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 2007	Population 1990	Population 2000	Population 2007	Change 1990-2000	Change 2000-07
	United States	16.6	248,790,925	281,424,602	301,621,157	13.1%	7.2%
1	Alabama	28.7	4,040,389	4,447,351	4,627,851	10.1%	4.1%
2	Alaska	32.7	550,043	626,931	683,478	14.0%	9.0%
3	Arizona	10.4	3,665,339	5,130,615	6,338,755	40.0%	23.5%
4	Arkansas	40.5	2,350,624	2,673,398	2,834,797	13.7%	6.0%
5	California	2.3	29,811,427	33,871,655	36,553,215	13.6%	7.9%
6	Colorado	13.8	3,294,473	4,302,019	4,861,515	30.6%	13.0%
7	Connecticut	8.7	3,287,116	3,405,602	3,502,309	3.6%	2.8%
8	Delaware	21.3	666,168	783,600	864,764	17.6%	10.4%
9	District of Columbia	0.0	606,900	572,059	588,292	-5.7%	2.8%
10	Florida	6.3	12,938,071	15,982,824	18,251,243	23.5%	14.2%
11	Georgia	18.7	6,478,149	8,186,816	9,544,750	26.4%	16.6%
12	Hawaii	29.4	1,108,229	1,211,537	1,283,388	9.3%	5.9%
13	Idaho	34.6	1,006,734	1,293,956	1,499,402	28.5%	15.9%
14	Illinois	13.0	11,430,602	12,419,647	12,852,548	8.7%	3.5%
15	Indiana	21.9	5,544,156	6,080,521	6,345,289	9.7%	4.4%
16	Iowa	44.0	2,776,831	2,926,382	2,988,046	5.4%	2.1%
17	Kansas	36.3	2,477,588	2,688,824	2,775,997	8.5%	3.2%
18	Kentucky	42.7	3,686,892	4,042,281	4,241,474	9.6%	4.9%
19	Louisiana	26.4	4,221,826	4,468,958	4,293,204	5.9%	-3.9%
20	Maine	41.6	1,227,928	1,274,921	1,317,207	3.8%	3.3%
21	Maryland	5.3	4,780,753	5,296,508	5,618,344	10.8%	6.1%
22	Massachusetts	0.4	6,016,425	6,349,105	6,449,755	5.5%	1.6%
23	Michigan	18.4	9,295,287	9,938,482	10,071,822	6.9%	1.3%
24	Minnesota	27.1	4,375,665	4,919,492	5,197,621	12.4%	5.7%
25	Mississippi	56.2	2,575,475	2,844,656	2,918,785	10.5%	2.6%
26	Missouri	26.6	5,116,901	5,596,683	5,878,415	9.4%	5.0%
27	Montana	64.8	799,065	902,195	957,861	12.9%	6.2%
28	Nebraska	42.0	1,578,417	1,711,265	1,774,571	8.4%	3.7%
29	Nevada	10.3	1,201,675	1,998,257	2,565,382	66.3%	28.4%
30	New Hampshire	37.6	1,109,252	1,235,786	1,315,828	11.4%	6.5%
31	New Jersey	0.0	7,747,750	8,414,347	8,685,920	8.6%	3.2%
32	New Mexico	34.0	1,515,069	1,819,046	1,969,915	20.1%	8.3%
33	New York	8.0	17,990,778	18,976,821	19,297,729	5.5%	1.7%
34	North Carolina	29.9	6,632,448	8,046,491	9,061,032	21.4%	12.6%
35	North Dakota	51.9	638,800	642,200	639,715	0.5%	-0.4%
36	Ohio	19.3	10,847,115	11,353,145	11,466,917	4.7%	1.0%
37	Oklahoma	36.3	3,145,576	3,450,654	3,617,316	9.7%	4.8%
38	Oregon	22.3	2,842,337	3,421,436	3,747,455	20.4%	9.5%
39	Pennsylvania	15.9	11,882,842	12,281,054	12,432,792	3.4%	1.2%
40	Rhode Island	0.0	1,003,464	1,048,319	1,057,832	4.5%	0.9%
41	South Carolina	23.9	3,486,310	4,011,816	4,407,709	15.1%	9.9%
42	South Dakota	54.6	696,004	754,844	796,214	8.5%	5.5%
43	Tennessee	26.8	4,877,203	5,689,262	6,156,719	16.7%	8.2%
44	Texas	12.5	16,986,335	20,851,799	23,904,380	22.8%	14.6%
45	Utah	11.0	1,722,850	2,233,198	2,645,330	29.6%	18.5%
46	Vermont	66.6	562,758	608,827	621,254	8.2%	2.0%
47	Virginia	14.3	6,189,197	7,079,030	7,712,091	14.4%	8.9%
48	Washington	12.3	4,866,669	5,894,140	6,468,424	21.1%	9.7%
49	West Virginia	44.6	1,793,477	1,808,350	1,812,035	0.8%	0.2%
50	Wisconsin	27.2	4,891,954	5,363,715	5,601,640	9.6%	4.4%
51	Wyoming	69.8	453,589	493,782	522,830	8.9%	5.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 Censuses of Population (corrected), and 2007 county estimate files.