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U.S. Population by State, 1790 to 2011

The following table lists the population of each state in the United States, from the year 1790 to 2011. For 2000, the data includes population per square mile of each state, as well as population rank. From 2000 to 2010, Nevada grew the fastest, followed by Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Texas. Louisiana, Ohio, and Rhode Island had the slowest increase in population. Michigan was the only state to experience a population decline over the decade, losing 0.6 percent of its population.

State	2011 pop.	2010 pop.	July 2008 pop.¹	July 2007 pop.¹	July 2006 pop.¹	July 2004 pop.	Pop. rank, 2004	Percent change, 1990–2000	Pop. per sq mi, 2000	2000 pop.	Pop. rank, 2000	1990 pop.	1950 pop.	1900 pop.	1790 pop.
Alabama	4,802,740	4,779,735	4,627,851	4,661,900	4,599,000	4,530,182	23	10.1%	87.6	4,447,100	23	4,040,587	3,061,743	1,828,697	—
Alaska	722,718	710,231	686,293	683,478	670,000	655,435	47	14.0	1.1	626,932	48	550,043	128,643	63,592	—
Arizona	6,482,505	6,329,013	6,500,180	6,338,755	6,166,000	5,743,834	18	40.0	45.2	5,130,632	20	3,665,228	749,587	122,931	—
Arkansas	2,937,979	2,915,921	2,855,390	2,834,797	2,811,000	2,752,629	32	13.7	51.3	2,673,400	33	2,350,725	1,909,511	1,311,564	—
California	37,691,912	37,253,956	36,756,666	36,553,215	36,458,000	35,893,799	1	13.8	217.2	33,871,648	1	29,760,021	10,586,223	1,485,053	—
Colorado	5,116,796	5,029,196	4,861,515	4,939,456	4,753,000	4,601,403	22	30.6	41.5	4,301,261	24	3,294,394	1,325,089	539,700	—
Connecticut	3,580,709	3,574,097	3,574,097	3,502,309	3,505,000	3,503,604	29	3.6	702.9	3,405,565	29	3,287,116	2,007,280	908,420	237,946
Delaware	907,135	897,934	873,092	864,764	853,000	830,364	45	17.6	401.0	783,600	45	666,168	318,085	184,735	59,096
DC	617,996	601,723	591,833	588,292	582,000	553,523	—	–5.7	9,378.0	572,059	—	606,900	802,178	278,718	—
Florida	19,057,542	18,801,311	18,328,340	18,251,243	18,090,000	17,397,161	4	23.5	296.4	15,982,378	4	12,937,926	2,771,305	528,542	—
Georgia	9,815,210	9,687,653	9,685,744	9,544,750	9,364,000	8,829,383	9	26.4	141.4	8,186,453	10	6,478,216	3,444,578	2,216,331	82,548
Hawaii	1,374,810	1,360,301	1,288,198	1,283,388	1,285,000	1,262,840	42	9.3	188.6	1,211,537	42	1,108,229	499,794	154,001	—
Idaho	1,584,985	1,567,582	1,523,816	1,499,402	1,466,000	1,393,262	39	28.5	15.6	1,293,953	39	1,006,749	588,637	161,772	—
Illinois	12,869,257	12,830,632	12,901,563	12,852,548	12,832,000	12,713,634	5	8.6	223.4	12,419,293	5	11,430,602	8,712,176	4,821,550	—
Indiana	6,516,922	6,483,800	6,376,792	6,345,289	6,314,000	6,237,569	14	9.7	169.5	6,080,485	14	5,544,159	3,934,224	2,516,462	—
Iowa	3,062,309	3,046,350	3,002,555	2,988,046	2,982,000	2,954,451	30	5.4	52.4	2,926,324	30	2,776,755	2,621,073	2,231,853	—
Kansas	2,871,238	2,853,118	2,802,134	2,775,997	2,764,000	2,735,502	33	8.5	32.9	2,688,418	32	2,477,574	1,905,299	1,470,495	—
Kentucky	4,369,356	4,339,362	4,269,245	4,241,474	4,206,000	4,145,922	26	9.7	101.7	4,041,769	25	3,685,296	2,944,806	2,147,174	73,677
Louisiana	4,574,836	4,533,372	4,410,796	4,293,204	4,288,000	4,515,770	24	5.9	102.6	4,468,976	22	4,219,973	2,683,516	1,381,625	—
Maine	1,328,188	1,328,361	1,316,456	1,317,207	1,322,000	1,317,253	40	3.8	41.3	1,274,923	40	1,227,928	913,774	694,466	96,540
Maryland	5,828,289	5,773,552	5,633,597	5,618,344	5,616,000	5,558,058	19	10.8	541.9	5,296,486	19	4,781,468	2,343,001	1,188,044	319,728
Massachusetts	6,587,536	6,547,629	6,497,967	6,449,755	6,437,000	6,416,505	13	5.5	809.8	6,349,097	13	6,016,425	4,690,514	2,805,346	378,787
Michigan	9,876,187	9,883,635	10,003,422	10,071,822	10,096,000	10,112,620	8	6.9	175.0	9,938,444	8	9,295,297	6,371,766	2,420,982	—
Minnesota	5,344,861	5,303,925	5,220,393	5,197,621	5,167,000	5,100,958	21	12.4	61.8	4,919,479	21	4,375,099	2,982,483	1,751,394	—
Mississippi	2,978,512	2,967,297	2,938,618	2,918,785	2,911,000	2,902,966	31	10.5	60.6	2,844,658	31	2,573,216	2,178,914	1,551,270	—
Missouri	6,010,688	5,988,927	5,911,605	5,878,415	5,843,000	5,754,618	17	9.3	81.2	5,595,211	17	5,117,073	3,954,653	3,106,665	—
Montana	998,199	989,415	967,440	957,861	945,000	926,865	44	12.9	6.2	902,195	44	799,065	591,024	243,329	—
Nebraska	1,842,641	1,826,341	1,783,432	1,774,571	1,768,000	1,747,214	38	8.4	22.3	1,711,263	38	1,578,385	1,325,510	1,066,300	—
Nevada	2,723,322	2,700,551	2,600,167	2,565,382	2,496,000	2,334,771	35	66.3	18.2	1,998,257	35	1,201,833	160,083	42,335	—
New Hampshire	1,318,194	1,316,472	1,315,809	1,315,828	1,315,000	1,299,500	41	11.4	137.8	1,235,786	41	1,109,252	533,242	411,588	141,885
New Jersey	8,821,155	8,791,894	8,682,661	8,685,920	8,725,000	8,698,879	11	8.9	1,134.5	8,414,350	9	7,730,188	4,835,329	1,883,669	184,139
New Mexico	2,082,224	2,059,180	1,984,356	1,969,915	1,955,000	1,903,289	36	20.1	15.0	1,819,046	36	1,515,069	681,187	195,310	—
New York	19,465,197	19,378,104	19,490,297	19,297,729	19,306,000	19,227,088	3	5.5	401.9	18,976,457	3	17,990,455	14,830,192	7,268,894	340,120
North Carolina	9,656,401	9,535,475	9,222,414	9,061,032	8,857,000	8,541,221	10	21.4	165.2	8,049,313	11	6,628,637	4,061,929	1,893,810	393,751
North Dakota	683,932	672,591	641,481	639,715	636,000	634,366	48	0.5	9.3	642,200	47	638,800	619,636	319,146	—
Ohio	11,544,951	11,536,502	11,485,910	11,466,917	11,478,000	11,459,011	7	4.7	277.3	11,353,140	7	10,847,115	7,946,627	4,157,545	—
Oklahoma	3,791,508	3,751,354	3,642,361	3,617,316	3,579,000	3,523,553	28	9.7	50.3	3,450,654	27	3,145,585	2,233,351	790,391²	—
Oregon	3,871,859	3,831,074	3,790,060	3,747,455	3,701,000	3,594,586	27	20.4	35.6	3,421,399	28	2,842,321	1,521,341	413,536	—
Pennsylvania	12,742,886	12,702,379	12,448,279	12,432,792	12,441,000	12,406,292	6	3.4	274.0	12,281,054	6	11,881,643	10,498,012	6,302,115	434,373
Rhode Island	1,051,302	1,052,567	1,050,788	1,057,832	1,068,000	1,080,632	43	4.5	1,003.2	1,048,319	43	1,003,464	791,896	428,556	68,825
South Carolina	4,679,230	4,625,364	4,479,800	4,407,709	4,321,000	4,198,068	25	15.1	133.2	4,012,012	26	3,486,703	2,117,027	1,340,316	249,073
South Dakota	824,082	814,180	804,194	796,214	782,000	770,883	46	8.5	9.9	754,844	46	696,004	652,740	401,570	—
Tennessee	6,403,353	6,346,110	6,214,888	6,156,719	6,039,000	5,900,962	16	16.7	138.0	5,689,283	16	4,877,185	3,291,718	2,020,616	35,691
Texas	25,674,681	25,145,561	24,326,974	23,904,380	23,508,000	22,490,022	2	22.8	79.6	20,851,820	2	16,986,510	7,711,194	3,048,710	—
Utah	2,817,222	2,763,885	2,736,424	2,645,330	2,550,000	2,389,039	34	29.6	27.2	2,233,169	34	1,722,850	688,862	276,749	—
Vermont	626,431	625,741	621,270	621,254	624,000	621,394	49	8.2	65.8	608,827	49	562,758	377,747	343,641	85,425
Virginia	8,096,604	8,001,024	7,769,089	7,712,091	7,643,000	7,459,827	12	14.4	178.8	7,078,515	12	6,187,358	3,318,680	1,854,184	747,610³
Washington	6,830,038	6,724,540	6,549,224	6,468,424	6,396,000	6,203,788	15	21.1	88.6	5,894,121	15	4,866,692	2,378,963	518,103	—
West Virginia	1,855,364	1,852,996	1,814,468	1,812,035	1,818,000	1,815,354	37	0.8	75.1	1,808,344	37	1,793,477	2,005,552	958,800	—
Wisconsin	5,711,767	5,686,986	5,627,967	5,601,640	5,557,000	5,509,026	20	9.6	98.8	5,363,675	18	4,891,769	3,434,575	2,069,042	—
Wyoming	568,158	563,626	532,668	522,830	515,000	506,529	50	8.9	5.1	493,782	50	453,588	290,529	92,531	—
Total U.S.	311,591,917	308,745,538	301,621,157	299,398,000	293,655,404	292,936,109	—	—	—	281,421,906	—	248,709,873	152,271,417	76,212,168	3,929,214