2010 United States Census - State Rankings

State Rankings

See also: List of U.S. states and territories by population

The state with the highest percentage rate of growth was Nevada, while the state with the largest population increase was Texas. Michigan, the 8th largest by population, was the only state to lose population (although Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, lost population as well), and the District of Columbia saw its first gain since the 1950s.

Population and population change in the United States by state
Rank	State	Population as of 2000 Census	Population as of 2010 Census	Change	Percent change
1	California	33,871,648	37,253,956	3,382,308	10.0%
2	Texas	20,851,820	25,145,561	4,293,741	20.6%
3	New York	18,976,457	19,378,102	401,645	2.1%
4	Florida	15,982,378	18,801,310	2,818,932	17.6%
5	Illinois	12,419,293	12,830,632	411,339	3.3%
6	Pennsylvania	12,281,054	12,702,379	421,325	3.4%
7	Ohio	11,353,140	11,536,504	183,364	1.6%
8	Michigan	9,938,444	9,883,640	-54,804	-0.6%
9	Georgia	8,186,453	9,687,653	1,501,200	18.3%
10	North Carolina	8,049,313	9,535,483	1,486,170	18.5%
11	New Jersey	8,414,350	8,791,894	377,544	4.5%
12	Virginia	7,078,515	8,001,024	922,509	13.0%
13	Washington	5,894,121	6,724,540	830,419	14.1%
14	Massachusetts	6,349,097	6,547,629	198,532	3.1%
15	Indiana	6,080,485	6,483,802	403,317	6.6%
16	Arizona	5,130,632	6,392,017	1,261,385	24.6%
17	Tennessee	5,689,283	6,346,105	656,822	11.5%
18	Missouri	5,595,211	5,988,927	393,716	7.0%
19	Maryland	5,296,486	5,773,552	477,066	9.0%
20	Wisconsin	5,363,675	5,686,986	323,311	6.0%
21	Minnesota	4,919,479	5,303,925	384,446	7.8%
22	Colorado	4,301,261	5,029,196	727,935	16.9%
23	Alabama	4,447,100	4,779,736	332,636	7.5%
24	South Carolina	4,012,012	4,625,364	613,352	15.3%
25	Louisiana	4,468,976	4,533,372	64,396	1.4%
26	Kentucky	4,041,769	4,339,367	297,598	7.4%
27	Oregon	3,421,399	3,831,074	409,675	12.0%
28	Oklahoma	3,450,654	3,751,351	300,697	8.7%
29	Connecticut	3,405,565	3,574,097	168,532	4.9%
30	Iowa	2,926,324	3,046,355	120,031	4.1%
31	Mississippi	2,844,658	2,967,297	122,639	4.3%
32	Arkansas	2,673,400	2,915,918	242,518	9.1%
33	Kansas	2,688,418	2,853,118	164,700	6.1%
34	Utah	2,233,169	2,763,885	530,716	23.8%
35	Nevada	1,998,257	2,700,551	702,294	35.1%
36	New Mexico	1,819,046	2,059,179	240,133	13.2%
37	West Virginia	1,808,344	1,852,994	44,650	2.5%
38	Nebraska	1,711,263	1,826,341	115,078	6.7%
39	Idaho	1,293,953	1,567,582	273,629	21.1%
40	Hawaii	1,211,537	1,360,301	148,764	12.3%
41	Maine	1,274,923	1,328,361	53,438	4.2%
42	New Hampshire	1,235,786	1,316,470	80,684	6.5%
43	Rhode Island	1,048,319	1,052,567	4,248	0.4%
44	Montana	902,195	989,415	87,220	9.7%
45	Delaware	783,600	897,934	114,334	14.6%
46	South Dakota	754,844	814,180	59,336	7.9%
47	Alaska	626,932	710,231	83,299	13.3%
48	North Dakota	642,200	672,591	30,391	4.7%
49	Vermont	608,827	625,741	16,914	2.8%
—	District of Columbia	572,059	601,723	29,664	5.2%
50	Wyoming	493,782	563,626	69,844	14.1%
	United States	281,421,906	308,745,538	27,323,632	9.7%