Population Data for States

The table is sorted in ascending order by state name. Click a column title to sort by that column; click again to reverse the sort.

State rank	Name	Percent nonmetro 2008	Population 1990	Population 2000	Population 2008	Change 1990-2000	Change 2000-08
	United States	16.5	248,790,925	281,424,602	304,059,724	13.1%	8.0%
1	Alabama	28.6	4,040,389	4,447,355	4,661,900	10.1%	4.8%
2	Alaska	32.6	550,043	626,931	686,293	14.0%	9.5%
3	Arizona	10.3	3,665,339	5,130,607	6,500,180	40.0%	26.7%
4	Arkansas	40.2	2,350,624	2,673,386	2,855,390	13.7%	6.8%
5	California	2.3	29,811,427	33,871,650	36,756,666	13.6%	8.5%
6	Colorado	13.8	3,294,473	4,302,015	4,939,456	30.6%	14.8%
7	Connecticut	8.7	3,287,116	3,405,604	3,501,252	3.6%	2.8%
8	Delaware	21.5	666,168	783,595	873,092	17.6%	11.4%
9	District of Columbia	0.0	606,900	572,053	591,833	-5.7%	3.5%
10	Florida	6.4	12,938,071	15,982,813	18,328,340	23.5%	14.7%
11	Georgia	18.6	6,478,149	8,186,812	9,685,744	26.4%	18.3%
12	Hawaii	29.7	1,108,229	1,211,538	1,288,198	9.3%	6.3%
13	Idaho	34.4	1,006,734	1,293,955	1,523,816	28.5%	17.8%
14	Illinois	12.9	11,430,602	12,419,660	12,901,563	8.7%	3.9%
15	Indiana	21.8	5,544,156	6,080,522	6,376,792	9.7%	4.9%
16	Iowa	43.6	2,776,831	2,926,381	3,002,555	5.4%	2.6%
17	Kansas	36.3	2,477,588	2,688,816	2,802,134	8.5%	4.2%
18	Kentucky	42.6	3,686,892	4,042,284	4,269,245	9.6%	5.6%
19	Louisiana	25.7	4,221,826	4,468,968	4,410,796	5.9%	-1.3%
20	Maine	41.5	1,227,928	1,274,922	1,316,456	3.8%	3.3%
21	Maryland	5.4	4,780,753	5,296,516	5,633,597	10.8%	6.4%
22	Massachusetts	0.4	6,016,425	6,349,113	6,497,967	5.5%	2.3%
23	Michigan	18.5	9,295,287	9,938,492	10,003,422	6.9%	0.7%
24	Minnesota	26.9	4,375,665	4,919,492	5,220,393	12.4%	6.1%
25	Mississippi	55.9	2,575,475	2,844,666	2,938,618	10.5%	3.3%
26	Missouri	26.5	5,116,901	5,596,678	5,911,605	9.4%	5.6%
27	Montana	64.7	799,065	902,190	967,440	12.9%	7.2%
28	Nebraska	41.7	1,578,417	1,711,266	1,783,432	8.4%	4.2%
29	Nevada	10.2	1,201,675	1,998,257	2,600,167	66.3%	30.1%
30	New Hampshire	37.6	1,109,252	1,235,785	1,315,809	11.4%	6.5%
31	New Jersey	0.0	7,747,750	8,414,360	8,682,661	8.6%	3.2%
32	New Mexico	33.8	1,515,069	1,819,041	1,984,356	20.1%	9.1%
33	New York	7.9	17,990,778	18,976,816	19,490,297	5.5%	2.7%
34	North Carolina	29.7	6,632,448	8,046,500	9,222,414	21.4%	14.6%
35	North Dakota	51.4	638,800	642,195	641,481	0.5%	-0.1%
36	Ohio	19.3	10,847,115	11,353,160	11,485,910	4.7%	1.2%
37	Oklahoma	36.2	3,145,576	3,450,640	3,642,361	9.7%	5.6%
38	Oregon	22.1	2,842,337	3,421,437	3,790,060	20.4%	10.8%
39	Pennsylvania	15.9	11,882,842	12,281,052	12,448,279	3.4%	1.4%
40	Rhode Island	0.0	1,003,464	1,048,319	1,050,788	4.5%	0.2%
41	South Carolina	23.7	3,486,310	4,011,809	4,479,800	15.1%	11.7%
42	South Dakota	54.0	696,004	754,837	804,194	8.5%	6.5%
43	Tennessee	26.7	4,877,203	5,689,270	6,214,888	16.7%	9.2%
44	Texas	12.3	16,986,335	20,851,811	24,326,974	22.8%	16.7%
45	Utah	10.9	1,722,850	2,233,204	2,736,424	29.6%	22.5%
46	Vermont	66.4	562,758	608,826	621,270	8.2%	2.0%
47	Virginia	14.3	6,189,197	7,079,025	7,769,089	14.4%	9.7%
48	Washington	12.3	4,866,669	5,894,143	6,549,224	21.1%	11.1%
49	West Virginia	44.5	1,793,477	1,808,345	1,814,468	0.8%	0.3%
50	Wisconsin	27.1	4,891,954	5,363,708	5,627,967	9.6%	4.9%
51	Wyoming	69.8	453,589	493,782	532,668	8.9%	7.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 Censuses of Population (corrected), and 2008 county estimate files.