List of U.S. states by population

Map of states' populations (2000)

This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2005. The list is made using the 2005 Census estimates taken by the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 281,421,906 at the 2000 Census, and is estimated to be 301,013,612 in January 2007.

These numbers include all people other than people just visiting: These include citizens, non-citizen permanent residents, non-citizen long-term visitors, and illegal aliens. People in the military who are working in other countries and their families are counted in their home state.

The following is the state by state population count as of the July 1, 2006 estimate.

Rank	State	Population	House Seats	Electoral Votes	Population per House Seat	Population per Electoral Vote
01	California	36,457,549	53	55	687,878	662,865
02	Texas	23,507,783	32	34	734,618	691,405
03	New York	19,306,183	29	31	665,730	622,780
04	Florida	18,089,888	25	27	723,596	669,996
05	Pennsylvania	12,831,970	19	21	675,367	611,046
06	Illinois	12,440,621	19	21	654,770	592,411
07	Ohio	11,478,006	18	20	637,667	573,900
08	Georgia	10,095,643	15	17	673,043	593,861
09	North Carolina	9,363,941	13	15	720,303	624,263
10	Virginia	8,856,505	13	15	681,270	590,434
11	Michigan	8,724,560	13	15	671,120	581,637
12	New Jersey	7,642,884	11	13	694,808	587,914
13	Washington	6,437,193	10	12	643,719	536,443
14	Massachusetts	6,395,798	9	11	710,644	581,436
15	Arizona	6,313,520	9	11	701,502	573,956
16	Maryland	6,166,318	8	10	770,790	616,632
17	Tennessee	6,038,803	9	11	670,978	548,982
18	Indiana	5,710,678	9	11	649,190	531,156
19	Wisconsin	5,580,000	8	10	701,966	561,573
20	Colorado	5,556,506	8	10	694,563	555,651
21	Missouri	5,167,101	8	10	645,888	516,710
22	Minnesota	5,053,377	7	9	679,054	528,153
23	South Carolina	4,599,030	7	9	657,004	511,003
24	Kentucky	4,321,249	6	8	720,208	540,156
25	Alabama	4,287,768	7	9	612,538	476,419
26	Connecticut	4,206,074	6	8	701,012	525,759
27	Nevada	3,700,758	5	7	740,152	528,680
28	Oregon	3,579,212	5	7	715,842	511,316
29	Louisiana	3,504,809	5	7	700,962	500,687
30	Iowa	2,982,085	5	7	596,417	426,012
31	Oklahoma	2,910,540	4	6	727,635	485,090
32	Mississippi	2,810,872	4	6	702,718	468,479
33	Kansas	2,764,075	4	6	691,019	460,679
34	Arkansas	2,550,063	3	5	850,021	510,013
35	Utah	2,495,529	3	5	831,843	499,106
36	New Mexico	1,954,599	3	5	651,533	390,920
37	Maine	1,818,470	3	5	606,157	363,694
38	New Hampshire	1,768,331	3	5	589,444	353,666
39	West Virginia	1,466,465	2	4	733,233	366,616
40	Nebraska	1,321,574	2	4	660,787	330,394
41	Hawaii	1,314,895	2	4	657,448	328,724
42	Idaho	1,285,498	2	4	642,749	321,375
43	South Dakota	1,067,610	2	4	533,805	266,903
44	Rhode Island	944,632	1	3	944,632	314,877
45	Montana	853,470	1	3	853,476	284,492
46	Alaska	781,919	1	3	781,919	260,640
47	North Dakota	640,567	1	3	670,053	223,351
48	Delaware	635,867	1	3	635,867	211,956
49	Vermont	623,908	1	3	623,908	207,969
50	Wyoming	515,004	1	3	515,004	171,668

References

• 2006 Census estimates
• 2000 Census population, area and density results