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List of U.S. states by population
This is a list of U.S. states by population. The data is from the United States Census Bureau and is current as of mid-year 2000. For reference, the population of the entire United States is approximately 293,000,000.
Rank |
State |
Population |
1 |
California
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33,871,640 |
2 |
Texas
|
20,851,820 |
3 |
New York
|
18,976,457 |
4 |
Florida
|
15,982,378 |
5 |
Illinois
|
12,419,293 |
6 |
Pennsylvania
|
12,281,054 |
7 |
Ohio
|
11,353,140 |
8 |
Michigan
|
9,938,444 |
9 |
New Jersey
|
8,414,350 |
10 |
Georgia
|
8,186,453 |
11 |
North Carolina
|
8,049,313 |
12 |
Virginia
|
7,078,515 |
13 |
Massachusetts
|
6,349,097 |
14 |
Indiana
|
6,080,485 |
15 |
Washington
|
5,894,121 |
16 |
Tennessee
|
5,689,283 |
17 |
Missouri
|
5,595,211 |
18 |
Wisconsin
|
5,363,675 |
19 |
Maryland
|
5,296,486 |
20 |
Arizona
|
5,130,632 |
21 |
Minnesota
|
4,919,479 |
22 |
Louisiana
|
4,468,976 |
23 |
Alabama
|
4,447,100 |
24 |
Colorado
|
4,301,261 |
25 |
Kentucky
|
4,041,769 |
26 |
South Carolina
|
4,012,012 |
27 |
Oklahoma
|
3,450,654 |
28 |
Oregon
|
3,421,399 |
29 |
Connecticut
|
3,405,565 |
30 |
Iowa
|
2,926,324 |
31 |
Mississippi
|
2,844,658 |
32 |
Kansas
|
2,688,418 |
33 |
Arkansas
|
2,673,400 |
34 |
Utah
|
2,233,169 |
35 |
Nevada
|
1,998,257 |
36 |
New Mexico
|
1,819,046 |
37 |
West Virginia
|
1,808,344 |
38 |
Nebraska
|
1,711,263 |
39 |
Idaho
|
1,293,953 |
40 |
Maine
|
1,274,923 |
41 |
New Hampshire
|
1,235,786 |
42 |
Hawaii
|
1,211,537 |
43 |
Rhode Island
|
1,048,319 |
44 |
Montana
|
904,433 |
45 |
Delaware
|
783,600 |
46 |
South Dakota
|
754,844 |
47 |
North Dakota
|
642,200 |
48 |
Alaska
|
626,932 |
49 |
Vermont
|
608,827 |
50 |
Wyoming
|
493,782 |
See also
External links
Last updated: 08-27-2005 03:54:01
Last updated: 09-12-2005 02:39:13
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