Us Population Density Map By State. New Jersey follows with a population density of 120783 people per mile² and Massachusetts with 88368 people per mile². Because the US is so large weve split the US into 10 by 10 degree chunks and combined them into a single VRT file.
The 10 by 10 degree chunks are represented by the Geotiff files named population_usa. The GeoJSON with state shapes was kindly shared by Mike Bostock of D3 fame extended with density values from this Wikipedia article based on July 1st 2011 data from US Census Bureau and assigned to statesData JS variable. California has a total population of 39613500 and a population density of 25274 people per mile².
Because the US is so large weve split the US into 10 by 10 degree chunks and combined them into a single VRT file.
If you are in Alaska the state with the lowest population density there is just one person per square mile but if youre in New York City there are 27000 people per square mile the highest of any major city in the country. The GeoJSON with state shapes was kindly shared by Mike Bostock of D3 fame extended with density values from this Wikipedia article based on July 1st 2011 data from US Census Bureau and assigned to statesData JS variable. Population density for states divisions regions and territories Rank StateTerritory DivisionRegion Population sqmi Population sqkm Geographic region-- District of Columbia. Population Density 200 - 4999 100 - 1999 50 - 999 Less Than 50 Persons per Square Mile State Capital City With Population Over 1000000 National Capital WISCONSIN 5686986 8 State Population Number of Congressional Representatives per State State Name denotes non-voting member Legend.
