Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States, or simply the Northeast, is a region defined by the US Census Bureau. It consists of New England, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The border States of Delaware and Maryland and other states are sometimes included in other definitions of the Northeast. Cities in the Northeast include Boston, Philadelphia and New York City.

The following table provides information about the population, size (land area) and population density of states in the Northeast region as defined by the U.S. Census bureau. Population density is defined as the population divided by the area of land in the state or region. The rank column in the table shows how the states rank among the entire 50 states in population density. Note that New Jersey has the highest population density of any state and that the 4 highest density states are all in the Northeast. The rank for the Census divisions (in pink) is the rank in population density among the 9 total divisions in the country. Note that the two divisions in the Northeast (New England and Mid-Atlantic) are ranked #1 and #2 in the 2013 population estimate. The South Atlantic region was close behind New England and is projected to surpass New England in the next population estimate because it is growing faster. Finally, note that the entire Northeast region is ranked #1 among the 4 Census Bureau regions. With 345.5 people per square mile, the population density of the Northeast is about 2.5 times the density or the #2 ranked region which is the South.

Population, land area and density

Rank	State Division/Region	Population (2013 est.)	Land area (sqmi)	Density (sqmi)	Geog. sort
02 2	39 Rhode Island	43 1,051,511	50 1,034	04 1,017.1	01 NEng
03 3	21 Massachusetts	14 6,692,824	45 7,800	06 858.0	02 NEng
04 4	07 Connecticut	29 3,596,080	48 4,842	09 742.6	03 NEng
21 21	29 New Hampshire	42 1,323,459	44 8,953	33 147.8	04 NEng
31 31	45 Vermont	49 626,630	43 9,217	48 68.0	05 NEng
38 38	19 Maine	41 1,328,302	39 30,843	56 43.1	06 NEng
52 2	55        New England	59 14,618,806	59 62,688	21 233.2	07 NEast
01 1	30 New Jersey	11 8,899,339	46 7,354	02 1,210.1	08 MdAtl
07 7	32 New York	03 19,651,127	30 47,126	13 417.0	09 MdAtl
09 9	38 Pennsylvania	06 12,773,801	32 44,743	18 285.5	10 MdAtl
51 1	53        Mid-Atlantic	54 41,324,267	58 99,223	14 416.5	11 NEast
60 1	61        Northeast	63 55,943,073	63 161,912	16 345.5	12 USA