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Guttenberg, New Jersey, is the most densely populated incorporated place in the United States.[1] Seen in this image are the Galaxy Towers, which are just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. The Galaxy Towers contain 1,075 apartments.[2]

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 township.[a]

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.

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 2010 U.S. Census,[3][4] 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,[5] and ranked by total population;[6] 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;[7] the exact land areas are the figures used for calculating the population densities seen in the table below.

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. Washington, D.C. misses the 10,000 mark as the city has a population density of 9,800 people per square mile as of the 2010 U.S. Census.[8]

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

Rank Incorporated place Metropolitan area State Population
(2010 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Land area
(approximate
km2) 		Population
density
(people per mi2) 		Population
density
(approximate
people per km2)
1 Guttenberg New York City New Jersey 11,176 0.196 0.508 57,116.0 22,015.7
2 Union City New York City New Jersey 66,455 1.28 3.32 51,810.1 20,045.6
3 West New York New York City New Jersey 49,708 1.007 2.61 49,362.4 19,059.0
4 Hoboken New York City New Jersey 50,005 1.28 3.32 39,066.4 15,083.6
5 Kaser New York City New York 4,724 0.17 0.440 27,788.2 10,729.1
6 New York City New York City New York 8,175,133 302.6 783.73 27,016.3 10,431.1
7 Cliffside Park New York City New Jersey 23,594 0.96 2.49 24,577.1 9,489.3
8 East Newark New York City New Jersey 2,406 0.10 0.259 24,060.0 9,289.6
9 Maywood Los Angeles California 27,395 1.18 3.06 23,216.1 8,963.8
10 Passaic New York City New Jersey 69,781 3.11 8.05 22,437.6 8,663.2
11 Great Neck Plaza New York City New York 6,707 0.31 0.803 21,635.4 8,353.5
12 North Bay Village Miami Florida 7,137 0.33 0.855 21,484.0 8,350.3
13 Cudahy Los Angeles California 23,805 1.12 2.90 21,254.4 8,206.4
14 Sunny Isles Beach Miami Florida 20,832 1.01 2.62 20,518.9 7,963.6
15 Huntington Park Los Angeles California 58,114 3.03 7.85 19,179.5 7,405.3
16 Somerville Boston Massachusetts 75,754 4.11 10.65 18,431.6 7,116.5
17 West Hollywood Los Angeles California 34,399 1.88 4.87 18,297.3 7,064.6
18 Irvington[b] New York City New Jersey 53,926 2.96 7.67 18,218.2 7,034.1
19 Poplar Hills Louisville Kentucky 362 0.02 0.052 18,100.0 6,988.4
20 Paterson New York City New Jersey 146,199 8.44 21.86 18,801.0 6,267.0
21 San Francisco San Francisco California 805,235 46.69 120.93 17,246.4 6,658.9
22 Sweetwater Miami Florida 13,499 0.82 2.12 17,023.0 6,356.1
23 Bell Gardens Los Angeles California 42,072 2.49 6.45 16,896.0 6,523.7
24 Millbourne Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,159 0.07 0.181 16,557.1 6,392.7
25 East Orange New York City New Jersey 64,270 3.93 10.18 16,377.1 6,314.2
26 Cambridge Boston Massachusetts 105,162 6.43 16.65 16,354.9 6,314.7
27 Central Falls Providence Rhode Island 19,376 1.2 3.34 16,146.7 5,799.3
28 Jersey City New York City New Jersey 240,055 14.92 38.64 16,093.7 6,212.2
29 Chelsea Boston Massachusetts 35,080 2.19 5.67 16,036.8 6,184.7
30 Lawndale Los Angeles California 31,711 1.98 5.13 16,036.7 6,183.7
31 Weehawken[b] New York City New Jersey 13,501 0.85 2.20 15,891.3 6,132.7
32 South Floral Park New York City New York 1,578 0.10 0.259 15,776.3 6,092.7
33 Mount Vernon New York City New York 68,381 4.36 11.29 15,689.3 6,055.5
34 Fairview New York City New Jersey 13,255 0.85 2.20 15,585.5 6,020.9
35 Long Beach New York City New York 33,275 2.14 5.54 15,549.0 6,003.5
36 Hawaiian Gardens Los Angeles California 14,779 0.96 2.49 15,389.5 5,944.0
37 Stone Park Chicago Illinois 5,127 0.33 0.855 15,378.2 5,998.6
38 Hempstead New York City New York 56,554 3.68 9.53 15,366.1 5,933.6
39 Orange[b] New York City New Jersey 32,868 2.21 5.72 14,903.7 5,742.3
40 Bell Los Angeles California 36,664 2.48 6.42 14,802.5 5,708.1
41 Cicero Chicago Illinois 85,616 5.85 15.15 14,645.2 5,650.7
42 Lynwood Los Angeles California 69,845 4.85 12.56 14,389.2 5,560.3
43 Bay Harbor Islands Miami Florida 5,628 0.37 0.958 14,221.7 5,872.9
44 Palisades Park New York City New Jersey 17,073 1.21 3.13 14,112.4 5,447.9
45 Fort Lee New York City New Jersey 35,461 2.53 6.55 14,001.7 5,411.7
46 Garfield New York City New Jersey 29,786 2.13 5.52 13,976.0 5,399.3
47 Hawthorne Los Angeles California 84,112 6.06 15.70 13,879.4 5,359.0
48 Berwyn Chicago Illinois 54,016 3.89 10.08 13,876.2 5,361.4
49 Daly City San Francisco California 103,621 7.56 19.58 13,703.8 5,292.1
50 Elmwood Park Chicago Illinois 25,405 1.91 4.95 13,328.4 5,135.6
51 Boston Boston Massachusetts 645,149 48.43 125.43 13,321.0 5,143.4
52 Conshohocken Philadelphia Pennsylvania 7,883 0.6 1.55 13,138.0 5,072.7
53 South Gate Los Angeles California 96,375 7.37 19.09 13,084.6 5,048.9
54 Manorhaven New York City New York 6,138 0.47 1.22 13,055.6 5,042.3
55 Mount Rainier Washington, D.C. Maryland 8,498 0.65 1.68 13,038.5 5,047.8
56 Hermosa Beach Los Angeles California 18,566 1.43 3.70 12,982.4 5,012.8
57 Woodlynne Philadelphia New Jersey 2,978 0.22 0.570 13,600.4 5,226.4
58 Island Park New York City New York 4,732 0.37 0.958 12,865.7 4,937.9
59 New Square New York City New York 4,624 0.36 0.932 12,811.8 4,959.3
60 Pennsbury Village Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 738 0.06 0.155 12,710.3 4,749.1
61 Darby Philadelphia Pennsylvania 10,687 0.82 2.12 12,624.5 5,032.0
62 Dormont Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 9,305 0.74 1.92 12,563.3 4,855.0
63 East Lansdowne Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2,586 0.21 0.544 12,517.6 4,754.6
64 Santa Ana Los Angeles California 337,977 27.14 70.29 12,451.9 4,808.2
65 Bellflower Los Angeles California 76,616 6.07 15.72 12,416.7 4,794.1
66 Inglewood Los Angeles California 109,673 9.14 23.67 12,323.6 4,632.9
67 Edgewater New York City New Jersey 11,513 0.94 2.43 12,312.0 4,728.9
68 Bellerose New York City New York 1,173 0.10 0.259 12,207.3 4,529.0
69 El Monte Los Angeles California 115,965 9.55 24.73 12,139.5 4,688.4
70 Spring Valley New York City New York 25,464 2.10 5.44 12,122.7 4,681.8
71 Prospect Park New York City New Jersey 5,779 0.48 1.24 12,043.7 4,648.5
72 Stanton Los Angeles California 37,403 3.12 8.08 11,971.0 4,628.6
73 Kiryas Joel New York City New York 13,138 1.10 2.85 11,962.2 4,611.5
74 Mobile City Dallas Texas 196 0.02 0.052 11,911.3 3,783.8
75 Chicago Chicago Illinois 2,695,598 227.13 588.26 11,868.0 4,582.3
76 Asbury Park New York City New Jersey 16,930 1.43 3.70 11,842.0 4,571.1
77 Port Chester New York City New York 27,867 2.36 6.11 11,824.7 4,559.1
78 Harrison New York City New Jersey 14,424 1.22 3.16 11,811.1 4,564.9
79 La Puente Los Angeles California 41,063 3.49 9.04 11,757.3 4,542.8
80 San Pablo San Francisco California 30,215 2.58 6.68 11,726.9 4,521.7
81 Mount Oliver Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 3,970 0.34 0.881 11,720.0 4,508.3
82 Paramount Los Angeles California 55,266 4.73 12.25 11,678.3 4,511.3
83 Floral Park New York City New York 15,967 1.37 3.55 11,635.9 4,499.9
84 Wallington New York City New Jersey 11,583 1.00 2.59 11,632.5 4,472.2
85 Shrewsbury[b] New York City New Jersey 1,098 0.09 0.233 11,624.7 4,710.4
86 East Palo Alto San Francisco California 29,506 2.55 6.60 11,585.5 4,467.6
87 Williston Park New York City New York 7,261 0.63 1.63 11,564.8 4,450.0
88 Miami Beach Miami Florida 87,933 7.03 18.21 11,511.1 4,829.5
89 Newark New York City New Jersey 273,546 23.80 61.64 11,495.0 4,437.7
90 Kenmore Buffalo New York 16,426 1.44 3.73 11,437.2 4,404.2
91 Baldwin Park Los Angeles California 75,837 6.66 17.25 11,379.2 4,396.5
92 New Hyde Park New York City New York 9,523 0.84 2.18 11,281.8 4,377.2
93 Alhambra Los Angeles California 85,804 7.62 19.74 11,257.3 4,347.7
94 Everett Boston Massachusetts 38,037 3.38 8.75 11,241.1 4,345.0
95 Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,517,550 135.09 349.88 11,233.6 4,337.3
96 North Bergen[b] New York City New Jersey 58,092 5.20 13.47 11,179.6 4,313.4
97 Oak Park Chicago Illinois 52,524 4.70 12.17 11,173.4 4,314.8
98 Trenton New York City New Jersey 85,403 7.66 19.84 11,153.6 4,304.7
99 Miami Miami Florida 399,457 35.67 92.38 11,135.9 4,323.8
100 Malden Boston Massachusetts 56,340 5.07 13.13 11,102.9 4,290.5
101 Johnson City Portland Oregon 634 0.06 0.16 11,061.5 4,079.8
102 Bayonne New York City New Jersey 61,842 5.63 14.58 10,992.2 4,241.1
103 Valley Stream New York City New York 37,511 3.44 8.91 10,904.3 4,210.2
104 Hamtramck Detroit Michigan 22,976 2.11 5.46 10,900.5 4,204.3
105 Parkside Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2,267 0.21 0.544 10,897.8 4,168.1
106 Clifton Heights Philadelphia Pennsylvania 6,779 0.62 1.61 10,882.5 4,221.6
107 Roselle Park New York City New Jersey 13,281 1.22 3.16 10,855.7 4,203.1
108 Yonkers New York City New York 196,086 18.08 46.83 10,847.5 4,187.5
109 Bogota New York City New Jersey 8,249 0.76 1.97 10,841.3 4,190.7
110 Berkeley San Francisco California 112,580 10.47 27.12 10,752.6 4,151.6
111 Belleville[b] New York City New Jersey 35,928 3.34 8.65 10,744.3 4,153.3
112 Norwalk Los Angeles California 103,298 9.68 25.07 10,667.6 4,120.2
113 Lodi New York City New Jersey 23,971 2.26 5.85 10,590.6 4,095.2
114 Victory Gardens New York City New Jersey 1,546 0.15 0.388 10,582.6 3,979.4
115 Lomita Los Angeles California 20,046 1.90 4.92 10,572.7 4,073.6
116 New Brunswick New York City New Jersey 55,181 5.789 14.995 10,556.4 4,075.8
117 Hialeah Miami Florida 224,669 19.24 49.83 10,474.2 4,508.6
118 Rosemead Los Angeles California 53,505 5.15 13.34 10,398.3 4,011.3
119 Upper Darby[c] Philadelphia Pennsylvania 81,821 7.87 20.38 10,397.7 4,014.1
120 Albany San Francisco California 18,539 1.79 4.64 10,368.6 3,998.9
121 Hackensack New York City New Jersey 42,677 4.12 10.67 10,358.3 3,999.4
122 Lawrence Boston Massachusetts 72,043 6.96 18.03 10,351.4 3,996.5
123 Mineola New York City New York 19,234 1.86 4.82 10,337.3 3,992.6
124 West Chester Philadelphia Pennsylvania 18,461 1.8 4.66 10,256.1 3,959.9
125 Lakewood Cleveland Ohio 56,646 5.55 14.37 10,208.5 3,940.7
126 Tuckahoe New York City New York 6,211 0.61 1.58 10,188.8 3,931.3
127 East Rockaway New York City New York 10,414 1.02 2.64 10,187.6 3,942.0
128 Santa Monica Los Angeles California 84,084 8.26 21.39 10,178.7 3,930.4
129 Elizabeth New York City New Jersey 124,969 12.32 31.91 10,144.1 3,916.5
130 Artesia Los Angeles California 16,380 1.62 4.20 10,126.1 3,903.9
131 Collingdale Philadelphia Pennsylvania 8,786 0.9 2.33 10,107.0 3,769.2
132 Harwood Heights Chicago Illinois 8,297 0.82 2.12 10,094.4 3,906.7
133 Redondo Beach Los Angeles California 63,261 6.28 16.27 10,065.4 3,889.4

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.[3][4] The rank column indicates the rank the place would have if census-designated places were included in the above table of incorporated places.

Rank Census-designated place Metropolitan area State Population
(2010 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
1 Friendship Village Washington, D.C. Maryland 4,512 0.06 81,991.7
12 Bellerose Terrace New York City New York 2,157 0.10 22,212.2
13 Walnut Park Los Angeles California 16,180 0.74 21,919.0
16 Lennox Los Angeles California 22,950 1.08 21,257.5
19 Langley Park Washington, D.C. Maryland 16,214 0.82 19,678.8
26 East Compton Los Angeles California 9,286 0.52 17,945.9
28 Westmont Los Angeles California 31,623 1.85 17,103.0
31 Florence-Graham Los Angeles California 60,197 3.58 16,799.7
32 East Los Angeles Los Angeles California 124,283 7.44 16,697.4
42 Loch Lomond Miami Florida 3,537 0.23 15,711.2
44 Ewa Gentry Honolulu Hawaii 4,939 0.32 15,627.7
50 Ramblewood East Miami Florida 1,395 0.09 14,932.7
57 Rollingwood San Francisco California 2,900 0.21 14,036.3
61 South San Jose Hills Los Angeles California 20,218 1.46 13,876.4
63 Franklin Park Miami Florida 943 0.07 13,817.5
66 Fontainebleau Miami Florida 59,549 4.40 13,524.7
69 North Fair Oaks San Francisco California 15,440 1.17 13,221.9
75 West Puente Valley Los Angeles California 22,589 1.75 12,908.0
76 Waipahu Honolulu Hawaii 33,108 2.57 12,882.8
79 Seven Corners Washington, D.C. Virginia 8,701 0.68 12,773.2
85 Isla Vista Santa Barbara County California 23,096 1.86 12,417.2
92 Alum Rock San Francisco California 13,479 1.12 12,044.7
96 Ocean Grove New York City New Jersey 4,256 0.36 11,956.5
99 Cherryland San Francisco California 13,837 1.17 11,859.2
103 Citrus Los Angeles California 10,581 0.90 11,784.8
105 Burbank San Francisco California 5,239 0.45 11,748.6
118 Ashland San Francisco California 20,793 1.84 11,284.9
120 Bailey's Crossroads Washington, D.C. Virginia 23,166 2.05 11,276.0
124 Kendall West Miami Florida 38,034 3.39 11,218.6
139 Valinda Los Angeles California 21,776 2.01 10,830.8
141 Woodland Hills Omaha Nebraska 215 0.02 10,750.0
144 Huntington Washington, D.C. Virginia 8,325 0.78 10,665.6
149 Village Park Honolulu Hawaii 9,625 0.92 10,490.0
151 Arcadia University Philadelphia Pennsylvania 595 0.057 10,438.6
157 Ewa Beach Honolulu Hawaii 14,650 1.42 10,341.4
159 South Whittier Los Angeles California 55,193 5.38 10,257.7
165 Franklin Square New York City New York 29,342 2.89 10,169.2
171 Vincent Los Angeles California 15,097 1.50 10,039.3

New York City boroughs[]

The following lists the population densities of the five boroughs of New York City as of the 2010 U.S. Census.[9] 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.

Rank Borough Metropolitan area State Population
(2010 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
1 Manhattan New York City New York 1,537,195 22.83 69,467.5
5 Brooklyn New York City New York 2,504,700 70.82 35,369.1
6 The Bronx New York City New York 1,385,108 42.10 32,903.6
16 Queens New York City New York 2,230,722 108.53 20,553.6
— Staten Island New York City New York 468,730 58.37 8,030.3

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.

Rank Census-designated place Metropolitan area Municipality Population
(2000 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
43 San Isidro San Juan Canóvanas 8,071 0.57 14,057.8
52 Levittown San Juan Toa Baja 30,140 2.27 13,279.1
53 Suárez San Juan Loíza 2,276 0.17 13,189.1
64 Vieques San Juan Loíza 4,325 0.34 12,579.2
69 Campanilla San Juan Toa Baja 7,757 0.63 12,328.4
105 El Ojo Ponce Santa Isabel 1,713 0.16 11,034.4
110 Aguada Aguadilla Aguada 3,871 0.36 10,877.8
115 San Juan San Juan San Juan 421,958 39.47 10,690.8
126 Peña Pobre San Juan Naguabo 1,024 0.10 10,308.7
127 Jayuya — Jayuya 3,516 0.34 10,218.4
136 Comerío San Juan Comerío 4,478 0.45 10,029.7

Northern Mariana Islands[]

In the Northern Mariana Islands, there is one place that has more than 10,000 people per square mile: (in the 2010 U.S. Census).[12] 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 municipality of Saipan. China Town would rank 105th if it were in the first table above.

Rank Census-designated place Metropolitan area Municipality Population
(2010 Census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
105 None Saipan 1,274 ? 10,901.7

List of incorporated cities in the United States with over 75,000 residents[]

Below is a list of the most densely populated cities in the United States which have a population density over 10,000 people per square mile and have a total population of over 75,000 according to the 2010 Census. This list relates to the first list, but excludes cities under 75,000.

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

Rank Incorporated place Metropolitan area State Population
(2010 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Land area
(approximate
km2) 		Population
density
(people per mi2) 		Population
density
(approximate
people per km2)
1 New York City New York City New York 8,175,133 302.6 783.73 27,016.3 10,431.1
2 Somerville Boston Massachusetts 75,754 4.11 10.65 18,431.6 7,116.5
3 Paterson New York City New Jersey 146,199 8.44 21.86 17,322.2 6,688.1
4 San Francisco San Francisco California 805,235 46.69 120.93 17,246.4 6,658.9
5 Cambridge Boston Massachusetts 105,162 6.43 16.65 16,354.9 6,314.7
6 Jersey City New York City New Jersey 240,055 14.92 38.64 16,093.7 6,212.2
7 Cicero Chicago Illinois 85,616 5.85 15.15 14,645.2 5,650.7
8 Hawthorne Los Angeles California 84,112 6.06 15.70 13,879.4 5,359.0
9 Daly City San Francisco California 103,621 7.56 19.58 13,703.8 5,292.1
10 Boston Boston Massachusetts 645,149 48.43 125.43 13,321.0 5,143.4
11 South Gate Los Angeles California 96,375 7.37 19.09 13,084.6 5,048.9
12 Santa Ana Los Angeles California 337,977 27.14 70.29 12,451.9 4,808.2
13 Bellflower Los Angeles California 76,616 6.07 15.72 12,416.7 4,794.1
14 Inglewood Los Angeles California 109,673 9.14 23.67 12,323.6 4,632.9
15 El Monte Los Angeles California 115,965 9.55 24.73 12,139.5 4,688.4
16 Chicago Chicago Illinois 2,695,598 227.13 588.26 11,868.0 4,582.3
17 Miami Beach Miami Florida 87,933 7.03 18.21 11,511.1 4,829.5
18 Newark New York City New Jersey 273,546 23.80 61.64 11,495.0 4,437.7
19 Baldwin Park Los Angeles California 75,837 6.66 17.25 11,379.2 4,396.5
20 Alhambra Los Angeles California 85,804 7.62 19.74 11,257.3 4,347.7
21 Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,517,550 135.09 349.88 11,233.6 4,337.3
22 Trenton New York City New Jersey 85,403 7.66 19.84 11,153.6 4,304.7
23 Miami Miami Florida 399,457 35.67 92.38 11,135.9 4,323.8
24 Yonkers New York City New York 196,086 18.08 46.83 10,847.5 4,187.5
25 Berkeley San Francisco California 112,580 10.47 27.12 10,752.6 4,151.6
26 Norwalk Los Angeles California 103,298 9.68 25.07 10,667.6 4,120.2
27 Hialeah Miami Florida 224,669 19.24 49.83 10,474.2 4,508.6
28 Upper Darby[c] Philadelphia Pennsylvania 81,821 7.87 20.38 10,397.7 4,014.1
30 Santa Monica Los Angeles California 84,084 8.26 21.39 10,178.7 3,930.4
31 Elizabeth New York City New Jersey 124,969 12.32 31.91 10,144.1 3,916.5

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.

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.

Rank Metropolitan area Principal city 10,000+ places Densest incorporated place Density
1 New York City New York City 55 Guttenberg (NJ) 56,012.0
2 Greater Los Angeles Area Los Angeles 27 Maywood 23,887.2
3 Delaware Valley Philadelphia 13 Millbourne 16,557.1
4 Miami metropolitan area Miami 7 North Bay Village 20,267.1
5 Greater Boston Boston 7 Somerville 18,868.1
6 Chicago Metropolitan Area Chicago 7 Stone Park 15,378.2
7 San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco/San Jose 6 San Francisco 17,246.4
8 Washington Metropolitan Area Washington, D.C. 3 Mount Rainier 13,038.5
9 Pittsburgh metropolitan area Pittsburgh 3 Pennsbury Village 12,710.3
10 Louisville-Jefferson County metropolitan area Louisville 1 Poplar Hills 17,036.0
11 Providence metropolitan area Providence 1 Central Falls 15,652.0
12 Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Dallas 1 Mobile City 11,911.3
13 Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area Buffalo 1 Kenmore 11,437.2
14 Portland metropolitan area Portland 1 Johnson City 11,061.5
15 Metro Detroit Detroit 1 Hamtramck 10,900.5
16 Greater Cleveland Cleveland 1 Lakewood 10,208.5

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.[3][4]

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.[13] 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.[14] In the Northern Mariana Islands, each municipality (such as Saipan) is governed by a mayor, and so those municipalities can be considered incorporated — the villages in the Northern Mariana Islands are considered Census-Designated Places.[15] In Guam, each village is governed by a mayor, and so those villages can be considered incorporated.[16] 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 1]

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.

Rank
(number of
10,000+
places) 		State,
federal district
or territory 		10,000+
places 		Densest incorporated
place 		Density (people
per sq. mile) 		Rank
(most dense
place)
1  New Jersey 33 Guttenberg 56,012.0 1
2  California 33 Maywood 23,887.2 3
3 New York (state) New York 23 Kaser 27,788.2 2
4  Pennsylvania 13 Millbourne 16,557.1 7
5  Florida 7 North Bay Village 20,267.1 4
6  Massachusetts 7 Somerville 18,868.1 5
7  Illinois 7 Stone Park 15,378.2 9
8  Kentucky 1 Poplar Hills 17,036.0 6
9  Rhode Island 1 Central Falls 15,652.0 8
10  Maryland 1 Mount Rainier 13,038.5 10
11  Texas 1 Mobile City 11,911.3 11
12  District of Columbia 1 Washington 11,367.0 12
13  Oregon 1 Johnson City 11,061.5 13
14  Michigan 1 Hamtramck 10,900.5 14
15  Ohio 1 Lakewood 10,208.5 15
16  Missouri 0 Velda City 9,872.8 16
17  Puerto Rico 0 San Juan 9,084.4 17
18  Minnesota 0 Landfall 8,996.8 18
19 Washington (state) Washington 0 Seattle 8,775.0 19
20  Connecticut 0 Bridgeport 8,720.9 20
21  Wisconsin 0 Shorewood 8,599.5 21
22  U.S. Virgin Islands 0 Charlotte Amalie (town) 8,552.0 22
23  Virginia 0 Alexandria 8,452.0 23
24  Colorado 0 Glendale 8,241.3 24
25  American Samoa 0 Faleniu 7,741.2 25
26  Delaware 0 Bellefonte 7,102.7 26
27 Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 0 Clarkston 6,856.3 27
28  Arizona 0 Guadalupe 6,813.9 28
29  Nebraska 0 Terrytown 6,494.4 29
30  Kansas 0 Westwood Hills 5,512.0 30
31  Utah 0 Taylorsville 5,376.1 31
32  Vermont 0 Winooski 5,190.7 32
33  Louisiana 0 Harahan 5,023.5 33
34  Iowa 0 University Heights 4,609.4 34
35  Idaho 0 Meridian, Idaho 4,391.0 35
36  Hawaii 0 Honolulu 4,336.6 36
37  Nevada 0 Las Vegas 4,222.5 37
38  Oklahoma 0 The Village 3,999.8 38
39  Indiana 0 West Lafayette 3,980.1 39
40  Montana 0 Browning 3,911.2 40
41  Mississippi 0 Sidon 3,866.7 41
42  North Carolina 0 Carrboro 3,753.7 42
43  Guam 0 Mongmong-Toto-Maite 3,749.5 43
44  North Dakota 0 Fort Yates 3,688.4 44
45  Alabama 0 Fairfield 3,503.8 45
46  West Virginia 0 Chesapeake 3,487.3 46
47  Arkansas 0 Mitchellville 3,322.5 47
48  New Hampshire 0 Manchester 3,241.4 48
49  Wyoming 0 Jackson 3,037.2 49
50  Maine 0 Portland 3,029.2 50
51  New Mexico 0 Bayard 2,916.4 51
52  South Dakota 0 Tea 2,877.8 52
53  South Carolina 0 Irmo 2,670.2 53
54  Tennessee 0 East Ridge 2,497.3 54
55  Alaska 0 Ketchikan 2,348.6 55
56  Northern Mariana Islands 0 Saipan[note 2] 1,050.8 56

Populations[]

View of New York City from an airplane. Lower Manhattan is in the center of the image, Brooklyn is across the East River below Manhattan, and above Manhattan across the Hudson River is Hudson County, New Jersey.
View of downtown Chicago, seen from the Willis Tower. The tall, black building in the center of the image is the John Hancock Center, and Lake Michigan is in the background.
View of the skyscrapers of Center City, Philadelphia, the downtown part of the city. The image was taken from the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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.

Population 10,000+ incorporated places
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

Land areas[]

Land area 10,000+ incorporated places
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

Population densities[]

Population density 10,000+ incorporated places
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

See also[]

  • United States of America
  • Worldwide
    • List of cities by population density
    • List of countries and dependencies by population density
    • List of the most densely populated country subdivisions

Notes[]

  1. ^ Townships are a special case because in many states townships do not act as incorporated places, but townships in New Jersey and townships in Pennsylvania are civil townships and do act as self-governing municipalities, and for most purposes are equivalent to other "incorporated" places as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Because these municipalities have local governments and are essentially incorporated in the state, townships in these two states are included in the list. Home rule municipalities in Pennsylvania, some of which retain the name "Township", are not civil townships under Pennsylvania law, but are not recognized as a separate category of places by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sometimes the U.S. Census Bureau regards these places as minor civil divisions and not "incorporated", as it also sometimes does to New England towns. However, all places in New England on this list are classified as cities and so do not have this problem, as cities in New England are regarded as "incorporated" by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  2. ^ a b c d e f This New Jersey municipality is officially a township and is sometimes not regarded as "incorporated" by the U.S. Census Bureau. See the explanation above in the first note for why it is included in this list of incorporated places.
  3. ^ a b This Pennsylvania municipality, although officially bearing the name "Township", is actually a home rule municipality which is not subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code. However, the U.S. Census Bureau does not recognize home rule municipalities as a separate category of incorporated place; therefore, it is sometimes not regarded as "incorporated" by the U.S. Census Bureau. See the explanation above in the first note for why it is included in this list of incorporated places.
  1. ^ Data for the U.S. territories is from the U.S. Census “American FactFinder”.[17]
  2. ^ The village of has a population density of 10,901.7 people per square mile, but this village is a Census-Designated place, and so it is not considered incorporated.

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