State Population Estimates

  2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 (July 1 Estimate) 2000 (April 1 Estimate Base) Change 2000 to 2008 % Change 2000 to 2008
United States 304,059,724 301,290,332 298,362,973 295,560,549 292,892,127 290,210,914 287,726,647 285,039,803 282,171,936 281,424,602 22,635,122 8.0%
Alabama 4,661,900 4,626,595 4,587,564 4,537,299 4,506,574 4,486,598 4,469,906 4,462,832 4,451,687 4,447,355 214,545 4.8%
Alaska 686,293 681,111 676,301 668,625 660,975 650,426 642,391 633,160 627,428 626,931 59,362 9.5%
Arizona 6,500,180 6,353,421 6,178,251 5,961,239 5,750,475 5,585,512 5,449,195 5,303,632 5,166,810 5,130,607 1,369,573 26.7%
Arkansas 2,855,390 2,830,557 2,804,199 2,768,918 2,740,191 2,717,909 2,701,889 2,689,601 2,678,217 2,673,386 182,004 6.8%
California 36,756,666 36,377,534 36,121,296 35,885,415 35,629,666 35,307,398 34,916,495 34,507,030 33,998,767 33,871,650 2,885,016 8.5%
Colorado 4,939,456 4,842,770 4,751,474 4,662,734 4,600,050 4,548,339 4,503,156 4,431,918 4,327,788 4,302,015 637,441 14.8%
Connecticut 3,501,252 3,489,868 3,487,896 3,478,714 3,475,351 3,467,932 3,448,261 3,428,208 3,411,714 3,405,604 95,648 2.8%
Delaware 873,092 861,953 850,366 838,519 825,682 814,262 803,774 794,498 786,404 783,595 89,497 11.4%
District of Columbia 591,833 587,868 585,419 582,049 579,521 577,371 579,112 577,678 571,723 572,053 19,780 3.5%
Florida 18,328,340 18,199,526 18,019,093 17,702,476 17,313,811 16,937,337 16,652,679 16,340,734 16,047,246 15,982,813 2,345,527 14.7%
Georgia 9,685,744 9,523,297 9,318,715 9,093,958 8,910,741 8,732,924 8,583,674 8,418,592 8,230,053 8,186,812 1,498,932 18.3%
Hawaii 1,288,198 1,277,356 1,275,264 1,264,468 1,251,532 1,238,333 1,227,391 1,217,955 1,211,479 1,211,538 76,660 6.3%
Idaho 1,523,816 1,496,145 1,461,183 1,424,127 1,390,329 1,363,010 1,341,408 1,320,732 1,299,474 1,293,955 229,861 17.8%
Illinois 12,901,563 12,825,809 12,759,673 12,704,063 12,665,718 12,611,047 12,565,228 12,510,596 12,437,888 12,419,660 481,903 3.9%
Indiana 6,376,792 6,335,862 6,294,124 6,248,569 6,210,801 6,178,828 6,146,974 6,123,942 6,091,392 6,080,522 296,270 4.9%
Iowa 3,002,555 2,983,360 2,967,270 2,951,775 2,942,739 2,933,407 2,929,395 2,929,294 2,928,046 2,926,381 76,174 2.6%
Kansas 2,802,134 2,777,382 2,756,267 2,742,204 2,731,069 2,722,070 2,712,561 2,701,346 2,692,681 2,688,816 113,318 4.2%
Kentucky 4,269,245 4,236,308 4,199,440 4,165,958 4,135,567 4,110,922 4,086,754 4,066,442 4,048,831 4,042,284 226,961 5.6%
Louisiana 4,410,796 4,373,310 4,243,634 4,495,627 4,487,830 4,473,558 4,465,215 4,460,395 4,468,879 4,468,968 -58,172 -1.3%
Maine 1,316,456 1,315,398 1,313,355 1,311,044 1,307,904 1,302,729 1,293,667 1,284,663 1,277,179 1,274,922 41,534 3.3%
Maryland 5,633,597 5,618,899 5,602,258 5,575,552 5,538,989 5,495,009 5,439,327 5,375,659 5,310,451 5,296,516 337,081 6.4%
Massachusetts 6,497,967 6,467,915 6,443,424 6,434,343 6,437,414 6,441,440 6,433,043 6,407,269 6,362,583 6,349,113 148,854 2.3%
Michigan 10,003,422 10,049,790 10,083,878 10,093,266 10,090,280 10,065,881 10,037,303 10,004,341 9,955,146 9,938,492 64,930 0.7%
Minnesota 5,220,393 5,182,360 5,143,134 5,104,890 5,078,014 5,046,708 5,016,643 4,982,339 4,933,787 4,919,492 300,901 6.1%
Mississippi 2,938,618 2,921,030 2,896,713 2,898,209 2,884,596 2,866,711 2,858,013 2,853,061 2,848,293 2,844,666 93,952 3.3%
Missouri 5,911,605 5,878,399 5,832,977 5,785,130 5,742,650 5,704,639 5,675,641 5,641,994 5,605,868 5,596,678 314,927 5.6%
Montana 967,440 956,624 945,428 934,888 925,969 916,754 909,859 905,854 903,283 902,190 65,250 7.2%
Nebraska 1,783,432 1,769,473 1,759,779 1,751,069 1,741,450 1,732,873 1,724,236 1,717,705 1,713,194 1,711,266 72,166 4.2%
Nevada 2,600,167 2,554,344 2,484,196 2,401,671 2,323,875 2,233,830 2,164,518 2,093,973 2,018,244 1,998,257 601,910 30.1%
New Hampshire 1,315,809 1,312,256 1,308,824 1,300,530 1,292,064 1,281,260 1,270,701 1,256,625 1,240,361 1,235,785 80,024 6.5%
New Jersey 8,682,661 8,653,126 8,640,218 8,634,657 8,620,770 8,589,562 8,547,410 8,490,942 8,430,913 8,414,360 268,301 3.2%
New Mexico 1,984,356 1,964,402 1,937,916 1,912,884 1,889,266 1,867,909 1,848,986 1,828,330 1,820,704 1,819,041 165,315 9.1%
New York 19,490,297 19,429,316 19,367,028 19,336,376 19,301,113 19,230,877 19,161,573 19,088,220 18,998,429 18,976,816 513,481 2.7%
North Carolina 9,222,414 9,041,594 8,845,343 8,661,061 8,523,199 8,409,660 8,311,263 8,199,913 8,078,824 8,046,500 1,175,914 14.6%
North Dakota 641,481 637,904 636,453 635,222 636,196 632,689 633,521 636,211 641,183 642,195 -714 -0.1%
Ohio 11,485,910 11,477,641 11,458,390 11,450,954 11,445,095 11,430,306 11,410,582 11,391,298 11,363,719 11,353,160 132,750 1.2%
Oklahoma 3,642,361 3,608,123 3,568,132 3,530,087 3,511,960 3,496,157 3,482,946 3,463,387 3,453,861 3,450,640 191,721 5.6%
Oregon 3,790,060 3,735,549 3,680,968 3,621,939 3,576,262 3,551,877 3,517,982 3,470,716 3,430,828 3,421,437 368,623 10.8%
Pennsylvania 12,448,279 12,419,930 12,388,055 12,351,881 12,335,652 12,317,647 12,298,775 12,284,522 12,285,041 12,281,052 167,227 1.4%
Puerto Rico 3,954,037 3,941,160 3,926,698 3,910,707 3,893,931 3,876,637 3,858,272 3,837,768 3,814,413 3,808,603 145,434 3.8%
Rhode Island 1,050,788 1,053,136 1,058,991 1,064,439 1,071,095 1,071,302 1,065,937 1,058,065 1,050,725 1,048,319 2,469 0.2%
South Carolina 4,479,800 4,404,914 4,324,799 4,249,385 4,196,799 4,143,420 4,102,211 4,061,844 4,023,396 4,011,809 467,991 11.7%
South Dakota 804,194 795,689 787,380 779,315 773,539 766,440 761,709 758,705 755,657 754,837 49,357 6.5%
Tennessee 6,214,888 6,149,116 6,068,306 5,983,211 5,906,936 5,849,563 5,799,093 5,753,497 5,703,094 5,689,270 525,618 9.2%
Texas 24,326,974 23,843,432 23,367,534 22,811,128 22,424,884 22,062,119 21,713,397 21,333,928 20,946,049 20,851,811 3,475,163 16.7%
Utah 2,736,424 2,668,925 2,585,155 2,501,262 2,439,852 2,380,462 2,334,462 2,291,066 2,244,210 2,233,204 503,220 22.5%
Vermont 621,270 620,748 620,196 619,282 618,432 616,702 614,994 612,134 609,876 608,826 12,444 2.0%
Virginia 7,769,089 7,698,775 7,628,347 7,546,725 7,454,688 7,363,300 7,276,785 7,188,251 7,104,354 7,079,025 690,064 9.7%
Washington 6,549,224 6,449,511 6,360,529 6,254,579 6,179,645 6,110,202 6,055,613 5,987,181 5,911,104 5,894,143 655,081 11.1%
West Virginia 1,814,468 1,809,836 1,806,760 1,804,020 1,803,312 1,802,287 1,799,392 1,798,540 1,806,977 1,808,345 6,123 0.3%
Wisconsin 5,627,967 5,598,893 5,568,505 5,538,806 5,508,789 5,474,360 5,444,638 5,408,061 5,374,133 5,363,708 264,259 4.9%
Wyoming 532,668 523,252 512,573 506,007 502,816 499,056 496,969 492,924 493,963 493,782 38,886 7.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau