population density

[ pop-yuh-ley-shuhn den-si-tee ]
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noun,plural pop·u·la·tion den·si·ties.
  1. the number of people, or members of a particular plant or animal species, living in a specified unit of area: a measure of how crowded or spread out inhabitants are: At the time of this research, the city had a population density of 537 persons per square mile.Our free-range chickens are raised without antibiotics and in low population densities, with plenty of room to roam around.

Origin of population density

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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How to use population density in a sentence

  • Our population density is fifteen hundred to the square mile.

    Sjambak | John Holbrook Vance