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Population density in California

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 12 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · California · United States · World
+1.1% since 2015
California United States World

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

Compared with Population density · per km²
California
97.4
World
62.1 · 2023

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

The series at a glance California · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 97.4 · 2025
First value 74.2 · 1990
Highest 97.8 · 2020
Lowest 74.2 · 1990
Average change +0.8% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCaliforniaChange United StatesWorld
2025 97.4 −0.2% 37.3 —
2024 97.6 +0.6% 37.1 —
2023 97.0 +0.1% 36.8 62.1
2022 96.9 ±0.0% 36.5 61.6
2021 96.9 −1.0% 36.2 61.0
2020 97.8 +0.0% 36.2 60.4
2019 97.8 +0.1% 35.8 59.8
2018 97.7 +0.3% 35.7 59.2
2017 97.4 +0.5% 35.5 58.6
2016 97.0 +0.6% 35.2 57.9
2015 96.4 +0.8% 35.0 57.3
2014 95.6 +0.9% 34.7 56.6
2013 94.7 +0.8% 34.5 55.9
2012 94.0 +0.8% 34.2 55.2
2011 93.2 +0.9% 34.0 55.6
2010 92.4 +1.0% 33.8 54.9
2009 91.5 +1.0% 33.5 54.3
2008 90.6 +1.0% 33.2 53.6
2007 89.7 +0.6% 32.9 52.9
2006 89.2 +0.5% 32.6 52.3
2005 88.7 +0.7% 32.2 51.6
2004 88.1 +0.9% 32.0 51.0
2003 87.3 +1.1% 31.7 50.4
2002 86.3 +1.1% 31.4 49.7
2001 85.4 +1.4% 31.1 49.1
2000 84.1 +1.5% 30.8 48.4
1999 82.9 +1.5% 30.5 47.8
1998 81.7 +1.6% 30.1 47.2
1997 80.4 +1.5% 29.8 46.5
1996 79.3 +1.0% 29.4 45.8
1995 78.5 +0.7% 29.1 45.1
1994 77.9 +0.7% 28.7 44.5
1993 77.4 +1.0% 28.4 43.8
1992 76.7 +1.6% 28.0 43.5
1991 75.4 +1.7% 27.6 51.7
1990 74.2 27.2 50.8

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

Ranking · Regions of United States

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
51 Alaska 0.5
50 Wyoming 2.3
49 Montana 2.7
48 North Dakota 4.2
47 South Dakota 4.4
46 New Mexico 6.6
45 Idaho 7.7
44 Nebraska 9.5
43 Nevada 10.1
42 Kansas 13.7
41 Utah 14.0
40 Oregon 16.2
39 Maine 16.6
38 Colorado 20.3
37 Iowa 21.6
36 Oklahoma 22.0
35 Arkansas 22.1
34 Arizona 23.2
33 Mississippi 24.6
32 Vermont 26.1
31 Minnesota 26.6
30 West Virginia 29.5
29 Missouri 34.0
28 Alabama 36.9
27 Texas 40.5
26 Wisconsin 41.0
25 Louisiana 41.3
24 Washington 41.6
23 Kentucky 43.0
22 New Hampshire 57.5
21 Tennessee 61.7
20 South Carolina 62.7
19 Michigan 67.5
18 Georgia 67.9
17 Indiana 71.1
16 North Carolina 79.5
15 Virginia 81.5
14 Hawaii 85.5
13 Illinois 89.3
12 California 96.4
11 Ohio 110
10 Pennsylvania 110
9 Florida 145
8 New York 161
7 Delaware 186
6 Maryland 236
5 Connecticut 286
4 Massachusetts 335
3 Rhode Island 390
2 New Jersey 462
1 District of Columbia 4,248

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2015

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.