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US State Urban Share,
Population & Density: 2000

State/District Land Area
(Square Miles)		 Urban Land
Area		 Urban
Land %		 Rank Urban Pop-
ulation		 Urban Density Rank
Alabama 50,750 1,779 3.51% 24 2,465,673 1,386 48
Alaska 570,374 260 0.05% 52 411,257 1,579 41
Arizona 113,642 1,676 1.47% 37 4,523,535 2,699 10
Arkansas 52,075 906 1.74% 34 1,404,179 1,550 44
California 155,973 7,914 5.07% 22 31,985,112 4,041 3
Colorado 103,729 1,262 1.22% 39 3,633,185 2,879 7
Connecticut 4,845 1,757 36.26% 4 2,988,059 1,701 40
Delaware 1,955 302 15.45% 7 627,758 2,079 31
District of Columbia 61 61 100.00% 1 572,059 9,378 1
Florida 53,937 6,130 11.36% 8 14,270,020 2,328 19
Georgia 57,919 3,725 6.43% 13 5,864,163 1,574 43
Hawaii 6,423 355 5.53% 21 1,108,225 3,118 5
Idaho 82,751 406 0.49% 47 856,962 2,108 30
Illinois 55,593 3,573 6.43% 14 10,909,520 3,053 6
Indiana 35,870 2,206 6.15% 17 4,304,011 1,951 35
Iowa 55,875 815 1.46% 38 1,787,432 2,192 27
Kansas 81,823 862 1.05% 42 1,920,669 2,229 23
Kentucky 39,732 1,214 3.06% 26 2,253,800 1,856 38
Louisiana 43,566 1,661 3.81% 23 3,245,665 1,954 34
Maine 30,865 357 1.16% 40 512,878 1,438 48
Maryland 9,775 1,803 18.44% 6 4,558,668 2,529 13
Massachusetts 7,838 2,804 35.78% 5 5,801,367 2,069 32
Michigan 56,809 3,341 5.88% 20 7,419,457 2,221 25
Minnesota 79,617 1,509 1.90% 33 3,490,059 2,313 20
Mississippi 46,914 931 1.98% 32 1,387,351 1,490 45
Missouri 68,898 1,819 2.64% 29 3,883,442 2,135 29
Montana 145,556 260 0.18% 50 487,878 1,874 37
Nebraska 76,878 455 0.59% 45 1,193,725 2,625 12
Nevada 109,806 544 0.50% 46 1,828,646 3,364 4
New Hampshire 8,969 558 6.22% 15 732,335 1,313 51
New Jersey 7,419 2,789 37.60% 2 7,939,087 2,846 9
New Mexico 121,364 752 0.62% 44 1,363,501 1,814 39
New York 47,224 3,939 8.34% 11 16,602,582 4,215 2
North Carolina 48,718 3,546 7.28% 12 4,849,482 1,367 50
North Dakota 68,994 145 0.21% 49 358,958 2,467 14
Ohio 40,953 3,995 9.75% 9 8,782,329 2,199 26
Oklahoma 68,679 1,153 1.68% 35 2,254,563 1,956 33
Oregon 96,002 1,026 1.07% 41 2,694,144 2,626 11
Pennsylvania 44,820 4,256 9.50% 10 9,464,101 2,224 24
Rhode Island 1,045 389 37.19% 3 953,146 2,453 15
South Carolina 30,111 1,858 6.17% 16 2,427,124 1,306 52
South Dakota 75,896 168 0.22% 48 391,427 2,330 18
Tennessee 41,219 2,430 5.89% 19 3,620,018 1,490 46
Texas 261,914 7,125 2.72% 28 17,204,281 2,415 16
Utah 82,168 690 0.84% 43 1,970,344 2,855 8
Vermont 9,249 147 1.59% 36 232,448 1,577 42
Virginia 39,598 2,367 5.98% 18 5,169,955 2,184 28
Washington 66,581 2,118 3.18% 25 4,831,106 2,281 21
West Virginia 24,087 564 2.34% 31 832,780 1,478 47
Wisconsin 54,314 1,635 3.01% 27 3,663,643 2,240 22
Wyoming 97,105 169 0.17% 51 321,344 1,904 36
United States 3,536,278 92,505 2.62%   222,353,453 2,404  
Calculated from 2000 Census Data          

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