List of U.S. states by population

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This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2000, according to the 2000 Census taken by the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 281,421,906, and was estimated to be 296,600,000 in July 2005.

Rank	State	Population
1	California	33,871,648
2	Texas	20,851,820
3	New York	18,976,457
4	Florida	15,982,378
5	Illinois	12,419,293
6	Pennsylvania	12,281,054
7	Ohio	11,353,140
8	Michigan	9,938,444
9	New Jersey	8,414,350
10	Georgia	8,186,453
11	North Carolina	8,049,313
12	Virginia	7,078,515
13	Massachusetts	6,349,097
14	Indiana	6,080,485
15	Washington	5,894,121
16	Tennessee	5,689,283
17	Missouri	5,595,211
18	Wisconsin	5,363,675
19	Maryland	5,296,486
20	Arizona	5,130,632
21	Minnesota	4,919,479
22	Louisiana	4,468,976
23	Alabama	4,447,100
24	Colorado	4,301,261
25	Kentucky	4,041,769
26	South Carolina	4,012,012
27	Oklahoma	3,450,654
28	Oregon	3,421,399
29	Connecticut	3,405,565
30	Iowa	2,926,324
31	Mississippi	2,844,658
32	Kansas	2,688,418
33	Arkansas	2,673,400
34	Utah	2,233,169
35	Nevada	1,998,257
36	New Mexico	1,819,046
37	West Virginia	1,808,344
38	Nebraska	1,711,263
39	Idaho	1,293,953
40	Maine	1,274,923
41	New Hampshire	1,235,786
42	Hawaii	1,211,537
43	Rhode Island	1,048,319
44	Montana	902,195
45	Delaware	783,600
46	South Dakota	754,844
47	North Dakota	642,200
48	Alaska	626,932
49	Vermont	608,827
	District of Columbia	553,523
50	Wyoming	493,782

See also

• List of U.S. states by population density
• U.S. Electoral College

Reference

• 2000 Census population, area and density results

U.S. state lists   Capitals | Capitols | Largest cities | Date of statehood | Never territories | Name etymologies | Area   Elevation | Population | Population density | Postal abbreviations | Time zone    Traditional abbreviation | Unemployment rate | Current and former capitals | State insignia

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