>>1733894There are at least 198,332,661 people living in states east of the Mississippi, in a total area 959,083 sq mi (including water area). Resulting in a population density of around 207 ppl/sq mi, that is fairly uniformly spread out. There at least 78,347,268 people living in the western 15 states, in a total area of 1,751,053 sq mi (including water area). Resulting in a density of 42 ppl/sq mi. Over half of all people out west live in California. And over half of all people out west live in metro cities. Take your pick of any other state or of the thousands of other mountains and you can have entire mountains to yourself.
