The population growth of each
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This is a list of U.S. states by historical population , as enumerated every decade by the United States Census . As required by the United States Constitution , a census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790. Although the decennial census collects a variety of information that used in demographic studies, marketing, and other enterprises, the purpose of the census as stated in the Constitution is to produce an "actual enumeration" of the number of persons in the states in order to calculate their Congressional apportionment .
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries . Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
Table 1: 1790–1860 [ edit ]
Name
Admitted
1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
Alabama
1819
1,250
9,046
127,901
309,527
590,756
771,623
964,201
Alaska
1959
Arizona
1912
Arkansas
1836
1,062
14,273
30,388
97,574
209,897
435,450
California
1850
92,597
379,994
Colorado
1876
34,277
Connecticut
1788
237,946
251,002
262,042
275,202
297,675
309,978
370,792
460,147
Delaware
1787
59,096
64,273
72,674
72,749
76,748
78,085
91,532
112,216
District of Columbia [ 1]
8,144
15,471
23,336
30,261
33,745
51,687
75,080
Florida
1845
34,730
54,477
87,445
140,424
Georgia
1788
82,548
162,686
251,407
340,989
516,823
691,392
906,185
1,057,286
Hawaii
1959
Idaho
1890
Illinois
1818
2,458
12,282
55,211
157,445
476,183
851,470
1,711,951
Indiana
1816
2,632
24,520
147,178
343,031
685,866
988,416
1,350,428
Iowa
1846
43,112
192,214
674,913
Kansas
1861
107,206
Kentucky
1792
73,677
220,959
406,511
564,317
687,917
779,828
982,405
1,155,684
Louisiana [ 2]
1812
76,556
153,407
215,739
352,411
517,762
708,002
Maine [ 3]
1820
96,540
151,719
228,705
298,335
399,455
501,793
583,169
628,279
Maryland [ 4]
1788
319,728
341,548
380,546
407,350
447,040
470,019
583,034
687,049
Massachusetts
1788
378,787
422,845
472,040
523,287
610,408
737,699
994,514
1,231,066
Michigan
1837
3,757
4,762
7,452
28,004
212,267
397,654
749,113
Minnesota
1858
6,077
172,023
Mississippi
1817
7,600
31,306
75,448
136,621
375,651
606,526
791,305
Missouri
1821
19,783
66,586
140,455
383,702
682,044
1,182,012
Montana
1889
Nebraska
1867
28,841
Nevada
1864
6,857
New Hampshire
1788
141,885
183,858
214,360
244,161
269,328
284,574
317,976
326,073
New Jersey
1787
184,139
211,149
245,555
277,575
320,823
373,306
489,555
672,035
New Mexico
1912
61,547
87,034
New York
1788
340,120
586,050
959,049
1,372,812
1,918,608
2,428,921
3,097,394
3,880,735
North Carolina
1789
393,751
478,103
556,526
638,829
737,987
753,419
869,039
992,622
North Dakota
1889
Ohio
1803
42,159
230,760
581,434
937,903
1,519,467
1,980,329
2,339,511
Oklahoma
1907
Oregon
1859
12,093
52,465
Pennsylvania
1787
434,373
602,545
810,091
1,049,458
1,348,233
1,724,033
2,311,786
2,906,215
Rhode Island
1790
68,825
69,122
76,931
83,059
97,199
108,830
147,545
174,620
South Carolina
1788
249,073
345,591
415,115
502,741
581,185
594,398
668,507
703,708
South Dakota [ 5]
1889
4,837
Tennessee
1796
35,691
105,602
261,727
422,813
681,904
829,210
1,002,717
1,109,801
Texas
1845
212,592
604,215
Utah
1896
11,380
40,273
Vermont [ 6]
1791
85,425
154,465
217,713
235,764
280,652
291,948
314,120
315,098
Virginia [ 7]
1788
691,737
807,557
877,683
938,261
1,044,054
1,025,227
1,119,348
1,219,630
Washington
1889
1,201
11,594
West Virginia [ 8]
1863
55,873
78,592
105,469
136,808
176,924
224,537
302,313
376,688
Wisconsin
1848
1,444
3,635
30,945
305,391
775,881
Wyoming
1890
United States
3,929,214
5,308,483
7,239,881
9,638,453
12,860,702
17,063,353
23,191,876
31,443,321
Table 2: 1870–1950 [ edit ]
Name
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
Alabama
996,992
1,262,505
1,513,017
1,828,697
2,138,093
2,348,174
2,646,248
2,832,961
3,061,743
Alaska
33,426
32,052
64,356
55,036
59,278
72,524
128,643
Arizona
9,658
40,440
88,243
122,931
204,354
334,162
435,573
499,261
749,587
Arkansas
484,471
802,525
1,128,211
1,311,564
1,574,449
1,752,204
1,854,482
1,949,387
1,909,511
California
560,247
864,694
1,213,398
1,485,053
2,377,549
3,426,861
5,677,251
6,907,387
10,586,223
Colorado
39,864
194,327
413,249
539,700
799,024
939,629
1,035,791
1,123,296
1,325,089
Connecticut
537,454
622,700
746,258
908,420
1,114,756
1,380,631
1,606,903
1,709,242
2,007,280
Delaware
125,015
146,608
168,493
184,735
202,322
223,003
238,380
266,505
318,085
District of Columbia
131,700
177,624
230,392
278,718
331,069
437,571
486,869
663,091
802,178
Florida
187,748
269,493
391,422
528,542
752,619
968,470
1,468,211
1,897,414
2,771,305
Georgia
1,184,109
1,542,180
1,837,353
2,216,331
2,609,121
2,895,832
2,908,506
3,123,723
3,444,578
Hawaii
154,001
191,909
255,912
368,336
423,330
499,794
Idaho
14,999
32,610
88,548
161,772
325,594
431,866
445,032
524,873
588,637
Illinois
2,539,891
3,077,871
3,826,351
4,821,550
5,638,591
6,485,280
7,630,654
7,897,241
8,712,176
Indiana
1,680,637
1,978,301
2,192,404
2,516,462
2,700,876
2,930,390
3,238,503
3,427,796
3,934,224
Iowa
1,194,020
1,624,615
1,912,297
2,231,853
2,224,771
2,404,021
2,470,939
2,538,268
2,621,073
Kansas
364,399
996,096
1,428,108
1,470,495
1,690,949
1,769,257
1,880,999
1,801,028
1,905,299
Kentucky
1,321,011
1,648,690
1,858,635
2,147,174
2,289,905
2,416,630
2,614,589
2,845,627
2,944,806
Louisiana
726,915
939,946
1,118,587
1,381,625
1,656,388
1,798,509
2,101,593
2,363,880
2,683,516
Maine
626,915
648,936
661,086
694,466
742,371
768,014
797,423
847,226
913,774
Maryland
780,894
934,943
1,042,390
1,188,044
1,295,346
1,449,661
1,631,526
1,821,244
2,343,001
Massachusetts
1,457,351
1,783,085
2,238,943
2,805,346
3,366,416
3,852,356
4,249,614
4,316,721
4,690,514
Michigan
1,184,059
1,636,937
2,093,889
2,420,982
2,810,173
3,668,412
4,842,325
5,256,106
6,371,766
Minnesota
439,706
780,773
1,310,283
1,751,394
2,075,708
2,387,125
2,563,953
2,792,300
2,982,483
Mississippi
827,922
1,131,597
1,289,600
1,551,270
1,797,114
1,790,618
2,009,821
2,183,796
2,178,914
Missouri
1,721,295
2,168,380
2,679,184
3,106,665
3,293,335
3,404,055
3,629,367
3,784,664
3,954,653
Montana
20,595
39,159
142,924
243,329
376,053
548,889
537,606
559,456
591,024
Nebraska
122,993
452,402
1,062,656
1,066,300
1,192,214
1,296,372
1,377,963
1,315,834
1,325,510
Nevada
42,491
62,266
47,355
42,335
81,875
77,407
91,058
110,247
160,083
New Hampshire
318,300
346,991
376,530
411,588
430,572
443,083
465,293
491,524
533,242
New Jersey
906,096
1,131,116
1,444,933
1,883,669
2,537,167
3,155,900
4,041,334
4,160,165
4,835,329
New Mexico
91,874
119,565
160,282
195,310
327,301
360,350
423,317
531,818
681,187
New York
4,382,759
5,082,871
6,003,174
7,268,894
9,113,614
10,385,227
12,588,066
13,479,142
14,830,192
North Carolina
1,071,361
1,399,750
1,617,947
1,893,810
2,206,287
2,559,123
3,170,276
3,571,623
4,061,929
North Dakota
2,405
36,909
190,983
319,146
577,056
646,872
680,845
641,935
619,636
Ohio
2,665,260
3,198,062
3,672,316
4,157,545
4,767,121
5,759,394
6,646,697
6,907,612
7,946,627
Oklahoma
258,657
790,391
1,657,155
2,028,283
2,396,040
2,336,434
2,233,351
Oregon
90,923
174,768
317,704
413,536
672,765
783,389
953,786
1,089,684
1,521,341
Pennsylvania
3,521,951
4,282,891
5,258,014
6,302,115
7,665,111
8,720,017
9,631,350
9,900,180
10,498,012
Rhode Island
217,353
276,531
345,506
428,556
542,610
604,397
687,497
713,346
791,896
South Carolina
705,606
995,577
1,151,149
1,340,316
1,515,400
1,683,724
1,738,765
1,899,804
2,117,027
South Dakota
11,776
98,268
348,600
401,570
583,888
636,547
692,849
642,961
652,740
Tennessee
1,258,520
1,542,359
1,767,518
2,020,616
2,184,789
2,337,885
2,616,556
2,915,841
3,291,718
Texas
818,579
1,591,749
2,235,523
3,048,710
3,896,542
4,663,228
5,824,715
6,414,824
7,711,194
Utah
86,336
143,963
210,779
276,749
373,351
449,396
507,847
550,310
688,862
Vermont
330,551
332,286
332,422
343,641
355,956
352,428
359,611
359,231
377,747
Virginia
1,225,163
1,512,565
1,655,980
1,854,184
2,061,612
2,309,187
2,421,851
2,677,773
3,318,680
Washington
23,955
75,116
357,232
518,103
1,141,990
1,356,621
1,563,396
1,736,191
2,378,963
West Virginia
442,014
618,457
762,794
958,800
1,221,119
1,463,701
1,729,205
1,901,974
2,005,552
Wisconsin
1,054,670
1,315,497
1,693,330
2,069,042
2,333,860
2,632,067
2,939,006
3,137,587
3,434,575
Wyoming
9,118
20,789
60,705
92,531
145,965
194,402
225,565
250,742
290,529
United States
38,558,371
50,155,783
62,947,714[ 9]
75,994,575
91,972,266
105,710,620
122,775,046
131,669,275
150,697,361
Table 3: 1960–2010 [ edit ]
Name
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Alabama
3,266,740
3,444,165
3,893,888
4,040,587
4,447,100
4,779,736
Alaska
226,167
300,382
401,851
550,043
626,932
710,231
Arizona
1,302,161
1,770,900
2,718,215
3,665,228
5,130,632
6,392,017
Arkansas
1,786,272
1,923,295
2,286,435
2,350,725
2,673,400
2,915,918
California
15,717,204
19,953,134
23,667,902
29,760,021
33,871,648
37,253,956
Colorado
1,753,947
2,207,259
2,889,964
3,294,394
4,301,261
5,029,196
Connecticut
2,535,234
3,031,709
3,107,576
3,287,116
3,405,565
3,574,097
Delaware
446,292
548,104
594,338
666,168
783,600
897,934
District of Columbia
763,956
756,510
638,333
606,900
572,059
601,723
Florida
4,951,560
6,789,443
9,746,324
12,937,926
15,982,378
18,801,310
Georgia
3,943,116
4,589,575
5,463,105
6,478,216
8,186,453
9,687,653
Hawaii
632,772
768,561
964,691
1,108,229
1,211,537
1,360,301
Idaho
667,191
712,567
943,935
1,006,749
1,293,953
1,567,582
Illinois
10,081,158
11,113,976
11,426,518
11,430,602
12,419,293
12,830,632
Indiana
4,662,498
5,193,669
5,490,224
5,544,159
6,080,485
6,483,802
Iowa
2,757,537
2,824,376
2,913,808
2,776,755
2,926,324
3,046,355
Kansas
2,178,611
2,246,578
2,363,679
2,477,574
2,688,418
2,853,118
Kentucky
3,038,156
3,218,706
3,660,777
3,685,296
4,041,769
4,339,367
Louisiana
3,257,022
3,641,306
4,205,900
4,219,973
4,468,976
4,533,372
Maine
969,265
992,048
1,124,660
1,227,928
1,274,923
1,328,361
Maryland
3,100,689
3,922,399
4,216,975
4,781,468
5,296,486
5,773,552
Massachusetts
5,148,578
5,689,170
5,737,037
6,016,425
6,349,097
6,547,629
Michigan
7,823,194
8,875,083
9,262,078
9,295,297
9,938,444
9,883,640
Minnesota
3,413,864
3,804,971
4,075,970
4,375,099
4,919,479
5,303,925
Mississippi
2,178,141
2,216,912
2,520,638
2,573,216
2,844,658
2,967,297
Missouri
4,319,813
4,676,501
4,916,686
5,117,073
5,595,211
5,988,927
Montana
674,767
694,409
786,690
799,065
902,195
989,415
Nebraska
1,411,330
1,483,493
1,569,825
1,578,385
1,711,263
1,826,341
Nevada
285,278
488,738
800,493
1,201,833
1,998,257
2,700,551
New Hampshire
606,921
737,681
920,610
1,109,252
1,235,786
1,316,470
New Jersey
6,066,782
7,168,164
7,364,823
7,730,188
8,414,350
8,791,894
New Mexico
951,023
1,016,000
1,302,894
1,515,069
1,819,046
2,059,179
New York
16,782,304
18,236,967
17,558,072
17,990,455
18,976,457
19,378,102
North Carolina
4,556,155
5,082,059
5,881,766
6,628,637
8,049,313
9,535,483
North Dakota
632,446
617,761
652,717
638,800
642,200
672,591
Ohio
9,706,397
10,652,017
10,797,630
10,847,115
11,353,140
11,536,504
Oklahoma
2,328,284
2,559,229
3,025,290
3,145,585
3,450,654
3,751,351
Oregon
1,768,687
2,091,385
2,633,105
2,842,321
3,421,399
3,831,074
Pennsylvania
11,319,366
11,793,909
11,863,895
11,881,643
12,281,054
12,702,379
Rhode Island
859,488
946,725
947,154
1,003,464
1,048,319
1,052,567
South Carolina
2,382,594
2,590,516
3,121,820
3,486,703
4,012,012
4,625,364
South Dakota
680,514
665,507
690,768
696,004
754,844
814,180
Tennessee
3,567,089
3,923,687
4,591,120
4,877,185
5,689,283
6,346,105
Texas
9,579,677
11,196,730
14,229,191
16,986,510
20,851,820
25,145,561
Utah
890,627
1,059,273
1,461,037
1,722,850
2,233,169
2,763,885
Vermont
389,881
444,330
511,456
562,758
608,827
625,741
Virginia
3,966,949
4,648,494
5,346,818
6,187,358
7,078,515
8,001,024
Washington
2,853,214
3,409,169
4,132,156
4,866,692
5,894,121
6,724,540
West Virginia
1,860,421
1,744,237
1,949,644
1,793,477
1,808,344
1,852,994
Wisconsin
3,951,777
4,417,731
4,705,767
4,891,769
5,363,675
5,686,986
Wyoming
330,066
332,416
469,557
453,588
493,782
563,626
United States
179,323,175
203,211,926
226,545,805
248,709,873
281,421,906
308,745,538
Table 4: Enslaved population by state or territory, 1790–1860 [ edit ]
Name
1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
Alabama
494
2,565
41,879
117,549
253,532
342,844
435,080
Arkansas
136
1,617
4,576
19,935
47,100
111,115
California
0
0
Colorado
0
Connecticut
2,764
951
310
97
25
17
0
0
Delaware
8,887
6,153
4,177
4,509
3,292
2,605
2,290
1,798
District of Columbia
2,072
3,554
4,520
4,505
3,320
3,687
3,185
Florida
15,501
25,717
39,310
61,745
Georgia
29,264
59,699
105,218
149,656
217,531
280,944
381,682
462,198
Illinois
107
168
917
747
331
0
0
Indiana
28
237
190
3
3
0
0
Iowa
16
0
0
Kansas
2
Kentucky
12,430
40,343
80,561
126,732
165,213
182,258
210,981
225,483
Louisiana
34,660
69,064
109,588
168,452
244,809
331,726
Maine
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Maryland
103,036
105,635
111,502
107,398
102,994
89,737
90,368
87,189
Massachusetts
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Michigan
0
24
0
1
0
0
0
Minnesota
0
0
Mississippi
2,995
14,523
32,814
65,659
195,211
309,878
436,631
Missouri
2,875
10,222
25,091
58,240
87,422
114,931
Nebraska
15
Nevada
0
New Hampshire
158
8
0
0
3
1
0
0
New Jersey
11,423
12,422
10,851
7,557
2,254
674
236
18
New Mexico
0
0
New York
21,324
20,613
15,017
10,088
75
4
0
0
North Carolina
100,572
133,296
168,824
204,917
245,601
245,817
288,548
331,059
Ohio
0
0
0
6
3
0
0
Oregon
0
0
Pennsylvania
3,737
1,706
795
211
403
64
0
0
Rhode Island
948
380
108
48
17
5
0
0
South Carolina
107,094
146,151
196,365
258,475
315,401
327,038
384,984
402,406
Tennessee
3,417
13,584
44,535
80,107
141,603
183,059
239,459
275,719
Texas
58,161
182,566
Utah Territory
26
29
Vermont
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Virginia [ 10]
287,959
339,499
383,521
411,886
453,698
431,873
452,028
472,494
Washington
0
0
0
West Virginia [ 11]
4,668
7,172
10,836
15,169
17,673
18,488
20,500
18,371
Wisconsin
0
31
11
0
0
United States
697,681
893,602
1,191,362
1,538,022
2,009,043
2,487,355
3,204,313
3,953,760
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References [ edit ]
General
Notes
^ The District of Columbia is not a state but was created with the passage of the Residence Act of 1790. The territory that formed that federal capital was originally donated by both Maryland and Virginia; however, the Virginia portion was returned by Congress in 1846.
^ Previously a part of the Orleans Territory .
^ Between 1790 and 1820, the District of Maine was part of the state of Massachusetts.
^ Starting with the 1800 Census, Maryland donated territory to create the District of Columbia.
^ Figures recorded for Dakota Territory by the censuses of 1860, 1870, and 1880 are listed here as belonging to South Dakota.
^ Vermont was enumerated in the 1790 Census but was only admitted as a state in 1791.
^ Between 1790 and 1860, the state of West Virginia was part of Virginia. In addition, between the Censuses of 1800 and 1840, territory donated by the state of Virginia formed a portion of District of Columbia but the land was returned in 1846.
^ Between 1790 and 1860, the state of West Virginia was part of Virginia; the data for each states reflect the present-day boundaries.
^ Figure includes Native American reservations in the United States. There were 62 622,250 persons not on reservations in 1890.
^ Not including the Virginia counties that formed the new state of West Virginia in 1863, but includes the enslaved population in the returned land that had been donated to form the District of Columbia.
^ These figures are for the Virginia counties that formed the state of West Virginia in 1863.
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