Demographia

US Resident Population by State
Ranked by Increase: 2000 Census

Rank State or District 1990 2000 Change %
1 California 29,760,021 33,871,648 4,111,627 13.8%
2 Texas 16,986,510 20,851,820 3,865,310 22.8%
3 Florida 12,937,926 15,982,378 3,044,452 23.5%
4 Georgia 6,478,216 8,186,453 1,708,237 26.4%
5 Arizona 3,665,228 5,130,632 1,465,404 40.0%
6 North Carolina 6,628,637 8,049,313 1,420,676 21.4%
7 Washington 4,866,692 5,894,121 1,027,429 21.1%
8 Colorado 3,294,394 4,301,261 1,006,867 30.6%
9 Illinois 11,430,602 12,419,293 988,691 8.6%
10 New York 17,990,455 18,976,457 986,002 5.5%
11 Virginia 6,187,358 7,078,515 891,157 14.4%
12 Tennessee 4,877,185 5,689,283 812,098 16.7%
13 Nevada 1,201,833 1,998,257 796,424 66.3%
14 New Jersey 7,730,188 8,414,350 684,162 8.9%
15 Michigan 9,295,297 9,938,444 643,147 6.9%
16 Oregon 2,842,321 3,421,399 579,078 20.4%
17 Minnesota 4,375,099 4,919,479 544,380 12.4%
18 Indiana 5,544,159 6,080,485 536,326 9.7%
19 South Carolina 3,486,703 4,012,012 525,309 15.1%
20 Maryland 4,781,468 5,296,486 515,018 10.8%
21 Utah 1,722,850 2,233,169 510,319 29.6%
22 Ohio 10,847,115 11,353,140 506,025 4.7%
23 Missouri 5,117,073 5,595,211 478,138 9.3%
24 Wisconsin 4,891,769 5,363,675 471,906 9.6%
25 Alabama 4,040,587 4,447,100 406,513 10.1%
26 Pennsylvania 11,881,643 12,281,054 399,411 3.4%
27 Kentucky 3,685,296 4,041,769 356,473 9.7%
28 Massachusetts 6,016,425 6,349,097 332,672 5.5%
29 Arkansas 2,350,725 2,673,400 322,675 13.7%
30 Oklahoma 3,145,585 3,450,654 305,069 9.7%
31 New Mexico 1,515,069 1,819,046 303,977 20.1%
32 Idaho 1,006,749 1,293,953 287,204 28.5%
33 Mississippi 2,573,216 2,844,658 271,442 10.5%
34 Louisiana 4,219,973 4,468,976 249,003 5.9%
35 Kansas 2,477,574 2,688,418 210,844 8.5%
36 Iowa 2,776,755 2,926,324 149,569 5.4%
37 Nebraska 1,578,385 1,711,263 132,878 8.4%
38 New Hampshire 1,109,252 1,235,786 126,534 11.4%
39 Connecticut 3,287,116 3,405,565 118,449 3.6%
40 Delaware 666,168 783,600 117,432 17.6%
41 Hawaii 1,108,229 1,211,537 103,308 9.3%
42 Montana 799,065 902,195 103,130 12.9%
43 Alaska 550,043 626,932 76,889 14.0%
44 South Dakota 696,004 754,844 58,840 8.5%
45 Maine 1,227,928 1,274,923 46,995 3.8%
46 Vermont 562,758 608,827 46,069 8.2%
47 Rhode Island 1,003,464 1,048,319 44,855 4.5%
48 Wyoming 453,588 493,782 40,194 8.9%
49 West Virginia 1,793,477 1,808,344 14,867 0.8%
50 North Dakota 638,800 642,200 3,400 0.5%
51 District of Columbia 606,900 572,059 (34,841) -5.7%

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