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State Rankings
RESIDENT POPULATION LAND AREA IN RESIDENT POP.
POPULATION % CHANGE: APRIL 1, SQUARE MILES 1/ PER SQUARE MILE
JULY 1, 1997 1990 to JULY 1, 1997 APRIL 1, 1990 JULY 1, 1997
TOTAL
STATE (THOUSANDS) RANK PERCENT RANK SQ. MI. RANK NUMBER RANK
Alabama 4,319 23 6.9 23 50,750 28 85.1 26
Alaska 609 48 10.7 13 570,374 1 1.1 51
Arizona 4,555 21 24.3 2 113,642 6 40.1 38
Arkansas 2,523 33 7.3 20 52,075 27 48.4 35
California 32,268 1 8.4 18 155,973 3 206.9 13
Colorado 3,893 25 18.2 5 103,730 8 37.5 39
Connecticut 3,270 28 -0.5 49 4,845 48 674.9 5
Delaware 732 46 9.9 16 1,995 49 366.9 8
D. C. 529 50 -12.9 51 61 51 8,672.1 1
Florida 14,654 4 13.3 11 53,997 26 271.4 10
Georgia 7,486 10 15.6 6 57,919 21 129.2 21
Hawaii 1,187 41 7.1 21 6,423 47 184.8 14
Idaho 1,210 40 20.2 3 82,751 11 14.6 45
Illinois 11,896 6 4.1 39 55,593 24 214.0 12
Indiana 5,864 14 5.8 28 35,870 38 163.5 17
Iowa 2,852 30 2.7 42 55,875 23 51.0 34
Kansas 2,595 32 4.7 36 81,823 13 31.7 41
Kentucky 3,908 24 6.0 27 39,732 36 98.4 24
Louisiana 4,352 22 3.1 40 43,566 33 99.9 23
Maine 1,242 39 1.1 46 30,865 39 40.2 37
Maryland 5,094 19 6.5 24 9,775 42 521.1 6
Massachusetts 6,118 13 1.7 43 7,838 45 780.6 4
Michigan 9,774 8 5.2 34 56,809 22 172.1 15
Minnesota 4,686 20 7.1 22 79,617 14 58.9 32
Mississippi 2,731 31 6.1 25 46,914 31 58.2 33
Missouri 5,402 16 5.6 32 68,898 18 78.4 28
Montana 879 44 10.0 15 145,556 4 6.0 49
Nebraska 1,657 38 5.0 35 76,878 15 21.6 43
Nevada 1,677 37 39.5 1 109,806 7 15.3 44
New Hampshire 1,173 42 5.8 29 8,969 44 130.8 19
New Jersey 8,053 9 4.2 38 7,419 46 1,085.5 2
New Mexico 1,730 36 14.2 9 121,365 5 14.3 46
New York 18,137 3 0.8 47 47,224 30 384.1 7
North Carolina 7,425 11 12.0 12 48,718 29 152.4 18
North Dakota 641 47 0.3 48 68,994 17 9.3 48
Ohio 11,186 7 3.1 41 40,953 35 273.1 9
Oklahoma 3,317 27 5.4 33 68,679 19 48.3 36
Oregon 3,243 29 14.1 10 96,003 10 33.8 40
Pennsylvania 12,020 5 1.2 45 44,820 32 268.2 11
Rhode Island 987 43 -1.6 50 1,045 50 944.5 3
SOUTH CAROLINA 3,760 26 7.9 19 30,111 40 124.9 22
South Dakota 738 45 6.0 26 75,898 16 9.7 47
Tennessee 5,368 17 10.1 14 41,220 34 130.2 20
Texas 19,439 2 14.4 8 261,914 2 74.2 30
Utah 2,059 34 19.5 4 82,168 12 25.1 42
Vermont 589 49 4.6 37 9,249 43 63.7 31
Virginia 6,734 12 8.8 17 39,598 37 170.1 16
Washington 5,610 15 15.3 7 66,582 20 84.3 27
West Virginia 1,816 35 1.3 44 24,087 41 75.4 29
Wisconsin 5,170 18 5.7 31 54,314 25 95.2 25
Wyoming 480 51 5.7 30 97,105 9 4.9 50
UNITED STATES 267,636 x 7.6 x 3,536,342 x 75.7 x
Northeast Region 51,588 x 1.5 x 162,274 x 317.9 x
Midwest Region 62,460 x 4.7 x 751,521 x 83.1 x
South Region 94,187 x 10.2 x 871,070 x 108.1 x
West Region 59,400 x 12.5 x 1,751,477 x 33.9 x
1/: Dry land and temporarily or partially covered by water, such as marshlands, swamps, etc; streams and canals under one-
eighth statute mile wide; and lakes, resevoirs, and ponds under 40 acres.
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