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I went ahead and finished the states.

2020 State weighted population densities

1. New York.....30,854.3
   (District of Columbia.....20,642.9)
2. Hawaii.....9,251.8
3. New Jersey.....9,013.3
4. California.....8,545.5
5. Massachusetts.....7,436.3
6. Illinois.....7,053.0
7. Nevada.....5,920.6
8. Rhode Island.....5,508.5
9. Pennsylvania.....5,224.1
10. Maryland.....4,696.1
11. Washington.....4,246.9
12. Florida.....4,224.5
13. Arizona.....3,962.9
14. Colorado.....3,962.4
15. Connecticut.....3,769.0
16. Utah.....3,699.5
17. Oregon.....3,663.1
18. Virginia.....3,587.8
19. Texas.....3,458.9
20. Minnesota.....2,769.3
21. Wisconsin.....2,712.5
22. Michigan.....2,613.6
23. Delaware.....2,590.7
24. Ohio.....2,486.2
25. Nebraska.....2,442.7
26. New Mexico.....2,218.1
27. Louisiana.....2,069.4
28. Idaho.....2,021.8
29. Missouri.....1,986.4
30. Georgia.....1,918.5
31. Kansas.....1,885.9
32. Indiana.....1,841.2
33. Alaska.....1,798.8
34. Oklahoma.....1,748.2
35. North Dakota.....1,683.3
36. Iowa.....1,622.3
37. Kentucky.....1,572.0
38. New Hampshire.....1,458.8
39. Tennessee.....1,430.5
40. North Carolina.....1,415.8
41. Montana.....1,189.9
42. South Dakota.....1,181.4
43. South Carolina.....1,161.4
44. Wyoming.....1,034.2
45. Maine.....1,007.6
46. Alabama.....991.2
47. Vermont.....957.7
48. Arkansas.....942.5
49. West Virginia.....856.1
50. Mississippi.....750.8

National weighted density: 5,792.1 ppsm

WPD minus New York state: 4,164.7 ppsm

In other words, New York state is 32.5% of the national population-density product! California is another 17.6%. Texas is the third most significant state, but only 5.2%.

Here are 2010 numbers for comparison (based on 2010 census tracts). New Jersey surpassed California for the third highest weighted density and Massachusetts surpassed Illinois for fifth place, reflecting the strength of BosWash urban growth.