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Population density in Texas

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 23 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · Texas · United States · World
+15% since 2015
Texas United States World

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

Compared with Population density · per km²
Texas
46.8
World
62.1 · 2023

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

The series at a glance Texas · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 46.8 · 2025
First value 25.2 · 1990
Highest 46.8 · 2025
Lowest 25.2 · 1990
Average change +1.8% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearTexasChange United StatesWorld
2025 46.8 +1.3% 37.3 —
2024 46.2 +1.8% 37.1 —
2023 45.3 +2.0% 36.8 62.1
2022 44.4 +1.8% 36.5 61.6
2021 43.6 +1.1% 36.2 61.0
2020 43.1 +0.8% 36.2 60.4
2019 42.8 +1.3% 35.8 59.8
2018 42.2 +1.2% 35.7 59.2
2017 41.7 +1.4% 35.5 58.6
2016 41.2 +1.6% 35.2 57.9
2015 40.5 +1.9% 35.0 57.3
2014 39.8 +1.8% 34.7 56.6
2013 39.0 +1.5% 34.5 55.9
2012 38.5 +1.7% 34.2 55.2
2011 37.8 +1.6% 34.0 55.6
2010 37.2 +1.8% 33.8 54.9
2009 36.6 +2.0% 33.5 54.3
2008 35.8 +2.0% 33.2 53.6
2007 35.2 +2.0% 32.9 52.9
2006 34.4 +2.6% 32.6 52.3
2005 33.6 +1.7% 32.2 51.6
2004 33.0 +1.7% 32.0 51.0
2003 32.5 +1.6% 31.7 50.4
2002 32.0 +1.7% 31.4 49.7
2001 31.4 +1.8% 31.1 49.1
2000 30.9 +1.9% 30.8 48.4
1999 30.3 +2.0% 30.5 47.8
1998 29.7 +2.1% 30.1 47.2
1997 29.1 +2.1% 29.8 46.5
1996 28.5 +2.0% 29.4 45.8
1995 28.0 +2.1% 29.1 45.1
1994 27.4 +2.2% 28.7 44.5
1993 26.8 +2.3% 28.4 43.8
1992 26.2 +2.1% 28.0 43.5
1991 25.7 +2.0% 27.6 51.7
1990 25.2 27.2 50.8

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

Ranking · Regions of United States

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
51 Alaska 0.5
50 Wyoming 2.3
49 Montana 2.8
48 North Dakota 4.2
47 South Dakota 4.4
46 New Mexico 6.6
45 Idaho 7.8
44 Nebraska 9.6
43 Nevada 10.3
42 Kansas 13.7
41 Utah 14.3
40 Oregon 16.4
39 Maine 16.7
38 Colorado 20.6
37 Iowa 21.6
36 Oklahoma 22.1
35 Arkansas 22.2
34 Arizona 23.6
33 Mississippi 24.6
32 Vermont 26.0
31 Minnesota 26.8
30 West Virginia 29.4
29 Missouri 34.1
28 Alabama 37.0
27 Wisconsin 41.0
26 Texas 41.2
25 Louisiana 41.5
24 Washington 42.3
23 Kentucky 43.1
22 New Hampshire 57.8
21 Tennessee 62.3
20 South Carolina 63.6
19 Michigan 67.6
18 Georgia 68.7
17 Indiana 71.4
16 North Carolina 80.5
15 Virginia 82.0
14 Hawaii 85.8
13 Illinois 89.1
12 California 97.0
11 Ohio 110
10 Pennsylvania 110
9 Florida 148
8 New York 161
7 Delaware 188
6 Maryland 237
5 Connecticut 285
4 Massachusetts 336
3 Rhode Island 391
2 New Jersey 462
1 District of Columbia 4,313

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2016

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.