List of United States cities by population density

 ( Lists By Population Density ) 

The following is a list of incorporated places in the United States with a population density of over 10,000 people per square mile. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place is a place that has a self-governing local government and as such has been "incorporated" by the state it is in. Each state has different laws defining how a place can be incorporated. An "incorporated place" as recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau can designate a variety of places, such as a city, town, village, borough, and civil township.

The other type of place defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes are census-designated places. Census-designated places are distinct from incorporated places because they do not have a local government and thus depend on higher government bodies, such as a county, for governance. Census-designated places are defined as being in an unincorporated area. Census-designated places that have a population density of over 10,000 people per square mile are listed in a separate table below. The five boroughs of New York City, and the census-designated places of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands that have densities over 10,000, are also listed in separate tables below.

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Incorporated places with a density of over 10,000 people per square mile The following data about the most densely populated incorporated places in the United States is from the U.S. Census Bureau and is from the 2020 U.S. census, except for the tables on Puerto Rico, which show data from the 2000 US Census. The following ranking is made up of incorporated places of any population, but also of interest may be lists compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau of all places with at least 50,000 population, arranged alphabetically by state, and ranked by total population; the population density for each place is also given in the lists.

The population density is calculated by dividing the population by the land area so that it represents the number of people living in one square mile of land area. The population densities listed in the table below do not work out to be exactly the result of dividing the listed population by the listed land area because the land areas have been rounded off to two decimal places, but the population densities were calculated before rounding the land area figures. The land area figures are calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER system. The U.S. Census Bureau has released the exact land area figures for all places in the U.S. in square meters and square miles; the exact land areas are the figures used for calculating the population densities seen in the table below.

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Cities in Guttenberg, New Jersey]]The list below only includes incorporated places of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Unincorporated census-designated places, places in Puerto Rico, and the five boroughs of New York City are all listed in separate tables below.

Those cities that are not a part of a larger city's metropolitan area are in bold.

Guttenberg	New York City	New Jersey		0.19	0.50		24,040.3
Union City	New York City	New Jersey			3.33		20,576.8
West New York	New York City	New Jersey			2.57		20,552.8
Hoboken	New York City	New Jersey			3.24		18,662.3
Kaser	New York City	NY			0.445		12,360.6
New York City	New York City	NY			778.16		11,313.8
Cliffside Park	New York City	New Jersey			2.48		10,376.7
New Square	New York City	NY			0.951		10,192.1
East Newark	New York City	New Jersey			0.27		9,723.8
Great Neck Plaza	New York City	NY			0.805		9,276.4
Kiryas Joel	New York City	NY			3.79		8,704.4
Passaic	New York City	New Jersey			8.11		8,692.8
Sunny Isles Beach	Miami	Florida			2.62		8,536.0
North Bay Village	Miami	Florida			0.958		8,520.3
Weehawken	New York City	New Jersey			2.03		8,469.1
Maywood	Los Angeles	California			3.04		8,295.6
Irvington	New York City	New Jersey			7.55		8,105.8
Jersey City	New York City	New Jersey			38.19		7,658.4
Somerville	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			10.68		7,588.2
Cudahy	Los Angeles	California			3.05		7,463.9
Paterson	New York City	New Jersey			21.79		7,330.7
West Hollywood	Los Angeles	California			4.89		7,304.7
Central Falls	Providence	Rhode Island			3.09		7,302.6
San Francisco	San Francisco	California			120.51		7,193.3
Cambridge	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			16.56		7,147.0
Chelsea	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			5.75		7,097.9
Huntington Park	Los Angeles	California			7.79		7,040.0
South Floral Park	New York City	NY			0.251		6,910.9
Fairview	New York City	New Jersey			2.19		6,873.4
East Orange	New York City	New Jersey			10.17		6,842.5
Mount Vernon	New York City	NY			11.38		6,495.8
Spring Valley	New York City	NY			5.21		6,357.6
Millbourne	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			0.192		6,323.7
Palisades Park	New York City	New Jersey			3.21		6,323.5
Lawndale	Los Angeles	California			5.11		6,233.9
Harrison	New York City	New Jersey			3.14		6,201.2
Bell Gardens	Los Angeles	California			6.37		6,199.8
Hempstead	New York City	NY			9.56		6,189.9
Fort Lee	New York City	New Jersey			6.52		6,162.8
Long Beach	New York City	NY			5.74		6,098.7
Orange	New York City	New Jersey			5.73		6,010.0
Garfield	New York City	New Jersey			5.47		5,972.6
Poplar Hills	Louisville	Kentucky			0.065		5,868.8
Aventura	Miami	Florida			6.86		5,867.3
Bay Harbor Islands	Miami	Florida			1.026		5,768.6
Hawaiian Gardens	Los Angeles	California			2.45		5,750.5
Manorhaven	New York City	NY			1.21		5,720.6
Edgewater	New York City	New Jersey			2.51		5,700.5
Berwyn	Chicago	Illinois			10.11		5,662.0
Cicero	Chicago	Illinois			15.19		5,613.3
Hawthorne	Los Angeles	California			15.77		5,584.4
Everett	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			8.85		5,546.1
Boston	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			125.20		5,396.5
Lynwood	Los Angeles	California			12.54		5,365.9
Hermosa Beach	Los Angeles	California			3.69		5,326.6
South Palm Beach	Miami	Florida			0.28		5,291.8
Daly City	San Francisco	California			19.78		5,301.4
Prospect Park	New York City	New Jersey			1.20		5,290.8
Port Chester	New York City	NY			6.03		5,256.0
Hamtramck	Metro Detroit	Michigan			5.41		5,253.1
Bell	Los Angeles	California			6.50		5,162.2
Woodlynne	Delaware Valley	New Jersey			0.56		5,139.8
Stone Park	Chicago	Illinois			0.891		5,136.1
East Lansdowne	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			0.536		5,078.8
Malden	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			13.06		5,072.1
Mount Rainier	Washington, D.C.	Maryland			1.65		5,056.3
Bellflower	Los Angeles	California			15.84		4,996.0
Newark	New York City	New Jersey			62.53		4,982.2
Lawrence	Greater Boston	Massachusetts			17.95		4,966.7
Elmwood Park	Chicago	Illinois			4.94		4,962.1
South Gate	Los Angeles	California			18.74		4,945.0
Darby	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			2.18		4,912.1
North Bergen	New York City	New Jersey			13.30		4,763.2
Bayonne	New York City	New Jersey			15.08		4,754.9
Miami	Miami	Florida			93.23		4,743.6
San Pablo	San Francisco	California			6.80		4,734.5
Stanton	Los Angeles	California			8.03		4,728.1
Williston Park	New York City	NY			1.62		4,680.1
New Hyde Park	New York City	NY			2.20		4,671.5
Chicago	Chicago	Illinois			589.82		4,656.3
Trenton	New York City	New Jersey			19.63		4,629.3
Wallington	New York City	New Jersey			2.57		4,609.9
Philadelphia	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			347.98		4,608.9
Berkeley	San Francisco	California			27.02		4,602.2
Perth Amboy	New York City	New Jersey			12.07		4,591.2
Inglewood	Los Angeles	California			23.48		4,587.3
Key Biscayne	Miami	Florida			3.23		4,584.3
East Palo Alto	San Francisco	California			6.55		4,583.5
Tuckahoe	New York City	NY			1.56		4,550.9
Yonkers	New York City	NY			46.64		4,536.8
Valley Stream	New York City	NY			9.01		4,511.2
Bogota	New York City	New Jersey			1.96		4,489.0
Oak Park	Chicago	Illinois			12.17		4,484.0
Belleville	New York City	New Jersey			8.54		4,477.4
Lodi	New York City	New Jersey			5.88		4,453.4
Redondo Beach	Los Angeles	California			16.07		4,450.2
El Monte	Los Angeles	California			24.75		4,420.4
Roselle Park	New York City	New Jersey			3.17		4,402.2
Floral Park	New York City	NY			3.68		4,394.2
Paramount	Los Angeles	California			12.24		4,386.1
Santa Ana	Los Angeles	California			70.81		4,381.1
Albany	San Francisco	California			4.64		4,372.4
Washington	Washington, D.C.	DC			158.3		4,355.4
Parkside	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			0.534		4,354.4
Mineola	New York City	NY			4.79		4,338.4
Elizabeth	New York City	New Jersey			31.91		4,303.2
Island Park	New York City	NY			1.153		4,278.4
Santa Monica	Los Angeles	California			21.78		4,273.1
Harwood Heights	Chicago	Illinois			2.14		4,242.4
Hackensack	New York City	New Jersey			10.85		4,240.6
Lomita	Los Angeles	California			4.95		4,229.1
La Puente	Los Angeles	California			9.01		4,222.9
Cedarhurst	New York City	NY			1.75		4,219.2
Victory Gardens	New York City	New Jersey			0.38		4,212.5
Clifton Heights	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			1.63		4,203.9
Baldwin Park	Los Angeles	California			17.18		4,203.2
Shrewsbury	New York City	New Jersey			0.26		4,196.4
Alhambra	Los Angeles	California			19.76		4,193.4
Dormont	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania			1.97		4,186.0
Miami Beach	Miami	Florida			19.92		4,160.1
Alexandria	Washington, D.C.	Virginia			38.7		4,122.7
Asbury Park	New York City	New Jersey			3.70		4,103.7
Kenmore	Buffalo	NY			3.72		4,088.2
Norwalk	Los Angeles	California			25.14		4,086.6
New Brunswick	New York City	New Jersey			13.553		4,077.6
Upper Darby	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			20.27		4,076.9
Gardena	Los Angeles	California			15.10		4,041.6
Providence	Providence	Rhode Island			47.67		4,005.3
Hialeah	Miami	Florida			55.89		3,991.5
Collingdale	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			2.25		3,955.7
Surfside	Miami	Florida			1.44		3,941.0
West Miami	Miami	Florida			1.84		3,939.1
Norristown	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			9.10		3,926.4
Emeryville	San Francisco	California			3.30		3,923.3
Lynbrook	New York City	NY			5.21		3,920.4
Artesia	Los Angeles	California			4.20		3,907.5
West Chester	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania			4.78		3,904.7
San Fernando	Los Angeles	California			6.15		3,901.1
Evanston	Chicago	Illinois			20.15		3,876.9
Mount Oliver	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania			0.878		3,860.1

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Census-designated places The following is a list of unincorporated census-designated places with population densities of over 10,000 people per square mile as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The rank column indicates the rank the place would have if census-designated places were included in the above table of incorporated places.

1	Friendship Village	Washington, D.C.	Maryland
12	Bellerose Terrace	New York City	New York
13	Walnut Park	Los Angeles	California
16	Lennox	Los Angeles	California
19	Langley Park	Washington, D.C.	Maryland
26	East Compton	Los Angeles	California
28	Westmont	Los Angeles	California
31	Florence-Graham	Los Angeles	California
32	East Los Angeles	Los Angeles	California
42	Loch Lomond	Miami	Florida
44	Ewa Gentry	Honolulu	Hawaii
50	Ramblewood East	Miami	Florida
57	Rollingwood	San Francisco	California
61	South San Jose Hills	Los Angeles	California
63	Franklin Park	Miami	Florida
66	Fontainebleau	Miami	Florida
69	North Fair Oaks	San Francisco	California
75	West Puente Valley	Los Angeles	California
76	Waipahu	Honolulu	Hawaii
79	Seven Corners	Washington, D.C.	Virginia
85	Isla Vista	Santa Barbara	California
92	Alum Rock	San Francisco	California
96	Ocean Grove	New York City	New Jersey
99	Cherryland	San Francisco	California
103	Citrus	Los Angeles	California
105	Burbank	San Francisco	California
118	Ashland	San Francisco	California
120	Bailey's Crossroads	Washington, D.C.	Virginia
124	Kendall West	Miami	Florida
139	Valinda	Los Angeles	California
141	Woodland Hills	Omaha	Nebraska
144	Huntington	Washington, D.C.	Virginia
149	Village Park	Honolulu	Hawaii
151	Arcadia University	Delaware Valley	Pennsylvania
157	Ewa Beach	Honolulu	Hawaii
159	South Whittier	Los Angeles	California
165	Franklin Square	New York City	New York
171	Vincent	Los Angeles	California

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New York City boroughs The following lists the population densities of the five boroughs of New York City as of the 2020 U.S. Census. The rank column indicates the rank they would have if included in the above table of incorporated places. Staten Island has a population density below 10,000, but it is included for comparative purposes.

1	Manhattan
6	Brooklyn
7	The Bronx
16	Queens
–	Staten Island

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Puerto Rico The following lists the census-designated places in Puerto Rico that have a population density of over 10,000 people per square mile as of the 2000 U.S. Census. The census-designated places in Puerto Rico include zonas urbanas (urban areas) and comunidades (communities). The municipality, or municipio, the place is located in is also included in the table below. The municipalities are what is thought of as "incorporated places" in Puerto Rico because there are no subordinate governments within them, only eight electoral districts which hold no administrative functions (the electoral districts are what generally constitute the census-designated places in this list below). No municipalities have a density over 10,000 as of the 2000 U.S. Census; the San Juan Municipio is the densest at 9,084.4 people per square mile. The Jayuya municipality is not part of any metropolitan area as it is only part of the Jayuya micropolitan area (see Puerto Rico census statistical areas). The rank column indicates the rank the place would have if included in the above table of incorporated places.

43	San Isidro	San Juan	Canóvanas
52	Levittown	San Juan	Toa Baja
53	Suárez	San Juan	Loíza
64	Vieques	San Juan	Loíza
69	Campanilla	San Juan	Toa Baja
105	El Ojo	Ponce	Santa Isabel
110	Aguada	Aguadilla	Aguada
115	San Juan	San Juan	San Juan
126	Peña Pobre	San Juan	Naguabo
127	Jayuya	—	Jayuya
136	Comerío	San Juan	Comerío

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Northern Mariana Islands American FactFinder. Population Density — 2010 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Summary File. Retrieved June 2019. The other non-Puerto Rico U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) do not have any places with more than 10,000 people per square mile (as of the 2010 U.S. Census). China Town, Northern Mariana Islands is a census-designated place; it is also a village within the larger Saipan. China Town would rank 105th if it were in the first table above.

105	China Town, MP	None	Saipan		?

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Distributions The following distributions only include the 125 incorporated places with population densities over 10,000 people per square mile. They do not include the 36 census-designated places, the boroughs of New York City, or the 11 places in Puerto Rico with densities over 10,000.

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Metropolitan areas The following ranks United States metropolitan areas by the number of incorporated places with densities over 10,000 within them. If two or more metropolitan areas have the same number of incorporated places, as is the case of the eight metros with one place, the metro areas are ranked by the densest incorporated place within the metro area.

1	New York City	New York City	55	Guttenberg (NJ)
2	Greater Los Angeles Area	Los Angeles	27	Maywood
3	Delaware Valley	Philadelphia	13	Millbourne
4	Miami metropolitan area	Miami	7	Sunny Isles Beach
5	Greater Boston	Boston	7	Somerville
6	Chicago Metropolitan Area	Chicago	7	Berwyn
7	San Francisco Bay Area	San Francisco/San Jose	6	San Francisco
8	Washington Metropolitan Area	Washington, D.C.	3	Mount Rainier (MD)
9	Pittsburgh metropolitan area	Pittsburgh	3	Dormont
11	Providence metropolitan area	Providence	2	Central Falls
10	Louisville-Jefferson County metropolitan area	Louisville	1	Poplar Hills
13	Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area	Buffalo	1	Kenmore
15	Metro Detroit	Detroit	1	Hamtramck

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States and territories The following ranks the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories by the number of incorporated places with densities over 10,000 people within them. The "10,000+ places" column only includes incorporated places, it does not include census-designated places (CDPs). If two or more states have the same number of places, as is the case of the 36 states that contain no incorporated places with a density over 10,000, the states are ranked by the densest incorporated place within the state. The density figures for the densest incorporated place within each state and territory are from the 2010 United States census, and all the data for this ranking is from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The first rank column ranks each state by the number of 10,000+ places in that state (New Jersey ranks first, California ranks second, etc.) The second rank column ranks the most densely populated place in each state or territory (Guttenberg, NJ ranks first, Kaser, NY ranks second, etc.)

Hawaii officially does not contain any incorporated places, as the city of Honolulu is coextensive with Honolulu County, which makes up the whole island of Oahu. When the U.S. Census Bureau ranks incorporated places by population, it usually includes the Honolulu census-designated place, which is the urban center of Honolulu, in its ranking of incorporated places. Therefore, for this list of the densest incorporated places by state, the Honolulu CDP is considered the densest incorporated place in Hawaii. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories are also included in this list. Puerto Rico also officially does not contain any incorporated places, as the lowest form of local government in Puerto Rico are the municipios, which are equivalent to counties. For this ranking, the municipios are counted as the incorporated places in Puerto Rico, and the San Juan Municipio is the densest.

In American Samoa, each village is governed by a pulenu'u (the equivalent of a mayor) — as such, each village in American Samoa can be considered to be incorporated for the purposes of the table below. nps.gov National Park of American Samoa — History & Culture: People. NPS.gov. Retrieved June 2019. In the Northern Mariana Islands, each municipality (such as Saipan Tribune. CNMI mayors, municipal council members join AMIM. Retrieved June 2019. In Mayor’s Council of Guam. Guam’s Mayors and Vice Mayors. Mcog.guam.gov. Retrieved June 2019. For the purposes of the table below, the major towns of the U.S. Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, Frederiksted and Christiansted) are considered to be incorporated.

Note: this table contains data from the 2010 U.S. Census — because of this, data is more than 9 years old, and the current population density of each jurisdiction may have changed since then.

1		33	Guttenberg		1
2		33	Maywood		3
3	New York	23	Kaser		2
4		13	Millbourne		7
5		7	Sunny Isles Beach		4
6		7	Somerville		5
7		7	Berwyn		9
9		1	Poplar Hills		6
8		2	Central Falls		8
10		1	Mount Rainier		10
11		1	Mobile City		11
12		1	Washington		12
13		1	Johnson City		13
14		1	Hamtramck		14
15		1	Lakewood		15
16		0	Velda City		16
17		0	San Juan		17
18		0	Landfall		18
19	Washington	0	Seattle		19
20		0	Bridgeport		20
21		0	Shorewood		21
22		0	Charlotte Amalie		22
23		0	Alexandria		23
24		0	Glendale		24
25		0	Faleniu		25
26		0	Bellefonte		26
27	Georgia	0	Clarkston		27
28		0	Guadalupe		28
29		0	Omaha		29
30		0	Westwood Hills		30
31		0	Kearns		31
32		0	University Heights		32
33		0	Winooski		33
34		0	Harahan		34
35		0	Moscow		35
36		0	Honolulu		36
37		0	Las Vegas		37
38		0	The Village		38
39		0	West Lafayette		39
40		0	Browning		40
41		0	Sidon		41
42		0	Carrboro		42
43		0	Mongmong-Toto-Maite		43
44		0	Fort Yates		44
45		0	Homewood		45
46		0	St. Albans		46
47		0	Cammack Village		47
48		0	Manchester		48
49		0	Jackson		49
50		0	Portland		50
51		0	Anthony		51
52		0	Sioux Falls		52
53		0	Tega Cay		53
54		0	East Ridge		54
55		0	Kiana		55
56		0	Saipan		56

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Populations New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile.

1,000,000+	3
100,000 – 999,999	14
50,000 – 99,999	29
10,000 – 49,999	48
1,000 – 9,999	26
0 – 999	5

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Land areas

100.00+	3
10.00 – 99.99	8
5.00 – 9.99	23
2.50 – 4.99	20
1.00 – 2.49	33
0.00 – 0.99	38

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Population densities

30,000.0+	4
20,000.0 – 29,999.9	10
15,000.0 – 19,999.9	23
12,000.0 – 14,999.9	33
11,000.0 – 11,999.9	29
10,000.0 – 10,999.9	26

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See also

• United States
• Outline of the United States
• Index of United States-related articles
• United States Census Bureau
• Demographics of the United States
• List of U.S. states and territories by population
• List of U.S. cities by population
• United States Office of Management and Budget
• Statistical area (United States)
• Combined statistical area (list)
• Core-based statistical area (list)
• Metropolitan statistical area (list)
• Micropolitan statistical area (list)
• List of United States urban areas – lists contiguous urban areas without regard to municipal boundaries, includes the population density of each urban area
• County statistics of the United States – includes a list of the 50 most densely populated counties
• List of U.S. states by population density
• Earth
• List of cities by population density
• List of countries and dependencies by population density
• List of the most densely populated country subdivisions

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Notes

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External links

• Density Using Land Area For States, Counties, Metropolitan Areas, and Places – from the U.S. Census Bureau, various tables and maps from the 2000 U.S. Census and 1990 U.S. Census of population density statistics
• 2000 Census: US Municipalities Over 50,000: Ranked by 2000 Density – from Demographia, ranks the population density for all incorporated places over 50,000 population from the 2000 U.S. Census. Note that this list does not contain townships (see the Notes section above for a detailed explanation), and does not contain census-designated places.
• US Cities: Ranked by Density: 1990 – from Demographia, ranks all places in the U.S., including incorporated places and census-designated places (CDPs), with population densities over 10,000 people per square mile in 1990
• City Ranks – Population Density Mashup – combines Google Maps and data from the 2000 U.S. Census to show the population density of various on an interactive map

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