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Lesson 42:
Interpreting Population Facts
of the United States by Regions
United States
Population Density (people
State
(2008 estimates) per squaremile)
New England Region
Massachusetts 6,497,967
823
Connecticut
3,501,252
723
Maine
1,316,456
43
NewHampshire 1,315,809
147
Rhode Island 1,050,788
1,012
Vermont
621,270
67
Subtotal =
14,303,542
Middle Atlantic Region
NewYork
19,490,297
409
Pennsylvania 12,448,279
277
New Jersey
8,682,661
1,171
Maryland
5,633,597
575
Delaware
873,092
443
Washington, D.C.
591,833
9,581
Subtotal =
47,719,759
Southeast Region
Florida
18,328,340
338
Georgia
9,685,744
165
NorthCarolina 9,222,414
186
Virginia
7,769,089
195
Tennessee
6,214,888
149
Alabama
4,661,900
91
SouthCarolina 4,479,800
146
Louisiana
4,410,796
99
Kentucky
4,269,245
107
Mississippi
2,938,618
62
Arkansas
2,855,390
54
West Virginia 1,814,468
75
Subtotal =
76,650,692
U.S. AveragePopulationDensity = 86
Population Density (people
State
(2008 estimates) per squaremile)
Midwest Region
Illinois
12,901,563
231
Ohio
11,485,910
280
Michigan
10,003,422
177
Indiana
6,376,792
177
Missouri
5,911,605
85
Wisconsin
5,627,967
103
Minnesota
5,220,393
65
Iowa
3,002,555
54
Kansas
2,802,134
34
Nebraska
1,783,432
23
SouthDakota
804,194
11
NorthDakota
641,481
9
Subtotal =
66,561,448
Southwest Region
Texas
24,326,974
91
Arizona
6,500,180
56
Oklahoma
3,642,361
53
NewMexico
1,984,356
16
Subtotal =
36,453,871
RockyMountain Region
Colorado
4,939,456
47
Utah
2,736,424
32
Nevada
2,600,167
23
Idaho
1,523,816
18
Montana
967,440
7
Wyoming
532,668
5
Subtotal =
13,299,971
Pacific Region
California
36,756,666
234
Washington
6,549,224
97
Oregon
3,790,060
39
Hawaii
1,288,198
200
Alaska
686,293
1
Subtotal =
49,070,441
Total U.S. Population = 306,451,867
