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US States: Change in Population by Decade from 1950

CHANGE IN POPULATION
State 1990-1999 1980-1990 1970-1980 1960-1970 1950-1960
Alabama 329,275 146,699 449,723 177,425 204,997
Alaska 69,457 148,192 101,469 74,215 97,524
Arizona 1,113,104 947,013 947,315 468,739 552,574
Arkansas 200,648 64,290 363,140 137,023 (123,239)
California 3,385,100 6,092,119 3,714,768 4,235,930 5,130,981
Colorado 761,739 404,430 682,705 453,312 428,858
Connecticut (5,085) 179,540 75,867 496,475 527,954
Delaware 87,370 71,830 46,234 101,812 128,207
Florida 2,173,318 3,191,602 2,956,881 1,837,883 2,180,255
Georgia 1,310,024 1,015,111 873,530 646,459 498,538
Hawaii 77,268 143,538 196,130 135,789 132,978
Idaho 244,951 62,814 231,368 45,376 78,554
Illinois 697,768 4,084 312,542 1,032,818 1,368,982
Indiana 398,742 53,935 296,555 531,171 728,274
Iowa 92,658 (137,053) 89,432 66,839 136,464
Kansas 176,478 113,895 117,101 67,967 273,312
Kentucky 275,529 24,519 442,071 180,550 93,350
Louisiana 152,062 14,073 564,594 384,284 573,506
Maine 25,112 103,268 132,612 22,783 55,491
Maryland 390,166 564,493 294,576 821,710 757,688
Massachusetts 158,744 279,388 47,867 540,592 458,064
Michigan 568,478 33,219 386,995 1,051,889 1,451,428
Minnesota 400,409 299,129 270,999 391,107 431,381
Mississippi 195,403 52,578 303,726 38,771 (773)
Missouri 351,265 200,387 240,185 356,688 365,160
Montana 83,714 12,375 92,281 19,642 83,743
Nebraska 87,643 8,560 86,332 72,163 85,820
Nevada 607,420 401,340 311,755 203,460 125,195
New Hampshire 91,882 188,642 182,929 130,760 73,679
New Jersey 413,224 365,365 196,659 1,101,382 1,231,453
New Mexico 224,775 212,175 286,894 64,977 269,836
New York 206,146 432,383 (678,895) 1,454,663 1,952,112
North Carolina 1,022,152 746,871 799,707 525,904 494,226
North Dakota (5,134) (13,917) 34,956 (14,685) 12,810
Ohio 409,539 49,485 145,613 945,620 1,759,770
Oklahoma 212,459 120,295 466,061 230,945 94,933
Oregon 473,833 209,216 541,720 322,698 247,346
Pennsylvania 112,373 17,748 69,986 474,543 821,354
Rhode Island (12,645) 56,310 429 87,237 67,592
South Carolina 399,033 364,883 531,304 207,922 265,567
South Dakota 37,129 5,236 25,261 (15,007) 27,774
Tennessee 606,350 286,065 667,433 356,598 275,371
Texas 3,057,631 2,757,319 3,032,461 1,617,053 1,868,483
Utah 406,986 261,813 401,764 168,646 201,765
Vermont 30,982 51,302 67,126 54,449 12,134
Virginia 685,554 840,540 698,324 681,545 648,269
Washington 889,669 734,536 722,987 555,955 474,251
West Virginia 13,451 (156,167) 205,407 (116,184) (145,131)
Wisconsin 358,677 186,002 288,036 465,954 517,202
Wyoming 26,014 (15,969) 137,141 2,350 39,537
           
DC (87,900) (31,433) (118,177) (7,446) (38,222)
           
RANKING BY PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN POPULATION
State 1990-1999 1980-1990 1970-1980 1960-1970 1950-1960
Alabama 24 26 15 30 29
Alaska 42 25 38 37 35
Arizona 5 5 4 18 14
Arkansas 30 32 19 32 49
California 1 1 1 1 1
Colorado 8 11 9 20 22
Connecticut 48 24 42 16 15
Delaware 39 31 46 35 33
Florida 3 2 3 2 2
Georgia 4 4 5 11 17
Hawaii 41 27 32 33 32
Idaho 26 33 29 43 40
Illinois 9 46 20 7 7
Indiana 20 35 23 14 11
Iowa 36 49 40 40 31
Kansas 32 29 37 39 25
Kentucky 25 40 16 29 37
Louisiana 34 42 11 22 13
Maine 46 30 36 45 43
Maryland 21 9 24 9 10
Massachusetts 33 17 45 13 20
Michigan 13 39 18 6 6
Minnesota 18 15 27 21 21
Mississippi 31 36 22 44 48
Missouri 23 21 28 23 23
Montana 40 43 39 46 39
Nebraska 38 44 41 38 38
Nevada 11 12 21 28 34
New Hampshire 37 22 33 34 41
New Jersey 15 13 31 5 8
New Mexico 27 19 26 41 26
New York 29 10 50 4 3
North Carolina 6 7 6 15 18
North Dakota 49 47 47 48 46
Ohio 16 38 34 8 5
Oklahoma 28 28 14 26 36
Oregon 14 20 12 25 28
Pennsylvania 35 41 43 17 9
Rhode Island 50 34 49 36 42
South Carolina 19 14 13 27 27
South Dakota 43 45 48 49 45
Tennessee 12 16 10 24 24
Texas 2 3 2 3 4
Utah 17 18 17 31 30
Vermont 44 37 44 42 47
Virginia 10 6 8 10 12
Washington 7 8 7 12 19
West Virginia 47 50 30 50 50
Wisconsin 22 23 25 19 16
Wyoming 45 48 35 47 44

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