Population Data for States

The table is sorted in ascending order by State name. Click a column title to sort by that column; click again to reverse the sort.

State rank	Name	Percent nonmetro 2010	Population 1990	Population 2000	Population 2010	Change 1990-2000	Change 2000-10
	United States	16.5	248,790,925	281,424,600	308,745,538	13.1%	9.7%
1	Alabama	28.5	4,040,389	4,447,207	4,779,736	10.1%	7.5%
2	Alaska	32.6	550,043	626,933	710,231	14.0%	13.3%
3	Arizona	10.6	3,665,339	5,130,247	6,392,017	40.0%	24.6%
4	Arkansas	39.7	2,350,624	2,673,293	2,915,918	13.7%	9.1%
5	California	2.3	29,811,427	33,871,653	37,253,956	13.6%	10.0%
6	Colorado	13.7	3,294,473	4,302,086	5,029,196	30.6%	16.9%
7	Connecticut	8.6	3,287,116	3,405,650	3,574,097	3.6%	4.9%
8	Delaware	22.0	666,168	783,559	897,934	17.6%	14.6%
9	District of Columbia	0.0	606,900	572,086	601,723	-5.7%	5.2%
10	Florida	6.4	12,938,071	15,982,571	18,801,310	23.5%	17.6%
11	Georgia	19.0	6,478,149	8,186,653	9,687,653	26.4%	18.3%
12	Hawaii	29.9	1,108,229	1,211,497	1,360,301	9.3%	12.3%
13	Idaho	34.4	1,006,734	1,293,957	1,567,582	28.5%	21.1%
14	Illinois	13.1	11,430,602	12,419,927	12,830,632	8.7%	3.3%
15	Indiana	21.7	5,544,156	6,080,827	6,483,802	9.7%	6.6%
16	Iowa	43.5	2,776,831	2,926,538	3,046,355	5.4%	4.1%
17	Kansas	36.1	2,477,588	2,688,925	2,853,118	8.5%	6.1%
18	Kentucky	41.8	3,686,892	4,042,193	4,339,367	9.6%	7.4%
19	Louisiana	25.4	4,221,826	4,469,035	4,533,372	5.9%	1.4%
20	Maine	41.6	1,227,928	1,274,779	1,328,361	3.8%	4.2%
21	Maryland	5.4	4,780,753	5,296,647	5,773,552	10.8%	9.0%
22	Massachusetts	0.4	6,016,425	6,349,364	6,547,629	5.5%	3.1%
23	Michigan	18.7	9,295,287	9,938,823	9,883,640	6.9%	-0.6%
24	Minnesota	26.9	4,375,665	4,919,631	5,303,925	12.4%	7.8%
25	Mississippi	55.1	2,575,475	2,844,754	2,967,297	10.5%	4.3%
26	Missouri	26.9	5,116,901	5,596,564	5,988,927	9.4%	7.0%
27	Montana	64.8	799,065	902,200	989,415	12.9%	9.7%
28	Nebraska	41.3	1,578,417	1,711,230	1,826,341	8.4%	6.7%
29	Nevada	9.9	1,201,675	1,998,250	2,700,551	66.3%	35.1%
30	New Hampshire	37.8	1,109,252	1,235,807	1,316,470	11.4%	6.5%
31	New Jersey	0.0	7,747,750	8,414,764	8,791,894	8.6%	4.5%
32	New Mexico	33.4	1,515,069	1,819,017	2,059,179	20.1%	13.2%
33	New York	8.1	17,990,778	18,977,026	19,378,102	5.5%	2.1%
34	North Carolina	29.7	6,632,448	8,046,346	9,535,483	21.4%	18.5%
35	North Dakota	51.6	638,800	642,237	672,591	0.5%	4.7%
36	Ohio	19.4	10,847,115	11,353,336	11,536,504	4.7%	1.6%
37	Oklahoma	35.8	3,145,576	3,450,451	3,751,351	9.7%	8.7%
38	Oregon	22.3	2,842,337	3,421,524	3,831,074	20.4%	12.0%
39	Pennsylvania	15.9	11,882,842	12,280,548	12,702,379	3.4%	3.4%
40	Rhode Island	0.0	1,003,464	1,048,259	1,052,567	4.5%	0.4%
41	South Carolina	23.5	3,486,310	4,012,023	4,625,364	15.1%	15.3%
42	South Dakota	54.7	696,004	754,858	814,180	8.5%	7.9%
43	Tennessee	26.6	4,877,203	5,689,427	6,346,105	16.7%	11.5%
44	Texas	12.2	16,986,335	20,851,028	25,145,561	22.8%	20.6%
45	Utah	11.4	1,722,850	2,233,183	2,763,885	29.6%	23.8%
46	Vermont	66.2	562,758	608,613	625,741	8.2%	2.8%
47	Virginia	13.9	6,189,197	7,079,057	8,001,024	14.4%	13.0%
48	Washington	12.3	4,866,669	5,894,281	6,724,540	21.1%	14.1%
49	West Virginia	44.3	1,793,477	1,808,193	1,852,994	0.8%	2.5%
50	Wisconsin	27.2	4,891,954	5,363,757	5,686,986	9.6%	6.0%
51	Wyoming	70.3	453,589	493,786	563,626	8.9%	14.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 Censuses of Population (corrected), and 2010 county redistricting files.

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