List of U.S. States by Population

This is list of U.S. states and territories by population, As of April 1, 2010 United States Census and Population estimate, July 2016 data. California is the most populous state in the United States.

Rank 2016	Rank in 2010 Census	State or territory	Population est. July 2016	Census population - April 2010
1	1	California	39,250,017	37,254,503
2	2	Texas	27,862,596	25,146,105
3	4	Florida	20,612,439	18,804,623
4	3	New York	19,745,289	19,378,087
5	5	Illinois	12,801,539	12,831,549
6	6	Pennsylvania	12,784,227	12,702,887
7	7	Ohio	11,614,373	11,536,725
8	9	Georgia	10,310,371	9,688,681
9	10	North Carolina	10,146,788	9,535,692
10	8	Michigan	9,928,301	9,884,129
11	11	New Jersey	8,944,469	8,791,936
12	12	Virginia	8,411,808	8,001,045
13	13	Washington	7,288,000	6,724,543
14	16	Arizona	6,931,071	6,392,307
15	14	Massachusetts	6,811,779	6,547,817
16	17	Tennessee	6,651,194	6,346,275
17	15	Indiana	6,633,053	6,484,229
18	18	Missouri	6,093,000	5,988,927
19	19	Maryland	6,016,447	5,773,785
20	20	Wisconsin	5,778,708	5,687,289
21	22	Colorado	5,540,545	5,029,324
22	21	Minnesota	5,519,952	5,303,925
23	24	South Carolina	4,961,119	4,625,401
24	23	Alabama	4,863,300	4,780,127
25	25	Louisiana	4,681,666	4,533,479
26	26	Kentucky	4,436,974	4,339,349
27	27	Oregon	4,093,465	3,831,073
28	28	Oklahoma	3,923,561	3,751,616
29	30	Connecticut	3,576,452	3,574,118
—	29	Puerto Rico	3,411,307	3,726,157
30	31	Iowa	3,134,693	3,046,869
31	35	Utah	3,051,217	2,763,888
32	32	Mississippi	2,988,726	2,968,103
33	33	Arkansas	2,988,248	2,915,958
34	35	Nevada	2,940,058	2,700,691
35	34	Kansas	2,907,289	2,853,132
36	37	New Mexico	2,081,015	2,059,192
37	39	Nebraska	1,907,116	1,826,341
38	38	West Virginia	1,831,102	1,853,011
39	40	Idaho	1,683,140	1,567,652
40	41	Hawaii	1,428,557	1,360,301
41	43	New Hampshire	1,334,795	1,316,466
42	42	Maine	1,331,479	1,328,361
43	44	Rhode Island	1,056,426	1,052,931
44	45	Montana	1,042,520	989,417
45	46	Delaware	945,934	897,936
46	47	South Dakota	865,454	814,191
47	49	North Dakota	757,952	672,591
48	48	Alaska	738,432	710,249
—	51	District of Columbia	672,228	601,767
49	50	Vermont	624,594	625,745
50	52	Wyoming	585,501	563,767
—	53	Guam	161,785	159,358
—	54	U.S. Virgin Islands	103,574	106,405
—	55	American Samoa	54,343	55,519
—	56	Northern Mariana Islands	52,344	53,883

Year	Population	Year	Population	Year	Population
Jul 1, 2016	322.69 million	Jul 1, 1977	220.24 million	Jul 1, 1938	129.82 million
Jul 1, 2015	320.22 million	Jul 1, 1976	218.04 million	Jul 1, 1937	128.82 million
Jul 1, 2014	317.68 million	Jul 1, 1975	215.97 million	Jul 1, 1936	128.05 million
Jul 1, 2013	315.18 million	Jul 1, 1974	213.85 million	Jul 1, 1935	127.25 million
Jul 1, 2012	312.86 million	Jul 1, 1973	211.91 million	Jul 1, 1934	126.37 million
Jul 1, 2011	310.50 million	Jul 1, 1972	209.90 million	Jul 1, 1933	125.58 million
Jul 1, 2010	308.11 million	Jul 1, 1971	207.66 million	Jul 1, 1932	124.84 million
Jul 1, 2009	306.77 million	Jul 1, 1970	205.05 million	Jul 1, 1931	124.04 million
Jul 1, 2008	304.09 million	Jul 1, 1969	202.68 million	Jul 1, 1930	123.08 million
Jul 1, 2007	301.23 million	Jul 1, 1968	200.71 million	Jul 1, 1929	121.77 million
Jul 1, 2006	298.38 million	Jul 1, 1967	198.71 million	Jul 1, 1928	120.51 million
Jul 1, 2005	295.52 million	Jul 1, 1966	196.56 million	Jul 1, 1927	119.04 million
Jul 1, 2004	292.81 million	Jul 1, 1965	194.30 million	Jul 1, 1926	117.40 million
Jul 1, 2003	290.11 million	Jul 1, 1964	191.89 million	Jul 1, 1925	115.83 million
Jul 1, 2002	287.63 million	Jul 1, 1963	189.24 million	Jul 1, 1924	114.11 million
Jul 1, 2001	284.97 million	Jul 1, 1962	186.54 million	Jul 1, 1923	111.95 million
Jul 1, 2000	282.16 million	Jul 1, 1961	183.69 million	Jul 1, 1922	110.05 million
Jul 1, 1999	279.04 million	Jul 1, 1960	180.67 million	Jul 1, 1921	108.54 million
Jul 1, 1998	275.85 million	Jul 1, 1959	177.83 million	Jul 1, 1920	106.46 million
Jul 1, 1997	272.65 million	Jul 1, 1958	174.88 million	Jul 1, 1919	104.51 million
Jul 1, 1996	269.39 million	Jul 1, 1957	171.98 million	Jul 1, 1918	103.21 million
Jul 1, 1995	266.28 million	Jul 1, 1956	168.90 million	Jul 1, 1917	103.27 million
Jul 1, 1994	263.13 million	Jul 1, 1955	165.93 million	Jul 1, 1916	101.96 million
Jul 1, 1993	259.92 million	Jul 1, 1954	163.03 million	Jul 1, 1915	100.55 million
Jul 1, 1992	256.51 million	Jul 1, 1953	160.18 million	Jul 1, 1914	99.11 million
Jul 1, 1991	252.98 million	Jul 1, 1952	157.55 million	Jul 1, 1913	97.23 million
Jul 1, 1990	249.62 million	Jul 1, 1951	154.88 million	Jul 1, 1912	95.34 million
Jul 1, 1989	246.82 million	Jul 1, 1950	152.27 million	Jul 1, 1911	93.86 million
Jul 1, 1988	244.50 million	Jul 1, 1949	149.19 million	Jul 1, 1910	92.41 million
Jul 1, 1987	242.29 million	Jul 1, 1948	146.63 million	Jul 1, 1909	90.49 million
Jul 1, 1986	240.13 million	Jul 1, 1947	144.13 million	Jul 1, 1908	88.71 million
Jul 1, 1985	237.92 million	Jul 1, 1946	141.39 million	Jul 1, 1907	87.01 million
Jul 1, 1984	235.82 million	Jul 1, 1945	139.93 million	Jul 1, 1906	85.45 million
Jul 1, 1983	233.79 million	Jul 1, 1944	138.40 million	Jul 1, 1905	83.82 million
Jul 1, 1982	231.66 million	Jul 1, 1943	136.74 million	Jul 1, 1904	82.17 million
Jul 1, 1981	229.47 million	Jul 1, 1942	134.86 million	Jul 1, 1903	80.63 million
Jul 1, 1980	227.22 million	Jul 1, 1941	133.40 million	Jul 1, 1902	79.16 million
Jul 1, 1979	225.06 million	Jul 1, 1940	132.12 million	Jul 1, 1901	77.58 million
Jul 1, 1978	222.58 million	Jul 1, 1939	130.88 million	Jul 1, 1900	76.09 million

Source: US Census Bureau

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