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Population density in New York

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Nov 11, 2026

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · New York · United States · section.levels.world
+1.8% section.change_since
New York United States section.levels.world

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

section.compare Population density · per km²
New York
164
section.levels.world
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance New York · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 164 · 2025
First value 147 · 1990
Highest 164 · 2020
Lowest 147 · 1990
Average change +0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2025

YearNew YorkChange United Statessection.levels.world
2025 164 +0.7% 37.3 —
2024 162 +0.7% 37.1 —
2023 161 +0.2% 36.8 62.1
2022 161 −0.7% 36.5 61.6
2021 162 −1.3% 36.2 61.0
2020 164 +3.4% 36.2 60.4
2019 159 −0.4% 35.8 59.8
2018 160 −0.3% 35.7 59.2
2017 160 −0.2% 35.5 58.6
2016 161 −0.1% 35.2 57.9
2015 161 +0.0% 35.0 57.3
2014 161 +0.1% 34.7 56.6
2013 160 +0.3% 34.5 55.9
2012 160 +0.4% 34.2 55.2
2011 159 +0.5% 34.0 55.6
2010 159 +0.5% 33.8 54.9
2009 158 +0.5% 33.5 54.3
2008 157 +0.4% 33.2 53.6
2007 156 +0.1% 32.9 52.9
2006 156 −0.1% 32.6 52.3
2005 156 −0.2% 32.2 51.6
2004 157 −0.0% 32.0 51.0
2003 157 +0.2% 31.7 50.4
2002 156 +0.3% 31.4 49.7
2001 156 +0.4% 31.1 49.1
2000 155 +0.6% 30.8 48.4
1999 154 +0.7% 30.5 47.8
1998 153 +0.5% 30.1 47.2
1997 153 +0.4% 29.8 46.5
1996 152 +0.3% 29.4 45.8
1995 151 +0.4% 29.1 45.1
1994 151 +0.5% 28.7 44.5
1993 150 +0.7% 28.4 43.8
1992 149 +0.7% 28.0 43.5
1991 148 +0.6% 27.6 51.7
1990 147 27.2 50.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
51 Alaska 0.5
50 Wyoming 2.3
49 Montana 2.9
48 North Dakota 4.4
47 South Dakota 4.5
46 New Mexico 6.7
45 Idaho 8.6
44 Nebraska 9.9
43 Nevada 11.0
42 Kansas 13.9
41 Utah 15.4
40 Maine 17.1
39 Oregon 17.1
38 Colorado 21.5
37 Iowa 22.0
36 Oklahoma 22.3
35 Arkansas 22.4
34 Mississippi 24.4
33 Arizona 24.4
32 Vermont 26.8
31 Minnesota 27.7
30 West Virginia 28.7
29 Missouri 34.5
28 Alabama 38.3
27 Louisiana 41.2
26 Wisconsin 41.9
25 Texas 43.1
24 Kentucky 43.8
23 Washington 44.8
22 New Hampshire 59.4
21 Tennessee 64.9
20 South Carolina 65.8
19 Michigan 68.5
18 Georgia 71.6
17 Indiana 73.1
16 North Carolina 82.8
15 Virginia 84.2
14 Hawaii 87.2
13 Illinois 88.9
12 California 97.8
11 Ohio 111
10 Pennsylvania 112
9 Florida 155
8 New York 164
7 Delaware 196
6 Maryland 244
5 Connecticut 285
4 Massachusetts 344
3 Rhode Island 405
2 New Jersey 483
1 District of Columbia 4,220

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2020

section.what

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

section.how

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.