Know Your Stuff
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Rank
| State/Territory
| 2010 Population
| Population Density Rank
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1st |
California
| 37,341,989
| 11
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2nd |
Texas
| 25,268,418
| 26
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3rd |
New York
| 19,421,055
| 7
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4th |
Florida
| 18,900,773
| 8
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5th |
Illinois
| 12,864,380
| 12
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6th |
Pennsylvania
| 12,734,905
| 9
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7th |
Ohio
| 11,568,495
| 10
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8th |
Michigan
| 9,911,626
| 17
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9th |
Georgia
| 9,727,566
| 18
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10th |
North Carolina
| 9,565,781
| 15
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11th |
New Jersey
| 8,807,501
| 1
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12th |
Virginia
| 8,037,736
| 14
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13th |
Washington
| 6,753,369
| 25
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14th |
Massachusetts
| 6,559,644
| 3
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15th |
Indiana
| 6,501,582
| 16
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16th |
Arizona
| 6,412,700
| 33
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17th |
Tennessee
| 6,375,431
| 20
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18th |
Missouri
| 6,011,478
| 28
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19th |
Maryland
| 5,789,929
| 5
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20th |
Wisconsin
| 5,698,230
| 23
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21st |
Minnesota
| 5,314,879
| 31
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22nd |
Colorado
| 5,044,930
| 37
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23rd |
Alabama
| 4,802,982
| 27
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24th |
South Carolina
| 4,645,975
| 19
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25th |
Louisiana
| 4,553,962
| 24
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26th |
Kentucky
| 4,350,606
| 22
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27th |
Oregon
| 3,848,606
| 39
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28th |
Oklahoma
| 3,764,882
| 35
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Puerto Rico (Autonomous Commonwealth)
| 3,725,789
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29th |
Connecticut
| 3,581,628
| 4
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30th |
Iowa
| 3,053,787
| 36
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31st |
Mississippi
| 2,978,240
| 32
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32nd |
Arkansas
| 2,926,229
| 34
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33rd |
Kansas
| 2,863,813
| 40
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34th |
Utah
| 2,770,765
| 41
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35th |
Nevada
| 2,709,432
| 42
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36th |
New Mexico
| 2,067,273
| 45
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37th |
West Virginia
| 1,859,815
| 29
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38th |
Nebraska
| 1,831,825
| 43
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39th |
Idaho
| 1,573,499
| 44
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40th |
Hawaii
| 1,366,862
| 13
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41st |
Maine
| 1,333,074
| 38
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42nd |
New Hampshire
| 1,321,445
| 21
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43rd |
Rhode Island
| 1,055,247
| 2
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44th |
Montana
| 994,416
| 48
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45th |
Delaware
| 900,877
| 6
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46th |
South Dakota
| 819,761
| 46
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47th |
Alaska
| 721,523
| 50
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48th |
North Dakota
| 675,905
| 47
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49th |
Vermont
| 630,337
| 30
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District of Columbia (Federal District)
| 601,723
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50th |
Wyoming
| 568,300
| 49
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Guam (Territory)
| 159,358
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U.S. Virgin Islands (Territory)
| 106,405
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American Samoa (Territory)
| 55,519
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Northern Marianas Islands (Autonomous Commonwealth)
| 53,883
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Johnston Atoll (Territory)
| 1,400
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Midway Island (Territory)
| 450
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Wake Island (Territory)
| 300
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Baker and Howland Islands (Territory)
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Jarvis Island (Territory)
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Kingman Reef (Territory)
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Navassa (Territory)
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Palmyra Atoll (Territory)
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Population Density Rank compares states' average number of people per square mile. (All states and territories are listed, in order, but only states are ranked.)
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