List of U.S. states by population
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This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2020. The list was made using the 2020 United States Census. The total population of the United States was 331,449,281 at the 2020 Census, not including U.S. territories, or 335,073,176, including U.S. territories.[1][2]
These numbers include all people other than people just visiting: These include citizens, non-citizen permanent residents and non-citizen long-term visitors. People in the military who are working in other countries and their families are counted in their home state.[3] The United States of America is the third most populous country in the world, behind China and India.
Rank in states & territories, 2020 | Rank in states & territories, 2010 | State | Census population, April 1, 2020 [1][2] |
Census population, April 1, 2010 [1][2] |
Percent change, 2010–2020 [note 1] |
Absolute change, 2010-2020 | Total seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2023–2033 | Census population per electoral vote [note 2] |
Census population per House seat | Percent of the total U.S. population, 2020 [note 3] |
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1 | 1 | California | 38,538,223 | 37,253,956 | 6.1% | +2,284,267 | 52 | 732,189 | 760,350 | 11.80% |
2 | 2 | Texas | 30,145,505 | 25,145,561 | 15.9% | +3,999,944 | 38 | 728,638 | 766,987 | 8.70% |
3 | 4 | Florida | 21,538,187 | 18,801,310 | 14.6% | +2,736,877 | 28 | 717,940 | 769,221 | 6.43% |
4 | 3 | New York | 20,201,249 | 19,378,102 | 4.2% | +823,147 | 26 | 721,473 | 776,971 | 6.03% |
5 | 6 | Pennsylvania | 13,002,700 | 12,702,379 | 2.4% | +300,321 | 17 | 684,353 | 764,865 | 3.88% |
6 | 5 | Illinois | 12,812,508 | 12,830,632 | −0.1% | −18,124 | 17 | 674,343 | 753,677 | 3.82% |
7 | 7 | Ohio | 11,799,448 | 11,536,504 | 2.3% | +262,944 | 15 | 694,085 | 786,630 | 3.52% |
8 | 9 | Georgia | 10,711,908 | 9,687,653 | 10.6% | +1,024,255 | 14 | 669,494 | 765,136 | 3.20% |
9 | 10 | North Carolina | 10,439,388 | 9,535,483 | 9.5% | +903,905 | 14 | 652,462 | 745,671 | 3.12% |
10 | 8 | Michigan | 10,077,331 | 9,883,640 | 2.0% | +193,691 | 13 | 671,822 | 775,179 | 3.01% |
11 | 11 | New Jersey | 9,288,994 | 8,791,894 | 5.7% | +497,100 | 12 | 663,500 | 774,083 | 2.77% |
12 | 12 | Virginia | 8,631,393 | 8,001,024 | 7.9% | +630,369 | 11 | 663,953 | 784,672 | 2.58% |
13 | 13 | Washington | 7,705,281 | 6,724,540 | 14.6% | +980,741 | 10 | 642,107 | 770,528 | 2.30% |
14 | 16 | Arizona | 7,151,502 | 6,392,017 | 11.9% | +759,485 | 9 | 650,137 | 794,611 | 2.13% |
15 | 14 | Massachusetts | 7,029,917 | 6,547,629 | 7.4% | +482,288 | 9 | 639,083 | 781,102 | 2.10% |
16 | 17 | Tennessee | 6,910,840 | 6,346,105 | 8.9% | +564,735 | 9 | 628,258 | 767,871 | 2.06% |
17 | 15 | Indiana | 6,785,528 | 6,483,802 | 4.7% | +301,726 | 9 | 616,866 | 753,948 | 2.03% |
18 | 19 | Maryland | 6,177,224 | 5,773,552 | 7.0% | +403,672 | 8 | 617,722 | 772,153 | 1.84% |
19 | 18 | Missouri | 6,154,913 | 5,988,927 | 2.8% | +165,986 | 8 | 615,491 | 769,364 | 1.84% |
20 | 20 | Wisconsin | 5,893,718 | 5,686,986 | 3.6% | +206,732 | 8 | 589,372 | 736,715 | 1.76% |
21 | 22 | Colorado | 5,773,714 | 5,029,196 | 14.8% | +744,518 | 8 | 577,371 | 721,714 | 1.72% |
22 | 21 | Minnesota | 5,706,494 | 5,303,925 | 7.6% | +402,569 | 8 | 570,649 | 713,312 | 1.70% |
23 | 24 | South Carolina | 5,118,425 | 4,625,364 | 10.7% | +493,061 | 7 | 568,714 | 731,204 | 1.53% |
24 | 23 | Alabama | 5,024,279 | 4,779,736 | 5.1% | +244,543 | 7 | 558,253 | 717,754 | 1.50% |
25 | 25 | Louisiana | 4,657,757 | 4,533,372 | 2.7% | +124,385 | 6 | 582,220 | 776,293 | 1.39% |
26 | 26 | Kentucky | 4,505,836 | 4,339,367 | 3.8% | +166,469 | 6 | 563,230 | 750,973 | 1.35% |
27 | 27 | Oregon | 4,237,256 | 3,831,074 | 10.6% | +406,182 | 6 | 529,657 | 706,209 | 1.27% |
28 | 28 | Oklahoma | 3,959,353 | 3,751,351 | 5.5% | +208,002 | 5 | 565,622 | 791,871 | 1.18% |
29 | 30 | Connecticut | 3,605,944 | 3,574,097 | 0.9% | +31,847 | 5 | 515,135 | 721,189 | 1.08% |
30 | 29 | Puerto Rico | 3,285,874 | 3,725,789 | −11.8% | −439,915 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.98% |
31 | 35 | Utah | 3,271,616 | 2,763,885 | 18.4% | +507,731 | 4 | 545,269 | 817,904 | 0.98% |
32 | 31 | Iowa | 3,190,369 | 3,046,355 | 4.7% | +144,014 | 4 | 531,728 | 797,592 | 0.95% |
33 | 36 | Nevada | 3,104,614 | 2,700,551 | 15.0% | +404,063 | 4 | 517,436 | 776,154 | 0.93% |
34 | 33 | Arkansas | 3,011,524 | 2,915,918 | 3.3% | +95,606 | 4 | 501,921 | 752,881 | 0.90% |
35 | 32 | Mississippi | 2,961,279 | 2,967,297 | −0.2% | −6,018 | 4 | 493,547 | 740,320 | 0.88% |
36 | 34 | Kansas | 2,937,880 | 2,853,118 | 3.0% | +84,762 | 4 | 489,647 | 734,470 | 0.88% |
37 | 37 | New Mexico | 2,117,522 | 2,059,179 | 2.8% | +58,343 | 3 | 423,504 | 705,841 | 0.63% |
38 | 39 | Nebraska | 1,961,504 | 1,826,341 | 7.4% | +135,163 | 3 | 392,301 | 653,835 | 0.59% |
39 | 40 | Idaho | 1,839,106 | 1,567,582 | 17.3% | +271,524 | 2 | 459,777 | 919,553 | 0.55% |
40 | 38 | West Virginia | 1,793,716 | 1,852,994 | −3.2% | −59,278 | 2 | 448,429 | 896,858 | 0.54% |
41 | 41 | Hawaii | 1,455,271 | 1,360,301 | 7.0% | +94,970 | 2 | 363,818 | 727,636 | 0.43% |
42 | 43 | New Hampshire | 1,377,529 | 1,316,470 | 4.6% | +61,059 | 2 | 344,382 | 688,765 | 0.41% |
43 | 42 | Maine | 1,362,359 | 1,328,361 | 2.6% | +33,998 | 2 | 340,590 | 681,180 | 0.41% |
44 | 44 | Rhode Island | 1,097,379 | 1,052,567 | 4.3% | +44,812 | 2 | 274,345 | 548,690 | 0.33% |
45 | 45 | Montana | 1,084,225 | 989,415 | 9.6% | +94,810 | 2 | 271,056 | 542,113 | 0.32% |
46 | 46 | Delaware | 989,948 | 897,934 | 10.2% | +92,014 | 1 | 329,983 | 989,948 | 0.30% |
47 | 47 | South Dakota | 886,667 | 814,180 | 8.9% | +72,487 | 1 | 295,556 | 886,667 | 0.27% |
48 | 49 | North Dakota | 779,094 | 672,591 | 15.8% | +106,503 | 1 | 259,698 | 779,094 | 0.23% |
49 | 48 | Alaska | 733,391 | 710,231 | 3.3% | +23,160 | 1 | 244,464 | 733,391 | 0.22% |
50 | 51 | District of Columbia | 689,545 | 601,723 | 14.6% | +87,822 | 1 (non-voting) | 229,848 | — | 0.21% |
51 | 50 | Vermont | 643,077 | 625,741 | 2.8% | +17,336 | 1 | 214,359 | 643,077 | 0.19% |
52 | 52 | Wyoming | 576,851 | 563,626 | 2.3% | +13,225 | 1 | 192,284 | 576,851 | 0.17% |
53 | 53 | Guam | 153,836 | 159,358 | −3.5% | −5,522 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.05% |
54 | 54 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 87,146 | 106,405 | −18.1% | −19,259 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.03% |
55 | 55 | American Samoa | 49,710 | 55,519 | −10.5% | −5,809 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.01% |
56 | 56 | Northern Mariana Islands | 47,329 | 53,883 | −12.2% | −6,554 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.01% |
— | — | Contiguous United States | 329,260,619 | 306,675,006 | 7.4% | +22,585,613 | 432 (+ 1 non-voting) | 627,163 | 757,745 | 98.27% |
— | — | The fifty states | 330,759,736 | 308,143,815 | 7.3% | +22,615,921 | 435 | 621,729 | 755,796 | 98.71% |
— | — | Fifty states + D.C. | 331,449,281 | 308,745,538 | 7.4% | +22,703,743 | 435 (+ 1 non-voting) | 619,531 | — | 98.92% |
— | — | Total U.S. (including D.C. and territories) | 335,073,176 | 312,846,492 | 7.1% | +22,226,684 | 435 (+ 6 non-voting) | — | — | 100.00% |
- ↑ This figure for each state compares to a national increase of 5.97%.
- ↑ Each state has a number of votes in the Electoral College equal to two more than its number of representatives in the U.S. House, while DC is granted 3 electoral votes. The Electoral College is used to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
- ↑ Because of rounding of the individual percentages, the entries in this column may not sum to 100%.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "2020 Population of U.S. Island Areas Just Under 339,000". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Will 2010 Census apportionment population counts also include any Americans overseas?". Census Help. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 April 2019.