Total Population and Rankings for the U.S. and all States: 1790-2010 (in ranked order) 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 Rank Area Number Area Number Area Number Area Number Area Number Area Number Area Number Area Number Area Number United States 308,745,538 United States 281,421,906 248,709,873 226,542,199 203,302,031 179,323,175 151,325,798 132,164,569 123,202,624 1 California 37,253,956 California 33,871,648 California 29,760,021 California 23,667,764 California 19,971,069 New York 16,782,304 New York 14,830,192 New York 13,479,142 New York 12,588,066 2 Texas 25,145,561 Texas 20,851,820 New York 17,990,455 New York 17,558,165 New York 18,241,391 California 15,717,204 California 10,586,223 Pennsylvania 9,900,180 Pennsylvania 9,631,350 3 New York 19,378,102 New York 18,976,457 Texas 16,986,510 Texas 14,255,513 Pennsylvania 11,800,766 Pennsylvania 11,319,366 Pennsylvania 10,498,012 Illinois 7,897,241 Illinois 7,630,654 4 Florida 18,801,310 Florida 15,982,378 Florida 12,937,926 Florida 9,746,961 Texas 11,198,655 Illinois 10,081,158 Illinois 8,712,176 Ohio 6,907,612 Ohio 6,646,697 5 Illinois 12,830,632 Illinois 12,419,293 Pennsylvania 11,881,643 Pennsylvania 11,864,720 Illinois 11,110,285 Ohio 9,706,397 Ohio 7,946,627 California 6,907,387 Texas 5,824,715 6 Pennsylvania 12,702,379 Pennsylvania 12,281,054 Illinois 11,430,602 Illinois 11,427,409 Ohio 10,657,423 Texas 9,579,677 Texas 7,711,194 Texas 6,414,824 California 5,677,251 7 Ohio 11,536,504 Ohio 11,353,140 Ohio 10,847,115 Ohio 10,797,603 Michigan 8,881,826 Michigan 7,823,194 Michigan 6,371,766 Michigan 5,256,106 Michigan 4,842,325 8 Michigan 9,883,640 Michigan 9,938,444 Michigan 9,295,297 Michigan 9,262,044 New Jersey 7,171,112 New Jersey 6,066,782 New Jersey 4,835,329 Massachusetts 4,316,721 Massachusetts 4,249,614 9 Georgia 9,687,653 New Jersey 8,414,350 New Jersey 7,730,188 New Jersey 7,365,011 Florida 6,791,418 Massachusetts 5,148,578 Massachusetts 4,690,514 New Jersey 4,160,165 New Jersey 4,041,334 10 North Carolina 9,535,483 Georgia 8,186,453 North Carolina 6,628,637 North Carolina 5,880,095 Massachusetts 5,689,170 Florida 4,951,560 North Carolina 4,061,929 Missouri 3,784,664 Missouri 3,629,367 11 New Jersey 8,791,894 North Carolina 8,049,313 Georgia 6,478,216 Georgia 5,462,982 Indiana 5,195,392 Indiana 4,662,498 Missouri 3,954,653 North Carolina 3,571,623 Indiana 3,238,503 12 Virginia 8,001,024 Virginia 7,078,515 Virginia 6,187,358 Virginia 5,346,797 North Carolina 5,084,411 North Carolina 4,556,155 Indiana 3,934,224 Indiana 3,427,796 North Carolina 3,170,276 13 Washington 6,724,540 Massachusetts 6,349,097 Massachusetts 6,016,425 Massachusetts 5,737,093 Missouri 4,677,623 Missouri 4,319,813 Georgia 3,444,578 Wisconsin 3,137,587 Wisconsin 2,939,006 14 Massachusetts 6,547,629 Indiana 6,080,485 Indiana 5,544,159 Indiana 5,490,210 Virginia 4,651,448 Virginia 3,966,949 Wisconsin 3,434,575 Georgia 3,123,723 Georgia 2,908,506 15 Indiana 6,483,802 Washington 5,894,121 Missouri 5,117,073 Missouri 4,916,766 Georgia 4,587,930 Wisconsin 3,951,777 Virginia 3,318,680 Tennessee 2,915,841 Alabama 2,646,248 16 Arizona 6,392,017 Tennessee 5,689,283 Wisconsin 4,891,769 Wisconsin 4,705,642 Wisconsin 4,417,821 Georgia 3,943,116 Tennessee 3,291,718 Kentucky 2,845,627 Tennessee 2,616,556 17 Tennessee 6,346,105 Missouri 5,595,211 Tennessee 4,877,185 Tennessee 4,591,023 Tennessee 3,926,018 Tennessee 3,567,089 Alabama 3,061,743 Alabama 2,832,961 Kentucky 2,614,589 18 Missouri 5,988,927 Wisconsin 5,363,675 Washington 4,866,692 Washington 4,132,353 Maryland 3,923,897 Minnesota 3,413,864 Minnesota 2,982,483 Minnesota 2,792,300 Minnesota 2,563,953 19 Maryland 5,773,552 Maryland 5,296,486 Maryland 4,781,468 Maryland 4,216,933 Minnesota 3,806,103 Alabama 3,266,740 Kentucky 2,944,806 Virginia 2,677,773 Iowa 2,470,939 20 Wisconsin 5,686,986 Arizona 5,130,632 Minnesota 4,375,099 Minnesota 4,075,970 Louisiana 3,644,637 Louisiana 3,257,022 Florida 2,771,305 Iowa 2,538,268 Virginia 2,421,851 21 Minnesota 5,303,925 Minnesota 4,919,479 Louisiana 4,219,973 Louisiana 4,206,116 Alabama 3,444,354 Maryland 3,100,689 Louisiana 2,683,516 Louisiana 2,363,880 Oklahoma 2,396,040 22 Colorado 5,029,196 Louisiana 4,468,976 Alabama 4,040,587 Alabama 3,894,025 Washington 3,413,244 Kentucky 3,038,156 Iowa 2,621,073 Oklahoma 2,336,434 Louisiana 2,101,593 23 Alabama 4,779,736 Alabama 4,447,100 Kentucky 3,685,296 Kentucky 3,660,324 Kentucky 3,220,711 Washington 2,853,214 Washington 2,378,963 Mississippi 2,183,796 Mississippi 2,009,821 24 South Carolina 4,625,364 Colorado 4,301,261 Arizona 3,665,228 Arizona 2,716,546 Connecticut 3,032,217 Iowa 2,757,537 Maryland 2,343,001 Arkansas 1,949,387 Kansas 1,880,999 25 Louisiana 4,533,372 Kentucky 4,041,769 South Carolina 3,486,703 South Carolina 3,120,729 Iowa 2,825,368 Connecticut 2,535,234 Oklahoma 2,233,351 West Virginia 1,901,974 Arkansas 1,854,482 26 Kentucky 4,339,367 South Carolina 4,012,012 Colorado 3,294,394 Colorado 2,889,735 South Carolina 2,590,713 South Carolina 2,382,594 Mississippi 2,178,914 South Carolina 1,899,804 South Carolina 1,738,765 27 Oregon 3,831,074 Oklahoma 3,450,654 Connecticut 3,287,116 Connecticut 3,107,564 Oklahoma 2,559,463 Oklahoma 2,328,284 South Carolina 2,117,027 Florida 1,897,414 West Virginia 1,729,205 28 Oklahoma 3,751,351 Oregon 3,421,399 Oklahoma 3,145,585 Oklahoma 3,025,487 Kansas 2,249,071 Kansas 2,178,611 Connecticut 2,007,280 Maryland 1,821,244 Maryland 1,631,526 29 Connecticut 3,574,097 Connecticut 3,405,565 Oregon 2,842,321 Oregon 2,633,156 Mississippi 2,216,994 Mississippi 2,178,141 West Virginia 2,005,552 Kansas 1,801,028 Connecticut 1,606,903 30 Iowa 3,046,355 Iowa 2,926,324 Iowa 2,776,831 Iowa 2,913,808 Colorado 2,209,596 West Virginia 1,860,421 Arkansas 1,909,511 Washington 1,736,191 Washington 1,563,396 31 Mississippi 2,967,297 Mississippi 2,844,658 Mississippi 2,573,216 Mississippi 2,520,770 Oregon 2,091,533 Arkansas 1,786,272 Kansas 1,905,299 Connecticut 1,709,242 Florida 1,468,211 32 Arkansas 2,915,918 Kansas 2,688,418 Kansas 2,477,574 Kansas 2,364,236 Arkansas 1,923,322 Oregon 1,768,687 Oregon 1,521,341 Nebraska 1,315,834 Nebraska 1,377,963 33 Kansas 2,853,118 Arkansas 2,673,400 Arkansas 2,350,725 Arkansas 2,286,357 Arizona 1,775,399 Colorado 1,753,947 Nebraska 1,325,510 Colorado 1,123,296 Colorado 1,035,791 34 Utah 2,763,885 Utah 2,233,169 West Virginia 1,793,477 West Virginia 1,950,186 West Virginia 1,744,237 Nebraska 1,411,330 Colorado 1,325,089 Oregon 1,089,684 Oregon 953,786 35 Nevada 2,700,551 Nevada 1,998,257 Utah 1,722,850 Utah 1,461,037 Nebraska 1,485,333 Arizona 1,302,161 Maine 913,774 Maine 847,226 Maine 797,423 36 New Mexico 2,059,179 New Mexico 1,819,046 Nebraska 1,578,385 Nebraska 1,569,825 Utah 1,059,273 Maine 969,265 Dist. of Columbia 802,178 Hawaii 722,770 South Dakota 692,849 37 West Virginia 1,852,994 West Virginia 1,808,344 New Mexico 1,515,069 New Mexico 1,303,302 New Mexico 1,017,055 New Mexico 951,023 Rhode Island 791,896 Rhode Island 713,346 Rhode Island 687,497 38 Nebraska 1,826,341 Nebraska 1,711,263 Maine 1,227,928 Maine 1,125,043 Maine 993,722 Utah 890,627 Arizona 749,587 Dist. of Columbia 663,091 North Dakota 680,845 39 Idaho 1,567,582 Idaho 1,293,953 Nevada 1,201,833 Nevada 800,508 Rhode Island 949,723 Rhode Island 859,488 Utah 688,862 South Dakota 642,961 Montana 537,606 40 Hawaii 1,360,301 Maine 1,274,923 New Hampshire 1,109,252 New Hampshire 920,610 Hawaii 769,913 Dist. of Columbia 763,956 New Mexico 681,187 North Dakota 641,935 Utah 507,847 41 Maine 1,328,361 New Hampshire 1,235,786 Hawaii 1,108,229 Hawaii 964,691 Dist.