Comparison of States west of the Mississippi River to the USA*
	State	2008 Population Estimate	Population Rank	People/ sq-mi	Land Rank	Land Sq-mi	Water Sq-mi	Total Sq-mi	% Water
	50 States + DC	304,059,724		86.0		3,537,440	256,648	3,794,085	6.76%
	Non WTA States	177,803,461		209.1		850,481	108,607	959,083	11.32%
	WTA States	126,256,263		47.0		2,686,959	148,041	2,835,002	5.22%
	WTA/USA%	41.52%				75.96%	57.68%	74.72%
	Alaska	686,293	48	1.2	1	571,951	91,316	663,267	13.77
	Arizona	6,500,180	14	57.2	6	113,635	364	113,998	0.32
	Arkansas	2,855,390	33	54.8	29	52,068	1,110	53,179	2.09
	California	36,756,666	1	235.7	3	155,959	7,736	163,696	4.73
	Colorado	4,939,456	22	47.6	8	103,718	376	104,094	0.36
	Hawaii	1,288,198	43	200.6	43	6,423	4,508	10,931	41.24
	Idaho	1,523,816	40	18.4	14	82,747	823	83,570	0.98
	Iowa	3,002,555	31	53.7	26	55,869	402	56,272	0.71
	Kansas	2,802,134	34	34.2	15	81,815	462	82,277	0.56
	Louisiana	4,410,796	25	101.3	31	43,562	8,278	51,840	15.97
	Minnesota	5,220,393	21	65.6	12	79,610	7,329	86,939	8.43
	Missouri	5,911,605	18	85.8	21	68,886	818	69,704	1.17
	Montana	967,440	45	6.6	4	145,552	1,490	147,042	1.01
	Nebraska	1,783,432	39	23.2	16	76,872	481	77,354	0.62
	Nevada	2,600,167	36	23.7	7	109,826	735	110,561	0.66
	New Mexico	1,984,356	37	16.4	5	121,356	234	121,589	0.19
	North Dakota	641,481	49	9.3	19	68,976	1,724	70,700	2.44
	Oklahoma	3,642,361	29	53.0	20	68,667	1,231	69,898	1.76
	Oregon	3,790,060	28	39.5	9	95,997	2,384	98,381	2.42
	South Dakota	804,194	47	10.6	17	75,885	1,232	77,116	1.6
	Texas	24,326,974	2	92.9	2	261,797	6,784	268,581	2.53
	Utah	2,736,424	35	33.3	13	82,144	2,755	84,899	3.25
	Washington	6,549,224	13	98.4	18	66,544	4,756	71,300	6.67
	Wyoming	532,668	52	5.5	10	97,100	713	97,814	0.73
	Alabama	4,661,900	23	91.9	30	50,744	1,675	52,419	3.2
	Connecticut	3,501,252	30	722.7	48	4,845	699	5,543	12.6
	Delaware	873,092	46	446.8	49	1,954	536	2,489	21.52
	District of Columbia	591,833	51	9702.2	51	61	7	68	10.16
	Florida	18,328,340	4	339.9	22	53,927	11,828	65,755	17.99
	Georgia	9,685,744	9	167.3	24	57,906	1,519	59,425	2.56
	Illinois	12,901,563	5	232.1	25	55,584	2,331	57,914	4.02
	Indiana	6,376,792	16	177.8	38	35,867	551	36,418	1.51
	Kentucky	4,269,245	26	107.5	37	39,728	681	40,409	1.68
	Maine	1,316,456	41	42.7	39	30,862	4,523	35,385	12.78
	Maryland	5,633,597	19	576.4	42	9,774	2,633	12,407	21.22
	Massachusetts	6,497,967	15	828.8	44	7,840	2,715	10,555	25.72
	Michigan	10,003,422	8	176.1	11	56,804	39,912	96,716	41.27
	Mississippi	2,938,618	32	62.6	32	46,907	1,523	48,430	3.15
	New Hampshire	1,315,809	42	146.7	46	8,968	382	9,350	4.08
	New Jersey	8,682,661	11	1170.6	47	7,417	1,304	8,721	14.95
	New York	19,490,297	3	412.8	27	47,214	7,342	54,556	13.46
	North Carolina	9,222,414	10	189.3	28	48,711	5,108	53,819	9.49
	Ohio	11,485,910	7	280.5	34	40,948	3,877	44,825	8.65
	Pennsylvania	12,448,279	6	277.8	33	44,817	1,239	46,055	2.69
	Rhode Island	1,050,788	44	1005.5	50	1,045	500	1,545	32.37
	South Carolina	4,479,800	24	148.8	40	30,109	1,911	32,020	5.97
	Tennessee	6,214,888	17	150.8	36	41,217	926	42,143	2.2
	Vermont	621,270	50	67.2	45	9,250	365	9,614	3.79
	Virginia	7,769,089	12	196.2	35	39,594	3,180	42,774	7.43
	West Virginia	1,814,468	38	75.4	41	24,078	152	24,230	0.63
	Wisconsin	5,627,967	20	103.6	23	54,310	11,188	65,498	17.08
	State	2008 Population Estimate	Population Rank	People/ sq-mi	Land Rank	Land Sq-mi	Water Sq-mi	Total Sq-mi	% Water
*	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population						Compiled  February		2009
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_area