2000 United States Census - State Rankings

State Rankings

Rank	State	Population as of	Population as of	Change	Percent change
1	California	29,760,021	33,871,648	4,111,627	13.8%
2	Texas	16,986,510	20,851,820	3,865,510	22.8%
3	New York	17,990,455	18,976,457	986,002	5.5%
4	Florida	12,937,926	15,982,378	3,044,452	23.5%
5	Illinois	11,430,602	12,419,293	988,691	8.6%
6	Pennsylvania	11,881,643	12,281,054	399,411	3.4%
7	Ohio	10,847,115	11,353,140	506,025	4.7%
8	Michigan	9,295,297	9,938,444	643,147	6.9%
9	New Jersey	7,730,188	8,414,350	684,162	8.9%
10	Georgia	6,478,216	8,186,453	1,708,237	26.4%
11	North Carolina	6,628,637	8,049,313	1,420,676	21.4%
12	Virginia	6,187,358	7,078,515	891,157	14.4%
13	Massachusetts	6,016,425	6,349,097	332,672	5.5%
14	Indiana	5,544,159	6,080,485	536,326	9.7%
15	Washington	4,866,692	5,894,121	1,027,429	21.1%
16	Tennessee	4,877,185	5,689,283	812,098	16.7%
17	Missouri	5,117,073	5,595,211	478,138	9.3%
18	Wisconsin	4,891,769	5,363,675	471,906	9.6%
19	Maryland	4,781,468	5,296,486	515,018	10.8%
20	Arizona	3,665,228	5,130,632	1,465,404	40.0%
21	Minnesota	4,375,099	4,919,479	544,380	12.4%
22	Louisiana	4,219,973	4,468,976	249,003	5.9%
23	Alabama	4,040,587	4,447,100	406,513	10.1%
24	Colorado	3,294,394	4,301,261	1,006,867	30.6%
25	Kentucky	3,685,296	4,041,769	356,473	9.7%
26	South Carolina	3,486,703	4,012,012	525,309	15.1%
27	Oklahoma	3,145,585	3,450,654	305,069	9.7%
28	Oregon	2,842,321	3,421,399	579,078	20.4%
29	Connecticut	3,287,116	3,405,565	118,449	3.6%
30	Iowa	2,776,755	2,926,324	149,569	5.4%
31	Mississippi	2,573,216	2,844,658	271,442	10.5%
32	Kansas	2,477,574	2,688,418	210,844	8.5%
33	Arkansas	2,350,725	2,673,400	322,675	13.7%
34	Utah	1,722,850	2,233,169	510,319	29.6%
35	Nevada	1,201,833	1,998,257	796,424	66.3%
36	New Mexico	1,515,069	1,819,046	303,977	20.1%
37	West Virginia	1,793,477	1,808,344	14,867	0.8%
38	Nebraska	1,578,385	1,711,263	132,878	8.4%
39	Idaho	1,006,749	1,293,953	287,204	28.5%
40	Maine	1,227,928	1,274,923	46,995	3.8%
41	New Hampshire	1,109,252	1,235,786	126,534	11.4%
42	Hawaii	1,108,229	1,211,537	103,308	9.3%
43	Rhode Island	1,003,464	1,048,319	44,855	4.5%
44	Montana	799,065	902,195	103,130	12.9%
45	Delaware	666,168	783,600	117,432	17.6%
46	South Dakota	696,004	754,844	58,840	8.5%
47	North Dakota	638,800	642,200	3,400	0.5%
48	Alaska	550,043	626,932	76,889	14.0%
49	Vermont	562,758	608,827	46,069	8.2%
—	District of Columbia	606,900	572,059	-34,841	-5.7%
50	Wyoming	453,588	493,782	40,194	8.9%
	United States	248,709,873	281,421,906	32,712,033	13.2%