Your numbers are technically correct, but a measurement along the lines of "perceived density" is probably more accurate. I would define perceived density as th

Your numbers are technically correct, but a measurement along the lines of "perceived density" is probably more accurate. I would define perceived density as the density of people living in urbanized census blocks (i.e. 1000 people per square mile [0]). For example most people in the Bay Area don't live in (or even afford to) Marin County. Yet all those multi-acre properties are counted in our land measurements. The Bay Area is basically a series of valleys where everybody lives and works, mountain ranges that are barely developed, and a large body of water right in the middle. 0: https://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/urdef.txt https://www.census.gov/population/censusdata/urdef.txt