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US Resident Population by State Ranked:
2000 Census

Rank State or District 1990 2000 Change % Share of US Population Share of Growth
1 California 29,760,021 33,871,648 4,111,627 13.8% 12.04% 12.57%
2 Texas 16,986,510 20,851,820 3,865,310 22.8% 7.41% 11.82%
3 New York 17,990,455 18,976,457 986,002 5.5% 6.74% 3.01%
4 Florida 12,937,926 15,982,378 3,044,452 23.5% 5.68% 9.31%
5 Illinois 11,430,602 12,419,293 988,691 8.6% 4.41% 3.02%
6 Pennsylvania 11,881,643 12,281,054 399,411 3.4% 4.36% 1.22%
7 Ohio 10,847,115 11,353,140 506,025 4.7% 4.03% 1.55%
8 Michigan 9,295,297 9,938,444 643,147 6.9% 3.53% 1.97%
9 New Jersey 7,730,188 8,414,350 684,162 8.9% 2.99% 2.09%
10 Georgia 6,478,216 8,186,453 1,708,237 26.4% 2.91% 5.22%
11 North Carolina 6,628,637 8,049,313 1,420,676 21.4% 2.86% 4.34%
12 Virginia 6,187,358 7,078,515 891,157 14.4% 2.52% 2.72%
13 Massachusetts 6,016,425 6,349,097 332,672 5.5% 2.26% 1.02%
14 Indiana 5,544,159 6,080,485 536,326 9.7% 2.16% 1.64%
15 Washington 4,866,692 5,894,121 1,027,429 21.1% 2.09% 3.14%
16 Tennessee 4,877,185 5,689,283 812,098 16.7% 2.02% 2.48%
17 Missouri 5,117,073 5,595,211 478,138 9.3% 1.99% 1.46%
18 Wisconsin 4,891,769 5,363,675 471,906 9.6% 1.91% 1.44%
19 Maryland 4,781,468 5,296,486 515,018 10.8% 1.88% 1.57%
20 Arizona 3,665,228 5,130,632 1,465,404 40.0% 1.82% 4.48%
21 Minnesota 4,375,099 4,919,479 544,380 12.4% 1.75% 1.66%
22 Louisiana 4,219,973 4,468,976 249,003 5.9% 1.59% 0.76%
23 Alabama 4,040,587 4,447,100 406,513 10.1% 1.58% 1.24%
24 Colorado 3,294,394 4,301,261 1,006,867 30.6% 1.53% 3.08%
25 Kentucky 3,685,296 4,041,769 356,473 9.7% 1.44% 1.09%
26 South Carolina 3,486,703 4,012,012 525,309 15.1% 1.43% 1.61%
27 Oklahoma 3,145,585 3,450,654 305,069 9.7% 1.23% 0.93%
28 Oregon 2,842,321 3,421,399 579,078 20.4% 1.22% 1.77%
29 Connecticut 3,287,116 3,405,565 118,449 3.6% 1.21% 0.36%
30 Iowa 2,776,755 2,926,324 149,569 5.4% 1.04% 0.46%
31 Mississippi 2,573,216 2,844,658 271,442 10.5% 1.01% 0.83%
32 Kansas 2,477,574 2,688,418 210,844 8.5% 0.96% 0.64%
33 Arkansas 2,350,725 2,673,400 322,675 13.7% 0.95% 0.99%
34 Utah 1,722,850 2,233,169 510,319 29.6% 0.79% 1.56%
35 Nevada 1,201,833 1,998,257 796,424 66.3% 0.71% 2.43%
36 New Mexico 1,515,069 1,819,046 303,977 20.1% 0.65% 0.93%
37 West Virginia 1,793,477 1,808,344 14,867 0.8% 0.64% 0.05%
38 Nebraska 1,578,385 1,711,263 132,878 8.4% 0.61% 0.41%
39 Idaho 1,006,749 1,293,953 287,204 28.5% 0.46% 0.88%
40 Maine 1,227,928 1,274,923 46,995 3.8% 0.45% 0.14%
41 New Hampshire 1,109,252 1,235,786 126,534 11.4% 0.44% 0.39%
42 Hawaii 1,108,229 1,211,537 103,308 9.3% 0.43% 0.32%
43 Rhode Island 1,003,464 1,048,319 44,855 4.5% 0.37% 0.14%
44 Montana 799,065 902,195 103,130 12.9% 0.32% 0.32%
45 Delaware 666,168 783,600 117,432 17.6% 0.28% 0.36%
46 South Dakota 696,004 754,844 58,840 8.5% 0.27% 0.18%
47 North Dakota 638,800 642,200 3,400 0.5% 0.23% 0.01%
48 Alaska 550,043 626,932 76,889 14.0% 0.22% 0.24%
49 Vermont 562,758 608,827 46,069 8.2% 0.22% 0.14%
50 District of Columbia 606,900 572,059 (34,841) -5.7% 0.20% -0.11%
51 Wyoming 453,588 493,782 40,194 8.9% 0.18% 0.12%

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