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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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
1 District of Columbia 4,220
2 New Jersey 483
3 Rhode Island 405
4 Massachusetts 344
5 Connecticut 285
6 Maryland 244
7 Delaware 196
8 New York 164
9 Florida 155
10 Pennsylvania 112
11 Ohio 111
12 California 97.8
13 Illinois 88.9
14 Hawaii 87.2
15 Virginia 84.2
16 North Carolina 82.8
17 Indiana 73.1
18 Georgia 71.6
19 Michigan 68.5
20 South Carolina 65.8
21 Tennessee 64.9
22 New Hampshire 59.4
23 Washington 44.8
24 Kentucky 43.8
25 Texas 43.1
26 Wisconsin 41.9
27 Louisiana 41.2
28 Alabama 38.3
29 Missouri 34.5
30 West Virginia 28.7
31 Minnesota 27.7
32 Vermont 26.8
33 Arizona 24.4
34 Mississippi 24.4
35 Arkansas 22.4
36 Oklahoma 22.3
37 Iowa 22.0
38 Colorado 21.5
39 Maine 17.1
40 Oregon 17.1
41 Utah 15.4
42 Kansas 13.9
43 Nevada 11.0
44 Nebraska 9.9
45 Idaho 8.6
46 New Mexico 6.7
47 South Dakota 4.5
48 North Dakota 4.4
49 Montana 2.9
50 Wyoming 2.3
51 Alaska 0.5

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2020

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.