Resident Population of the 50 States and the District of Columbia: 2010 Census and Census 2000
Area	April 1, 2010	April 1, 2000	Numeric change	Percent change	State Rank based on numeric change	State rank based on percent change
United States	308,745,538	281,421,906	27,323,632	9.7	NA	NA
Northeast	55,317,240	53,594,378	1,722,862	3.2	NA	NA
Midwest	66,927,001	64,392,776	2,534,225	3.9	NA	NA
South	114,555,744	100,236,820	14,318,924	14.3	NA	NA
West	71,945,553	63,197,932	8,747,621	13.8	NA	NA
Alaska	710,231	626,932	83,299	13.3	40	14
Arizona	6,392,017	5,130,632	1,261,385	24.6	6	2
Arkansas	2,915,918	2,673,400	242,518	9.1	28	22
California	37,253,956	33,871,648	3,382,308	10.0	2	20
Colorado	5,029,196	4,301,261	727,935	16.9	9	9
Connecticut	3,574,097	3,405,565	168,532	4.9	32	35
Delaware	897,934	783,600	114,334	14.6	38	11
District of Columbia	601,723	572,059	29,664	5.2	(NA)	(NA)
Florida	18,801,310	15,982,378	2,818,932	17.6	3	8
Georgia	9,687,653	8,186,453	1,501,200	18.3	4	7
Hawaii	1,360,301	1,211,537	148,764	12.3	34	17
Idaho	1,567,582	1,293,953	273,629	21.1	27	4
Illinois	12,830,632	12,419,293	411,339	3.3	16	42
Indiana	6,483,802	6,080,485	403,317	6.6	18	31
Iowa	3,046,355	2,926,324	120,031	4.1	36	40
Kansas	2,853,118	2,688,418	164,700	6.1	33	33
Kentucky	4,339,367	4,041,769	297,598	7.4	26	28
Louisiana	4,533,372	4,468,976	64,396	1.4	43	48
Maine	1,328,361	1,274,923	53,438	4.2	45	39
Maryland	5,773,552	5,296,486	477,066	9.0	14	23
Massachusetts	6,547,629	6,349,097	198,532	3.1	30	43
Michigan	9,883,640	9,938,444	-54,804	-0.6	50	50
Minnesota	5,303,925	4,919,479	384,446	7.8	21	26
Mississippi	2,967,297	2,844,658	122,639	4.3	35	38
Missouri	5,988,927	5,595,211	393,716	7.0	20	29
Montana	989,415	902,195	87,220	9.7	39	21
Nebraska	1,826,341	1,711,263	115,078	6.7	37	30
Nevada	2,700,551	1,998,257	702,294	35.1	10	1
New Hampshire	1,316,470	1,235,786	80,684	6.5	41	32
New Jersey	8,791,894	8,414,350	377,544	4.5	22	37
New Mexico	2,059,179	1,819,046	240,133	13.2	29	15
New York	19,378,102	18,976,457	401,645	2.1	19	46
North Carolina	9,535,483	8,049,313	1,486,170	18.5	5	6
North Dakota	672,591	642,200	30,391	4.7	47	36
Ohio	11,536,504	11,353,140	183,364	1.6	31	47
Oklahoma	3,751,351	3,450,654	300,697	8.7	25	24
Oregon	3,831,074	3,421,399	409,675	12.0	17	18
Pennsylvania	12,702,379	12,281,054	421,325	3.4	15	41
Rhode Island	1,052,567	1,048,319	4,248	0.4	49	49
South Carolina	4,625,364	4,012,012	613,352	15.3	12	10
South Dakota	814,180	754,844	59,336	7.9	44	25
Tennessee	6,346,105	5,689,283	656,822	11.5	11	19
Texas	25,145,561	20,851,820	4,293,741	20.6	1	5
Utah	2,763,885	2,233,169	530,716	23.8	13	3
Vermont	625,741	608,827	16,914	2.8	48	44
Virginia	8,001,024	7,078,515	922,509	13.0	7	16
Washington	6,724,540	5,894,121	830,419	14.1	8	13
West Virginia	1,852,994	1,808,344	44,650	2.5	46	45
Wisconsin	5,686,986	5,363,675	323,311	6.0	24	34
Wyoming	563,626	493,782	69,844	14.1	42	12
Source: U.S. Census Bureau