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US states list with counties and population

Every state and DC with its 2024 population, land area, density, and number of counties. Each state links to a page with its county map, rankings, and a table of every county.

Short answer

The 50 states and DC held 340,110,988 people in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates, summed from 3,144 county-equivalents. 9 states (California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina) hold half of them.

People, 2024: 340,110,988
Land: 3,533,469sq mi
Counties: 3,144

Population density by state

The US averages 96.3 people per square mile of land. District of Columbia is the densest at 11,488, and Alaska the sparsest at 1.30.

People per sq mi

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73+
175+
291+

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Dots mark state capitals. Alaska and Hawaii are drawn as insets at different scales.

All 50 states and DC

State totals are sums of county figures, so they match the county pages exactly. Alaska has 16.2% of US land; California has 11.6% of the people. Sort by any column.

#						Capital
1	California	39,431,263	155,859	253.0	58	Sacramento
2	Texas	31,290,831	261,259	119.8	254	Austin
3	Florida	23,372,215	53,655	435.6	67	Tallahassee
4	New York	19,867,248	47,123	421.6	62	Albany
5	Pennsylvania	13,078,751	44,742	292.3	67	Harrisburg
6	Illinois	12,710,158	55,513	229.0	102	Springfield
7	Ohio	11,883,304	40,859	290.8	88	Columbus
8	Georgia	11,180,878	57,717	193.7	159	Atlanta
9	North Carolina	11,046,024	48,624	227.2	100	Raleigh
10	Michigan	10,140,459	56,611	179.1	83	Lansing
11	New Jersey	9,500,851	7,355	1,291.8	21	Trenton
12	Virginia	8,811,195	39,481	223.2	133	Richmond
13	Washington	7,958,180	66,455	119.8	39	Olympia
14	Arizona	7,582,384	113,655	66.7	15	Phoenix
15	Tennessee	7,227,750	41,224	175.3	95	Nashville
16	Massachusetts	7,136,171	7,801	914.8	14	Boston
17	Indiana	6,924,275	35,825	193.3	92	Indianapolis
18	Maryland	6,263,220	9,711	645.0	24	Annapolis
19	Missouri	6,245,466	68,746	90.8	115	Jefferson City
20	Wisconsin	5,960,975	54,168	110.0	72	Madison
21	Colorado	5,957,493	103,637	57.5	64	Denver
22	Minnesota	5,793,151	79,632	72.7	87	Saint Paul
23	South Carolina	5,478,831	30,064	182.2	46	Columbia
24	Alabama	5,157,699	50,651	101.8	67	Montgomery
25	Louisiana	4,597,740	43,213	106.4	64	Baton Rouge
26	Kentucky	4,588,372	39,485	116.2	120	Frankfort
27	Oregon	4,272,371	95,997	44.5	36	Salem
28	Oklahoma	4,095,393	68,597	59.7	77	Oklahoma City
29	Connecticut	3,675,069	4,842	758.9	9	Hartford
30	Utah	3,503,613	82,596	42.4	29	Salt Lake City
31	Nevada	3,267,467	109,860	29.7	17	Carson City
32	Iowa	3,241,488	55,854	58.0	99	Des Moines
33	Arkansas	3,088,354	51,992	59.4	75	Little Rock
34	Kansas	2,970,606	81,759	36.3	105	Topeka
35	Mississippi	2,943,045	46,925	62.7	82	Jackson
36	New Mexico	2,130,256	121,313	17.6	33	Santa Fe
37	Nebraska	2,005,465	76,815	26.1	93	Lincoln
38	Idaho	2,001,619	82,645	24.2	44	Boise
39	West Virginia	1,769,979	24,041	73.6	55	Charleston
40	Hawaii	1,446,146	6,423	225.2	5	Honolulu
41	New Hampshire	1,409,032	8,954	157.4	10	Concord
42	Maine	1,405,012	30,845	45.6	16	Augusta
43	Montana	1,137,233	145,550	7.8	56	Helena
44	Rhode Island	1,112,308	1,034	1,075.8	5	Providence
45	Delaware	1,051,917	1,949	539.8	3	Dover
46	South Dakota	924,669	75,808	12.2	66	Pierre
47	North Dakota	796,568	68,994	11.5	53	Bismarck
48	Alaska	740,133	571,242	1.3	30	Juneau
49	District of Columbia	702,250	61	11,487.8	1	Washington
50	Vermont	648,493	9,217	70.4	14	Montpelier
51	Wyoming	587,618	97,089	6.1	23	Cheyenne

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Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.