Download United States Population

United States Population
Problem Setup: The United States is made up of fifty very different states. One of the
easy differences to see is size or area. An easy difference to measure is population.
Below is a list of the population and the area of each state. Using this information you
will be able to find the population density (population divided by area) and then answer
the questions under the list. The states are divided up into four groups based on where
they are located. Transfer this information to a spreadsheet and do your calculations in
Excel.
Total Population
Total Area (sq. mi.)
Western
States
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Alaska
Hawaii
5,894,121
3,421,399
33,871,648
1,293,953
902,195
2,233,169
4,301,261
493,782
1,998,257
1,819,046
5,130,632
626,932
1,211,537
71,299.64
98,380.64
163,695.57
83,570.08
147,042.40
84,898.83
104,093.57
97,813.56
110,560.71
121,589.48
113,998.30
663,267.26
10,930.98
754,844
642,200
1,711,263
2,688,418
4,919,479
5,363,675
2,926,324
9,938,444
12,419,293
6,080,485
11,353,140
5,595,211
70,699.79
77,116.49
77,353.73
82,276.84
86,938.87
56,271.55
65,497.82
96,716.11
57,914.38
36,417.73
44,824.90
69,704.31
18,976,457
12,281,054
54,556.00
46,055.24
Midwestern
States
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Northeastern
States
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Jersey
Maryland
Vermont
Connecticut
Virginia
West Virginia
8,414,350
7,078,515
6,349,097
5,296,486
3,405,565
1,808,344
1,274,923
1,235,786
1,048,319
783,600
608,827
2,489.27
9,349.94
10,554.57
1,545.05
35,384.65
8,721.30
12,406.68
9,614.26
5,543.33
42,774.20
24,229.76
20,851,820
15,982,378
8,186,453
8,049,313
5,689,283
4,468,976
4,447,100
4,041,769
4,012,012
3,450,654
2,844,658
2,673,400
268,580.82
53,178.62
40,409.02
48,430.19
65,754.59
32,020.20
53,818.51
69,898.19
51,839.70
42,143.27
52,419.02
59,424.77
Southern
States
Texas
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
1. Find the total area and the total population for each region (Western,
Midwestern, Northeastern, Southern).
2. Find the total area and the total population for the United States.
3. Find the population density for each of the states, each region, and the
United States.
4. Graph the percentage of total population that each region represents.
Description and Purpose: This problem could be used with students in sixth or
seventh grade. It gives them practice with finding the population density,
percents, and using calculations with spreadsheets. The spreadsheet would
allow students to transfer the information to a graph without the use of another
program. The data represents the population, area, and area density of each of
the fifty states as well as the entire United States.