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The following is a list of incorporated places in the United States with a population density of over 10,000 people per square mile. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place is a place that has a self-governing local government and as such has been "incorporated" by the state it is in. Each state has different laws defining how a place can be incorporated. An "incorporated place" as recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau can designate a variety of places, such as a city, town, village, borough, and township.[a]

The other type of place defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes are census-designated places. Census-designated places are distinct from incorporated places because they do not have a local government and thus depend on higher government bodies, such as a county, for governance. Census-designated places are defined as being in an unincorporated area. 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.

Incorporated places with a density of over 10,000 people per square mile

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The following data about the most densely populated incorporated places in the United States is from the U.S. Census Bureau and is from the 2020 U.S. Census,[citation needed] except for the tables on Puerto Rico, which show data from the 2000 US Census. The following ranking is made up of incorporated places of any population, but also of interest may be lists compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau of all places with at least 50,000 population, arranged alphabetically by state,[1] and ranked by total population;[2] the population density for each place is also given in the lists.

The population density is calculated by dividing the population by the land area so that it represents the number of people living in one square mile of land area. The population densities listed in the table below do not work out to be exactly the result of dividing the listed population by the listed land area because the land areas have been rounded off to two decimal places, but the population densities were calculated before rounding the land area figures. The land area figures are calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER system. The U.S. Census Bureau has released the exact land area figures for all places in the U.S. in square meters and square miles;[3] the exact land areas are the figures used for calculating the population densities seen in the table below.

Cities

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Galaxy Towers in Guttenberg, New Jersey

The list below only includes incorporated places of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Unincorporated census-designated places, places in Puerto Rico, and the five boroughs of New York City are all listed in separate tables below.

Those cities that are not a part of a larger city's metropolitan area are in bold.

Incorporated place Metro
area 		ST Population
(2020) 		Land
area
(mi2) 		Land
area
(km2) 		Density
(/mi2) 		Density
(/km2)
Guttenberg New York City NJ 12,017 0.19 0.50 62,264.2 24,040.3
Union City New York City NJ 68,589 1.29 3.33 53,293.7 20,576.8
West New York New York City NJ 52,912 0.99 2.57 53,231.4 20,552.8
Hoboken New York City NJ 60,419 1.25 3.24 48,335.2 18,662.3
Kaser New York City NY 5,491 0.17 0.445 31,924.4 12,360.6
New York City New York City NY 8,804,190 300.5 778.16 29,302.7 11,313.8
Cliffside Park New York City NJ 25,693 0.96 2.48 26,875.5 10,376.7
New Square New York City NY 9,679 0.37 0.951 26,373.3 10,192.1
East Newark New York City NJ 2,594 0.10 0.27 25,184.5 9,723.8
Great Neck Plaza New York City NY 7,482 0.311 0.805 24,057.9 9,276.4
Kiryas Joel New York City NY 32,954 1.46 3.79 22,540.4 8,704.4
Passaic New York City NJ 70,537 3.13 8.11 22,514.2 8,692.8
Sunny Isles Beach Miami FL 22,342 1.01 2.62 22,098.9 8,536.0
North Bay Village Miami FL 8,159 0.37 0.958 22,051.4 8,520.3
Weehawken[b] New York City NJ 17,197 0.78 2.03 21,934.9 8,469.1
Maywood Los Angeles CA 25,138 1.17 3.04 21,485.5 8,295.6
Irvington[b] New York City NJ 61,176 2.91 7.55 20,993.8 8,105.8
Jersey City New York City NJ 292,449 14.74 38.19 19,835.1 7,658.4
Somerville Boston MA 81,045 4.12 10.68 19,652.0 7,588.2
Cudahy Los Angeles CA 22,811 1.18 3.05 19,331.4 7,463.9
Paterson New York City NJ 159,732 8.41 21.79 18,986.3 7,330.7
West Hollywood Los Angeles CA 35,757 1.89 4.89 18,919.0 7,304.7
Central Falls Providence RI 22,583 1.19 3.09 18,913.7 7,302.6
San Francisco San Francisco CA 873,965 46.91 120.51 18,630.7 7,193.3
Cambridge Boston MA 118,403 6.39 16.56 18,512.0 7,147.0
Chelsea Boston MA 40,787 2.22 5.75 18,380.8 7,097.9
Huntington Park Los Angeles CA 54,883 3.01 7.79 18,233.6 7,040.0
South Floral Park New York City NY 1,741 0.10 0.251 17,948.5 6,910.9
Fairview New York City NJ 15,025 0.84 2.19 17,802.1 6,873.4
East Orange New York City NJ 69,612 3.93 10.17 17,722.0 6,842.5
Mount Vernon New York City NY 73,893 4.39 11.38 16,824.5 6,495.8
Spring Valley New York City NY 33,066 2.01 5.21 16,467.1 6,357.6
Millbourne Philadelphia PA 1,212 0.07 0.192 16,378.4 6,323.7
Palisades Park New York City NJ 20,292 1.24 3.21 16,377.7 6,323.5
Lawndale Los Angeles CA 31,807 1.97 5.11 16,145.7 6,233.9
Harrison New York City NJ 19,450 1.21 3.14 16,061.1 6,201.2
Bell Gardens Los Angeles CA 39,501 2.46 6.37 16,057.3 6,199.8
Hempstead New York City NY 59,169 3.69 9.56 16,030.6 6,189.9
Fort Lee New York City NJ 40,191 2.52 6.52 15,961.5 6,162.8
Long Beach New York City NY 35,029 2.22 5.74 15,793.1 6,098.7
Orange[b] New York City NJ 34,447 2.21 5.73 15,565.7 6,010.0
Garfield New York City NJ 32,655 2.11 5.47 15,469.0 5,972.6
Poplar Hills Louisville KY 380 0.025 0.065 15,200.0 5,868.8
Aventura Miami FL 40,242 2.65 6.86 15,197.1 5,867.3
Bay Harbor Islands Miami FL 5,922 0.40 1.026 14,954.5 5,768.6
Hawaiian Gardens Los Angeles CA 14,149 0.95 2.45 14,893.7 5,750.5
Manorhaven New York City NY 6,956 0.47 1.21 14,831.6 5,720.6
Edgewater New York City NJ 14,336 0.97 2.51 14,764.2 5,700.5
Berwyn Chicago IL 57,250 3.90 10.11 14,664.4 5,662.0
Cicero Chicago IL 85,268 5.87 15.19 14,538.4 5,613.3
Hawthorne Los Angeles CA 88,083 6.09 15.77 14,463.5 5,584.4
Everett Boston MA 49,075 3.42 8.85 14,366.2 5,546.1
Boston Boston MA 675,647 48.34 125.20 13,977.0 5,396.5
Lynwood Los Angeles CA 67,265 4.84 12.54 13,897.7 5,365.9
Hermosa Beach Los Angeles CA 19,728 1.43 3.69 13,795.8 5,326.6
South Palm Beach Miami FL 1,471 0.11 0.28 13,747.7 5,291.8
Daly City San Francisco CA 104,901 7.64 19.78 13,730.5 5,301.4
Prospect Park New York City NJ 6,372 0.47 1.20 13,703.2 5,290.8
Port Chester New York City NY 31,693 2.33 6.03 13,613.8 5,256.0
Hamtramck Detroit MI 28,433 2.09 5.41 13,604.3 5,253.1
Bell Los Angeles CA 33,559 2.51 6.50 13,370.1 5,162.2
Woodlynne Philadelphia NJ 2,902 0.22 0.56 13,311.9 5,139.8
Stone Park Chicago IL 4,576 0.34 0.891 13,302.3 5,136.1
East Lansdowne Philadelphia PA 2,714 0.21 0.536 13,174.8 5,078.8
Malden Boston MA 66,263 5.04 13.06 13,137.0 5,072.1
Mount Rainier Washington, D.C. MD 8,333 0.64 1.65 13,102.2 5,056.3
Bellflower Los Angeles CA 79,190 6.12 15.84 12,939.5 4,996.0
Newark New York City NJ 311,549 24.14 62.53 12,903.8 4,982.2
Lawrence Boston MA 89,143 6.93 17.95 12,863.4 4,966.7
Elmwood Park Chicago IL 24,521 1.91 4.94 12,851.7 4,962.1
South Gate Los Angeles CA 92,726 7.24 18.74 12,807.5 4,945.0
Darby Philadelphia PA 10,715 0.84 2.18 12,725.7 4,912.1
North Bergen[b] New York City NJ 63,361 5.14 13.30 12,336.6 4,763.2
Bayonne New York City NJ 71,686 5.82 15.08 12,315.1 4,754.9
Miami Miami FL 442,241 36.00 93.23 12,284.5 4,743.6
San Pablo San Francisco CA 32,127 2.62 6.80 12,262.2 4,734.5
Stanton Los Angeles CA 37,962 3.10 8.03 12,245.8 4,728.1
Williston Park New York City NY 7,591 0.63 1.62 12,126.2 4,680.1
New Hyde Park New York City NY 10,257 0.85 2.20 12,095.5 4,671.5
Chicago Chicago IL 2,746,388 227.73 589.82 12,059.8 4,656.3
Trenton New York City NJ 90,871 7.58 19.63 11,989.8 4,629.3
Wallington New York City NJ 11,868 0.99 2.57 11,939.6 4,609.9
Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 1,603,797 134.36 347.98 11,936.9 4,608.9
Berkeley San Francisco CA 124,321 10.43 27.02 11,919.6 4,602.2
Perth Amboy New York City NJ 55,436 4.66 12.07 11,891.0 4,591.2
Inglewood Los Angeles CA 107,762 9.07 23.48 11,881.1 4,587.3
Key Biscayne Miami FL 14,809 1.25 3.23 11,875.7 4,584.3
East Palo Alto San Francisco CA 30,034 2.53 6.55 11,871.1 4,583.5
Tuckahoe New York City NY 7,084 0.60 1.56 11,787.0 4,550.9
Yonkers New York City NY 211,569 18.01 46.64 11,749.9 4,536.8
Valley Stream New York City NY 40,634 3.48 9.01 11,683.2 4,511.2
Bogota New York City NJ 8,778 0.76 1.96 11,626.5 4,489.0
Oak Park Chicago IL 54,583 4.70 12.17 11,613.4 4,484.0
Belleville[b] New York City NJ 38,222 3.30 8.54 11,596.5 4,477.4
Lodi New York City NJ 26,206 2.27 5.88 11,534.3 4,453.4
Redondo Beach Los Angeles CA 71,576 6.21 16.07 11,525.9 4,450.2
El Monte Los Angeles CA 109,450 9.56 24.75 11,448.7 4,420.4
Roselle Park New York City NJ 13,967 1.23 3.17 11,401.6 4,402.2
Floral Park New York City NY 16,172 1.42 3.68 11,380.7 4,394.2
Paramount Los Angeles CA 53,733 4.73 12.24 11,360.0 4,386.1
Santa Ana Los Angeles CA 310,227 27.34 70.81 11,347.0 4,381.1
Albany San Francisco CA 20,271 1.79 4.64 11,324.6 4,372.4
Washington Washington, D.C. DC 689,545 61.13 158.3 11,280.7 4,355.4
Parkside Philadelphia PA 2,321 0.21 0.534 11,267.0 4,354.4
Mineola New York City NY 20,800 1.85 4.79 11,237.2 4,338.4
Elizabeth New York City NJ 137,298 12.32 31.91 11,145.2 4,303.2
Island Park New York City NY 4,928 0.45 1.153 11,074.2 4,278.4
Santa Monica Los Angeles CA 93,076 8.41 21.78 11,067.3 4,273.1
Harwood Heights Chicago IL 9,065 0.83 2.14 10,987.9 4,242.4
Hackensack New York City NJ 46,030 4.19 10.85 10,983.1 4,240.6
Lomita Los Angeles CA 20,921 1.91 4.95 10,953.4 4,229.1
La Puente Los Angeles CA 38,062 3.48 9.01 10,937.4 4,222.9
Cedarhurst New York City NY 7,374 0.68 1.75 10,924.4 4,219.2
Victory Gardens New York City NJ 1,582 0.15 0.38 10,910.3 4,212.5
Clifton Heights Philadelphia PA 6,863 0.63 1.63 10,893.7 4,203.9
Baldwin Park Los Angeles CA 72,176 6.63 17.18 10,886.3 4,203.2
Shrewsbury[b] New York City NJ 1,076 0.10 0.26 10,868.7 4,196.4
Alhambra Los Angeles CA 82,868 7.63 19.76 10,860.8 4,193.4
Dormont Pittsburgh PA 8,244 0.76 1.97 10,847.4 4,186.0
Miami Beach Miami FL 82,890 7.69 19.92 10,774.7 4,160.1
Alexandria Washington, D.C. VA 159,467 14.9 38.7 10,681.0 4,122.7
Asbury Park New York City NJ 15,188 1.43 3.70 10,628.4 4,103.7
Kenmore Buffalo NY 15,205 1.44 3.72 10,588.4 4,088.2
Norwalk Los Angeles CA 102,773 9.71 25.14 10,584.2 4,086.6
New Brunswick New York City NJ 55,266 5.233 13.553 10,561.1 4,077.6
Upper Darby[c] Philadelphia PA 85,681 7.83 20.27 10,559.6 4,076.9
Gardena Los Angeles CA 61,027 5.83 15.10 10,467.8 4,041.6
Providence Providence RI 190,934 18.41 47.67 10,373.5 4,005.3
Hialeah Miami FL 223,109 21.58 55.89 10,338.2 3,991.5
Collingdale Philadelphia PA 8,908 0.87 2.25 10,250.9 3,955.7
Surfside Miami FL 5,689 0.56 1.44 10,213.6 3,941.0
West Miami Miami FL 7,233 0.71 1.84 10,201.7 3,939.1
Norristown Philadelphia PA 35,748 3.52 9.10 10,170.1 3,926.4
Emeryville San Francisco CA 12,905 1.27 3.30 10,161.4 3,923.3
Lynbrook New York City NY 20,438 2.01 5.21 10,153.0 3,920.4
Artesia Los Angeles CA 16,395 1.62 4.20 10,120.4 3,907.5
West Chester Philadelphia PA 18,671 1.85 4.78 10,114.3 3,904.7
San Fernando Los Angeles CA 23,946 2.37 6.15 10,103.8 3,901.1
Evanston Chicago IL 78,110 7.78 20.15 10,041.1 3,876.9
Mount Oliver Pittsburgh PA 3,394 0.34 0.878 10,011.8 3,860.1

Census-designated places

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The following is a list of unincorporated census-designated places with population densities of over 10,000 people per square mile as of the 2010 U.S. Census.[citation needed] The rank column indicates the rank the place would have if census-designated places were included in the above table of incorporated places.

Rank Census-designated place Metropolitan area State Population
(2010 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
1 Friendship Village Washington, D.C. Maryland 4,512 0.06 81,991.7
12 Bellerose Terrace New York City New York 2,157 0.10 22,212.2
13 Walnut Park Los Angeles California 16,180 0.74 21,919.0
16 Lennox Los Angeles California 22,950 1.08 21,257.5
19 Langley Park Washington, D.C. Maryland 16,214 0.82 19,678.8
26 East Compton Los Angeles California 9,286 0.52 17,945.9
28 Westmont Los Angeles California 31,623 1.85 17,103.0
31 Florence-Graham Los Angeles California 60,197 3.58 16,799.7
32 East Los Angeles Los Angeles California 124,283 7.44 16,697.4
42 Loch Lomond Miami Florida 3,537 0.23 15,711.2
44 Ewa Gentry Honolulu Hawaii 4,939 0.32 15,627.7
50 Ramblewood East Miami Florida 1,395 0.09 14,932.7
57 Rollingwood San Francisco California 2,900 0.21 14,036.3
61 South San Jose Hills Los Angeles California 20,218 1.46 13,876.4
63 Franklin Park Miami Florida 943 0.07 13,817.5
66 Fontainebleau Miami Florida 59,549 4.40 13,524.7
69 North Fair Oaks San Francisco California 15,440 1.17 13,221.9
75 West Puente Valley Los Angeles California 22,589 1.75 12,908.0
76 Waipahu Honolulu Hawaii 33,108 2.57 12,882.8
79 Seven Corners Washington, D.C. Virginia 8,701 0.68 12,773.2
85 Isla Vista Santa Barbara California 23,096 1.86 12,417.2
92 Alum Rock San Francisco California 13,479 1.12 12,044.7
96 Ocean Grove New York City New Jersey 4,256 0.36 11,956.5
99 Cherryland San Francisco California 13,837 1.17 11,859.2
103 Citrus Los Angeles California 10,581 0.90 11,784.8
105 Burbank San Francisco California 5,239 0.45 11,748.6
118 Ashland San Francisco California 20,793 1.84 11,284.9
120 Bailey's Crossroads Washington, D.C. Virginia 23,166 2.05 11,276.0
124 Kendall West Miami Florida 38,034 3.39 11,218.6
139 Valinda Los Angeles California 21,776 2.01 10,830.8
141 Woodland Hills Omaha Nebraska 215 0.02 10,750.0
144 Huntington Washington, D.C. Virginia 8,325 0.78 10,665.6
149 Village Park Honolulu Hawaii 9,625 0.92 10,490.0
151 Arcadia University Philadelphia Pennsylvania 595 0.057 10,438.6
157 Ewa Beach Honolulu Hawaii 14,650 1.42 10,341.4
159 South Whittier Los Angeles California 55,193 5.38 10,257.7
165 Franklin Square New York City New York 29,342 2.89 10,169.2
171 Vincent Los Angeles California 15,097 1.50 10,039.3

New York City boroughs

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The following lists the population densities of the five boroughs of New York City as of the 2020 U.S. Census.[4] The rank column indicates the rank they would have if included in the above table of incorporated places. Staten Island has a population density below 10,000, but it is included for comparative purposes.

Borough Population
(2020) 		Land
area
(mi2) 		Density
(/mi2)
1 Manhattan 1,694,251 22.66 74,781.6
6 Brooklyn 2,736,074 69.38 39,437.8
7 The Bronx 1,472,654 42.17 34,920.2
16 Queens 2,405,464 108.72 22,124.5
– Staten Island 495,747 57.52 8,618.1

Puerto Rico

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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. Census.[5] The census-designated places in Puerto Rico include zonas urbanas (urban areas) and comunidades (communities). The municipality, or municipio, the place is located in is also included in the table below. The municipalities are what is thought of as "incorporated places" in Puerto Rico because there are no subordinate governments within them, only eight electoral districts which hold no administrative functions (the electoral districts are what generally constitute the census-designated places in this list below). 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.[6] The Jayuya municipality is not part of any metropolitan area as it is only part of the Jayuya micropolitan area (see Puerto Rico census statistical areas). The rank column indicates the rank the place would have if included in the above table of incorporated places.

Rank Census-designated place Metropolitan area Municipality Population
(2000 census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
43 San Isidro San Juan Canóvanas 8,071 0.57 14,057.8
52 Levittown San Juan Toa Baja 30,140 2.27 13,279.1
53 Suárez San Juan Loíza 2,276 0.17 13,189.1
64 Vieques San Juan Loíza 4,325 0.34 12,579.2
69 Campanilla San Juan Toa Baja 7,757 0.63 12,328.4
105 El Ojo Ponce Santa Isabel 1,713 0.16 11,034.4
110 Aguada Aguadilla Aguada 3,871 0.36 10,877.8
115 San Juan San Juan San Juan 421,958 39.47 10,690.8
126 Peña Pobre San Juan Naguabo 1,024 0.10 10,308.7
127 Jayuya — Jayuya 3,516 0.34 10,218.4
136 Comerío San Juan Comerío 4,478 0.45 10,029.7

Northern Mariana Islands

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In the Northern Mariana Islands, there is one place that has more than 10,000 people per square mile: China Town, Northern Mariana Islands (in the 2010 U.S. Census).[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. China Town would rank 105th if it were in the first table above.

Rank Census-designated place Metropolitan area Municipality Population
(2010 Census) 		Land area
(mi2) 		Population density
(people per mi2)
105 China Town, MP None Saipan 1,274 ? 10,901.7

Distributions

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The following distributions only include the 125 incorporated places with population densities over 10,000 people per square mile. They do not include the 36 census-designated places, the boroughs of New York City, or the 11 places in Puerto Rico with densities over 10,000.

Metropolitan areas

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The following ranks United States metropolitan areas by the number of incorporated places with densities over 10,000 within them. If two or more metropolitan areas have the same number of incorporated places, as is the case of the eight metros with one place, the metro areas are ranked by the densest incorporated place within the metro area.

Rank Metropolitan area Principal city 10,000+ places Densest incorporated place Density
1 New York City New York City 55 Guttenberg (NJ) 62,264.2
2 Greater Los Angeles Area Los Angeles 27 Maywood 21,485.5
3 Delaware Valley Philadelphia 13 Millbourne 16,378.4
4 Miami metropolitan area Miami 7 Sunny Isles Beach 22,098.9
5 Greater Boston Boston 7 Somerville 19,652.0
6 Chicago Metropolitan Area Chicago 7 Berwyn 14,664.4
7 San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco/San Jose 6 San Francisco 17,246.4
8 Washington Metropolitan Area Washington, D.C. 3 Mount Rainier (MD) 13,102.2
9 Pittsburgh metropolitan area Pittsburgh 3 Dormont 10,847.4
11 Providence metropolitan area Providence 2 Central Falls 18,913.7
10 Louisville-Jefferson County metropolitan area Louisville 1 Poplar Hills 15,200.0
13 Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area Buffalo 1 Kenmore 10,588.4
15 Metro Detroit Detroit 1 Hamtramck 13,604.3

States and territories

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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. The "10,000+ places" column only includes incorporated places, it does not include census-designated places (CDPs). If two or more states have the same number of places, as is the case of the 36 states that contain no incorporated places with a density over 10,000, the states are ranked by the densest incorporated place within the state. The density figures for the densest incorporated place within each state and territory are from the 2010 United States Census, and all the data for this ranking is from the U.S. Census Bureau.[citation needed]

The first rank column ranks each state by the number of 10,000+ places in that state (New Jersey ranks first, California ranks second, etc.) The second rank column ranks the most densely populated place in each state or territory (Guttenberg, NJ ranks first, Kaser, NY ranks second, etc.)

Hawaii officially does not contain any incorporated places, as the city of Honolulu is coextensive with Honolulu County, which makes up the whole island of Oahu. When the U.S. Census Bureau ranks incorporated places by population, it usually includes the Honolulu census-designated place, which is the urban center of Honolulu, in its ranking of incorporated places.[8] Therefore, for this list of the densest incorporated places by state, the Honolulu CDP is considered the densest incorporated place in Hawaii. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories are also included in this list. Puerto Rico also officially does not contain any incorporated places, as the lowest form of local government in Puerto Rico are the municipios, which are equivalent to counties. For this ranking, the municipios are counted as the incorporated places in Puerto Rico, and the San Juan Municipio is the densest.

In American Samoa, each village is governed by a pulenu'u (the equivalent of a mayor) — as such, each village in American Samoa can be considered to be incorporated for the purposes of the table below.[9] In the Northern Mariana Islands, each municipality (such as Saipan) is governed by a mayor, and so those municipalities can be considered incorporated — the villages in the Northern Mariana Islands are considered Census-Designated Places.[10] In Guam, each village is governed by a mayor, and so those villages can be considered incorporated.[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.[note 1]

Note: this table contains data from the 2010 U.S. Census — because of this, data is more than 9 years old, and the current population density of each jurisdiction may have changed since then.

Rank
(number of
10,000+
places) 		State,
federal district
or territory 		10,000+
places 		Densest incorporated
place 		Density (people
per sq. mile) 		Rank
(most dense
place)
1   New Jersey 33 Guttenberg 62,264.2 1
2   California 33 Maywood 21,485.5 3
3   New York 23 Kaser 31,924.4 2
4   Pennsylvania 13 Millbourne 16,378.4 7
5   Florida 7 Sunny Isles Beach 22,098.9 4
6   Massachusetts 7 Somerville 19,652.0 5
7   Illinois 7 Berwyn 14,664.4 9
9   Kentucky 1 Poplar Hills 15,200.0 6
8   Rhode Island 2 Central Falls 18,913.7 8
10   Maryland 1 Mount Rainier 13,102.2 10
11   Texas 1 Mobile City 9,466.7 11
12   District of Columbia 1 Washington 11,367.0 12
13   Oregon 1 Johnson City 8,292.3 13
14   Michigan 1 Hamtramck 13,604.3 14
15   Ohio 1 Lakewood 9,190.3 15
16   Missouri 0 Velda City 7,288.3 16
17   Puerto Rico 0 San Juan 9,084.4 17
18   Minnesota 0 Landfall 12,772.7 18
19   Washington 0 Seattle 8,791.8 19
20   Connecticut 0 Bridgeport 9,253.9 20
21   Wisconsin 0 Shorewood 8,716.4 21
22   U.S. Virgin Islands 0 Charlotte Amalie 8,552.0 22
23   Virginia 0 Alexandria 10,681.0 23
24   Colorado 0 Glendale 8,121.5 24
25   American Samoa 0 Faleniu 7,741.2 25
26   Delaware 0 Bellefonte 6,920.9 26
27   Georgia 0 Clarkston 7,997.8 27
28   Arizona 0 Guadalupe 6,652.5 28
29   Nebraska 0 Omaha 3,658.4 29
30   Kansas 0 Westwood Hills 6,250.0 30
31   Utah 0 Kearns 7,929.8 31
32   Iowa 0 University Heights 5,339.1 32
33   Vermont 0 Winooski 5,592.3 33
34   Louisiana 0 Harahan 4,517.3 34
35   Idaho 0 Moscow 3,681.4 35
36   Hawaii 0 Honolulu 5,796.8 36
37   Nevada 0 Las Vegas 4,525.9 37
38   Oklahoma 0 The Village 3,743.3 38
39   Indiana 0 West Lafayette 3,884.0 39
40   Montana 0 Browning 3,688.4 40
41   Mississippi 0 Sidon 2,508.1 41
42   North Carolina 0 Carrboro 3,288.8 42
43   Guam 0 Mongmong-Toto-Maite 3,749.5 43
44   North Dakota 0 Fort Yates 2,933.3 44
45   Alabama 0 Homewood 3,197.1 45
46   West Virginia 0 St. Albans 3,004.4 46
47   Arkansas 0 Cammack Village 2,749.1 47
48   New Hampshire 0 Manchester 3,497.1 48
49   Wyoming 0 Jackson 3,633.9 49
50   Maine 0 Portland 3,175.9 50
51   New Mexico 0 Anthony 3,220.8 51
52   South Dakota 0 Sioux Falls 2,434.2 52
53   South Carolina 0 Tega Cay 2,859.2 53
54   Tennessee 0 East Ridge 2,676.5 54
55   Alaska 0 Kiana 2,352.6 55
56   Northern Mariana Islands 0 Saipan[note 2] 1,050.8 56

Populations

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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.
 
A ferry on the Chicago River.
 
The skyscrapers of Center City, Philadelphia, the downtown part of the city, from the South Street Bridge.

New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile.

Population 10,000+ incorporated places
1,000,000+ 3
100,000 – 999,999 14
50,000 – 99,999 29
10,000 – 49,999 48
1,000 – 9,999 26
0 – 999 5

Land areas

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Land area (mi2) 10,000+ incorporated places
100.00+ 3
10.00 – 99.99 8
5.00 – 9.99 23
2.50 – 4.99 20
1.00 – 2.49 33
0.00 – 0.99 38

Population densities

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Population density 10,000+ incorporated places
30,000.0+ 4
20,000.0 – 29,999.9 10
15,000.0 – 19,999.9 23
12,000.0 – 14,999.9 33
11,000.0 – 11,999.9 29
10,000.0 – 10,999.9 26

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Townships are a special case because in many states townships do not act as incorporated places, but townships in New Jersey and townships in Pennsylvania are civil townships and do act as self-governing municipalities, and for most purposes are equivalent to other "incorporated" places as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Because these municipalities have local governments and are essentially incorporated in the state, townships in these two states are included in the list. Home rule municipalities in Pennsylvania, some of which retain the name "Township", are not civil townships under Pennsylvania law, but are not recognized as a separate category of places by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sometimes the U.S. Census Bureau regards these places as minor civil divisions and not "incorporated", as it also sometimes does to New England towns. However, all places in New England on this list are classified as cities and so do not have this problem, as cities in New England are regarded as "incorporated" by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  2. ^ a b c d e f This New Jersey municipality is officially a township and is sometimes not regarded as "incorporated" by the U.S. Census Bureau. See the explanation above in the first note for why it is included in this list of incorporated places.
  3. ^ This Pennsylvania municipality, although officially bearing the name "Township", is actually a home rule municipality which is not subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code. However, the U.S. Census Bureau does not recognize home rule municipalities as a separate category of incorporated place; therefore, it is sometimes not regarded as "incorporated" by the U.S. Census Bureau. See the explanation above in the first note for why it is included in this list of incorporated places.
  1. ^ Data for the U.S. territories is from the U.S. Census “American FactFinder”.[12]
  2. ^ The village of China Town, Northern Mariana Islands has a population density of 10,901.7 people per square mile, but this village is a Census-Designated place, and so it is not considered incorporated.

References

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  1. ^ "United States by Places and (in selected states) County Subdivisions with 50,000 or More Population; and for Puerto Rico (geographies ranked alphabetically by state)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  2. ^ "United States by Places and (in selected states) County Subdivisions with 50,000 or More Population; and for Puerto Rico (geographies ranked by total population)". United States Census Bureau.
  3. ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau, Geography Division. January 10, 2002. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  4. ^ "New York by Place and County Subdivision". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "Puerto Rico by Place". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Puerto Rico by Municipio". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  7. ^ https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_MPSF_P36&prodType=table American FactFinder. Population Density — 2010 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Summary File. Retrieved June 2019.
  8. ^ "Incorporated Places of 100,000 or More, Ranked by Population: 2000" (ASCII). United States Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File and 1990 Census. April 2, 2001. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  9. ^ https://www.nps.gov/mpsa/learn/historyculture/people.htm National Park of American Samoa — History & Culture: People. NPS.gov. Retrieved June 2019.
  10. ^ https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/cnmi-mayors-municipal-council-members-join-amim/ Saipan Tribune. CNMI mayors, municipal council members join AMIM. Retrieved June 2019.
  11. ^ https://www.mcog.guam.gov/directory Mayor’s Council of Guam. Guam’s Mayors and Vice Mayors. Mcog.guam.gov. Retrieved June 2019.
  12. ^ https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_ASSF_P36&prodType=table Population Density. 2010 [territory] Summary File. Retrieved June 2019.
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