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Population by State

State July 2006
pop.1		 July 2005
pop.1		 July 2004
pop.		 Pop.
rank,
2004		 July 2003
pop.		 Pop.
rank,
2003
Alabama 4,599,000 4,557,808 4,530,182 23 4,500,752 23
Alaska 670,000 663,661 655,435 47 648,818 47
Arizona 6,166,000 5,939,292 5,743,834 18 5,580,811 18
Arkansas 2,811,000 2,779,154 2,752,629 32 2,725,714 32
California 36,458,000 36,132,147 35,893,799 1 35,484,453 1
Colorado 4,753,000 4,665,177 4,601,403 22 4,550,688 22
Connecticut 3,505,000 3,510,297 3,503,604 29 3,483,372 29
Delaware 853,000 843,524 830,364 45 817,491 45
DC 582,000 550,521 553,523 — 563,384 50
Florida 18,090,000 17,789,864 17,397,161 4 17,019,068 4
Georgia 9,364,000 9,072,576 8,829,383 9 8,684,715 9
Hawaii 1,285,000 1,275,194 1,262,840 42 1,257,608 42
Idaho 1,466,000 1,429,096 1,393,262 39 1,366,332 39
Illinois 12,832,000 12,763,371 12,713,634 5 12,653,544 5
Indiana 6,314,000 6,271,973 6,237,569 14 6,195,643 14
Iowa 2,982,000 2,966,334 2,954,451 30 2,944,062 30
Kansas 2,764,000 2,744,687 2,735,502 33 2,723,507 33
Kentucky 4,206,000 4,173,405 4,145,922 26 4,117,827 26
Louisiana 4,288,000 4,523,628 4,515,770 24 4,496,334 24
Maine 1,322,000 1,321,505 1,317,253 40 1,305,728 40
Maryland 5,616,000 5,600,388 5,558,058 19 5,508,909 19
Massachusetts 6,437,000 6,398,743 6,416,505 13 6,433,422 13
Michigan 10,096,000 10,120,860 10,112,620 8 10,079,985 8
Minnesota 5,167,000 5,132,799 5,100,958 21 5,059,375 21
Mississippi 2,911,000 2,921,088 2,902,966 31 2,881,281 31
Missouri 5,843,000 5,800,310 5,754,618 17 5,704,484 17
Montana 945,000 935,670 926,865 44 917,621 44
Nebraska 1,768,000 1,758,787 1,747,214 38 1,739,291 38
Nevada 2,496,000 2,414,807 2,334,771 35 2,241,154 35
New Hampshire 1,315,000 1,309,940 1,299,500 41 1,287,687 41
New Jersey 8,725,000 8,717,925 8,698,879 10 8,638,396 10
New Mexico 1,955,000 1,928,384 1,903,289 36 1,874,614 36
New York 19,306,000 19,254,630 19,227,088 3 19,190,115 3
North Carolina 8,857,000 8,683,242 8,541,221 11 8,407,248 11
North Dakota 636,000 636,677 634,366 48 633,837 48
Ohio 11,478,000 11,464,042 11,459,011 7 11,435,798 7
Oklahoma 3,579,000 3,547,884 3,523,553 28 3,511,532 28
Oregon 3,701,000 3,641,056 3,594,586 27 3,559,596 27
Pennsylvania 12,441,000 12,429,616 12,406,292 6 12,365,455 6
Rhode Island 1,068,000 1,076,189 1,080,632 43 1,076,164 43
South Carolina 4,321,000 4,255,083 4,198,068 25 4,147,152 25
South Dakota 782,000 775,933 770,883 46 764,309 46
Tennessee 6,039,000 5,962,959 5,900,962 16 5,841,748 16
Texas 23,508,000 22,859,968 22,490,022 2 22,118,509 2
Utah 2,550,000 2,469,585 2,389,039 34 2,351,467 34
Vermont 624,000 623,050 621,394 49 619,107 49
Virginia 7,643,000 7,567,465 7,459,827 12 7,386,330 12
Washington 6,396,000 6,287,759 6,203,788 15 6,131,445 15
West Virginia 1,818,000 1,816,856 1,815,354 37 1,810,354 37
Wisconsin 5,557,000 5,536,201 5,509,026 20 5,472,299 20
Wyoming 515,000 509,294 506,529 50 501,242 51
Total U.S. 299,398,000 296,410,404 293,655,404   290,809,777 —
1. Estimated.
2. Includes population of Indian Territory, 1900: 392,960.
3. Until 1863, Virginia included what is now West Virginia.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web: www.census.gov.

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