Question

2. Mississippi covers a total of 47,691 square

miles. The total population of the state in
2000 was 2,844,658. What was the population
per square mile?

Answer 1

• Population of the state=2844658
• Area =47691mi^2

Population density:-

• TOTAL population/Total area
• 2844658/47691
• 59.64Persons or 60(Rounded) persons per square mile

Answer 2

60 people per square mile

Explanation:

Given :

• Population of Mississippi = 2,844,658
• Area of Mississippi = 47,691 square miles

• Population density is the rough calculation of people (population) per square mile

Population Density

• Population / No. of square miles
• 2,844,658 / 47,691
• ⇒ 59.6476903 (approx.)
• ⇒ 60 people per square mile