[Citylover94]

Originally Posted by electricron

Maybe it should.
Or we can look at the NEC again......
Northeast megalopolis, (2010) 52,332,123 in 181,324 sq miles, density 931 /sq mile, with the largest city (New York City) 18,897,109, comprising 17%

The Census Bureau defined area comprises nine states; New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania - which by the way comprises over 18% of the nation's population within 2% of the nation's total area. Note: it doesn't include Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Including them will skew the data somewhat, but not by much.

Even when counting the whole Northeast the density of 345 people per square mile is greater than France and Spain. That is including even the almost unpopulated portion of Northern Maine and the very low density areas of NH, VT, PA and NY.