Which metro area has the highest population density?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks #1 with 3,276 (2025 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by population density?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, Trenton-Princeton, NJ, Honolulu, HI.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2025 ACS 5-year data.

How is population density measured?

Residents per square mile of land area. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2025).

RANKING · 2025 ACS · 425 SHOWN OF 925

Most densely populated, US metro areas

US metro areas ranked by residents per square mile (2023).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

501Morgan City, LALA46,55283−13%

502Monticello, NYNY80,58683+9%

503Madisonville, KYKY45,12783−3%

504Paducah, KYKY102,25983−2%

505Pocatello, IDID91,59182+21%

506Muskogee, OKOK66,70882−4%

507Frankfort, ININ33,32282−2%

508Winchester, TNTN45,57982+16%

509Santa Fe, NMNM156,90782+21%

510Paragould, ARAR47,41182+27%

511Key West, FLFL80,40682+1%

512Lake Charles, LALA244,65582+9%

513Ottumwa, IAIA35,21082−2%

514Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91281+18%

515Meadville, PAPA81,79281−9%

516Summerville, GAGA25,30081−1%

517Winona, MNMN50,52381+1%

518Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85081+32%

519Baraboo, WIWI66,65280+21%

520Medford, OROR221,79580+22%

521Washington, ININ34,20980+15%

522Danville, ILIL71,25979−15%

523Sterling, ILIL54,12179−11%

524Greencastle, ININ37,87679+5%

525Monroe, LALA222,39078+0%

526Mountain Home, ARAR42,98278+12%

527Searcy, ARAR80,08577+19%

528Crawfordsville, ININ38,95477+4%

529Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97577+29%

530Freeport, ILIL43,22077−12%

531Hillsdale, MIMI45,73876−2%

532Big Rapids, MIMI42,32076+4%

533Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91476+18%

534Pikeville, KYKY89,12276−20%

535Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13875−2%

536Alexandria, LALA147,95275+2%

537Orangeburg, SCSC83,17775−9%

538Lawton, OKOK127,59075+5%

539Hutchinson, MNMN36,63175+5%

540Wabash, ININ30,71374−12%

541Henderson, KYKY57,18474−3%

542Manhattan, KSKS136,12274+25%

543Shelton, WAWA71,16574+44%

544Cambridge, OHOH38,37973−6%

545Boise City, IDID864,24373+86%

546Glens Falls, NYNY124,37373+0%

547Oil City, PAPA49,34673−14%

548Picayune, MSMS59,36373+22%

549Thomasville, GAGA72,95873+10%

550Alma, MIMI41,19072−3%

551Glasgow, KYKY56,22472+17%

552Petoskey, MIMI33,77572+7%

553Topeka, KSKS233,05272+4%

554St. Joseph, MOMO119,17072−3%

555Fremont, NENE38,05772+5%

556Texarkana, TXTX146,81672+2%

557Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42871+20%

558Greensburg, ININ26,57671+8%

559Vicksburg, MSMS41,75971−16%

560Pueblo, COCO169,27771+20%

561Van Wert, OHOH29,01371−2%

562Dyersburg, TNTN36,32071−3%

563Starkville, MSMS62,06371+17%

564Cordele, GAGA19,23771−13%

565Washington Court House, OHOH28,55270+0%

566Lubbock, TXTX368,43170+28%

567Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03570+12%

568Marshalltown, IAIA39,89070+1%

569Campbellsville, KYKY38,40770+12%

570Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21569+10%

571Vincennes, ININ35,65269−9%

572Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09968−2%

573Warrensburg, MOMO56,67068+17%

574DuBois, PAPA78,10068−6%

575Jefferson City, MOMO152,71268+9%

576Rochelle, ILIL51,39968+1%

577Abilene, TXTX185,42968+16%

578Reno, NVNV578,73467+53%

579Ottawa, ILIL145,90267−5%

580Rolla, MOMO45,24767+14%

581Mayfield, KYKY37,05067+0%

582Bogalusa, LALA44,93767+2%

583Somerset, PAPA72,00467−10%

584Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07667+8%

585Galesburg, ILIL47,76767−14%

586Clinton, IAIA46,00266−8%

587Pittsburg, KSKS39,00866+2%

588Talladega, ALAL91,76466−1%

589Corning, NYNY91,85566−7%

590Coshocton, OHOH37,18866+1%

591Tahlequah, OKOK49,19666+16%

592Oxford, MSMS71,97265+39%

593Sedalia, MOMO44,25465+12%

594McComb, MSMS52,64065−3%

595Miami, OKOK30,43865−8%

596Fayetteville, TNTN36,85365+18%

597Rutland, VTVT59,65364−6%

598Red Wing, MNMN48,19564+9%

599Middlesborough, KYKY22,82964−24%

600Centralia, ILIL36,38264−13%

601Brenham, TXTX38,28863+26%

602Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14763−10%

603Alexandria, MNMN40,12063+22%

604Newberry, SCSC39,56163+10%

605Fort Madison, IAIA32,30662−15%

606Gallipolis, OHOH29,07262−6%

607Cambridge, MDMD33,62862+10%

608Pella, IAIA34,19262+7%

609Meridian, MSMS85,41961−11%

610Oneonta, NYNY60,58960−2%

611Yakima, WAWA259,18560+16%

612Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90460+3%

613Las Cruces, NMNM229,09160+31%

614Sikeston, MOMO49,97860−7%

615Laurel, MSMS82,28160−1%

616Vidalia, GAGA36,18060+5%

617Brookhaven, MSMS35,01260+6%

618Ardmore, OKOK48,91059+7%

619Minden, LALA34,94859−16%

620Ludington, MIMI29,04059+3%

621Paris, TNTN32,89659+6%

622Enid, OKOK61,77958+7%

623Arcadia, FLFL37,07858+15%

624Albany, OROR132,84358+29%

625Olean, NYNY75,39058−10%

626Austin, MNMN40,97158+6%

627Victoria, TXTX99,86458+10%

628Lebanon, NHNH224,50058+8%

629Brattleboro, VTVT45,20458+2%

630Martin, TNTN33,26157−5%

631Alexander City, ALAL40,95357−1%

632Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44857−1%

633Durant, OKOK51,36757+41%

634Corsicana, TXTX57,18157+27%

635Douglas, GAGA52,86157+17%

636Palestine, TXTX59,80556+9%

637Willmar, MNMN44,72056+9%

638Columbus, MSMS67,14456−9%

639Greenville, MSMS40,44656−36%

640Burlington, IAIA44,06155−13%

641Okeechobee, FLFL42,60855+19%

642Union City, TNTN30,06755−7%

643Quincy, ILIL74,14655−6%

644Malvern, ARAR33,45154+10%

645Menomonie, WIWI46,22354+16%

646Dublin, GAGA60,35154+13%

647Bennington, VTVT36,63054−1%

648Effingham, ILIL44,72754−2%

649Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31954+24%

650Clearlake, CACA67,77254+16%

651Rice Lake, WIWI46,48454+3%

652Washington, NCNC44,67054−1%

653Amarillo, TXTX276,23554+21%

654Grants Pass, OROR87,86754+16%

655Ada, OKOK38,52853+10%

656Hilo, HIHI210,04352+41%

657Sayre, PAPA59,60052−5%

658Sparta, WIWI46,57252+14%

659Newport, OROR50,63652+14%

660Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83851−8%

661Americus, GAGA33,39451−10%

662Mason City, IAIA49,71051−9%

663Russellville, ALAL32,44951+4%

664Duncan, OKOK44,31051+3%

665Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06351+22%

666Gainesville, TXTX44,46151+22%

667Batesville, ARAR38,78551+13%

668Moberly, MOMO24,51351−1%

669Jacksonville, TXTX53,33751+14%

670Jesup, GAGA32,48151+22%

671Alpena, MIMI28,85350−8%

672Scottsboro, ALAL54,28150+1%

673Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11850+4%

674Troy, ALAL33,68850+14%

675Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02550−21%

676Monticello, ININ25,16450−0%

677Kennett, MOMO26,85550−19%

678Bozeman, MTMT128,74049+90%

679Astoria, OROR40,92649+15%

680Bainbridge, GAGA29,43249+4%

681Twin Falls, IDID123,90149+50%

682Huntingdon, PAPA43,00149−6%

683Walla Walla, WAWA62,36149+13%

684Hutchinson, KSKS61,53949−5%

685Kerrville, TXTX54,03749+24%

686Grand Junction, COCO162,84549+40%

687Russellville, ARAR84,93249+12%

688Grand Island, NENE78,07649+14%

689Lebanon, MOMO36,94348+14%

690Redding, CACA181,64848+11%

691Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21148−24%

692Brookings, SDSD37,63548+33%

693Spirit Lake, IAIA18,07748+10%

694San Angelo, TXTX122,06547+15%

695Ponca City, OKOK43,49047−10%

696Taylorville, ILIL33,44347−5%

697Waycross, GAGA57,67047+13%

698Bangor, MEME157,96746+9%

699Ottawa, KSKS26,29946+6%

700Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82346+24%

701Platteville, WIWI52,44646+6%

702Jacksonville, ILIL37,38146−11%

703Hood River, OROR23,72045+16%

704Dixon, ILIL32,91445−9%

705Yankton, SDSD23,63545+9%

706Port Angeles, WAWA78,20245+21%

707Lewiston, IDID65,45044+13%

708Bonham, TXTX39,26544+26%

709Cadillac, MIMI49,71944+11%

710West Plains, MOMO40,79844+10%

711Lincoln, ILIL27,18244−13%

712Macomb, ILIL25,91644−21%

713El Centro, CACA181,41143+27%

714Albert Lea, MNMN30,44043−7%

715Watertown, SDSD29,56243+14%

716Hannibal, MOMO38,96943+3%

717Columbus, NENE46,58343+11%

718Lock Haven, PAPA37,87043−0%

719Blytheville, ARAR37,82842−27%

720Warren, PAPA37,03842−16%

721New Ulm, MNMN25,51742−5%

722Aberdeen, WAWA78,14441+16%

723Salina, KSKS59,12141−1%

724Brownwood, TXTX38,71141+3%

725Yuma, AZAZ224,44941+40%

726Stephenville, TXTX43,91141+33%

727Nogales, AZAZ50,02040+30%

728Coos Bay, OROR63,99240+2%

729Bradford, PAPA38,98440−15%

730Breckenridge, COCO39,06940+25%

731Moses Lake, WAWA105,72739+42%

732Massena, NYNY105,48839−6%

733Kearney, NENE57,96239+18%

734Moscow, IDID41,84239+20%

735El Campo, TXTX42,06039+2%

736Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59939−5%

737Oskaloosa, IAIA21,88038−2%

738Cheyenne, WYWY102,93838+26%

739Canton, ILIL32,90138−14%

740Marquette, MIMI68,06438+5%

741Atchison, KSKS16,17238−4%

742Beeville, TXTX32,51537+0%

743Eureka, CACA131,64737+4%

744Spearfish, SDSD29,45937+35%

745Centralia, WAWA88,06237+28%

746Shawano, WIWI45,75937+1%

747Vermillion, SDSD15,03136+11%

748Grenada, MSMS30,22236−15%

749St. Marys, PAPA29,92636−15%

750Marshall, MNMN25,68436+1%

751Selma, ALAL35,14036−24%

752Clarksdale, MSMS19,84936−35%

753Carroll, IAIA20,30336−5%

754Storm Lake, IAIA20,44936+0%

755El Dorado, ARAR36,92636−19%

756Mexico, MOMO24,52835−5%

757Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15435+20%

758Kingsville, TXTX30,31534−4%

759Forrest City, ARAR21,80034−26%

760Bend, OROR266,37634+73%

761Kirksville, MOMO29,82434+2%

762Big Spring, TXTX30,50434−9%

763Raymondville, TXTX19,97134−1%

764Missoula, MTMT128,69834+29%

765Durango, COCO56,89834+29%

766Pontiac, ILIL35,05734−12%

767McPherson, KSKS30,06433+2%

768Idaho Falls, IDID173,85133+66%

769Duluth, MNMN281,21933+2%

770Bay City, TXTX36,46333−4%

771Brainerd, MNMN100,56233+22%

772McAlester, OKOK43,32033−1%

773Liberal, KSKS21,07333−6%

774Bismarck, NDND139,75033+44%

775Cañon City, COCO50,03933+8%

776Natchez, MSMS54,72233−15%

777Paris, TXTX63,31932+1%

778Harrison, ARAR45,65432+7%

779Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79132+14%

780Hays, KSKS29,07532+6%

781Cleveland, MSMS28,26232−30%

782Edwards, COCO54,29132+30%

783DeRidder, LALA36,67332+11%

784Great Falls, MTMT85,02932+6%

785Sandpoint, IDID54,42031+48%

786Clewiston, FLFL61,54631+32%

787Norfolk, NENE49,22831−1%

788Escanaba, MIMI36,58231−5%

789Worthington, MNMN22,33831+7%

790Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55231+51%

791Fergus Falls, MNMN61,04131+7%

792Dodge City, KSKS33,99331+5%

793Altus, OKOK24,76431−13%

794Grand Forks, NDND105,04631+8%

795Marshall, MOMO23,26531−2%

796Arkansas City, KSKS34,38231−5%

797Billings, MTMT193,60330+32%

798Le Mars, IAIA25,69730+3%

799Rexburg, IDID69,38030+77%

800Garden City, KSKS37,50529−7%

801Natchitoches, LALA36,08929−8%

802Magnolia, ARAR21,89429−14%

803Spencer, IAIA16,20229−7%

804Greenwood, MSMS34,91229−28%

805Great Bend, KSKS24,79028−12%

806Fairmont, MNMN19,44027−11%

807Wenatchee, WAWA128,41427+29%

808Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,49727+18%

809Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52727+37%

810Marinette, WIWI65,51527−5%

811Heber, UTUT81,65527+82%

812Crescent City, CACA26,41026−4%

813Eufaula, ALAL26,86126−15%

814Elkins, WVWV26,88226−5%

815Houghton, MIMI40,02826+4%

816Beatrice, NENE21,71125−6%

817Ukiah, CACA88,12225+2%

818Alice, TXTX45,38325−4%

819Elk City, OKOK22,15925+12%

820Iron Mountain, MIMI30,57524−6%

821Blackfoot, IDID51,15324+23%

822Scottsbluff, NENE36,27224−4%

823Dumas, TXTX21,89124+9%

824Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93824−11%

825Sonora, CACA53,16024−2%

826Hastings, NENE40,57724−4%

827Fort Morgan, COCO30,30624+12%

828Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08123−6%

829Maryville, MOMO20,17423−8%

830Kalispell, MTMT115,42923+55%

831Pullman, WAWA48,51222+19%

832Roseburg, OROR111,95122+12%

833Borger, TXTX19,63322−18%

834Red Bluff, CACA64,66522+15%

835Farmington, NMNM120,34022+6%

836Emporia, KSKS34,83821−11%

837Ellensburg, WAWA48,80321+46%

838Rifle, COCO80,09920+37%

839Cedar City, UTUT67,14120+99%

840Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33220+7%

841Rapid City, SDSD156,93420+31%

842Williston, NDND41,76720+111%

843Montrose, COCO44,59120+33%

844Weatherford, OKOK39,05920+4%

845Camden, ARAR26,36319−24%

846Port Townsend, WAWA33,97019+31%

847Bemidji, MNMN47,05519+19%

848Plainview, TXTX36,70018−17%

849Mitchell, SDSD25,91318+6%

850Hermiston, OROR93,72118+15%

851Snyder, TXTX16,16218−1%

852Lexington, NENE26,25518−1%

853Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10217+47%

854Grand Rapids, MNMN45,40417+3%

855Hobbs, NMNM74,74917+35%

856Clovis, NMNM65,27017+4%

857Uvalde, TXTX24,96316−4%

858Woodward, OKOK19,82716+7%

859Minot, NDND75,69416+12%

860Taos, NMNM34,56416+15%

861Huron, SDSD19,62416+15%

862Sweetwater, TXTX14,11715−11%

863Helena, MTMT97,15315+38%

864Anchorage, AKAK405,82115+27%

865Del Rio, TXTX47,83515+7%

866Casper, WYWY80,52615+21%

867Carlsbad, NMNM62,50915+21%

868Burley, IDID49,30815+19%

869Aberdeen, SDSD41,58315+4%

870Price, UTUT20,68014+1%

871Brookings, OROR22,62114+7%

872Zapata, TXTX13,75314+13%

873Sheridan, WYWY33,24113+25%

874Vernon, TXTX12,48113−15%

875Fairbanks, AKAK93,97213+13%

876La Grande, OROR25,90013+6%

877Andrews, TXTX18,91413+45%

878Gallup, NMNM68,11912−9%

879Hereford, TXTX18,62612+0%

880Klamath Falls, OROR70,27412+10%

881Pampa, TXTX21,78612−8%

882Juneau city and, AKAK31,60912+3%

883Payson, AZAZ53,80111+5%

884Sterling, COCO20,65411+1%

885Othello, WAWA21,48811+31%

886Show Low, AZAZ109,94611+13%

887The Dalles, OROR26,31011+11%

888North Platte, NENE33,97211−4%

889Alamogordo, NMNM70,36811+13%

890Wahpeton, NDND23,01911−8%

891Roswell, NMNM63,36410+3%

892Brigham City, UTUT70,40510+50%

893Gillette, WYWY48,14510+43%

894Guymon, OKOK20,32210+1%

895Jamestown, NDND21,41410−2%

896Mountain Home, IDID29,46510+1%

897Pierre, SDSD20,5889+7%

898Laramie, WYWY38,5589+20%

899Dickinson, NDND39,1429+44%

900Safford, AZAZ40,1579+20%

901Alamosa, COCO27,8969+3%

902Deming, NMNM25,4079+2%

903Vernal, UTUT38,2789+52%

904Jackson, WYWY36,5878+51%

905Flagstaff, AZAZ144,3688+24%

906Evanston, WYWY23,4158+8%

907Silver City, NMNM27,2527−12%

908Española, NMNM39,8327−3%

909Hailey, IDID32,4367+35%

910Susanville, CACA28,1176−17%

911Ontario, OROR60,0856+15%

912Baker City, OROR16,6585−0%

913Steamboat Springs, COCO38,4515+17%

914Fallon, NVNV25,8515+8%

915Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1385−8%

916Las Vegas, NMNM30,3115−14%

917Cody, WYWY31,1714+21%

918Riverton, WYWY39,4644+10%

919Ruidoso, NMNM19,8444+2%

920Rock Springs, WYWY41,2674+10%

921Pahrump, NVNV57,3363+76%

922Ketchikan, AKAK13,5493−4%

923Elko, NVNV56,6823+21%

924Winnemucca, NVNV17,2672+7%

925Bishop, CACA18,1582+1%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES