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Population Growth Rates by Decade: US States from 1950

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN POPULATION
State 1990-1999 1980-1990 1970-1980 1960-1970 1950-1960
Alabama 8.1% 3.8% 13.1% 5.4% 6.7%
Alaska 12.6% 36.9% 33.8% 32.8% 75.8%
Arizona 30.4% 34.8% 53.5% 36.0% 73.7%
Arkansas 8.5% 2.8% 18.9% 7.7% -6.5%
California 11.4% 25.7% 18.6% 27.0% 48.5%
Colorado 23.1% 14.0% 30.9% 25.8% 32.4%
Connecticut -0.2% 5.8% 2.5% 19.6% 26.3%
Delaware 13.1% 12.1% 8.4% 22.8% 40.3%
Florida 16.8% 32.7% 43.6% 37.1% 78.7%
Georgia 20.2% 18.6% 19.0% 16.4% 14.5%
Hawaii 7.0% 14.9% 25.5% 21.5% 26.6%
Idaho 24.3% 6.7% 32.5% 6.8% 13.3%
Illinois 6.1% 0.0% 2.8% 10.2% 15.7%
Indiana 7.2% 1.0% 5.7% 11.4% 18.5%
Iowa 3.3% -4.7% 3.2% 2.4% 5.2%
Kansas 7.1% 4.8% 5.2% 3.1% 14.3%
Kentucky 7.5% 0.7% 13.7% 5.9% 3.2%
Louisiana 3.6% 0.3% 15.5% 11.8% 21.4%
Maine 2.0% 9.2% 13.4% 2.4% 6.1%
Maryland 8.2% 13.4% 7.5% 26.5% 32.3%
Massachusetts 2.6% 4.9% 0.8% 10.5% 9.8%
Michigan 6.1% 0.4% 4.4% 13.4% 22.8%
Minnesota 9.2% 7.3% 7.1% 11.5% 14.5%
Mississippi 7.6% 2.1% 13.7% 1.8% -0.0%
Missouri 6.9% 4.1% 5.1% 8.3% 9.2%
Montana 10.5% 1.6% 13.3% 2.9% 14.2%
Nebraska 5.6% 0.5% 5.8% 5.1% 6.5%
Nevada 50.5% 50.1% 63.8% 71.3% 78.2%
New Hampshire 8.3% 20.5% 24.8% 21.5% 13.8%
New Jersey 5.3% 5.0% 2.7% 18.2% 25.5%
New Mexico 14.8% 16.3% 28.2% 6.8% 39.6%
New York 1.1% 2.5% -3.7% 8.7% 13.2%
North Carolina 15.4% 12.7% 15.7% 11.5% 12.2%
North Dakota -0.8% -2.1% 5.7% -2.3% 2.1%
Ohio 3.8% 0.5% 1.4% 9.7% 22.1%
Oklahoma 6.8% 4.0% 18.2% 9.9% 4.3%
Oregon 16.7% 7.9% 25.9% 18.2% 16.3%
Pennsylvania 0.9% 0.1% 0.6% 4.2% 7.8%
Rhode Island -1.3% 5.9% 0.0% 10.1% 8.5%
South Carolina 11.4% 11.7% 20.5% 8.7% 12.5%
South Dakota 5.3% 0.8% 3.8% -2.2% 4.3%
Tennessee 12.4% 6.2% 17.0% 10.0% 8.4%
Texas 18.0% 19.4% 27.1% 16.9% 24.2%
Utah 23.6% 17.9% 37.9% 18.9% 29.3%
Vermont 5.5% 10.0% 15.1% 14.0% 3.2%
Virginia 11.1% 15.7% 15.0% 17.2% 19.5%
Washington 18.3% 17.8% 21.2% 19.5% 19.9%
West Virginia 0.7% -8.0% 11.8% -6.2% -7.2%
Wisconsin 7.3% 4.0% 6.5% 11.8% 15.1%
Wyoming 5.7% -3.4% 41.3% 0.7% 13.6%
           
DC -14.5% -4.9% -15.6% -1.0% -4.8%
           
RANKING BY PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN POPULATION
State 1990-1999 1980-1990 1970-1980 1960-1970 1950-1960
Alabama 24 33 29 39 39
Alaska 14 2 6 4 3
Arizona 2 3 2 3 4
Arkansas 21 34 17 35 49
California 17 5 18 5 5
Colorado 5 14 8 7 8
Connecticut 48 26 45 11 12
Delaware 13 17 31 8 6
Florida 9 4 3 2 1
Georgia 6 8 16 18 24
Hawaii 30 13 12 10 11
Idaho 3 23 7 37 30
Illinois 34 46 43 27 22
Indiana 28 38 36 25 20
Iowa 42 49 42 44 42
Kansas 29 29 38 42 26
Kentucky 26 40 25 38 46
Louisiana 41 44 22 21 17
Maine 44 20 27 45 41
Maryland 23 15 32 6 9
Massachusetts 43 28 47 26 34
Michigan 33 43 40 20 15
Minnesota 20 22 33 24 25
Mississippi 25 36 26 46 48
Missouri 31 30 39 34 35
Montana 19 37 28 43 27
Nebraska 36 41 35 40 40
Nevada 1 1 1 1 2
New Hampshire 22 6 13 9 28
New Jersey 38 27 44 15 13
New Mexico 12 11 9 36 7
New York 45 35 50 33 31
North Carolina 11 16 21 23 33
North Dakota 49 47 37 49 47
Ohio 40 42 46 31 16
Oklahoma 32 31 19 30 44
Oregon 10 21 11 14 21
Pennsylvania 46 45 48 41 38
Rhode Island 50 25 49 28 36
South Carolina 16 18 15 32 32
South Dakota 39 39 41 48 43
Tennessee 15 24 20 29 37
Texas 8 7 10 17 14
Utah 4 9 5 13 10
Vermont 37 19 23 19 45
Virginia 18 12 24 16 19
Washington 7 10 14 12 18
West Virginia 47 50 30 50 50
Wisconsin 27 32 34 22 23
Wyoming 35 48 4 47 29

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