Talk:List of states and territories of the United States by population density

message: I just checked the german article for New Jersey where was mentioned its the state with most density (389/km²), and here I see something like 480 or so... but 22,608km² and 8,791,894 Population (2010 census) makes = 388,8842002830856334041047416843 which makes the german 389/km² correct, so the whole article is false because Rhode Island is stated here with 389.1 for example... but that's impossible until NJ is at first place with 388,8. I know you Americans use square miles, but that doesn't matter... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kilon22 (talk • contribs) 23:32, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The version you're referring to, which I won't even bother to check the math for, is based on 2007 estimates.  I was just checking the talk page in order to replace these with numbers from the more accurate 2010 Census.  Seems like a good idea so I should have them up sometime this weekend when I have time to input the numbers and double-check everything. 70.15.11.44 (talk) 14:49, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  What's the Wikipolicy on angry emoticons? I'm gonna have to redo the 2000 side as well ... someone decided to make 1 mile equal ~2.6 kilometers instead of ~1.6 .... ARGH! 70.15.11.44 (talk) 16:48, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

text:  ... also, the totals are conventionally calculated for the land area, not the total area.  Just be aware of that. 70.15.11.44 (talk) 16:51, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  LOL, 1 sq mi is equal ~2.6 km2. Next time use your brain. I put Template:Disputed into the article until someone normal fixes the values.--Giornorosso (talk) 01:42, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: 3 days 6 hours 51 minutes. 70.15.11.44 (talk) 12:11, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who divided residents with km²? 

message: Sortable lists make it easier to easily distinguish important information. 83.250.128.97 (talk) 21:09, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lista should be sortable 

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message: If New Jersey has 5x the population density of California, why is it less than half the size of California on the map? Are we saying each states actual size is multiplied by a factor of density? That's some interesting math 2601:600:8780:70E0:C13E:C645:9081:5184 (talk) 06:25, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The scaling is based on 2013 population and I would argue it's a bad picture to include. Mercator projection is also a factor at play. – The Grid (talk)  13:32, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The caption was incorrect. The states are scaled by population, which is perfectly meaningful and relevant. I suppose you could say that the area is multiplied by the density, because area * (population/area) = population, but that's a pretty perverse way to explain it. Mercator projection is irrelevant here. --Macrakis (talk) 15:16, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map scaled by population density?