Population density map of US, as of 2000 (home, garden)

[j33]

Perhaps it is just me, but 250 per square mile just doesn't seem like that many people.

[LittleMissSunshine]

Originally Posted by tahiti

LOL - ALL of NJ is dark blue. I must be from the Northeast, my town's density is about 450 ppl per sq/mi and I feel like i'm in the middle of nowhere, LOL. Makes sense, since I grew up in a place where the density was about 40,000 per sq/mi

It looks like NJ is the ONLY state where the entire thing is dark blue. I can't believe it can be dark blue in Cumberland County or Sussex County. When I am there I feel like I am in the middle of the wilderness. I guess if I really went to the wilderness I'd be in for a big suprise lol.

[CTownNative]

Originally Posted by tahiti

LOL - ALL of NJ is dark blue. I must be from the Northeast, my town's density is about 450 ppl per sq/mi and I feel like i'm in the middle of nowhere, LOL. Makes sense, since I grew up in a place where the density was about 40,000 per sq/mi

You can't even see the border lines for New Jersey.

[Synopsis]

What about the Pine Barrens in NJ? How can that be dark blue? Isn't that a sparsely populated area?

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by j33

Perhaps it is just me, but 250 per square mile just doesn't seem like that many people.

250 persons per square mile is good. For an individual county you will have a nice mixture of larger towns, smaller towns, and rural areas. In NW Indiana Porter County has around 350 persons per square mile, but did not feel too crowded to me when I visited.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by gnubler

To me, also, it seems to define the east and the west.

[j33]

Porter County feels really rural to me. To think, it would be dark blue.

[Billiam]

actually look a little closer. The county in New Jersey that sits across from delaware is actually brighter Blue than the rest

[GraniteStater]

Those counties shaded in yellow are very rural. The most rural county east of the Mississippi River is Piscataquis County Maine. (This county is shaded in yellow) This area has very few towns at all and limited access roads up in the northwoods. The population density is 4.3 persons per square mile, the lowest in the eastern US.

Actually, the winner is Hamilton County, New York. This county is in the Adirondack Mountains and only has 3.1 persons per square mile.

[CTownNative]

States with no yellow include Ohio,Michigan,Indiana,Illinois,Pennsylvania,South Carolina,Kentucky,Massachusetes,Rhode Island,New Jersey,Alabama,Mississippi,Maryland,Connecticut,I think thats all,there may be more.