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US States Ranked by 1990-1999 Population Growth Rate

Rank State 1999 1990 Change % Change
1 Nevada 1,809,253 1,201,833 607,420 50.5%
2 Arizona 4,778,332 3,665,228 1,113,104 30.4%
3 Idaho 1,251,700 1,006,749 244,951 24.3%
4 Utah 2,129,836 1,722,850 406,986 23.6%
5 Colorado 4,056,133 3,294,394 761,739 23.1%
6 Georgia 7,788,240 6,478,216 1,310,024 20.2%
7 Washington 5,756,361 4,866,692 889,669 18.3%
8 Texas 20,044,141 16,986,510 3,057,631 18.0%
9 Florida 15,111,244 12,937,926 2,173,318 16.8%
10 Oregon 3,316,154 2,842,321 473,833 16.7%
11 North Carolina 7,650,789 6,628,637 1,022,152 15.4%
12 New Mexico 1,739,844 1,515,069 224,775 14.8%
13 Delaware 753,538 666,168 87,370 13.1%
14 Alaska 619,500 550,043 69,457 12.6%
15 Tennessee 5,483,535 4,877,185 606,350 12.4%
16 South Carolina 3,885,736 3,486,703 399,033 11.4%
17 California 33,145,121 29,760,021 3,385,100 11.4%
18 Virginia 6,872,912 6,187,358 685,554 11.1%
19 Montana 882,779 799,065 83,714 10.5%
20 Minnesota 4,775,508 4,375,099 400,409 9.2%
21 Arkansas 2,551,373 2,350,725 200,648 8.5%
22 New Hampshire 1,201,134 1,109,252 91,882 8.3%
23 Maryland 5,171,634 4,781,468 390,166 8.2%
24 Alabama 4,369,862 4,040,587 329,275 8.1%
25 Mississippi 2,768,619 2,573,216 195,403 7.6%
26 Kentucky 3,960,825 3,685,296 275,529 7.5%
27 Wisconsin 5,250,446 4,891,769 358,677 7.3%
28 Indiana 5,942,901 5,544,159 398,742 7.2%
29 Kansas 2,654,052 2,477,574 176,478 7.1%
30 Hawaii 1,185,497 1,108,229 77,268 7.0%
31 Missouri 5,468,338 5,117,073 351,265 6.9%
32 Oklahoma 3,358,044 3,145,585 212,459 6.8%
33 Michigan 9,863,775 9,295,297 568,478 6.1%
34 Illinois 12,128,370 11,430,602 697,768 6.1%
35 Wyoming 479,602 453,588 26,014 5.7%
36 Nebraska 1,666,028 1,578,385 87,643 5.6%
37 Vermont 593,740 562,758 30,982 5.5%
38 New Jersey 8,143,412 7,730,188 413,224 5.3%
39 South Dakota 733,133 696,004 37,129 5.3%
40 Ohio 11,256,654 10,847,115 409,539 3.8%
41 Louisiana 4,372,035 4,219,973 152,062 3.6%
42 Iowa 2,869,413 2,776,755 92,658 3.3%
43 Massachusetts 6,175,169 6,016,425 158,744 2.6%
44 Maine 1,253,040 1,227,928 25,112 2.0%
45 New York 18,196,601 17,990,455 206,146 1.1%
46 Pennsylvania 11,994,016 11,881,643 112,373 0.9%
47 West Virginia 1,806,928 1,793,477 13,451 0.7%
48 Connecticut 3,282,031 3,287,116 (5,085) -0.2%
49 North Dakota 633,666 638,800 (5,134) -0.8%
50 Rhode Island 990,819 1,003,464 (12,645) -1.3%

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