For this project, I was investigating two questions. The first question was: How crowded are the states? The second question was: How diverse are the states? In order to research this question, I decided to look at the populations and diversity of 20 states. I selected the states by picking them from different areas around the United States. I made sure to pick states from different regions.
In the states I chose, I noticed that there were trends in how crowded the population was. Since California has a big population the surrounding states didn't get as many people. Also, since Texas has a large population the other surrounding states showed the same trend as those surrounding California. On the eastern side of the United States of America it the population is very well spread out. In the northern part of U.S.A there are less people then in the southern part of U.S.A. However, the northern states were more crowded than the southern states.
States and Their Population Density
| State | Population | Square Miles | Population Density | Crowded? | Trends |
| Rhode Island | 1,067,610 | 1,044.93 | 1021.70 | Yes | Population near Providence |
| Connecticut | 3,504,809 | 4,844.80 | 723.42 | Yes | crowded around Hartford |
| Florida | 18,089,888 | 53,926.82 | 335.45 | Yes | Around Tampa is most of the population |
| Pennsylvania | 12,440,621 | 44,816.61 | 277.59 | Yes | most crowded around Pittsburgh and Philadelphia |
| California | 36,457,549 | 155,959.34 | 233.76 | Yes | Near Fresno and San diego is most of the population |
| Hawaii | 1,285,498 | 6,422 | 200.17 | Yes | Mostly crowed on the 2nd biggest island |
| Tennessee | 6,038,803 | 41,217.12 | 146.51 | Yes | crowded around Nashville |
| Louisiana | 4,287,768 | 43,561.85 | 98.43 | Yes | crowded around New Orleans |
| Washington | 6,395,798 | 66,544.06 | 96.11 | Yes | the population of of washington is near Tacoma and Seattle |
| Alabama | 4,599,030 | 50,744 | 90.63 | Yes | Mostly around Birmingham |
| Texas | 23,507,783 | 261,797.12 | 89.79 | Yes | Most of the population is centered around Dallas |
| Vermont | 623,908 | 9,249.56 | 67.45 | No | Mostly around Montpeliar |
| Arizona | 6,166,318 | 113,634.57 | 54.26 | No | Population near Phoenix |
| Iowa | 2,982,085 | 55,869.36 | 53.38 | No | Population near center of state |
| Maine | 1,321,574 | 30,861.55 | 42.82 | No | Around Augusta is most of the population |
| Kansas | 2,764,075 | 81,814.88 | 33.78 | No | Population near St. Louis and Springfield |
| Utah | 2,550,063 | 82,143.65 | 31.04 | No | Mostly around Salt lake city |
| North Dakota | 635,867 | 68,975.93 | 9.22 | No | Population near Bismarck |
| Montana | 944,632 | 145,552.43 | 6.49 | No | Population near Helena |
| Alaska | 670,053 | 571,951.26 | 1.17 | No | Population near Anchorage |
When I was looking at diversity, I was looking for a balanced population of different ethnic groups. Some states in the United States of America are not diverse at all. Alaska and Hawaii were some of the most diverse states because all their people were evenly spread out. I was not surprised at all. Maine was the least diverse with an overwhelmingly 96.7% white along with the state Vermont. Pennsylvania is smack in the middle of all the states in diversity. Most of every states population is not really diverse at all in my opinion.
Diversity - Percent of population in each ethnic group
| State | Number of People | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | American Indian and Alaska Native | Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
| Maine | 1,321,574 | 96.7% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Vermont | 623,908 | 96.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 2,982,085 | 94.6% | 2.5% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Utah | 2,550,063 | 93.5% | 1.0% | 11.2% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 0.8% |
| North Dakota | 635,867 | 91.9% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 5.4% | 0.0% |
| Montana | 944,632 | 90.8% | 0.4% | 2.5% | 0.6% | 6.4% | 0.1% |
| Kansas | 2,764,075 | 89.1% | 6.0% | 8.6% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | 1,067,610 | 88.7% | 6.3% | 11.0% | 2.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| Arizona | 6,166,318 | 87.3% | 3.8% | 29.2% | 2.4% | 4.8% | 0.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 12,440,621 | 85.7% | 10.7% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Washington | 6,395,798 | 84.8% | 3.6% | 9.1% | 6.6% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Connecticut | 3,504,809 | 84.6% | 10.2% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Texas | 23,507,783 | 82.7% | 11.9% | 35.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| Tennessee | 6,038,803 | 80.4% | 16.9% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Florida | 18,089,888 | 80.2% | 15.8% | 20.2% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| California | 36,457,549 | 76.9% | 6.7% | 35.9% | 12.4% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| Alabama | 4,599,030 | 71.2% | 26.3% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
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