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List of U.S. states and territories by population density

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Map of each state's population as of 2013

File:Population Scaled US Map.svg

Map of states scaled proportional to population density (2015)

This is a list of U.S. states by population (with inhabited non-state jurisdictions included for comparison) as of April 1, 2010, the date of the 2010 United States Census. The nine most populous U.S. states contain slightly more than half of the total population. The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined.

Methodology[]

File:US states's population change from 2010 to 2013.svg

Map of population change in U.S. states from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013.

The United States Census counts most persons residing in the United States including citizens, non-citizen permanent residents, and non-citizen long-term visitors.[1] Civilian and military federal employees serving abroad and their dependents are counted in their home state.[2]

Electoral apportionment[]

Based on data from the decennial census, each state is allocated a proportion of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, although each state is guaranteed a minimum of one seat, regardless of population. This apportionment is based on the proportion of each state's population to that of the Fifty States together (without regard to the populations of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or other U.S. dependencies). The Electoral College is the body that, every four years, elects the president and vice president of the United States. Each state's representation in the Electoral College is equal to that state's total number of members in both houses of the United States Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution grants the District of Columbia, which is separate from any state, three votes. More precisely, it gets as many votes in the Electoral College as it would have if it were a state, but no more votes than the state with the fewest votes, which is currently three (i.e. Wyoming). Thus, the total representation in the College is 538 members (equal to 100 senators plus 435 representatives, plus 3 members for the District of Columbia).[3] The 11 most populous states, representing 56% of the population, have a majority of the Electoral College votes, enough to elect the president.

States and territories[]

Rank in
the fifty
states,
2015 		Rank in all
states
& terri-
tories,
2010 		State or territory Population estimate for
July 1, 2015 		Census population,
April 1, 2010
 Total number

of seats in U.S. House of
Representatives
(2013 - 2023)

2015 Estimated pop.
per
House seat 		2010 Census pop.
per
House
seat[4]
Percent
of total
U.S. pop.,
2015[5] 		Comparable country
1 1 File:Flag of California.png California 39,144,818 37,254,503 53 738,581 702,905 12.18% Flag of Poland Poland
2 2 File:Flag of Texas.jpeg Texas 27,469,114 25,146,105 36 763,031 698,487 8.55% File:Flag of Ghana.png Ghana
3 4 File:Flag of Florida.png Florida 20,271,272 18,804,623 27 750,788 696,345 6.31% File:Flag of Romania.png Romania
4 3 File:Flag of New York.png New York 19,795,791 19,378,087 27 733,177 717,707 6.16% File:Flag of Niger.png Niger
5 5 File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois 12,859,995 12,831,549 18 714,444 712,813 4.00% File:Flag of Guinea.png Guinea
6 6 File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania 12,802,503 12,702,887 18 711,250 705,688 3.98% File:Flag of Zimbabwe.png Zimbabwe
7 7 File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio 11,613,423 11,536,725 16 725,839 721,032 3.61% File:Flag of Bolivia.png Bolivia
8 9 Template:Country data Georgia (U.S. state) 10,214,860 9,688,681 14 729,633 691,975 3.18% Flag of Portugal Portugal
9 10 Template:Country data North Carolina 10,042,802 9,535,692 13 772,523 733,498 3.12% Flag of Hungary Hungary
10 8 Template:Country data Michigan 9,922,576 9,884,129 14 708,755 705,974 3.11% File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
11 11 File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey 8,958,013 8,791,936 12 746,501 732,658 2.79% Flag of Belarus Belarus
12 12 Template:Country data Virginia 8,382,993 8,001,045 11 762,090 727,366 2.61% Flag of Israel Israel
13 13 File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington 7,170,351 6,724,543 10 717,035 672,454 2.23% File:Flag of Paraguay.png Paraguay
14 16 File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona 6,828,065 6,392,307 9 758,674 710,224 2.12% File:Flag of Sierra Leone.png Sierra Leone
15 14 Template:Country data Massachusetts 6,794,422 6,547,817 9 754,936 727,514 2.11% File:Flag of Laos.png Laos
16 15 File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana 6,619,680 6,484,229 9 735,520 720,422 2.06% File:Flag of El Salvador.png El Salvador
17 17 File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee 6,600,299 6,346,275 9 733,367 705,123 2.05% File:Flag of Libya.png Libya
18 18 File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri 6,083,672 5,988,927 8 760,459 748,615 1.89% File:Flag of Nicaragua.png Nicaragua
19 19 File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland 6,006,401 5,773,785 8 750,800 721,694 1.87% File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.png Kyrgyzstan
20 20 Template:Country data Wisconsin 5,771,337 5,687,289 8 721,417 710,873 1.80% Flag of Denmark Denmark
21 21 Template:Country data Minnesota 5,489,594 5,303,925 8 686,199 662,991 1.71% Flag of Finland Finland
22 22 Template:Country data Colorado 5,456,574 5,029,324 7 779,511 720,704 1.70% Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
23 24 Template:Country data South Carolina 4,896,146 4,625,401 7 699,449 660,766 1.52% File:Flag of Costa Rica.png Costa Rica
24 23 Template:Country data Alabama 4,858,979 4,780,127 7 694,140 682,819 1.51% File:Flag of Central African Republic.png Central African Republic
25 25 Template:Country data Louisiana 4,670,724 4,533,479 6 778,454 755,562 1.45% Template:Country data Republic of Ireland
26 26 File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 4,425,092 4,339,349 6 737,515 723,228 1.38% File:Flag of Liberia.png Liberia
27 27 File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon 4,028,977 3,831,073 5 805,795 766,215 1.25% Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 28 File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma 3,911,338 3,751,616 5 782,268 750,270 1.22% File:Flag of Panama.png Panama
29 30 Template:Country data Connecticut 3,590,886 3,574,118 5 718,177 714,819 1.13% File:Flag of Uruguay.png Uruguay
71 — 29 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.png Puerto Rico 3,474,182 3,726,157 1a — — 1.08% File:Mdlarge.gif Moldova
30 31 Template:Country data Iowa 3,123,899 3,046,869 4 780,975 761,589 0.97% File:Flag of Mongolia.png Mongolia
31 35 File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah 2,995,919 2,763,888 4 748,083 690,221 0.93% Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
32 32 Template:Country data Mississippi 2,992,333 2,968,103 4 748,083 741,824 0.93% Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
33 33 Template:Country data Arkansas 2,978,204 2,915,958 4 744,551 728,980 0.93% Flag of Armenia Armenia
34 34 Template:Country data Kansas 2,911,641 2,853,132 4 727,910 713,280 0.91% File:Flag of Albania.png Albania
35 36 File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada 2,890,845 2,700,691 4 722,711 675,110 0.90% File:Flag of Jamaica.png Jamaica
36 37 File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico 2,085,109 2,059,192 3 695,036 686,393 0.65% Template:Country data Macedonia
37 39 File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska 1,896,190 1,826,341 3 632,063 608,780 0.59% Template:Country data The Gambia
38 38 Template:Country data West Virginia 1,844,128 1,853,011 3 614,709 617,665 0.57% File:Flag of Kosovo.png Kosovo
39 40 File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho 1,654,930 1,567,652 2 827,465 783,791 0.51% File:Flag of Gabon.png Gabon
40 41 File:Flag of Hawaii.png Hawaii 1,431,603 1,360,301 2 715,802 680,151 0.45% Template:Country data Bahrain
41 43 Template:Country data New Hampshire 1,330,608 1,316,466 2 665,304 658,235 0.41% Flag of Estonia Estonia
42 42 Template:Country data Maine 1,329,328 1,328,361 2 664,664 664,181 0.41% File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.png Trinidad and Tobago
43 44 Template:Country data Rhode Island 1,056,298 1,052,931 2 528,149 526,284 0.33% File:Flag of East Timor.png East Timor
44 45 File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana 1,032,949 989,417 1 1,032,949 989,415 0.32% Template:Country data Swaziland
45 46 File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 945,934 897,936 1 945,934 897,934 0.29% File:Flag of Djibouti.png Djibouti
46 47 Template:Country data South Dakota 858,469 814,191 1 858,469 814,180 0.27% Template:Country data Cyprus
47 49 Template:Country data North Dakota 756,927 672,591 1 756,927 672,591 0.24% File:Flag of Bhutan.png Bhutan
48 48 File:Flag of Alaska.png Alaska 738,432 710,249 1 738,432 710,231 0.23% File:Flag of Guyana.png Guyana
61— 51 Template:Country data Washington, D.C. 672,228 601,767 1a 672,228 — 0.21% Template:Country data Solomon Islands
49 50 Template:Country data Vermont 626,042 625,745 1 626,042 625,741 0.19% Flag of Montenegro Montenegro
50 52 File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming 586,107 563,767 1 586,107 563,626 0.18% Template:Country data Luxembourg
72— 53 File:Flag of Guam.png Guam — 159,358[6] 1a — — 0.06% File:Flag of Saint Lucia.png Saint Lucia
73— 54 Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands — 106,405[7] 1a — — 0.04% File:Flag of Kiribati.png Kiribati
74— 55 Template:Country data American Samoa — 55,519[8] 1a — — 0.02% File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.png Saint Kitts and Nevis
75— 56 File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.png Northern Mariana Islands — 53,883[9] 1a — — 0.02% File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.png Saint Kitts and Nevis
81— 81— The fifty states 320,746,592 308,156,338 435 737,348 708,376 98.48% —
82— 82— Fifty states + D.C. 321,418,820 308,758,105 435 + 1a — — 98.67% —
83— 83— Total U.S. territory — 312,913,872 435 + 6a — — 100.000 —

a: The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands are each represented by one non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Summary of population by region[]

Legend
Division totals – 9 divisions for 50 states and D.C.
Region totals – 4 regions ( 2 or 3 divisions each)
Individual territories
Total U.S. Territories
50 States + District of Columbia
Divisions & regions as defined by U.S. Census Bureau
Last col. shows larger region which contains entity in col. 1
Population of states, territories, divisions and regions
State/Territory/
Division/Region 		R
a
n
k 		2013
pop. 		R
a
n
k 		2010
pop. 		R
a
n
k 		2000
pop. 		R
a
n
k 		2000-
2010
chg. 		Geog.
sort
Template:Country data Massachusetts 14 6,692,824 14 6,547,629 13 6,349,097 43 3.1% NEng
Template:Country data Connecticut 29 3,596,080 29 3,574,097 29 3,405,565 35 4.9% NEng
Template:Country data Maine 41 1,328,302 41 1,328,361 40 1,274,923 39 4.2% NEng
Template:Country data New Hampshire 42 1,323,459 42 1,316,470 41 1,235,786 32 6.5% NEng
Template:Country data Rhode Island 43 1,051,511 43 1,052,567 43 1,048,319 49 0.4% NEng
Template:Country data Vermont 49 626,630 49 625,741 49 608,827 44 2.8% NEng
Template:SpaceNew England 9 14,618,806 9 14,444,865 9 13,922,517 7 3.8% NEast
File:Flag of New York.png New York 3 19,651,127 3 19,378,102 3 18,976,457 46 2.1% MAtl
File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania 6 12,773,801 6 12,702,379 6 12,281,054 41 3.4% MAtl
File:Flag of New Jersey.svg New Jersey 11 8,899,339 11 8,791,894 9 8,414,350 37 4.5% MAtl
Template:SpaceMid-Atlantic 4 41,324,267 4 40,872,375 4 39,671,861 8 3.0% NEast
Template:SpaceNortheast 4 55,943,073 4 55,317,240 4 53,594,378 4 3.2% USA
File:Flag of Florida.png Florida 4 19,552,860 4 18,801,310 4 15,982,378 8 17.6% SAtl
Template:Country data Georgia (U.S. state) 8 9,992,167 9 9,687,653 10 8,186,453 7 18.3% SAtl
Template:Country data North Carolina 10 9,848,060 10 9,535,483 11 8,049,313 6 18.5% SAtl
Template:Country data Virginia 12 8,260,405 12 8,001,024 12 7,078,515 16 13.0% SAtl
File:Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland 19 5,928,814 19 5,773,552 19 5,296,486 23 9.0% SAtl
Template:Country data South Carolina 24 4,774,839 24 4,625,364 26 4,012,012 10 15.3% SAtl
Template:Country data West Virginia 38 1,854,304 37 1,852,994 37 1,808,344 45 2.5% SAtl
File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware 45 925,749 45 897,934 45 783,600 11 14.6% SAtl
Template:Country data District of Columbia -- 646,449 -- 601,723 -- 572,059 -- 5.2% SAtl
Template:SpaceSouth Atlantic 1 61,783,647 1 59,777,037 1 51,769,160 3 15.5% South
File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee 17 6,495,978 17 6,346,105 16 5,689,283 19 11.5% ESC
Template:Country data Alabama 23 4,833,722 23 4,779,736 23 4,447,100 27 7.5% ESC
File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky 26 4,395,295 26 4,339,367 25 4,041,769 28 7.4% ESC
Template:Country data Mississippi 31 2,991,207 31 2,967,297 31 2,844,658 38 4.3% ESC
Template:SpaceEast South Central 8 18,716,202 8 18,432,505 8 17,022,810 5 8.3% South
File:Flag of Texas.jpeg Texas 2 26,448,193 2 25,145,561 2 20,851,820 5 20.6% WSC
Template:Country data Louisiana 25 4,625,470 25 4,533,372 22 4,468,976 48 1.4% WSC
File:Flag of Oklahoma.svg Oklahoma 28 3,850,568 28 3,751,351 27 3,450,654 24 8.7% WSC
Template:Country data Arkansas 32 2,959,373 32 2,915,918 33 2,673,400 22 9.1% WSC
Template:SpaceWest South Central 5 37,883,604 5 36,346,202 5 31,444,850 2 15.6% South
Template:SpaceSouth 1 118,383,453 1 114,555,744 1 100,236,820 1 14.3% USA
File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois 5 12,882,135 5 12,830,632 5 12,419,293 42 3.3% ENC
File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio 7 11,570,808 7 11,536,504 7 11,353,140 47 1.6% ENC
Template:Country data Michigan 9 9,895,622 8 9,883,640 8 9,938,444 50 -0.6% ENC
File:Flag of Indiana.svg Indiana 16 6,570,902 15 6,483,802 14 6,080,485 31 6.6% ENC
Template:Country data Wisconsin 20 5,742,713 20 5,686,986 18 5,363,675 34 6.0% ENC
Template:SpaceEast North Central 3 46,662,180 3 46,421,564 2 45,155,037 9 2.8% MWest
File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri 18 6,044,171 18 5,988,927 17 5,595,211 29 7.0% WNC
Template:Country data Minnesota 21 5,420,380 21 5,303,925 21 4,919,479 26 7.8% WNC
Template:Country data Iowa 30 3,090,416 30 3,046,355 30 2,926,324 40 4.1% WNC
Template:Country data Kansas 34 2,893,957 33 2,853,118 32 2,688,418 33 6.1% WNC
File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska 37 1,868,516 38 1,826,341 38 1,711,263 30 6.7% WNC
Template:Country data South Dakota 46 844,877 46 814,180 46 754,844 25 7.9% WNC
Template:Country data North Dakota 48 723,393 48 672,591 47 642,200 36 4.7% WNC
Template:SpaceWest North Central 7 20,885,710 7 20,505,437 6 19,237,739 6 6.6% MWest
Template:SpaceMidwest 3 67,547,890 3 66,927,001 2 64,392,776 3 3.9% USA
File:Flag of Arizona.svg Arizona 15 6,626,624 16 6,392,017 20 5,130,632 2 24.6% Mtn
Template:Country data Colorado 22 5,268,367 22 5,029,196 24 4,301,261 9 16.9% Mtn
File:Flag of Utah.svg Utah 33 2,900,872 34 2,763,885 34 2,233,169 3 23.8% Mtn
File:Flag of Nevada.svg Nevada 35 2,790,136 35 2,700,551 35 1,998,257 1 35.1% Mtn
File:Flag of New Mexico.svg New Mexico 36 2,085,287 36 2,059,179 36 1,819,046 15 13.2% Mtn
File:Flag of Idaho.svg Idaho 39 1,612,136 39 1,567,582 39 1,293,953 4 21.1% Mtn
File:Flag of Montana.svg Montana 44 1,015,165 44 989,415 44 902,195 21 9.7% Mtn
File:Flag of Wyoming.svg Wyoming 50 582,658 50 563,626 50 493,782 12 14.1% Mtn
Template:SpaceMountain 6 22,881,245 6 22,065,451 7 18,172,295 1 21.4% West
File:Flag of California.png California 1 38,332,521 1 37,253,956 1 33,871,648 20 10.0% Pac
File:Flag of Washington.svg Washington 13 6,971,406 13 6,724,540 15 5,894,121 13 14.1% Pac
File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon 27 3,930,065 27 3,831,074 28 3,421,399 18 12.0% Pac
File:Flag of Hawaii.png Hawaii 40 1,404,054 40 1,360,301 42 1,211,537 17 12.3% Pac
File:Flag of Alaska.png Alaska 47 735,132 47 710,231 48 626,932 14 13.3% Pac
Template:SpacePacific 2 51,373,178 2 49,880,102 3 45,025,637 4 10.8% West
Template:SpaceWest 2 74,254,423 2 71,945,553 3 63,197,932 2 13.8% USA
Flag of United States 50 states and D.C. -- 316,128,839 -- 308,745,538 -- 281,421,906 -- 9.7% NAmer
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.png Puerto Rico 1 3,615,086 1 3,725,789 1 3,808,610 3 -2.2% Terr.
File:Flag of Guam.png Guam 2 -- 2 159,358 2 154,805 1 2.9% Terr.
Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands 3 -- 3 106,405 3 108,612 2 -2.0% Terr.
Template:Country data American Samoa 4 -- 4 55,519 5 57,291 4 -3.1% Terr.
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.png Northern Mariana Islands 5 -- 5 53,883 4 69,221 5 -22.2% Terr.
Template:SpaceTotal Territories -- -- -- 4,100,954 -- 4,198,539 -- -2.3% USA

See also[]

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  • Demographics of the United States
  • List of United States cities by population
  • List of U.S. states by African-American population
  • List of U.S. states by historical population (tables of state populations since 1790)
  • List of U.S. states by population density
  • List of U.S. states by population growth rate
  • List of U.S. states by vehicles per capita
  • List of U.S. states by religiosity
  • United States

References[]

General
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  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 60: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  • "2010 Apportionment Population", U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 6, 2011
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  • Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1995, U.S. Census Bureau, Section 29: Outlying Areas, Table No. 1347. Land Area and Population Characteristics, by [Outlying] Area: 1990 (page 828). Retrieved May 28, 2011
Specific
  1. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 60: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  2. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 60: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  3. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 60: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  4. ↑ For simplicity's sake, these are the 2010 Resident Populations per 2003–2013 House seat; the seats for 2013–2023 will, however, be apportioned on the slightly different basis of "Apportionment Population" which can be found at http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-data-text.php and http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/apportionment/apport.html
  5. ↑ Because of rounding of the individual percentages, the entries in this column may not sum to 100%.
  6. ↑ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn179.html
  7. ↑ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn180.html
  8. ↑ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn177.html
  9. ↑ http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn178.html

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