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Geocache Density in the United States
as of 09 May 2008
 
There are currently 3,487 active geocaches hidden in the United States; 44.9% of the world's total. In some states the caches are, on average, packed more closely together than in others.

The states, in order of their density of geocaches, are as follows:

  State Density 
  (caches/10,000 sq. km.)  
 #caches  Area 
  (sq. km.)  
 1.  District of Columbia  189.87 158 
 2.  New York  45.76 582 127,190 
 3.  Ohio  35.97 385 107,045 
 4.  South Carolina  30.40 245 80,583 
 5.  New Jersey  20.33 41 20,168 
 6.  Delaware  17.00 5,294 
 7.  Pennsylvania  15.94 187 117,348 
 8.  Maryland  13.29 36 27,091 
 9.  Wisconsin  8.39 122 145,436 
 10.  Connecticut  7.69 10 12,997 
 11.  Kentucky  7.64 80 104,659 
 12.  Minnesota  7.18 157 218,601 
 13.  Illinois  6.44 94 145,934 
 14.  Virginia  6.44 68 105,587 
 15.  Massachusetts  6.06 13 21,456 
 16.  Florida  5.86 89 151,940 
 17.  California  5.16 212 411,049 
 18.  West Virginia  4.62 29 62,758 
 19.  Indiana  4.59 43 93,719 
 20.  Alabama  4.56 61 133,916 
 21.  Utah  4.50 99 219,888 
 22.  Texas  3.89 269 691,030 
 23.  Washington  3.74 66 176,480 
 24.  North Carolina  3.37 46 136,413 
 25.  Rhode Island  3.19 3,139 
 26.  Michigan  3.10 47 151,585 
 27.  Hawaii  2.98 16,760 
 28.  Tennessee  2.93 32 109,153 
 29.  Iowa  2.81 41 145,752 
 30.  Oregon  2.66 67 251,419 
 31.  Oklahoma  2.48 45 181,186 
 32.  Colorado  1.97 53 269,596 
 33.  Georgia  1.90 29 152,577 
 34.  Missouri  1.66 30 180,515 
 35.  Vermont  1.61 24,900 
 36.  Maine  1.39 12 86,156 
 37.  Idaho  1.39 30 216,431 
 38.  New Hampshire  1.25 24,033 
 39.  Louisiana  1.21 15 123,678 
 40.  Arizona  1.19 35 295,260 
 41.  Nevada  0.87 25 286,353 
 42.  Nebraska  0.70 14 200,349 
 43.  Arkansas  0.65 137,754 
 44.  Mississippi  0.65 123,515 
 45.  Kansas  0.56 12 213,097 
 46.  Wyoming  0.28 253,325 
 47.  New Mexico  0.25 314,926 
 48.  South Dakota  0.20 199,730 
 49.  Montana  0.08 380,849 
 50.  Alaska  0.01 1,530,700 
Cache density is defined as the average number of caches found in 10,000 square kilometers of area.

Keep in mind that the densities shown above may be slightly higher than the correct value because 1) some caches have been archived that I don't know about yet and 2) many geocaches are listed on more than one geocache hosting site. Either one of these things can slightly inflate the density statistics for a state.

Return to the main statistics page or click here to see the states in order of the number of geocaches they contain.

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