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Resident Population of the 50 States: 1990 and 2000
Ranked by Percent Change, 1990-2000

Rank State Population
1990		 Population
2000		 Number
Change in
Population		 Percent
Change in
Population
-- United States 248,709,873 281,421,906 32,712,033 13.15
1 Nevada 1,201,833 1,998,257 796,424 66.27
2 Arizona 3,665,228 5,130,632 1,465,404 39.98
3 Colorado 3,294,394 4,301,261 1,006,867 30.56
4 Utah 1,722,850 2,233,169 510,319 29.62
5 Idaho 1,006,749 1,293,953 287,204 28.53
6 Georgia 6,478,216 8,186,453 1,708,237 26.37
7 Florida 12,937,926 15,982,378 3,044,452 23.53
8 Texas 16,986,510 20,851,820 3,865,310 22.76
9 North Carolina 6,628,637 8,049,313 1,420,676 21.43
10 Washington 4,866,692 5,894,121 1,027,429 21.11
11 Oregon 2,842,321 3,421,399 579,078 20.37
12 New Mexico 1,515,069 1,819,046 303,977 20.06
13 Delaware 666,168 783,600 117,432 17.63
14 Tennessee 4,877,185 5,689,283 812,098 16.65
15 South Carolina 3,486,703 4,012,012 525,309 15.07
16 Virginia 6,187,358 7,078,515 891,157 14.40
17 Alaska 550,043 626,932 76,889 13.98
18 California 29,760,021 33,871,648 4,111,627 13.82
19 Arkansas 2,350,725 2,673,400 322,675 13.73
20 Montana 799,065 902,195 103,130 12.91
21 Minnesota 4,375,099 4,919,479 544,380 12.44
22 New Hampshire 1,109,252 1,235,786 126,534 11.41
23 Maryland 4,781,468 5,296,486 515,018 10.77
24 Mississippi 2,573,216 2,844,658 271,442 10.55
25 Alabama 4,040,587 4,447,100 406,513 10.06
26 Oklahoma 3,145,585 3,450,654 305,069 9.70
27 Indiana 5,544,159 6,080,485 536,326 9.67
28 Kentucky 3,685,296 4,041,769 356,473 9.67
29 Wisconsin 4,891,769 5,363,675 471,906 9.65
30 Missouri 5,117,073 5,595,211 478,138 9.34
31 Hawaii 1,108,229 1,211,537 103,308 9.32
32 Wyoming 453,588 493,782 40,194 8.86
33 New Jersey 7,730,188 8,414,350 684,162 8.85
34 Illinois 11,430,602 12,419,293 988,691 8.65
35 Kansas 2,477,574 2,688,418 210,844 8.51
36 South Dakota 696,004 754,844 58,840 8.45
37 Nebraska 1,578,385 1,711,263 132,878 8.42
38 Vermont 562,758 608,827 46,069 8.19
39 Michigan 9,295,297 9,938,444 643,147 6.92
40 Louisiana 4,219,973 4,468,976 249,003 5.90
41 Massachusetts 6,016,425 6,349,097 332,672 5.53
42 New York 17,990,455 18,976,457 986,002 5.48
43 Iowa 2,776,755 2,926,324 149,569 5.39
44 Ohio 10,847,115 11,353,140 506,025 4.67
45 Rhode Island 1,003,464 1,048,319 44,855 4.47
46 Maine 1,227,928 1,274,923 46,995 3.83
47 Connecticut 3,287,116 3,405,565 118,449 3.60
48 Pennsylvania 11,881,643 12,281,054 399,411 3.36
49 West Virginia 1,793,477 1,808,344 14,867 0.83
50 North Dakota 638,800 642,200 3,400 0.53
51 District of Columbia 606,900 572,059 -34,841 -5.74
 
Source: Decennial Censuses of the United States, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Compiled by the Texas State Data Center,
Department of Rural Sociology,
Texas A&M University
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