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Rank

City Name

State

Population per Square Mile

  1

New York

NY

26,403.8

  2

Paterson

NJ

17,764.5

  3

San Francisco

CA

16,632.4

  4

Jersey City

NJ

16,111.1

  5

Cambridge

MA

15,836.7

  6

Daly City

CA

13,634.3

  7

Chicago

IL

12,752.2

  8

Santa Ana

CA

12,471.5

  9

Inglewood

CA

12,371.4

10

Boston

MA

12,172.3

11

El Monte

CA

12,079.7

12

Hialeah

FL

11,792.7

13

Newark

NJ

11,493.5

14

Philadelphia

PA

11,232.8

15

Yonkers

NY

10,833.5

16

Norwalk

CA

10,649.3

17

Miami

FL

10,153.2

18

Elizabeth

NJ

  9,882.6

19

Berkeley

CA

  9,785.0

20

Providence

RI

  9,384.8

21

Washington

DC

  9,316.9

22

Garden Grove

CA

  9,177.6

23

Long Beach

CA

  9,157.2

24

Bridgeport

CT

  8,720.6

25

Downey

CA

  8,655.1

26

Alexandria

VA

  8,439.7

27

Baltimore

MD

  8,058.8

28

Salinas

CA

  7,950.5

29

Los Angeles

CA

  7,876.4

30

Lowell

MA

  7,620.8


Source:
County and City Data Book: 2000. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Table C-1.

 

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