| This is a list of U.S. states by population. The data is from the United States Census Bureau and is current as of mid-year 2000. For reference, the population of the entire United
States is approximately 293,000,000.
| Rank |
State |
Population |
| 1 |
California |
33,871,640 |
| 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 |
904,433 |
| 45 |
Delaware |
783,600 |
| 46 |
South Dakota |
754,844 |
| 47 |
North Dakota |
642,200 |
| 48 |
Alaska |
626,932 |
| 49 |
Vermont |
608,827 |
| 50 |
Wyoming |
493,782 |
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