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Population Density per Human Use Land:
Ranked by US State: 1990

Rank State Total Human Use Land (Urban & Agricultural) in Square Miles Population: 1990 Census Population per Square Mile: Human Use Land Population per Square Kilometer: Human Use Land
1 Rhode Island 365 1,003,464 2,751.2 1,062.2
2 New Jersey 3,361 7,730,188 2,299.8 887.9
3 Massachusetts 2,765 6,016,425 2,176.1 840.2
4 Connecticut 1,596 3,287,116 2,060.0 795.4
5 New York 16,740 17,990,778 1,074.7 414.9
6 Maryland 5,054 4,780,753 945.9 365.2
7 New Hampshire 1,425 1,109,252 778.3 300.5
8 Pennsylvania 15,462 11,882,842 768.5 296.7
9 Delaware 1,047 666,168 636.4 245.7
10 Florida 22,318 12,938,071 579.7 223.8
11 California 57,549 29,758,213 517.1 199.6
12 Michigan 19,621 9,295,277 473.7 182.9
13 North Carolina 15,786 6,632,448 420.2 162.2
14 Ohio 28,106 10,847,115 385.9 149.0
15 Virginia 16,672 6,189,197 371.2 143.3
16 Maine 3,343 1,227,928 367.4 141.8
17 South Carolina 9,676 3,486,310 360.3 139.1
18 Georgia 22,532 6,478,149 287.5 111.0
19 Hawaii 3,939 1,108,229 281.4 108.6
20 West Virginia 6,598 1,793,477 271.8 104.9
21 Louisiana 16,079 4,220,164 262.5 101.3
22 Illinois 47,837 11,430,602 238.9 92.3
23 Vermont 2,571 562,758 218.9 84.5
24 Tennessee 22,467 4,877,203 217.1 83.8
25 Alabama 19,675 4,040,389 205.4 79.3
26 Indiana 27,399 5,544,156 202.4 78.1
27 Washington 27,072 4,866,669 179.8 69.4
28 Wisconsin 29,839 4,891,769 163.9 63.3
29 Kentucky 23,554 3,686,891 156.5 60.4
30 Mississippi 21,936 2,575,475 117.4 45.3
31 Missouri 49,900 5,116,901 102.5 39.6
32 Oregon 29,207 2,842,337 97.3 37.6
33 Utah 18,899 1,722,850 91.2 35.2
34 Arkansas 26,131 2,350,624 90.0 34.7
35 Minnesota 50,476 4,375,665 86.7 33.5
36 Texas 215,767 16,986,335 78.7 30.4
37 Nevada 18,667 1,201,675 64.4 24.9
38 Colorado 54,483 3,294,473 60.5 23.3
39 Arizona 61,241 3,665,339 59.9 23.1
40 Oklahoma 54,985 3,145,576 57.2 22.1
41 Iowa 54,130 2,776,831 51.3 19.8
42 Idaho 22,078 1,006,734 45.6 17.6
43 Kansas 76,015 2,477,588 32.6 12.6
44 Alaska 19,550 550,043 28.1 10.9
45 Nebraska 74,144 1,578,417 21.3 8.2
46 New Mexico 73,317 1,515,069 20.7 8.0
47 South Dakota 69,740 696,004 10.0 3.9
48 North Dakota 65,966 638,800 9.7 3.7
49 Wyoming 55,396 453,589 8.2 3.2
50 Montana 97,676 799,065 8.2 3.2

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