List of United States cities by population density
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.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.[5] The census-designated places in Puerto Rico include zonas urbanas (urban areas) and comunidades (communities).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.[7] 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.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.[11] 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.
A view of portions of Midtown and Lower Manhattan in New York City, with Brooklyn visible in the background, taken from
30 Rockefeller Plaza's
famous observation deck.