The population of the United States in $1980$ was $226,504,825$. The area of the country is $3,615,122$ square miles. There are $(5280)^{2}$ 
square feet in one square mile. Which number below best approximates the average number of square feet per person?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 5,000\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 10,000\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 50,000\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 100,000\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 500,000$
With about $230$ million people and under $4$ million square miles, there are about $60$ people per square mile. Since a square mile is about $(5000 \ \text{ft})^{2} = 25$ million square feet, that gives approximately $\frac{25}{60}$ of a million square feet per person. $\frac{25}{60}$ is approximately half, so the answer is approximately half a million, which is $\boxed{E}$.