List of U.S. states by population facts for kids
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This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2019. The list was made using the 2019 Census estimates taken by the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 330,150,668 at the December 2019 Census.
These numbers include all people other than people just visiting: These include citizens, non-citizen permanent residents and non-citizen long-term visitors. People in the military who are working in other countries and their families are counted in their home state. The United States of America is the third most populous country in the world, behind China and India.
| Rank in states & territories, 2019 | Rank in states & territories, 2010 | State | Population estimate, July 1, 2019 |
Census population, April 1, 2010 |
Percent change, 2010–2019 |
Absolute change, 2010-2019 | Total seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2013–2023 | Estimated population per electoral vote, 2019 |
Estimated population per House seat, 2019 | Census population per House seat, 2010 | Percent of the total U.S. population, 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  California |
39,512,223 | 37,254,523 | 6.1% | +2,257,700 | 53 | 718,404 | 745,514 | 702,885 | 11.96% |
| 2 | 2 |  Texas |
28,995,881 | 25,145,561 | 15.3% | +3,850,320 | 36 | 763,050 | 805,441 | 698,503 | 8.68% |
| 3 | 4 |  Florida |
21,477,737 | 18,801,310 | 14.2% | +2,676,427 | 27 | 740,611 | 795,472 | 696,468 | 6.44% |
| 4 | 3 |  New York |
19,453,561 | 19,378,102 | 0.4% | +75,459 | 27 | 670,812 | 720,502 | 717,707 | 5.91% |
| 5 | 6 |  Pennsylvania |
12,801,989 | 12,702,379 | 0.8% | +99,610 | 18 | 640,099 | 711,222 | 705,715 | 3.87% |
| 6 | 5 |  Illinois |
12,671,821 | 12,830,632 | -1.2% | −158,811 | 18 | 633,591 | 703,990 | 712,864 | 3.85% |
| 7 | 7 |  Ohio |
11,689,100 | 11,536,504 | 1.3% | +152,596 | 16 | 649,394 | 730,569 | 721,032 | 3.53% |
| 8 | 9 |  Georgia |
10,617,423 | 9,687,653 | 9.6% | +929,770 | 14 | 663,589 | 758,387 | 691,975 | 3.18% |
| 9 | 10 |  North Carolina |
10,488,084 | 9,535,483 | 10.0% | +952,601 | 13 | 699,206 | 806,776 | 733,498 | 3.14% |
| 10 | 8 |  Michigan |
9,986,857 | 9,883,640 | 1.0% | +103,217 | 14 | 624,179 | 713,347 | 705,974 | 3.02% |
| 11 | 11 |  New Jersey |
8,882,190 | 8,791,894 | 1.0% | +90,296 | 12 | 634,442 | 740,183 | 732,658 | 2.69% |
| 12 | 12 |  Virginia |
8,535,519 | 8,001,024 | 6.7% | +534,495 | 11 | 656,578 | 775,956 | 727,366 | 2.58% |
| 13 | 13 |  Washington |
7,614,893 | 6,724,540 | 13.2% | +890,353 | 10 | 634,574 | 751,489 | 672,454 | 2.28% |
| 14 | 16 |  Arizona |
7,278,717 | 6,392,017 | 13.9% | +886,700 | 9 | 661,702 | 808,746 | 710,224 | 2.17% |
| 15 | 14 |  Massachusetts |
6,949,503 | 6,547,629 | 5.3% | +344,874 | 9 | 626,591 | 765,834 | 727,514 | 2.09% |
| 16 | 17 |  Tennessee |
6,833,174 | 6,346,105 | 7.6% | +483,069 | 9 | 620,834 | 758,797 | 705,123 | 2.05% |
| 17 | 15 |  Indiana |
6,732,219 | 6,483,802 | 3.8% | +248,417 | 9 | 612,020 | 748,024 | 720,422 | 2.02% |
| 18 | 18 |  Missouri |
6,137,428 | 5,988,927 | 2.5% | +148,501 | 8 | 613,743 | 767,179 | 748,615 | 1.85% |
| 19 | 19 |  Maryland |
6,045,680 | 5,773,552 | 4.7% | +272,128 | 8 | 604,568 | 755,710 | 721,694 | 1.83% |
| 20 | 20 |  Wisconsin |
5,822,434 | 5,686,986 | 2.4% | +135,448 | 8 | 582,243 | 727,804 | 710,873 | 1.76% |
| 21 | 22 |  Colorado |
5,758,736 | 5,029,196 | 14.5% | +729,540 | 7 | 639,860 | 822,677 | 720,704 | 1.72% |
| 22 | 21 |  Minnesota |
5,639,632 | 5,303,925 | 6.3% | +335,707 | 8 | 563,963 | 704,954 | 662,991 | 1.70% |
| 23 | 24 |  South Carolina |
5,148,714 | 4,625,364 | 11.3% | +523,350 | 7 | 572,079 | 735,531 | 660,766 | 1.54% |
| 24 | 23 |  Alabama |
4,903,185 | 4,779,736 | 2.6% | +123,449 | 7 | 544,798 | 700,455 | 682,819 | 1.48% |
| 25 | 25 |  Louisiana |
4,648,794 | 4,533,372 | 2.5% | +115,422 | 6 | 581,099 | 774,799 | 755,562 | 1.41% |
| 26 | 26 |  Kentucky |
4,467,673 | 4,339,367 | 3.0% | +128,306 | 6 | 558,459 | 744,612 | 723,228 | 1.35% |
| 27 | 27 |  Oregon |
4,217,737 | 3,831,074 | 10.1% | +386,663 | 5 | 602,534 | 843,547 | 766,215 | 1.27% |
| 28 | 28 |  Oklahoma |
3,956,971 | 3,751,351 | 5.5% | +205,620 | 5 | 565,282 | 791,394 | 750,270 | 1.19% |
| 29 | 30 |  Connecticut |
3,565,287 | 3,574,097 | -0.2% | −8,810 | 5 | 509,327 | 713,057 | 714,824 | 1.08% |
| 30 | 35 |  Utah |
3,205,958 | 2,763,885 | 16.0% | +442,073 | 4 | 534,326 | 801,490 | 690,972 | 0.96% |
| 31 | 29 |  Puerto Rico |
3,193,694 | 3,725,789 | -14.3% | −532,095 | 1 (non-voting) | — | 3,193,694 | 3,725,789 | 0.97% |
| 32 | 31 |  Iowa |
3,155,070 | 3,046,355 | 3.6% | +108,715 | 4 | 525,845 | 788,768 | 761,717 | 0.95% |
| 33 | 36 |  Nevada |
3,080,156 | 2,700,551 | 14.1% | +379,605 | 4 | 513,359 | 770,039 | 675,173 | 0.92% |
| 34 | 33 |  Arkansas |
3,017,825 | 2,915,918 | 3.5% | +101,886 | 4 | 502,967 | 754,451 | 728,990 | 0.91% |
| 35 | 32 | Mississippi | 2,976,149 | 2,967,297 | 0.3% | +8,852 | 4 | 496,024 | 744,037 | 742,026 | 0.90% |
| 36 | 34 |  Kansas |
2,913,314 | 2,853,118 | 2.1% | +60,196 | 4 | 485,552 | 728,329 | 713,280 | 0.88% |
| 37 | 37 |  New Mexico |
2,096,829 | 2,059,179 | 1.8% | +37,650 | 3 | 419,366 | 698,943 | 686,393 | 0.63% |
| 38 | 39 |  Nebraska |
1,934,408 | 1,826,341 | 5.9% | +108,067 | 3 | 386,882 | 644,803 | 608,780 | 0.58% |
| 39 | 40 |  Idaho |
1,787,065 | 1,567,582 | 14.0% | +219,483 | 2 | 446,516 | 893,033 | 783,826 | 0.53% |
| 40 | 38 |  West Virginia |
1,792,147 | 1,852,994 | -3.3% | −60,847 | 3 | 358,435 | 597,391 | 617,670 | 0.55% |
| 41 | 41 |  Hawaii |
1,415,872 | 1,360,301 | 4.1% | +55,571 | 2 | 353,968 | 707,936 | 680,151 | 0.43% |
| 42 | 43 |  New Hampshire |
1,359,711 | 1,316,470 | 3.3% | +43,241 | 2 | 339,928 | 679,856 | 658,233 | 0.41% |
| 43 | 42 |  Maine |
1,344,212 | 1,328,361 | 1.2% | +15,851 | 2 | 336,053 | 672,106 | 664,181 | 0.40% |
| 44 | 45 |  Montana |
1,068,778 | 989,415 | 8.0% | +79,363 | 1 | 356,259 | 1,068,778 | 989,417 | 0.32% |
| 45 | 44 |  Rhode Island |
1,059,361 | 1,052,567 | 0.6% | +6,794 | 2 | 264,840 | 529,681 | 526,466 | 0.32% |
| 46 | 46 |  Delaware |
973,764 | 897,934 | 8.4% | +75,830 | 1 | 324,588 | 973,764 | 897,934 | 0.29% |
| 47 | 47 |  South Dakota |
884,659 | 814,180 | 8.7% | +70,479 | 1 | 294,886 | 884,659 | 814,180 | 0.27% |
| 48 | 49 |  North Dakota |
762,062 | 672,591 | 13.3% | +89,471 | 1 | 254,021 | 762,062 | 672,591 | 0.23% |
| 49 | 48 |  Alaska |
731,545 | 710,231 | 3.0% | +21,314 | 1 | 243,848 | 731,545 | 710,231 | 0.22% |
| 50 | 51 |  District of Columbia |
705,749 | 601,723 | 17.3% | +104,026 | 1 (non-voting) | 235,250 | — | — | 0.21% |
| 51 | 50 |  Vermont |
623,989 | 625,741 | -0.3% | -1,752 | 1 | 207,996 | 623,989 | 625,741 | 0.19% |
| 52 | 52 |  Wyoming |
578,759 | 563,626 | 2.7% | +15,133 | 1 | 192,920 | 578,759 | 563,626 | 0.17% |
| 53 | 53 |  Guam |
165,718 | 159,358 | 4.0% | +6,360 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.05% | |
| 54 | 54 |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
104,914 | 106,405 | -1.4% | −1,491 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.03% | |
| 55 | 55 |  American Samoa |
55,641 | 55,519 | 0.22% | +122 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.02% | |
| 56 | 56 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
55,194 | 53,883 | 2.4% | +1,311 | 1 (non-voting) | — | — | 0.02% | |
| — | — | Contiguous United States | 325,386,357 | 306,675,006 | 6.2% | +19,011,351 | 432 | 616,262 | 753,209 | 708,285 | 98.38% |
| — | — | The fifty states | 327,533,795 | 308,143,836 | 6.3% | +19,389,959 | 435 | 612,213 | 752,951 | 708,405 | 99.02% |
| — | — | Fifty states + D.C. | 328,300,544 | 308,745,538 | 6.3% | +19,493,985 | 435 (+ 1 non-voting) | 610,111 | — | — | 99.24% |
| — | — | Total U.S. (including D.C. and territories) | 331,814,684 | 312,846,492 | 5.7% | +17,897,562 | 435 (+ 6 non-voting) | — | — | 100.00% |
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