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The right to criticize government is also an obligation to know what you are talking about.
-Lent Upson, 1st Executive Director of CRC
Interstate Comparison of Population and Land Area
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| State |
1990
Population |
Land Area
(in sq. miles) |
Density
per Sq. Mile |
| Alabama |
4,040,587 |
50,750 |
79.62 |
| Alaska |
550,043 |
570,374 |
0.96 |
| Arizona |
3,665,228 |
113,642 |
32.25 |
| Arkansas |
2,350,725 |
52,075 |
45.14 |
| California |
29,760,021 |
155,973 |
190.80 |
| Colorado |
3,294,394 |
103,729 |
31.76 |
| Connecticut |
3,287,116 |
4,845 |
678.46 |
| Delaware |
666,168 |
1,955 |
340.75 |
| Florida |
12,937,926 |
53,997 |
239.60 |
| Georgia |
6,478,216 |
57,919 |
111.85 |
| Hawaii |
1,108,229 |
6,423 |
172.54 |
| Idaho |
1,006,749 |
82,751 |
12.17 |
| Illinois |
11,430,602 |
55,593 |
205.61 |
| Indiana |
5,544,159 |
35,870 |
154.56 |
| Iowa |
2,776,755 |
55,875 |
49.70 |
| Kansas |
2,477,574 |
81,823 |
30.28 |
| Kentucky |
3,685,296 |
39,732 |
92.75 |
| Lousiania |
4,219,973 |
43,566 |
96.86 |
| Maine |
1,227,928 |
30,865 |
39.78 |
| Maryland |
4,781,468 |
9,775 |
489.15 |
| Massachusetts |
6,016,425 |
7,838 |
767.60 |
| Michigan |
9,295,297 |
56,809 |
163.62 |
| Minnesota |
4,375,099 |
79,617 |
54.95 |
| Mississippi |
2,573,216 |
46,914 |
54.85 |
| Missouri |
5,117,073 |
68,898 |
74.27 |
| Montana |
799,065 |
145,556 |
5.49 |
| Nebraska |
1,578,385 |
76,878 |
20.53 |
| Nevada |
1,201,833 |
109,806 |
10.95 |
| New Hampshire |
1,109,252 |
8,969 |
123.68 |
| New Jersey |
7,730,188 |
7,419 |
1041.94 |
| New Mexico |
1,515,069 |
121,364 |
12.48 |
| New York |
17,990,455 |
47,224 |
380.96 |
| North Carolina |
6,628,637 |
48,718 |
136.06 |
| North Dakota |
638,800 |
68,994 |
9.26 |
| Ohio |
10,847,115 |
40,953 |
264.87 |
| Oklahoma |
3,145,585 |
68,679 |
45.80 |
| Oregon |
2,842,321 |
96,002 |
29.61 |
| Pennsylvania |
11,881,643 |
44,820 |
265.10 |
| Rhode Island |
1,003,464 |
1,045 |
960.25 |
| South Carolina |
3,486,703 |
30,111 |
115.79 |
| South Dakota |
696,004 |
75,896 |
9.17 |
| Tennessee |
4,877,185 |
41,219 |
118.32 |
| Texas |
16,986,510 |
261,914 |
64.86 |
| Utah |
1,722,850 |
82,168 |
20.97 |
| Vermont |
562,758 |
9,249 |
60.85 |
| Virginia |
6,187,358 |
39,598 |
156.25 |
| Washington |
4,866,692 |
66,581 |
73.09 |
| West Virginia |
1,793,477 |
24,087 |
74.46 |
| Wisconsin |
4,891,769 |
54,314 |
90.06 |
| Wyoming |
453,588 |
97,105 |
4.67 |
| U.S. Total |
248,102,973 |
3,536,277 |
70.16 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Census. |
Last Updated May 15, 2006
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