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Most densely populated, US metro areas

US metro areas ranked by residents per square mile (2025).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000
501▼33Morgan City, LALA46,55283−13%
502▼2Monticello, NYNY80,58683+9%
503▼14Madisonville, KYKY45,12783−3%
504▼14Paducah, KYKY102,25983−2%
505▲9Pocatello, IDID91,59182+21%
506▼8Muskogee, OKOK66,70882−4%
507▼10Frankfort, ININ33,32282−2%
508▲10Winchester, TNTN45,57982+16%
509▼8Santa Fe, NMNM156,90782+21%
510Paragould, ARAR47,41182+27%
511▼25Key West, FLFL80,40682+1%
512▼27Lake Charles, LALA244,65582+9%
513▼17Ottumwa, IAIA35,21082−2%
514▲1Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91281+18%
515▼23Meadville, PAPA81,79281−9%
516▼9Summerville, GAGA25,30081−1%
517▼8Winona, MNMN50,52381+1%
518▲2Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85081+32%
519▼7Baraboo, WIWI66,65280+21%
520▼16Medford, OROR221,79580+22%
521▼5Washington, ININ34,20980+15%
522▼29Danville, ILIL71,25979−15%
523▼24Sterling, ILIL54,12179−11%
524▼2Greencastle, ININ37,87679+5%
525▼19Monroe, LALA222,390780%
526▲1Mountain Home, ARAR42,98278+12%
527▲7Searcy, ARAR80,08577+19%
528▼2Crawfordsville, ININ38,95477+4%
529Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97577+29%
530▼19Freeport, ILIL43,22077−12%
531▼10Hillsdale, MIMI45,73876−2%
532▲15Big Rapids, MIMI42,32076+4%
533▲13Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,91476+18%
534▼29Pikeville, KYKY89,12276−20%
535▼16Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13875−2%
536▼19Alexandria, LALA147,95275+2%
537▼14Orangeburg, SCSC83,17775−9%
538▼5Lawton, OKOK127,59075+5%
539▼8Hutchinson, MNMN36,63175+5%
540▼12Wabash, ININ30,71374−12%
541▼16Henderson, KYKY57,18474−3%
542▼2Manhattan, KSKS136,12274+25%
543▲21Shelton, WAWA71,16574+44%
544▼7Cambridge, OHOH38,37973−6%
545▲39Boise City, IDID864,24373+86%
546▼14Glens Falls, NYNY124,373730%
547▼17Oil City, PAPA49,34673−14%
548▲11Picayune, MSMS59,36373+22%
549▼5Thomasville, GAGA72,95873+10%
550▼12Alma, MIMI41,19072−3%
551Glasgow, KYKY56,22472+17%
552▼11Petoskey, MIMI33,77572+7%
553▼10Topeka, KSKS233,05272+4%
554▼15St. Joseph, MOMO119,17072−3%
555Fremont, NENE38,05772+5%
556▼14Texarkana, TXTX146,81672+2%
557▲3Mount Sterling, KYKY48,42871+20%
558▼9Greensburg, ININ26,57671+8%
559▼35Vicksburg, MSMS41,75971−16%
560▼8Pueblo, COCO169,27771+20%
561▼11Van Wert, OHOH29,01371−2%
562▼17Dyersburg, TNTN36,32071−3%
563▼7Starkville, MSMS62,06371+17%
564▼28Cordele, GAGA19,23771−13%
565▼17Washington Court House, OHOH28,552700%
566▲8Lubbock, TXTX368,43170+28%
567▼2Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03570+12%
568▼11Marshalltown, IAIA39,89070+1%
569▲1Campbellsville, KYKY38,40770+12%
570▼3Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,21569+10%
571▼17Vincennes, ININ35,65269−9%
572▼10Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09968−2%
573▲9Warrensburg, MOMO56,67068+17%
574▼21DuBois, PAPA78,10068−6%
575▼3Jefferson City, MOMO152,71268+9%
576▼10Rochelle, ILIL51,39968+1%
577▲11Abilene, TXTX185,42968+16%
578▲12Reno, NVNV578,73467+53%
579▼16Ottawa, ILIL145,90267−5%
580▼3Rolla, MOMO45,24767+14%
581▼3Mayfield, KYKY37,050670%
582▼14Bogalusa, LALA44,93767+2%
583▼22Somerset, PAPA72,00467−10%
584▼3Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07667+8%
585▼27Galesburg, ILIL47,76767−14%
586▼13Clinton, IAIA46,00266−8%
587▼8Pittsburg, KSKS39,00866+2%
588▼13Talladega, ALAL91,76466−1%
589▼20Corning, NYNY91,85566−7%
590▼4Coshocton, OHOH37,18866+1%
591▲3Tahlequah, OKOK49,19666+16%
592▲5Oxford, MSMS71,97265+39%
593▼1Sedalia, MOMO44,25465+12%
594▼18McComb, MSMS52,64065−3%
595▼6Miami, OKOK30,43865−8%
596▲3Fayetteville, TNTN36,85365+18%
597▼14Rutland, VTVT59,65364−6%
598▼5Red Wing, MNMN48,19564+9%
599▼28Middlesborough, KYKY22,82964−24%
600▼20Centralia, ILIL36,38264−13%
601▲9Brenham, TXTX38,28863+26%
602▼17Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14763−10%
603▼3Alexandria, MNMN40,12063+22%
604▲2Newberry, SCSC39,56163+10%
605▼18Fort Madison, IAIA32,30662−15%
606▼11Gallipolis, OHOH29,07262−6%
607▼2Cambridge, MDMD33,62862+10%
608▼4Pella, IAIA34,19262+7%
609▼18Meridian, MSMS85,41961−11%
610▲4Oneonta, NYNY60,58960−2%
611▼4Yakima, WAWA259,18560+16%
612▼9Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90460+3%
613▲4Las Cruces, NMNM229,09160+31%
614▼12Sikeston, MOMO49,97860−7%
615▼14Laurel, MSMS82,28160−1%
616▼5Vidalia, GAGA36,18060+5%
617▼9Brookhaven, MSMS35,01260+6%
618▼2Ardmore, OKOK48,91059+7%
619▼23Minden, LALA34,94859−16%
620▼7Ludington, MIMI29,04059+3%
621▼1Paris, TNTN32,89659+6%
622▼13Enid, OKOK61,77958+7%
623▲19Arcadia, FLFL37,07858+15%
624▲4Albany, OROR132,84358+29%
625▼13Olean, NYNY75,39058−10%
626▲1Austin, MNMN40,97158+6%
627▼5Victoria, TXTX99,86458+10%
628▼4Lebanon, NHNH224,50058+8%
629▼14Brattleboro, VTVT45,20458+2%
630▼7Martin, TNTN33,26157−5%
631▼13Alexander City, ALAL40,95357−1%
632▼7Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44857−1%
633▲24Durant, OKOK51,36757+41%
634▲17Corsicana, TXTX57,18157+27%
635▼4Douglas, GAGA52,86157+17%
636▼2Palestine, TXTX59,80556+9%
637▼5Willmar, MNMN44,72056+9%
638▼19Columbus, MSMS67,14456−9%
639▼41Greenville, MSMS40,44656−36%
640▼19Burlington, IAIA44,06155−13%
641▲12Okeechobee, FLFL42,60855+19%
642▼16Union City, TNTN30,06755−7%
643▼14Quincy, ILIL74,14655−6%
644▼5Malvern, ARAR33,45154+10%
645▼4Menomonie, WIWI46,22354+16%
646▼3Dublin, GAGA60,35154+13%
647▼17Bennington, VTVT36,63054−1%
648▼15Effingham, ILIL44,72754−2%
649▼12Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31954+24%
650▼15Clearlake, CACA67,77254+16%
651▼15Rice Lake, WIWI46,48454+3%
652▼12Washington, NCNC44,67054−1%
653▼3Amarillo, TXTX276,23554+21%
654▼16Grants Pass, OROR87,86754+16%
655▼11Ada, OKOK38,52853+10%
656▲6Hilo, HIHI210,04352+41%
657▼10Sayre, PAPA59,60052−5%
658▼3Sparta, WIWI46,57252+14%
659▼5Newport, OROR50,63652+14%
660▼8Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83851−8%
661▼16Americus, GAGA33,39451−10%
662▼14Mason City, IAIA49,71051−9%
663▼4Russellville, ALAL32,44951+4%
664▲3Duncan, OKOK44,31051+3%
665▲12Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06351+22%
666▲14Gainesville, TXTX44,46151+22%
667▼4Batesville, ARAR38,78551+13%
668▼12Moberly, MOMO24,51351−1%
669▲9Jacksonville, TXTX53,33751+14%
670▲15Jesup, GAGA32,48151+22%
671▼11Alpena, MIMI28,85350−8%
672Scottsboro, ALAL54,28150+1%
673▼3Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11850+4%
674▼5Troy, ALAL33,68850+14%
675▼29Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02550−21%
676▼5Monticello, ININ25,164500%
677▼28Kennett, MOMO26,85550−19%
678▲13Bozeman, MTMT128,74049+90%
679▼15Astoria, OROR40,92649+15%
680▼12Bainbridge, GAGA29,43249+4%
681▲12Twin Falls, IDID123,90149+50%
682▼21Huntingdon, PAPA43,00149−6%
683▼17Walla Walla, WAWA62,36149+13%
684▼19Hutchinson, KSKS61,53949−5%
685▼6Kerrville, TXTX54,03749+24%
686Grand Junction, COCO162,84549+40%
687▼12Russellville, ARAR84,93249+12%
688▼14Grand Island, NENE78,07649+14%
689▼6Lebanon, MOMO36,94348+14%
690▼17Redding, CACA181,64848+11%
691▼33Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21148−24%
692▲12Brookings, SDSD37,63548+33%
693▼6Spirit Lake, IAIA18,07748+10%
694▼12San Angelo, TXTX122,06547+15%
695▼14Ponca City, OKOK43,49047−10%
696▼20Taylorville, ILIL33,44347−5%
697Waycross, GAGA57,67047+13%
698▲1Bangor, MEME157,96746+9%
699▼7Ottawa, KSKS26,29946+6%
700▼4Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82346+24%
701▼7Platteville, WIWI52,44646+6%
702▼13Jacksonville, ILIL37,38146−11%
703▼13Hood River, OROR23,72045+16%
704▼20Dixon, ILIL32,91445−9%
705▼5Yankton, SDSD23,63545+9%
706▼5Port Angeles, WAWA78,20245+21%
707▼2Lewiston, IDID65,45044+13%
708▲11Bonham, TXTX39,26544+26%
709▼3Cadillac, MIMI49,71944+11%
710▼1West Plains, MOMO40,79844+10%
711▼16Lincoln, ILIL27,18244−13%
712▼24Macomb, ILIL25,91644−21%
713▼6El Centro, CACA181,41143+27%
714▼12Albert Lea, MNMN30,44043−7%
715Watertown, SDSD29,56243+14%
716▼8Hannibal, MOMO38,96943+3%
717▼4Columbus, NENE46,58343+11%
718▼7Lock Haven, PAPA37,870430%
719▼21Blytheville, ARAR37,82842−27%
720▼17Warren, PAPA37,03842−16%
721▼11New Ulm, MNMN25,51742−5%
722▼2Aberdeen, WAWA78,14441+16%
723▼11Salina, KSKS59,12141−1%
724▼6Brownwood, TXTX38,71141+3%
725▲14Yuma, AZAZ224,44941+40%
726▼3Stephenville, TXTX43,91141+33%
727▲2Nogales, AZAZ50,02040+30%
728▼12Coos Bay, OROR63,99240+2%
729▼15Bradford, PAPA38,98440−15%
730▼6Breckenridge, COCO39,06940+25%
731▲7Moses Lake, WAWA105,72739+42%
732▼15Massena, NYNY105,48839−6%
733▼1Kearney, NENE57,96239+18%
734▲6Moscow, IDID41,84239+20%
735▼5El Campo, TXTX42,06039+2%
736▼15Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59939−5%
737▼12Oskaloosa, IAIA21,88038−2%
738▼1Cheyenne, WYWY102,93838+26%
739▼13Canton, ILIL32,90138−14%
740▲1Marquette, MIMI68,06438+5%
741▼7Atchison, KSKS16,17238−4%
742▲8Beeville, TXTX32,515370%
743▼12Eureka, CACA131,64737+4%
744▲21Spearfish, SDSD29,45937+35%
745▲10Centralia, WAWA88,06237+28%
746Shawano, WIWI45,75937+1%
747▼3Vermillion, SDSD15,03136+11%
748▼15Grenada, MSMS30,22236−15%
749▼13St. Marys, PAPA29,92636−15%
750▼2Marshall, MNMN25,68436+1%
751▼29Selma, ALAL35,14036−24%
752▼24Clarksdale, MSMS19,84936−35%
753▼11Carroll, IAIA20,30336−5%
754▼9Storm Lake, IAIA20,449360%
755▼20El Dorado, ARAR36,92636−19%
756▼9Mexico, MOMO24,52835−5%
757▼5Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15435+20%
758▼7Kingsville, TXTX30,31534−4%
759▼16Forrest City, ARAR21,80034−26%
760▲10Bend, OROR266,37634+73%
761▼3Kirksville, MOMO29,82434+2%
762▼35Big Spring, TXTX30,50434−9%
763▼7Raymondville, TXTX19,97134−1%
764▲3Missoula, MTMT128,69834+29%
765▼1Durango, COCO56,89834+29%
766▼12Pontiac, ILIL35,05734−12%
767▼10McPherson, KSKS30,06433+2%
768▲18Idaho Falls, IDID173,85133+66%
769▼9Duluth, MNMN281,21933+2%
770▼9Bay City, TXTX36,46333−4%
771▼2Brainerd, MNMN100,56233+22%
772▼13McAlester, OKOK43,32033−1%
773▼20Liberal, KSKS21,07333−6%
774▲4Bismarck, NDND139,75033+44%
775▼7Cañon City, COCO50,03933+8%
776▼13Natchez, MSMS54,72233−15%
777▼5Paris, TXTX63,31932+1%
778▼7Harrison, ARAR45,65432+7%
779▲9Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79132+14%
780▼14Hays, KSKS29,07532+6%
781▼32Cleveland, MSMS28,26232−30%
782▼20Edwards, COCO54,29132+30%
783▼10DeRidder, LALA36,67332+11%
784▼8Great Falls, MTMT85,02932+6%
785▲14Sandpoint, IDID54,42031+48%
786▲18Clewiston, FLFL61,54631+32%
787▼7Norfolk, NENE49,22831−1%
788▼14Escanaba, MIMI36,58231−5%
789▼10Worthington, MNMN22,33831+7%
790▲2Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55231+51%
791▼6Fergus Falls, MNMN61,04131+7%
792▼15Dodge City, KSKS33,99331+5%
793▼11Altus, OKOK24,76431−13%
794▼10Grand Forks, NDND105,04631+8%
795▼14Marshall, MOMO23,26531−2%
796▼13Arkansas City, KSKS34,38231−5%
797▼2Billings, MTMT193,60330+32%
798▼9Le Mars, IAIA25,69730+3%
799▼3Rexburg, IDID69,38030+77%
800▼9Garden City, KSKS37,50529−7%
801▼14Natchitoches, LALA36,08929−8%
802▼12Magnolia, ARAR21,89429−14%
803▼10Spencer, IAIA16,20229−7%
804▼29Greenwood, MSMS34,91229−28%
805▼11Great Bend, KSKS24,79028−12%
806▼9Fairmont, MNMN19,44027−11%
807▼1Wenatchee, WAWA128,41427+29%
808▼7Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,49727+18%
809▲2Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52727+37%
810▼8Marinette, WIWI65,51527−5%
811▼1Heber, UTUT81,65527+82%
812▼14Crescent City, CACA26,41026−4%
813▼10Eufaula, ALAL26,86126−15%
814▼14Elkins, WVWV26,88226−5%
815▼7Houghton, MIMI40,02826+4%
816▼9Beatrice, NENE21,71125−6%
817▼12Ukiah, CACA88,12225+2%
818▼9Alice, TXTX45,38325−4%
819▼6Elk City, OKOK22,15925+12%
820▼4Iron Mountain, MIMI30,57524−6%
821▲1Blackfoot, IDID51,15324+23%
822▼7Scottsbluff, NENE36,27224−4%
823▼4Dumas, TXTX21,89124+9%
824▼10Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93824−11%
825▼13Sonora, CACA53,16024−2%
826▼8Hastings, NENE40,57724−4%
827▼4Fort Morgan, COCO30,30624+12%
828▼8Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08123−6%
829▼12Maryville, MOMO20,17423−8%
830▼1Kalispell, MTMT115,42923+55%
831▼6Pullman, WAWA48,51222+19%
832▼6Roseburg, OROR111,95122+12%
833▼12Borger, TXTX19,63322−18%
834▼10Red Bluff, CACA64,66522+15%
835▼8Farmington, NMNM120,34022+6%
836▼8Emporia, KSKS34,83821−11%
837▼2Ellensburg, WAWA48,80321+46%
838▼7Rifle, COCO80,09920+37%
839▲7Cedar City, UTUT67,14120+99%
840▼10Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33220+7%
841▼3Rapid City, SDSD156,93420+31%
842▼8Williston, NDND41,76720+111%
843▼7Montrose, COCO44,59120+33%
844▼11Weatherford, OKOK39,05920+4%
845▼13Camden, ARAR26,36319−24%
846▼5Port Townsend, WAWA33,97019+31%
847▼7Bemidji, MNMN47,05519+19%
848▼11Plainview, TXTX36,70018−17%
849▼7Mitchell, SDSD25,91318+6%
850▼6Hermiston, OROR93,72118+15%
851▼12Snyder, TXTX16,16218−1%
852▼9Lexington, NENE26,25518−1%
853▼1Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10217+47%
854▼6Grand Rapids, MNMN45,40417+3%
855▼8Hobbs, NMNM74,74917+35%
856▼11Clovis, NMNM65,27017+4%
857▼4Uvalde, TXTX24,96316−4%
858▼9Woodward, OKOK19,82716+7%
859▼9Minot, NDND75,69416+12%
860▼6Taos, NMNM34,56416+15%
861▼6Huron, SDSD19,62416+15%
862▼11Sweetwater, TXTX14,11715−11%
863▼1Helena, MTMT97,15315+38%
864▼7Anchorage, AKAK405,82115+27%
865▼9Del Rio, TXTX47,83515+7%
866▼8Casper, WYWY80,52615+21%
867▼8Carlsbad, NMNM62,50915+21%
868▼5Burley, IDID49,30815+19%
869▼9Aberdeen, SDSD41,58315+4%
870▼5Price, UTUT20,68014+1%
871▼10Brookings, OROR22,62114+7%
872▼8Zapata, TXTX13,75314+13%
873▼1Sheridan, WYWY33,24113+25%
874▼7Vernon, TXTX12,48113−15%
875▼7Fairbanks, AKAK93,97213+13%
876▼7La Grande, OROR25,90013+6%
877▼6Andrews, TXTX18,91413+45%
878▼12Gallup, NMNM68,11912−9%
879▼9Hereford, TXTX18,626120%
880▼4Klamath Falls, OROR70,27412+10%
881▼7Pampa, TXTX21,78612−8%
882▼9Juneau city and, AKAK31,60912+3%
883▼4Payson, AZAZ53,80111+5%
884▼9Sterling, COCO20,65411+1%
885▼3Othello, WAWA21,48811+31%
886▼5Show Low, AZAZ109,94611+13%
887▼9The Dalles, OROR26,31011+11%
888▼11North Platte, NENE33,97211−4%
889▼4Alamogordo, NMNM70,36811+13%
890▼7Wahpeton, NDND23,01911−8%
891▼11Roswell, NMNM63,36410+3%
892▼2Brigham City, UTUT70,40510+50%
893▼7Gillette, WYWY48,14510+43%
894▼10Guymon, OKOK20,32210+1%
895▼8Jamestown, NDND21,41410−2%
896▼7Mountain Home, IDID29,46510+1%
897▼9Pierre, SDSD20,5889+7%
898▼7Laramie, WYWY38,5589+20%
899▼7Dickinson, NDND39,1429+44%
900▼5Safford, AZAZ40,1579+20%
901▼7Alamosa, COCO27,8969+3%
902▼9Deming, NMNM25,4079+2%
903▼7Vernal, UTUT38,2789+52%
904▼7Jackson, WYWY36,5878+51%
905▼7Flagstaff, AZAZ144,3688+24%
906▼7Evanston, WYWY23,4158+8%
907▼6Silver City, NMNM27,2527−12%
908▼6Española, NMNM39,8327−3%
909▼6Hailey, IDID32,4367+35%
910▼10Susanville, CACA28,1176−17%
911▼6Ontario, OROR60,0856+15%
912▼6Baker City, OROR16,65850%
913▼6Steamboat Springs, COCO38,4515+17%
914▼6Fallon, NVNV25,8515+8%
915▼11Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1385−8%
916▼7Las Vegas, NMNM30,3115−14%
917▼6Cody, WYWY31,1714+21%
918▼8Riverton, WYWY39,4644+10%
919▼7Ruidoso, NMNM19,8444+2%
920▼7Rock Springs, WYWY41,2674+10%
921▼6Pahrump, NVNV57,3363+76%
922▼8Ketchikan, AKAK13,5493−4%
923▼7Elko, NVNV56,6823+21%
924▼6Winnemucca, NVNV17,2672+7%
925▼8Bishop, CACA18,1582+1%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES