List of U.S. states by population

This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2020. The list was made using the 2020 United States Census. The total population of the United States was 331,449,281 at the 2020 Census, not including U.S. territories, or 335,073,176, including U.S. territories.^[1][2]

Population by state, including Puerto Rico (2022)

  550k–2.8M

  2.8M–5.28M

  5.28M–8.26M

  8.26M–11.6M

  11.6M–19.6M

  19.6M–26.5M

  26.5M–38.4M

  38.4M+

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.^[3] The United States of America is the third most populous country in the world, behind China and India.

Map of population change in U.S. states from April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2020

Rank in states & territories, 2020	Rank in states & territories, 2010	State	Census population, April 1, 2020 [1][2]	Census population, April 1, 2010 [1][2]	Percent change, 2010–2020 [note 1]	Absolute change, 2010-2020	Total seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2023–2033	Census population per electoral vote [note 2]	Census population per House seat	Percent of the total U.S. population, 2020 [note 3]
1	1	California	39,538,223	37,253,956	6.1%	+2,284,267	52	732,189	760,350	11.80%
2	2	Texas	30,145,505	25,145,561	15.9%	+3,999,944	38	728,638	766,987	8.70%
3	4	Florida	21,538,187	18,801,310	14.6%	+2,736,877	28	717,940	769,221	6.43%
4	3	New York	20,201,249	19,378,102	4.2%	+823,147	26	721,473	776,971	6.03%
5	6	Pennsylvania	13,002,700	12,702,379	2.4%	+300,321	17	684,353	764,865	3.88%
6	5	Illinois	12,812,508	12,830,632	−0.1%	−18,124	17	674,343	753,677	3.82%
7	7	Ohio	11,799,448	11,536,504	2.3%	+262,944	15	694,085	786,630	3.52%
8	9	Georgia	10,711,908	9,687,653	10.6%	+1,024,255	14	669,494	765,136	3.20%
9	10	North Carolina	10,439,388	9,535,483	9.5%	+903,905	14	652,462	745,671	3.12%
10	8	Michigan	10,077,331	9,883,640	2.0%	+193,691	13	671,822	775,179	3.01%
11	11	New Jersey	9,288,994	8,791,894	5.7%	+497,100	12	663,500	774,083	2.77%
12	12	Virginia	8,631,393	8,001,024	7.9%	+630,369	11	663,953	784,672	2.58%
13	13	Washington	7,705,281	6,724,540	14.6%	+980,741	10	642,107	770,528	2.30%
14	16	Arizona	7,151,502	6,392,017	11.9%	+759,485	9	650,137	794,611	2.13%
15	14	Massachusetts	7,029,917	6,547,629	7.4%	+482,288	9	639,083	781,102	2.10%
16	17	Tennessee	6,910,840	6,346,105	8.9%	+564,735	9	628,258	767,871	2.06%
17	15	Indiana	6,785,528	6,483,802	4.7%	+301,726	9	616,866	753,948	2.03%
18	19	Maryland	6,177,224	5,773,552	7.0%	+403,672	8	617,722	772,153	1.84%
19	18	Missouri	6,154,913	5,988,927	2.8%	+165,986	8	615,491	769,364	1.84%
20	20	Wisconsin	5,893,718	5,686,986	3.6%	+206,732	8	589,372	736,715	1.76%
21	22	Colorado	5,773,714	5,029,196	14.8%	+744,518	8	577,371	721,714	1.72%
22	21	Minnesota	5,706,494	5,303,925	7.6%	+402,569	8	570,649	713,312	1.70%
23	24	South Carolina	5,118,425	4,625,364	10.7%	+493,061	7	568,714	731,204	1.53%
24	23	Alabama	5,024,279	4,779,736	5.1%	+244,543	7	558,253	717,754	1.50%
25	25	Louisiana	4,657,757	4,533,372	2.7%	+124,385	6	582,220	776,293	1.39%
26	26	Kentucky	4,505,836	4,339,367	3.8%	+166,469	6	563,230	750,973	1.35%
27	27	Oregon	4,237,256	3,831,074	10.6%	+406,182	6	529,657	706,209	1.27%
28	28	Oklahoma	3,959,353	3,751,351	5.5%	+208,002	5	565,622	791,871	1.18%
29	30	Connecticut	3,605,944	3,574,097	0.9%	+31,847	5	515,135	721,189	1.08%
30	29	Puerto Rico	3,285,874	3,725,789	−11.8%	−439,915	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.98%
31	35	Utah	3,271,616	2,763,885	18.4%	+507,731	4	545,269	817,904	0.98%
32	31	Iowa	3,190,369	3,046,355	4.7%	+144,014	4	531,728	797,592	0.95%
33	36	Nevada	3,104,614	2,700,551	15.0%	+404,063	4	517,436	776,154	0.93%
34	33	Arkansas	3,011,524	2,915,918	3.3%	+95,606	4	501,921	752,881	0.90%
35	32	Mississippi	2,961,279	2,967,297	−0.2%	−6,018	4	493,547	740,320	0.88%
36	34	Kansas	2,937,880	2,853,118	3.0%	+84,762	4	489,647	734,470	0.88%
37	37	New Mexico	2,117,522	2,059,179	2.8%	+58,343	3	423,504	705,841	0.63%
38	39	Nebraska	1,961,504	1,826,341	7.4%	+135,163	3	392,301	653,835	0.59%
39	40	Idaho	1,839,106	1,567,582	17.3%	+271,524	2	459,777	919,553	0.55%
40	38	West Virginia	1,793,716	1,852,994	−3.2%	−59,278	2	448,429	896,858	0.54%
41	41	Hawaii	1,455,271	1,360,301	7.0%	+94,970	2	363,818	727,636	0.43%
42	43	New Hampshire	1,377,529	1,316,470	4.6%	+61,059	2	344,382	688,765	0.41%
43	42	Maine	1,362,359	1,328,361	2.6%	+33,998	2	340,590	681,180	0.41%
44	44	Rhode Island	1,097,379	1,052,567	4.3%	+44,812	2	274,345	548,690	0.33%
45	45	Montana	1,084,225	989,415	9.6%	+94,810	2	271,056	542,113	0.32%
46	46	Delaware	989,948	897,934	10.2%	+92,014	1	329,983	989,948	0.30%
47	47	South Dakota	886,667	814,180	8.9%	+72,487	1	295,556	886,667	0.27%
48	49	North Dakota	779,094	672,591	15.8%	+106,503	1	259,698	779,094	0.23%
49	48	Alaska	733,391	710,231	3.3%	+23,160	1	244,464	733,391	0.22%
50	51	District of Columbia	689,545	601,723	14.6%	+87,822	1 (non-voting)	229,848	—	0.21%
51	50	Vermont	643,077	625,741	2.8%	+17,336	1	214,359	643,077	0.19%
52	52	Wyoming	576,851	563,626	2.3%	+13,225	1	192,284	576,851	0.17%
53	53	Guam	153,836	159,358	−3.5%	−5,522	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.05%
54	54	U.S. Virgin Islands	87,146	106,405	−18.1%	−19,259	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.03%
55	55	American Samoa	49,710	55,519	−10.5%	−5,809	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.01%
56	56	Northern Mariana Islands	47,329	53,883	−12.2%	−6,554	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.01%
—	—	Contiguous United States	329,260,619	306,675,006	7.4%	+22,585,613	432 (+ 1 non-voting)	627,163	757,745	98.27%
—	—	The fifty states	330,759,736	308,143,815	7.3%	+22,615,921	435	621,729	755,796	98.71%
—	—	Fifty states + D.C.	331,449,281	308,745,538	7.4%	+22,703,743	435 (+ 1 non-voting)	619,531	—	98.92%
—	—	Total U.S. (including D.C. and territories)	335,073,176	312,846,492	7.1%	+22,226,684	435 (+ 6 non-voting)	—	—	100.00%

1. This figure for each state compares to a national increase of 5.97%.
2. Each state has a number of votes in the Electoral College equal to two more than its number of representatives in the U.S. House, while DC is granted 3 electoral votes. The Electoral College is used to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
3. Because of rounding of the individual percentages, the entries in this column may not sum to 100%.

References

1. "Change in Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: 1910 to 2020" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
2. "2020 Population of U.S. Island Areas Just Under 339,000". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
3. "Will 2010 Census apportionment population counts also include any Americans overseas?". Census Help. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

Other websites

• State Totals: Vintage 2012 - U.S Census Bureau
• Here is a video about the most populated states in the United States of America
• Congressional Apportionment - 2010 apportionment results - people and households - U.S. Census Bureau