Question

Honolulu covers an area of 68.4 square miles. There are approximately 348,000 people living in Honolulu. Anchorage, Alaska has an area of 1706 square miles and has a population of approximately 298,000 people. How many more people, per square mile, live in Honolulu verses Anchorage? Round to the nearest person per square mile.

Answer 1

Honolulu has approximately 4913 more people per square mile compared to Anchorage.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of more people per square mile in Honolulu compared to Anchorage, we need to calculate the population density of each city. Population density is calculated by dividing the population by the area.

For Honolulu:

Population density = population / area = 348,000 / 68.4 = 5087.72 people per square mile.

For Anchorage:

Population density = population / area = 298,000 / 1706 = 174.46 people per square mile.

To find the difference, we subtract the population density of Anchorage from the population density of Honolulu:

Difference = 5087.72 - 174.46 = 4913.26 people per square mile.

Rounding to the nearest person per square mile, there are approximately 4913 more people per square mile in Honolulu compared to Anchorage.

Answer 2

4,913 people more per sq mile.

Step-by-step explanation:

First step is to calculate the population density of both cities, then we'll be able to answer the question.

We're looking for a number of people per sq mile... so we'll divide the population by the area.

Honolulu: 348,000 people on 68.4 sq miles

DensityH = 348,000 / 68.4 = 5,088 persons/sq mile

Anchorage: 298,000 people on 1,706 sq miles

DensityA = 298,000 /1 ,706 = 175 persons/sq mile

Then we do the difference... 5,088 - 175 = 4,913 more people per sq mile.