is one of the most populous countries in the world, with a total population of over 327 million inhabitants, as of 2018. Most of the leading countries and territories are city states. Only 1.3 inhabitants per square mile reside in the largest state of the U.S.Ĭompared to other countries around the world, the United States does not rank within the top 50, in terms of population density. Examples and Supported Geographies: /data/2016/pep/natmonthly.html Variables: /data/2016/pep/natmonthly/variables. Cities featured on the Most Populous and Highest Density lists feature populations of 5,000 or more on July 1, 2022. A number of New England states follow at the top of the ranking, making the northeastern region of the United States the most densely populated region of the country. Projections of the future population for the United States can be found on the Population Projections web page. This dataset was prepared by Google based on data downloaded from U.S. Although the definition of urban gives us some indication of population densities. Population estimates for US States, counties, cities and other places, by sex and gender. Rhode Island is the second most densely populated state, with slightly over 1,000 inhabitants per square mile. In 2016, urban populations increased to 4.4 billion while the worlds. The most densely populated state is New Jersey, with 1,208 people per square mile living there. To enable faster global processing, and in support of research communities, the 30 arc-second count data were aggregated to 2. This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European ommission’s science and knowledge service. The data files were produced as global rasters at 30 arc-second (1 km at the equator) resolution. This layer is a global estimate of human population density for 2016 provided by ESRI ArcGIS. 2016 A method to downscale population statistics to Urban Atlas polygons Mapping population density in Functional Urban Areas EUR 28194 EN. The population density of the United States varies from state to state. The population density rasters were created by dividing the population count raster for a given target year by the land area raster. is now 92 people per square mile, although this changes dramatically based on where you are located: If you are in Alaska, the state with the lowest population density, there is just one person per square mile but if you’re in New York City there are 27,000 people per square mile, the highest of. Population density doubled in 1900, and grew in total by around 800 percent until 2010. The average population density in the U.S. Since then, population density grew by about 16 percent each decade. Population density was roughly 11 at the time and has doubled in the last century. After examining the data in detail, it becomes clear that a major population increase started around 1870. Over the last two centuries, the number of people living in the United States per square mile has grown from 4.5 in 1790 to 87.4 in 2010. Population density has been tracked for over two hundred years in the United States.

In 2019, the population density was approximately 92.9 residents per square mile of land area.

This graph shows the population density of the United States of America from 1790 to 2019.

Us population density map 2016