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Which state is the most crowded? 🏙️

1Guess
Which states are the most crowded (people per square mile)? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… California — SO many people!
2Answer
The real order is…
    New Jersey is about 1.2× as crowded as #2 Rhode Island!
    📚 Background Most people ≠ most crowded! Tiny New Jersey packs in about 1,000× more people per square mile than Alaska. California, with the most people, isn't even close to #1 here. (U.S. Census Bureau (population estimates + Gazetteer))
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    I bet… California — SO many people!
    3Compare
    People per sq mi (Census population ÷ land area)
    New Jersey #1 1,291.8 people per sq mi
    Most: New Jersey (1,291.8 people per sq mi); least shown here: Alaska (1.3 people per sq mi).

    Note: measured in people per square mile (published population ÷ published land area).

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    4Recap
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    🏅 New Jersey is the USA's #1!
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    U.S. Census Bureau: NST-EST2024 population ÷ 2024 Gazetteer land area (both published) (2026-07-12) — Transparent division of two published Census Bureau figures (population ÷ land area). Both raw files are committed unchanged.
    ↳ Divide each state's NST-EST2024 population by its ALAND_SQMI in the 2024 Gazetteer file.