| State Rank |
Census Population |
|
| 2000 / 1990 |
April 1, 2000 |
State Name |
| 1 / 1 |
33,871,648 |
California |
| 2 / 3 |
20,851,820 |
Texas |
| 3 / 2 |
18,976,457 |
New York |
| 4 / 4 |
15,982,378 |
Florida |
| 5 / 6 |
12,419,293 |
Illinois |
| 6 / 5 |
12,281,054 |
Pennsylvania |
| 7 / 7 |
11,353,140 |
Ohio |
| 8 / 8 |
9,938,444 |
Michigan |
| 9 / 9 |
8,414,350 |
New Jersey |
| 10 / 11 |
8,186,453 |
Georgia |
| 11 / 10 |
8,049,313 |
North Carolina |
| 12 / 12 |
7,078,515 |
Virginia |
| 13 / 13 |
6,349,097 |
Massachusetts |
| 14 / 14 |
6,080,485 |
Indiana |
| 15 / 18 |
5,894,121 |
Washington |
| 16 / 17 |
5,689,283 |
Tennessee |
| 17 / 15 |
5,595,211 |
Missouri |
| 18 / 16 |
5,363,675 |
Wisconsin |
| 19 / 19 |
5,296,486 |
Maryland |
| 20 / 24 |
5,130,632 |
Arizona |
| 21 / 20 |
4,919,479 |
Minnesota |
| 22 / 21 |
4,468,976 |
Louisiana |
| 23 / 22 |
4,447,100 |
Alabama |
| 24 / 26 |
4,301,261 |
Colorado |
| 25 / 23 |
4,041,769 |
Kentucky |
| 26 / 25 |
4,012,012 |
South Carolina |
| 27 / 28 |
3,450,654 |
Oklahoma |
| 28 / 29 |
3,421,399 |
Oregon |
| 29 / 27 |
3,405,565 |
Connecticut |
| 30 / 30 |
2,926,324 |
Iowa |
| 31 / 31 |
2,844,658 |
Mississippi |
| 32 / 32 |
2,688,418 |
Kansas |
| 33 / 33 |
2,673,400 |
Arkansas |
| 34 / 35 |
2,233,169 |
Utah |
| 35 / 39 |
1,998,257 |
Nevada |
| 36 / 37 |
1,819,046 |
New Mexico |
| 37 / 34 |
1,808,344 |
West Virginia |
| 38 / 36 |
1,711,263 |
Nebraska |
| 39 / 42 |
1,293,953 |
Idaho |
| 40 / 38 |
1,274,923 |
Maine |
| 41 / 40 |
1,235,786 |
New Hampshire |
| 42 / 41 |
1,211,537 |
Hawaii |
| 43 / 43 |
1,048,319 |
Rhode Island |
| 44 / 44 |
902,195 |
Montana |
| 45 / 46 |
783,600 |
Delaware |
| 46 / 45 |
754,844 |
South Dakota |
| 47 / 47 |
642,200 |
North Dakota |
| 48 / 49 |
626,932 |
Alaska |
| 49 / 48 |
608,827 |
Vermont |
| 50 / 50 |
493,782 |
Wyoming |
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