 Virginia 20 14 7002212000000000000 ♠ 212 7001810000000000000 ♠ 81 12 8,382,993 36 39,490.09 102,278.9 North Carolina 21 15 7002206000000000000 ♠ 206 7001790000000000000 ♠ 79 9 10,042,802 29 48,617.91 125,919.8 Indiana 22 16 7002184000000000000 ♠ 184 7001710000000000000 ♠ 71 16 6,619,680 38 35,826 92,788.9 Georgia 23 17 7002177000000000000 ♠ 177 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 8 10,214,860 21 57,513 148,958.0 Michigan 24 18 7002175000000000000 ♠ 175 7001670000000000000 ♠ 67 10 9,922,576 22 56,539 146,435.3 South Carolina 25 19 7002162000000000000 ♠ 162 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 23 4,896,146 40 30,061 77,857.6 Tennessee 26 20 7002160000000000000 ♠ 160 7001610000000000000 ♠ 61 17 6,600,299 34 41,235 106,798.2 New Hampshire 27 21 7002148000000000000 ♠ 148 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 42 1,330,608 44 8,953 23,188.2 Kentucky 28 22 7002112000000000000 ♠ 112 7001430000000000000 ♠ 43 26 4,425,092 37 39,486 102,268.3 Louisiana 29 23 7002108000000000000 ♠ 108 7001410000000000000 ♠ 41 25 4,670,724 33 43,204 111,897.8 Washington 30 24 7002107000000000000 ♠ 107 7001410000000000000 ♠ 41 13 7,170,351 20 66,456 172,120.2 Wisconsin 31 25 7002106000000000000 ♠ 106 7001410000000000000 ♠ 41 20 5,771,337 25 54,158 140,268.6 Texas 32 26 7002105000000000000 ♠ 105 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 27,469,114 261,232 676,587.8 Alabama 33 27 7001950000000000000 ♠ 95 7001370000000000000 ♠ 37 24 4,858,979 28 50,645 131,169.9 Missouri 34 28 7001880000000000000 ♠ 88 7001340000000000000 ♠ 34 18 6,083,672 18 68,742 178,041.0 West Virginia 35 29 7001760000000000000 ♠ 76 7001290000000000000 ♠ 29 39 1,844,128 41 24,038 62,258.1 Minnesota 36 30 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68 7001260000000000000 ♠ 26 21 5,489,594 14 79,627 206,233.0 Vermont 37 31 7001670000000000000 ♠ 67 7001260000000000000 ♠ 26 51 626,042 43 9,217 23,871.9 Mississippi 38 32 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 7001240000000000000 ♠ 24 33 2,992,333 31 46,923 121,530.0 Arizona 39 33 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 7001230000000000000 ♠ 23 14 6,828,065 6 113,594 294,207.1 Arkansas 40 34 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 7001220000000000000 ♠ 22 34 2,978,204 27 52,035 134,770.0 Oklahoma 41 35 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 7001220000000000000 ♠ 22 28 3,911,338 19 68,595 177,660.2 Iowa 42 36 7001550000000000000 ♠ 55 7001210000000000000 ♠ 21 31 3,123,899 23 55,857 144,669.0 Colorado 43 37 7001520000000000000 ♠ 52 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 22 5,456,574 8 103,642 268,431.5 Maine 44 38 7001430000000000000 ♠ 43 7001160000000000000 ♠ 16 43 1,329,328 39 30,843 79,883.0 Oregon 45 39 7001410000000000000 ♠ 41 7001160000000000000 ♠ 16 27 4,028,977 10 95,988 248,607.8 Utah 46 40 7001360000000000000 ♠ 36 7001140000000000000 ♠ 14 32 2,995,919 12 82,170 212,819.3 Kansas 47 41 7001360000000000000 ♠ 36 7001140000000000000 ♠ 14 35 2,911,641 13 81,759 211,754.8 Nevada 48 42 7001260000000000000 ♠ 26 7001100000000000000 ♠ 10 36 2,890,845 7 109,781 284,331.5 Nebraska 49 43 7001240000000000000 ♠ 24 7000900000000000000 ♠ 9 38 1,896,190 15 76,824 198,973.2 Idaho 50 44 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 40 1,654,930 11 82,643 214,044.4 New Mexico 51 45 7001170000000000000 ♠ 17 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6 37 2,085,109 5 121,298 314,160.4 South Dakota 52 46 7001110000000000000 ♠ 11 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4 47 858,469 16 75,811 196,349.6 North Dakota 53 47 7001100000000000000 ♠ 10 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4 48 756,927 17 69,001 178,711.8 Montana 54 48 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 45 1,032,949 145,546 376,962.4 Wyoming 55 49 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 52 586,107 9 97,093 251,469.7 Alaska 56 50 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 49 738,432 570,641 1,477,953.4 2013 density ( states, territories, divisions and regions ) hide Legend Division totals -- 9 divisions for 50 states and DC Region totals -- 4 regions ( 2 or 3 divisions each ) Individual territories Total U.S. Territories 50 states + DC and District of Columbia Divisions & regions as defined by U.S. Census Bureau Last col. shows larger region which contains entity in col. 2 2013 Density by states, divisions, regions and territories in square miles and square kilometers hide Rank State / Territory / Division / Region Density ( Pop. / mi ) Density ( Pop. / km ) Geog. sort District of Columbia 10,588.8 4,088.4 MdAtl New Jersey 1,210.1 467.2 MdAtl Puerto Rico 1,055.9 407.7 Terr. Rhode Island 1,017.1 392.7 NEng -- Territories 991.0 382.6 USA 5 Massachusetts 858.0 331.3 NEng 6 U.S. Virgin Islands 792.2 305.9 Terr. 7 Guam 759.6 293.3 Terr. 8 Connecticut 742.6 286.7 NEng 9 American Samoa 726.1 280.4 Terr. 10 Maryland 610.8 235.8 MdAtl 11 Delaware 475.1 183.4 MdAtl 12 New York 417.0 161.0 MdAtl Mid-Atlantic 416.5 160.8 NEast 13 Florida 364.6 140.8 SAtl Northeast 345.5 133.4 USA 14 Northern Mariana Islands 295.5 114.1 Terr. 15 Pennsylvania 285.5 110.2 MdAtl 16 Ohio 283.2 109.3 ENC 17 California 246.1 95.0 Pac New England 233.2 90.0 NEast South Atlantic 233.1 90.0 South 18 Illinois 232.0 89.6 ENC 19 Hawaii 218.6 84.4 Pac 20 Virginia 209.2 80.8 SAtl 21 North Carolina 202.6 78.2 SAtl East North Central 192.1 74.2 MWest 22 Indiana 183.4 70.8 ENC 23 Michigan 175.0 67.6 ENC 24 Georgia 173.7 67.1 SAtl 25 South Carolina 158.8 61.3 SAtl 26 Tennessee 157.5 60.8 ESC 27 New Hampshire 147.8 57.1 NEng South 136.3 52.6 USA 28 Kentucky 111.3 43.0 ESC 29 Louisiana 107.1 41.3 WSC 30 Wisconsin 106.0 40.9 ENC 5 East South Central 105.0 40.5 South 31 Washington 104.9 40.5 Pac 32 Texas 103.1 40.8 WSC 33 Alabama 95.4 36.9 ESC Midwest 90.0 34.7 USA -- 50 States + DC 89.5 34.6 NAmer 6 West South Central 89.1 34.4 South 34 Missouri 87.9 33.9 WNC 35 West Virginia 77.1 29.8 SAtl 36 Minnesota 68.1 26.3 WNC 37 Vermont 68.0 26.3 NEng 38 Mississippi 63.7 24.6 ESC 39 Arizona 58.3 22.5 Mtn 7 Pacific 57.4 22.2 West 40 Arkansas 56.9 21.8 WSC 41 Oklahoma 56.1 21.3 WSC 42 Iowa 54.8 21.2 WNC 43 Colorado 50.8 19.6 Mtn West 49.5 19.1 USA 44 Maine 43.1 16.6 NEng 8 West North Central 41.1 15.9 MWest 45 Oregon 40.9 15.8 Pac 46 Kansas 35.4 13.7 WNC 47 Utah 35.3 13.6 Mtn 9 Mountain 26.7 10.3 West 48 Nevada 25.4 9.8 Mtn 49 Nebraska 24.3 9.4 WNC 50 Idaho 19.5 7.5 Mtn 51 New Mexico 17.2 6.6 Mtn 52 South Dakota 11.1 4.3 WNC 53 North Dakota 10.5 4.0 WNC 54 Montana 7.0 2.7 Mtn 55 Wyoming 6.0 2.3 Mtn 56 Alaska 1.3 0.5 Pac See also Book : United States Big Eight States Outline of the United States Index of United States - related articles United States Demographics of the United States List of United States cities by population density U.S. state List of U.S. states List of U.S. states by African - American population List of U.S. states by area List of U.S. states by coastline List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union List of U.S. states by elevation List of U.S. states by fertility rate List of U.S. states by GDP ( nominal ) List of U.S. states by GDP per capita ( nominal ) List of U.S. states by historical population List of U.S. states by income equality List of U.S. states by population List of U.S. states by population growth rate List of U.S. states by time zone List of U.S. states by vehicles per capita Geography portal North America portal United States portal References Resident Population Data - 2010 Census. United States Census Bureau. Last accessed January 10, 2011. ( 1 ) 2015 List of Countries by Population Density ( for territories ). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Retrieved 31 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico : April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 ''. 2015 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. December 2015. Archived from the original ( CSV ) on December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 11 - 17. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 09. 2015 - List of Countries by Population Density. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Retrieved 31 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates ''. 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2014. 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Question: where would the population density be the highest and lowest in the united states
Answer: District of Columbia