No Spin Ag said:
It's always interesting to see just how much of our population is concentrated in such few areas.
You got my curiosity up. Yes, there is a lot of empty land, and a lot of concentration of population.
I like playing with numbers, perhaps others will be amused, too.
US Population : 331,450,000
Contiguous US Population (lower 48): 328,571,000
Texas Population: 30,500,00
Harris County: 4,835,000
Randall County (my home, includes Canyon and southern Amarillo): 140,750
Armstrong County (next county to the west, much of it taken up by Palo Duro Canyon State Park and the JA Ranch: 1,848
Won't bore you with all the math, which might be wrong. But here's what I got for population densities per square mile.
Harris County - 2,833
Randall County - 154
Texas - 107
Contiguous US - 105
All US - 87
Armstrong County - 2
Total US as crowded as Houston: Population: 1,103,524,325
Total US as crowded as Armstrong County: 7,619,050
This has been your totally useless old guy ramble for the day