The population of the United States in 2000 was roughly 280

The population of the United States in 2000 was roughly 280 million. Express this as the number of people per square mile. The land area of the United States is roughly 3, 536,000 square miles. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Solution

To find the number of people per mile,we have to divide the population by the land area

number of people per miles= 280,000,000/3,536000 = 79 people per mile