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%

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