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List of U.S. states and territories by population

 

List of U.S. states and territories by population

Map of each state's population as of 2013.

This is a list of U.S. states by population (with inhabited non-state jurisdictions included for comparison) as of April 1, 2010, the date of the 2010 United States Census. The nine most populous U.S. states contain slightly more than half of the total population. The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined.

Contents

  • Methodology 1
  • Electoral apportionment 2
  • States and territories 3
  • Summary of population by region 4
  • See also 5
  • References 6
  • External links 7

Methodology

Map of population change in U.S. states from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013.

The United States Census counts most persons residing in the United States including citizens, non-citizen permanent residents, and non-citizen long-term visitors.[1] Civilian and military federal employees serving abroad and their dependents are counted in their home state.[2]

Electoral apportionment

Based on data from the decennial census, each state is allocated a proportion of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, although each state is guaranteed a minimum of one seat, regardless of population. This apportionment is based on the proportion of each state's population to that of the Fifty States together (without regard to the populations of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or other U.S. dependencies). The Electoral College is the body that, every four years, elects the president and vice president of the United States. Each state's representation in the Electoral College is equal to that state's total number of members in both houses of the United States Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution grants the District of Columbia, which is separate from any state, three votes. More precisely, it gets as many votes in the Electoral College as it would have if it were a state, but no more votes than the state with the fewest votes, which is currently three (i.e. Wyoming). Thus, the total representation in the College is 538 members (equal to 100 senators plus 435 representatives, plus 3 members for the District of Columbia).[3] The 11 most populous states, representing 56% of the population, have a majority of the Electoral College votes, enough to elect the president.

States and territories

Rank in
the fifty
states,
2014
 Rank in all
states
& terri-
tories,
2010
 State or territory
 Population estimate for
July 1, 2014
 Census population,
April 1, 2010
 Census population,
April 1, 2000
 Total number of seats in U.S. Congress (2013 - 2023) 2014 Estimated pop.
per
Congress-ional seat
 2010 Census pop.
per
House
seat[4]
 2000 Census pop.
per
House
seat
 Percent
of total
U.S. pop.,
2014[5]
 Comparable country
1 1  California 38,802,500 37,253,956 33,871,648 55 705,500 702,905 639,088 12.17%  Poland
2 2  Texas 26,956,958 25,145,561 20,851,820 38 709,394 698,487 651,619 8.45%  Afghanistan
3 4  Florida 19,893,297 18,801,310 15,982,378 29 685,976 696,345 639,295 6.24%  Romania
4 3  New York 19,746,227 19,378,102 18,976,457 29 680,904 717,707 654,361 6.19%  Romania
5 5  Illinois 12,880,580 12,830,632 12,419,293 20 644,029 712,813 653,647 4.04%  Zimbabwe
6 6  Pennsylvania 12,787,209 12,702,379 12,281,054 20 639,360 705,688 646,371 4.01%  Zimbabwe
7 7  Ohio 11,594,163 11,536,504 11,353,140 18 644,120 721,032 630,730 3.64%  Tunisia
8 9  Georgia 10,097,343 9,687,653 8,186,453 16 631,084 691,975 629,727 3.17%  Benin
9 10  North Carolina 9,943,964 9,535,483 8,049,313 15 662,931 733,498 619,178 3.12%  Hungary
10 8  Michigan 9,909,877 9,883,640 9,938,444 16 619,367 705,974 662,563 3.11%  Hungary
11 11  New Jersey 8,938,175 8,791,894 8,414,350 14 638,441 732,658 647,258 2.80%  Honduras
12 12  Virginia 8,326,289 8,001,024 7,078,515 13 640,484 727,366 643,501 2.61%  Tajikistan
13 13  Washington 7,061,530 6,724,540 5,894,121 12 588,461 672,454 654,902 2.21%  Paraguay
14 14  Massachusetts 6,745,408 6,547,629 6,349,097 11 613,219 727,514 634,910 2.12%  Jordan
15 16  Arizona 6,731,484 6,392,017 5,130,632 11 611,953 710,224 641,329 2.11%  Eritrea
16 15  Indiana 6,596,855 6,483,802 6,080,485 11 599,714 720,422 675,609 2.07%  El Salvador
17 17  Tennessee 6,549,352 6,346,105 5,689,283 11 595,396 705,123 632,143 2.05%  El Salvador
18 18  Missouri 6,063,589 5,988,927 5,595,211 10 606,359 748,615 621,690 1.90%  Nicaragua
19 19  Maryland 5,976,407 5,773,552 5,296,486 10 597,641 721,694 662,061 1.87%  Kyrgyzstan
20 20  Wisconsin 5,757,564 5,686,986 5,363,675 10 575,756 710,873 670,459 1.81%  Denmark
21 21  Minnesota 5,457,173 5,303,925 4,919,479 10 545,717 662,991 614,935 1.71%  Singapore
22 22  Colorado 5,355,866 5,029,196 4,301,261 9 595,096 720,704 614,466 1.68%  Slovakia
23 23  Alabama 4,849,377 4,779,736 4,447,100 9 538,820 682,819 635,300 1.52%  Central African Republic
24 24  South Carolina 4,832,482 4,625,364 4,012,012 9 536,942 660,766 668,669 1.52%  Central African Republic
25 25  Louisiana 4,649,676 4,533,372 4,468,976 8 581,210 755,562 638,425 1.46%  Republic of the Congo
26 26  Kentucky 4,413,457 4,339,367 4,041,769 8 551,682 723,228 673,628 1.38%  New Zealand
27 27  Oregon 3,970,239 3,831,074 3,421,399 7 567,177 766,215 684,280 1.25%  Lebanon
28 28  Oklahoma 3,878,051 3,751,351 3,450,654 7 554,007 750,270 690,131 1.22%  Bosnia
— 29  Puerto Rico 3,548,397 3,725,789 3,808,610 0 — — — 1.11%  Moldova
29 30  Connecticut 3,596,677 3,574,097 3,405,565 7 513,811 714,819 681,113 1.13%  Moldova
30 31  Iowa 3,107,126 3,046,355 2,926,324 6 517,854 761,589 585,265 0.97%  Mongolia
31 32  Mississippi 2,994,079 2,967,297 2,844,658 6 499,013 741,824 711,165 0.94%  Armenia
32 33  Arkansas 2,966,369 2,915,918 2,673,400 6 494,395 728,980 668,350 0.93%  Armenia
33 35  Utah 2,942,902 2,763,885 2,233,169 6 490,484 690,221 744,390 0.92%  Lithuania
34 34  Kansas 2,904,021 2,853,118 2,688,418 6 484,004 713,280 672,105 0.91%  Lithuania
35 36  Nevada 2,839,098 2,700,551 1,998,257 6 473,183 675,110 666,086 0.89%  Albania
36 37  New Mexico 2,085,572 2,059,179 1,819,046 5 417,114 686,393 606,349 0.65%  Slovenia
37 39  Nebraska 1,881,503 1,826,341 1,711,263 5 376,301 608,780 570,421 0.59%  Gambia
38 38  West Virginia 1,850,326 1,852,994 1,808,344 5 370,065 617,665 602,781 0.58%  Kosovo
39 40  Idaho 1,634,464 1,567,582 1,293,953 4 408,616 783,791 646,977 0.51%  Gabon
40 41  Hawaii 1,419,561 1,360,301 1,211,537 4 354,890 680,151 605,769 0.45%  Equatorial Guinea
41 42  Maine 1,330,089 1,328,361 1,274,923 4 332,522 664,181 637,462 0.42%  Trinidad and Tobago
42 43  New Hampshire 1,326,813 1,316,470 1,235,786 4 331,703 658,235 617,893 0.42%  Trinidad and Tobago
43 44  Rhode Island 1,055,173 1,052,567 1,048,319 4 263,793 526,284 524,160 0.33%  Swaziland
44 45  Montana 1,023,579 989,415 902,195 3 341,193 989,415 902,195 0.32%  Djibouti
45 46  Delaware 935,614 897,934 783,600 3 311,871 897,934 783,600 0.29%  Djibouti
46 47  South Dakota 853,175 814,180 754,844 3 284,392 814,180 754,844 0.27%  Fiji
47 49   North Dakota 739,482 672,591 642,200 3 246,494 672,591 642,200 0.23%  Guyana
48 48  Alaska 736,732 710,231 626,932 3 245,577 710,231 626,932 0.23%  Guyana
— 51  District of Columbia 658,893 601,723 572,059 1a 658,893 — — 0.21%  Montenegro
49 50  Vermont 626,562 625,741 608,827 3 208,854 625,741 608,827 0.20%  Montenegro
50 52  Wyoming 584,153 563,626 493,782 3 194,718 563,626 493,782 0.18%  Solomon Islands
— 53  Guam — 159,358[6] 154,805 0 — — — 0.06%  Saint Lucia
— 54  U.S. Virgin Islands — 106,405[7] 108,612 0 — — — 0.04%  Kiribati
— 55  American Samoa — 55,519[8] 57,291 0 — — — 0.02%  Saint Kitts and Nevis
— 56  Northern Mariana Islands — 53,883[9] 69,221 0 — — — 0.02%  Saint Kitts and Nevis
— — The fifty states 318,198,163 308,143,815 280,849,847 535 500,808 708,376 645,632 98.48%
— — Fifty states + D.C. 318,857,056 308,745,538 281,421,906 538 — — — 98.67% —
— — Total U.S. territory — 312,913,872 285,620,445 538 — — — 100.000 —

a: The District of Columbia has one non-voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives

Summary of population by region

Legend
Division totals – 9 divisions for 50 states and D.C.
Region totals – 4 regions ( 2 or 3 divisions each)
Individual territories
Total U.S. Territories
50 States + District of Columbia
Divisions & regions as defined by U.S. Census Bureau
Last col. shows larger region which contains entity in col. 1
Population of states, territories, divisions and regions
State/Territory/
Division/Region 		R
a
n
k 		2013
pop. 		R
a
n
k 		2010
pop. 		R
a
n
k 		2000
pop. 		R
a
n
k 		2000-
2010
chg. 		Geog.
sort
 Massachusetts 14 6,692,824 14 6,547,629 13 6,349,097 43 3.1% NEng
 Connecticut 29 3,596,080 29 3,574,097 29 3,405,565 35 4.9% NEng
 Maine 41 1,328,302 41 1,328,361 40 1,274,923 39 4.2% NEng
 New Hampshire 42 1,323,459 42 1,316,470 41 1,235,786 32 6.5% NEng
 Rhode Island 43 1,051,511 43 1,052,567 43 1,048,319 49 0.4% NEng
 Vermont 49 626,630 49 625,741 49 608,827 44 2.8% NEng
       New England 9 14,618,806 9 14,444,865 9 13,922,517 7 3.8% NEast
 New York 3 19,651,127 3 19,378,102 3 18,976,457 46 2.1% MAtl
 Pennsylvania 6 12,773,801 6 12,702,379 6 12,281,054 41 3.4% MAtl
 New Jersey 11 8,899,339 11 8,791,894 9 8,414,350 37 4.5% MAtl
       Mid-Atlantic 4 41,324,267 4 40,872,375 4 39,671,861 8 3.0% NEast
       Northeast 4 55,943,073 4 55,317,240 4 53,594,378 4 3.2% USA
 Florida 4 19,552,860 4 18,801,310 4 15,982,378 8 17.6% SAtl
 Georgia 8 9,992,167 9 9,687,653 10 8,186,453 7 18.3% SAtl
 North Carolina 10 9,848,060 10 9,535,483 11 8,049,313 6 18.5% SAtl
 Virginia 12 8,260,405 12 8,001,024 12 7,078,515 16 13.0% SAtl
 Maryland 19 5,928,814 19 5,773,552 19 5,296,486 23 9.0% SAtl
 South Carolina 24 4,774,839 24 4,625,364 26 4,012,012 10 15.3% SAtl
 West Virginia 38 1,854,304 37 1,852,994 37 1,808,344 45 2.5% SAtl
 Delaware 45 925,749 45 897,934 45 783,600 11 14.6% SAtl
 District of Columbia -- 646,449 -- 601,723 -- 572,059 -- 5.2% SAtl
       South Atlantic 1 61,783,647 1 59,777,037 1 51,769,160 3 15.5% South
 Tennessee 17 6,495,978 17 6,346,105 16 5,689,283 19 11.5% ESC
 Alabama 23 4,833,722 23 4,779,736 23 4,447,100 27 7.5% ESC
 Kentucky 26 4,395,295 26 4,339,367 25 4,041,769 28 7.4% ESC
 Mississippi 31 2,991,207 31 2,967,297 31 2,844,658 38 4.3% ESC
       East South Central 8 18,716,202 8 18,432,505 8 17,022,810 5 8.3% South
 Texas 2 26,448,193 2 25,145,561 2 20,851,820 5 20.6% WSC
 Louisiana 25 4,625,470 25 4,533,372 22 4,468,976 48 1.4% WSC
 Oklahoma 28 3,850,568 28 3,751,351 27 3,450,654 24 8.7% WSC
 Arkansas 32 2,959,373 32 2,915,918 33 2,673,400 22 9.1% WSC
       West South Central 5 37,883,604 5 36,346,202 5 31,444,850 2 15.6% South
       South 1 118,383,453 1 114,555,744 1 100,236,820 1 14.3% USA
 Illinois 5 12,882,135 5 12,830,632 5 12,419,293 42 3.3% ENC
 Ohio 7 11,570,808 7 11,536,504 7 11,353,140 47 1.6% ENC
 Michigan 9 9,895,622 8 9,883,640 8 9,938,444 50 -0.6% ENC
 Indiana 16 6,570,902 15 6,483,802 14 6,080,485 31 6.6% ENC
 Wisconsin 20 5,742,713 20 5,686,986 18 5,363,675 34 6.0% ENC
       East North Central 3 46,662,180 3 46,421,564 2 45,155,037 9 2.8% MWest
 Missouri 18 6,044,171 18 5,988,927 17 5,595,211 29 7.0% WNC
 Minnesota 21 5,420,380 21 5,303,925 21 4,919,479 26 7.8% WNC
 Iowa 30 3,090,416 30 3,046,355 30 2,926,324 40 4.1% WNC
 Kansas 34 2,893,957 33 2,853,118 32 2,688,418 33 6.1% WNC
 Nebraska 37 1,868,516 38 1,826,341 38 1,711,263 30 6.7% WNC
 South Dakota 46 844,877 46 814,180 46 754,844 25 7.9% WNC
  North Dakota 48 723,393 48 672,591 47 642,200 36 4.7% WNC
       West North Central 7 20,885,710 7 20,505,437 6 19,237,739 6 6.6% MWest
       Midwest 3 67,547,890 3 66,927,001 2 64,392,776 3 3.9% USA
 Arizona 15 6,626,624 16 6,392,017 20 5,130,632 2 24.6% Mtn
 Colorado 22 5,268,367 22 5,029,196 24 4,301,261 9 16.9% Mtn
 Utah 33 2,900,872 34 2,763,885 34 2,233,169 3 23.8% Mtn
 Nevada 35 2,790,136 35 2,700,551 35 1,998,257 1 35.1% Mtn
 New Mexico 36 2,085,287 36 2,059,179 36 1,819,046 15 13.2% Mtn
 Idaho 39 1,612,136 39 1,567,582 39 1,293,953 4 21.1% Mtn
 Montana 44 1,015,165 44 989,415 44 902,195 21 9.7% Mtn
 Wyoming 50 582,658 50 563,626 50 493,782 12 14.1% Mtn
       Mountain 6 22,881,245 6 22,065,451 7 18,172,295 1 21.4% West
 California 1 38,332,521 1 37,253,956 1 33,871,648 20 10.0% Pac
 Washington 13 6,971,406 13 6,724,540 15 5,894,121 13 14.1% Pac
 Oregon 27 3,930,065 27 3,831,074 28 3,421,399 18 12.0% Pac
 Hawaii 40 1,404,054 40 1,360,301 42 1,211,537 17 12.3% Pac
 Alaska 47 735,132 47 710,231 48 626,932 14 13.3% Pac
       Pacific 2 51,373,178 2 49,880,102 3 45,025,637 4 10.8% West
       West 2 74,254,423 2 71,945,553 3 63,197,932 2 13.8% USA
 50 states and D.C. -- 316,128,839 -- 308,745,538 -- 281,421,906 -- 9.7% NAmer
 Puerto Rico 1 3,615,086 1 3,725,789 1 3,808,610 3 -2.2% Terr.
 Guam 2 -- 2 159,358 2 154,805 1 2.9% Terr.
 U.S. Virgin Islands 3 -- 3 106,405 3 108,612 2 -2.0% Terr.
 American Samoa 4 -- 4 55,519 5 57,291 4 -3.1% Terr.
 Northern Mariana Islands 5 -- 5 53,883 4 69,221 5 -22.2% Terr.
       Total Territories -- -- -- 4,100,954 -- 4,198,539 -- -2.3% USA

See also

References

General
  • "2010 Apportionment Population", U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 6, 2011
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1995, U.S. Census Bureau, Section 29: Outlying Areas, Table No. 1347. Land Area and Population Characteristics, by [Outlying] Area: 1990 (page 828). Retrieved May 28, 2011
Specific
  1. ^
  2. ^
  3. ^
  4. ^ For simplicity's sake, these are the 2010 Resident Populations per 2003–2013 House seat; the seats for 2013–2023 will, however, be apportioned on the slightly different basis of "Apportionment Population" which can be found at http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-data-text.php and http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/apportionment/apport.html
  5. ^ Because of rounding of the individual percentages, the entries in this column may not sum to 100%.
  6. ^ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn179.html
  7. ^ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn180.html
  8. ^ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn177.html
  9. ^ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn178.html

External links

  • United States Government
    • United States Census Bureau
      • 2010 United States Census
      • USCB population estimates
    • United States Office of Management and Budget
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