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This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, ordered by population density. The figures given are in people per square kilometer. The data is from the United States Census Bureau and is current as of 2000.
| Rank | State | Population density |
| 1 | New Jersey | 438.00 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | 387.35 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | 312.68 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 271.40 |
| 5 | Maryland | 209.23 |
| 6 | New York | 155.18 |
| 7 | Delaware | 154.87 |
| 8 | Florida | 114.43 |
| 9 | Ohio | 107.05 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 105.80 |
| 11 | Illinois | 86.27 |
| 12 | California | 83.85 |
| 13 | Hawaii | 72.83 |
| 14 | Virginia | 69.03 |
| 15 | Michigan | 67.55 |
| 16 | Indiana | 65.46 |
| 17 | North Carolina | 63.80 |
| 18 | Georgia | 54.59 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 53.29 |
| 20 | New Hampshire | 53.20 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 51.45 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 39.61 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 39.28 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | 38.13 |
| 25 | Washington | 34.20 |
| 26 | Alabama | 33.84 |
| 27 | Missouri | 31.36 |
| 28 | Texas | 30.75 |
| 29 | West Virginia | 29.00 |
| 30 | Vermont | 25.41 |
| 31 | Minnesota | 23.86 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 23.42 |
| 33 | Iowa | 20.22 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 19.82 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | 19.40 |
| 36 | Arizona | 17.43 |
| 37 | Colorado | 16.01 |
| 38 | Maine | 15.95 |
| 39 | Oregon | 13.76 |
| 40 | Kansas | 12.69 |
| 41 | Utah | 10.50 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 8.60 |
| 43 | Nevada | 7.03 |
| 44 | Idaho | 6.04 |
| 45 | New Mexico | 5.79 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 3.84 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 3.59 |
| 48 | Montana | 2.39 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 1.96 |
| 50 | Alaska | 0.42 |