List of United States cities by population density

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.

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 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, 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, and ranked by total population; 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; the exact land areas are the figures used for calculating the population densities seen in the table below.

Cities 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 Metroarea Population(2020) Landarea(mi2) Landarea(km2) Density(/mi2) Density(/km2) Guttenberg New York City NJ 0.19 0.50 24,040.3 Union City New York City NJ 3.33 20,576.8 West New York New York City NJ 2.57 20,552.8 Hoboken New York City NJ 3.24 18,662.3 Kaser New York City NY 0.445 12,360.6 New York City New York City NY 778.16 11,313.8 Cliffside Park New York City NJ 2.48 10,376.7 New Square New York City NY 0.951 10,192.1 East Newark New York City NJ 0.27 9,723.8 Great Neck Plaza New York City NY 0.805 9,276.4 Kiryas Joel New York City NY 3.79 8,704.4 Passaic New York City NJ 8.11 8,692.8 Sunny Isles Beach Miami FL 2.62 8,536.0 North Bay Village Miami FL 0.958 8,520.3 Weehawken New York City NJ 2.03 8,469.1 Maywood Los Angeles CA 3.04 8,295.6 Irvington New York City NJ 7.55 8,105.8 Jersey City New York City NJ 38.19 7,658.4 Somerville Boston MA 10.68 7,588.2 Cudahy Los Angeles CA 3.05 7,463.9 Paterson New York City NJ 21.79 7,330.7 West Hollywood Los Angeles CA 4.89 7,304.7 Central Falls Providence RI 3.09 7,302.6 San Francisco San Francisco CA 120.51 7,193.3 Cambridge Boston MA 16.56 7,147.0 Chelsea Boston MA 5.75 7,097.9 Huntington Park Los Angeles CA 7.79 7,040.0 South Floral Park New York City NY 0.251 6,910.9 Fairview New York City NJ 2.19 6,873.4 East Orange New York City NJ 10.17 6,842.5 Mount Vernon New York City NY 11.38 6,495.8 Spring Valley New York City NY 5.21 6,357.6 Millbourne Philadelphia PA 0.192 6,323.7 Palisades Park New York City NJ 3.21 6,323.5 Lawndale Los Angeles CA 5.11 6,233.9 Harrison New York City NJ 3.14 6,201.2 Bell Gardens Los Angeles CA 6.37 6,199.8 Hempstead New York City NY 9.56 6,189.9 Fort Lee New York City NJ 6.52 6,162.8 Long Beach New York City NY 5.74 6,098.7 Orange New York City NJ 5.73 6,010.0 Garfield New York City NJ 5.47 5,972.6 Poplar Hills Louisville KY 0.065 5,868.8 Aventura Miami FL 6.86 5,867.3 Bay Harbor Islands Miami FL 1.026 5,768.6 Hawaiian Gardens Los Angeles CA 2.45 5,750.5 Manorhaven New York City NY 1.21 5,720.6 Edgewater New York City NJ 2.51 5,700.5 Berwyn Chicago IL 10.11 5,662.0 Cicero Chicago IL 15.19 5,613.3 Hawthorne Los Angeles CA 15.77 5,584.4 Everett Boston MA 8.85 5,546.1 Boston Boston MA 125.20 5,396.5 Lynwood Los Angeles CA 12.54 5,365.9 Hermosa Beach Los Angeles CA 3.69 5,326.6 South Palm Beach Miami FL 0.28 5,291.8 Daly City San Francisco CA 19.78 5,301.4 Prospect Park New York City NJ 1.20 5,290.8 Port Chester New York City NY 6.03 5,256.0 Hamtramck Detroit MI 5.41 5,253.1 Bell Los Angeles CA 6.50 5,162.2 Woodlynne Philadelphia NJ 0.56 5,139.8 Stone Park Chicago IL 0.891 5,136.1 East Lansdowne Philadelphia PA 0.536 5,078.8 Malden Boston MA 13.06 5,072.1 Mount Rainier Washington, D.C. MD 1.65 5,056.3 Bellflower Los Angeles CA 15.84 4,996.0 Newark New York City NJ 62.53 4,982.2 Lawrence Boston MA 17.95 4,966.7 Elmwood Park Chicago IL 4.94 4,962.1 South Gate Los Angeles CA 18.74 4,945.0 Darby Philadelphia PA 2.18 4,912.1 North Bergen New York City NJ 13.30 4,763.2 Bayonne New York City NJ 15.08 4,754.9 Miami Miami FL 93.23 4,743.6 San Pablo San Francisco CA 6.80 4,734.5 Stanton Los Angeles CA 8.03 4,728.1 Williston Park New York City NY 1.62 4,680.1 New Hyde Park New York City NY 2.20 4,671.5 Chicago Chicago IL 589.82 4,656.3 Trenton New York City NJ 19.63 4,629.3 Wallington New York City NJ 2.57 4,609.9 Philadelphia Philadelphia PA 347.98 4,608.9 Berkeley San Francisco CA 27.02 4,602.2 Perth Amboy New York City NJ 12.07 4,591.2 Inglewood Los Angeles CA 23.48 4,587.3 Key Biscayne Miami FL 3.23 4,584.3 East Palo Alto San Francisco CA 6.55 4,583.5 Tuckahoe New York City NY 1.56 4,550.9 Yonkers New York City NY 46.64 4,536.8 Valley Stream New York City NY 9.01 4,511.2 Bogota New York City NJ 1.96 4,489.0 Oak Park Chicago IL 12.17 4,484.0 Belleville New York City NJ 8.54 4,477.4 Lodi New York City NJ 5.88 4,453.4 Redondo Beach Los Angeles CA 16.07 4,450.2 El Monte Los Angeles CA 24.75 4,420.4 Roselle Park New York City NJ 3.17 4,402.2 Floral Park New York City NY 3.68 4,394.2 Paramount Los Angeles CA 12.24 4,386.1 Santa Ana Los Angeles CA 70.81 4,381.1 Albany San Francisco CA 4.64 4,372.4 Washington Washington, D.C. DC 158.3 4,355.4 Parkside Philadelphia PA 0.534 4,354.4 Mineola New York City NY 4.79 4,338.4 Elizabeth New York City NJ 31.91 4,303.2 Island Park New York City NY 1.153 4,278.4 Santa Monica Los Angeles CA 21.78 4,273.1 Harwood Heights Chicago IL 2.14 4,242.4 Hackensack New York City NJ 10.85 4,240.6 Lomita Los Angeles CA 4.95 4,229.1 La Puente Los Angeles CA 9.01 4,222.9 Cedarhurst New York City NY 1.75 4,219.2 Victory Gardens New York City NJ 0.38 4,212.5 Revere Boston MA 14.77 4,209.5 Clifton Heights Philadelphia PA 1.63 4,203.9 Baldwin Park Los Angeles CA 17.18 4,203.2 Shrewsbury New York City NJ 0.26 4,196.4 Alhambra Los Angeles CA 19.76 4,193.4 Dormont Pittsburgh PA 1.97 4,186.0 Miami Beach Miami FL 19.92 4,160.1 Alexandria Washington, D.C. VA 38.7 4,122.7 Asbury Park New York City NJ 3.70 4,103.7 Kenmore Buffalo NY 3.72 4,088.2 Norwalk Los Angeles CA 25.14 4,086.6 New Brunswick New York City NJ 13.553 4,077.6 Upper Darby Philadelphia PA 20.27 4,076.9 Gardena Los Angeles CA 15.10 4,041.6Providence Providence RI 47.67 4,005.3 Hialeah Miami FL 55.89 3,991.5 Collingdale Philadelphia PA 2.25 3,955.7 Surfside Miami FL 1.44 3,941.0 West Miami Miami FL 1.84 3,939.1 Norristown Philadelphia PA 9.10 3,926.4 Emeryville San Francisco CA 3.30 3,923.3 Lynbrook New York City NY 5.21 3,920.4 Artesia Los Angeles CA 4.20 3,907.5 West Chester Philadelphia PA 4.78 3,904.7 San Fernando Los Angeles CA 6.15 3,901.1 Evanston Chicago IL 20.15 3,876.9 Mount Oliver Pittsburgh PA 0.878 3,860.1

Census-designated places 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. 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 Heights Village Washington, D.C. Maryland 12 Bellerose Terrace New York City New York 13 Walnut Park Los Angeles California 16 Lennox Los Angeles California 19 Langley Park Washington, D.C. Maryland 26 East Compton Los Angeles California 28 Westmont Los Angeles California 31 Florence-Graham Los Angeles California 32 East Los Angeles Los Angeles California 42 Loch Lomond Miami Florida 44 Ewa Gentry Honolulu Hawaii 50 Ramblewood East Miami Florida 57 Rollingwood San Francisco California 61 South San Jose Hills Los Angeles California 63 Franklin Park Miami Florida 66 Fontainebleau Miami Florida 69 North Fair Oaks San Francisco California 75 West Puente Valley Los Angeles California 76 Waipahu Honolulu Hawaii 79 Seven Corners Washington, D.C. Virginia 85 Isla Vista Santa Barbara California 92 Alum Rock San Francisco California 96 Ocean Grove New York City New Jersey 99 Cherryland San Francisco California 103 Citrus Los Angeles California 105 Burbank San Francisco California 118 Ashland San Francisco California 120 Bailey's Crossroads Washington, D.C. Virginia 124 Kendall West Miami Florida 139 Valinda Los Angeles California 141 Woodland Hills Omaha Nebraska 144 Huntington Washington, D.C. Virginia 149 Village Park Honolulu Hawaii 151 Arcadia University Philadelphia Pennsylvania 157 Ewa Beach Honolulu Hawaii 159 South Whittier Los Angeles California 165 Franklin Square New York City New York 171 Vincent Los Angeles California

New York City boroughs

The following lists the population densities of the five boroughs of New York City as of the 2020 U.S. Census. 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) Landarea(mi2) Density(/mi2) 1 Manhattan 6 Brooklyn 7 The Bronx 16 Queens – Staten Island

Puerto Rico