District of Columbia (Population density: 11,665 people per square mile)
New Jersey (Population density: 1,213 people per square mile)
Rhode Island (Population density: 1,022 people per square mile)
Puerto Rico (Population density: 900 people per square mile)
Massachusetts (Population density: 890 people per square mile)
Connecticut (Population density: 737 people per square mile)
Maryland (Population density: 625 people per square mile)
Delaware (Population density: 500 people per square mile)
New York (Population density: 414 people per square mile)
Florida (Population density: 404 people per square mile)
Understand this includes areas such as Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. These metros are replete with apartments and condos and lighter on SFHs. On the other hand, MUCH of Florida is uninhabited swampland, and many rural parts are subdivided into large plots of acreage with greenbelt laws protecting them from further subdividing.
If you stay out of the major metros, you'll find a lot of farms and God-fearing, red-blooded Americans. Most of us were prepared long ago and are going about our daily lives.
Santa Clara Country - 1,490 people per sq mile
Probably triple that in the populated areas.
Oregon 42 people per square mile
The Adirondack National Park is about 1/4 of NYS's land area.
It's stinking DESOLATE north of the thruway.
I wonder what NY's population density would be if you took out NYC and it's boroughs.
I think NYC skews NYS’s numbers a bit.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/planning-level/nyc-population/population-facts.page
With a July 2015 population of 8,550,405, New York is the most populous city in the United States, more than twice the size of the second largest city, Los Angeles.
About 1 in every 38 people living in the United States resides in New York City.
New York has the highest population density of any major city in the United States, with over 27,000 people per square mile.
New York City has more people than 40 of the 50 U.S. states.
New York City comprises over two-fifths of New York State’s entire population.