Intercensal Estimates of the Total Resident Population of States: 1970 to 1980 Source: Population Distribution and Population Estimates Branches U.S. Bureau of the Census Release date: Feb. 1995 Consistent with Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 957, issued October 1984 Data for 4/1/70 and 4/1/80 are census counts. Population data for remaining years are intercensal estimates as of each July 1. Fip St 4/1/70 7/71 7/72 7/73 7/74 7/75 1 AL 3444354 3497076 3539400 3579780 3626499 3678814 2 AK 302583 315510 324464 330543 341063 376170 4 AZ 1775399 1895814 2008291 2124438 2223196 2284847 5 AR 1923322 1972312 2018638 2059256 2101403 2159526 6 CA 19971069 20345939 20585469 20868728 21173865 21537849 8 CO 2209596 2303524 2404619 2495868 2541406 2586192 9 CT 3032217 3060938 3068699 3067814 3074047 3082500 10 DE 548104 564708 572913 577759 581418 586589 11 DC 756668 749781 742241 731488 717947 706871 12 FL 6791418 7158304 7511463 7913696 8298762 8518422 13 GA 4587930 4711550 4809490 4910374 4999419 5064075 15 HI 769913 801644 828331 851595 867978 886160 16 ID 713015 738753 763237 782074 807990 831982 17 IL 11110285 11202397 11251948 11251367 11262145 11291743 18 IN 5195392 5253396 5302435 5338277 5361890 5365766 19 IA 2825368 2851705 2860287 2863715 2867530 2880847 20 KS 2249071 2246600 2256375 2265603 2269499 2280578 21 KY 3220711 3298053 3335728 3371024 3416315 3467769 22 LA 3644637 3710487 3761646 3788375 3820109 3886104 23 ME 993722 1015390 1034292 1045655 1059040 1071995 24 MD 3923897 4018324 4073499 4097974 4118815 4139096 25 MA 5689170 5737580 5760302 5781172 5773548 5757756 26 MI 8881826 8974186 9028944 9077956 9117507 9117668 27 MN 3806103 3853486 3869747 3889332 3903925 3932515 28 MS 2216994 2265432 2307117 2349546 2378268 2399449 29 MO 4677623 4725764 4758780 4782645 4795930 4808308 30 MT 694409 710814 718732 726798 736419 748208 31 NE 1485333 1504604 1519013 1529567 1539191 1543117 32 NV 488738 520018 546789 568991 596822 619972 33 NH 737681 761851 781107 800951 815914 828555 34 NJ 7171112 7281107 7335042 7333083 7332411 7337765 35 NM 1017055 1053737 1078697 1105529 1131309 1159944 36 NY 18241391 18357982 18339400 18177063 18049775 18003485 37 NC 5084411 5203531 5301150 5389852 5470911 5547188 38 ND 617792 626760 631119 632675 634559 638886 39 OH 10657423 10734818 10746993 10767314 10765759 10770425 40 OK 2559463 2618601 2658646 2695931 2734768 2774683 41 OR 2091533 2151022 2197297 2241932 2285013 2329661 42 PA 11800766 11886400 11908233 11890527 11870884 11906095 44 RI 949723 963107 974790 975738 950615 942788 45 SC 2590713 2662269 2719197 2776605 2844749 2902028 46 SD 666257 671297 677234 678715 679585 681042 47 TN 3926018 4013608 4094611 4147401 4213509 4275566 48 TX 11198655 11509848 11759148 12019543 12268629 12568843 49 UT 1059273 1101192 1135449 1170040 1200471 1236030 50 VT 444732 454318 463143 468430 473002 479713 51 VA 4651448 4750838 4824472 4901292 4971069 5047395 53 WA 3413244 3447553 3447885 3478782 3549946 3621339 54 WV 1744237 1770657 1797648 1806360 1815447 1842250 55 WI 4417821 4462155 4502412 4524244 4545782 4578986 56 WY 332416 340285 347345 354061 365501 381695 US 203302031 206827026 209283905 211357481 213341554 215465255 7/76 7/77 7/78 7/79 4/1/80 1 AL 3735139 3780403 3831836 3866248 3893888 2 AK 400969 403436 404766 402753 401851 4 AZ 2346157 2425197 2515316 2635571 2718215 5 AR 2170161 2209010 2243127 2271333 2286435 6 CA 21935909 22352396 22835958 23256880 23667902 8 CO 2632306 2696140 2766748 2849234 2889964 9 CT 3083335 3085722 3091627 3095917 3107576 10 DE 590166 591829 594776 594984 594338 11 DC 692295 677228 665052 650016 638333 12 FL 8667379 8856183 9102032 9426159 9746324 13 GA 5132812 5219697 5295751 5401384 5463105 15 HI 904191 918259 931584 953306 964691 16 ID 856983 883469 910690 932627 943935 17 IL 11342853 11386316 11412561 11396837 11426518 18 IN 5389088 5425638 5470214 5501174 5490224 19 IA 2903082 2913573 2918069 2915739 2913808 20 KS 2301001 2320647 2335657 2350906 2363679 21 KY 3529257 3573693 3609976 3641804 3660777 22 LA 3950605 4014459 4068579 4137665 4205900 23 ME 1088412 1103578 1113566 1122563 1124660 24 MD 4150539 4169595 4183603 4191160 4216975 25 MA 5743672 5738199 5736469 5738404 5737037 26 MI 9129205 9171110 9217761 9266268 9262078 27 MN 3964680 3989364 4015341 4050316 4075970 28 MS 2429756 2459201 2487816 2507069 2520638 29 MO 4839029 4863173 4889399 4912430 4916686 30 MT 757317 769953 782317 787305 786690 31 NE 1550911 1556842 1563884 1567344 1569825 32 NV 646975 678333 719436 765367 800493 33 NH 845248 869763 891520 909074 920610 34 NJ 7339745 7337169 7350804 7366512 7364823 35 NM 1189295 1215720 1238034 1284722 1302894 36 NY 17940541 17812602 17680589 17583838 17558072 37 NC 5607964 5685607 5759492 5823491 5881766 38 ND 645797 649769 651301 652896 652717 39 OH 10752662 10771394 10795581 10798298 10797630 40 OK 2826815 2870014 2917336 2975310 3025290 41 OR 2378262 2446673 2518298 2588012 2633105 42 PA 11897378 11893591 11879396 11887975 11863895 44 RI 946089 950230 951816 950382 947154 45 SC 2943657 2991681 3044364 3090267 3121820 46 SD 686390 688480 688580 688335 690768 47 TN 4346928 4422921 4486314 4560473 4591120 48 TX 12904089 13193050 13500429 13888371 14229191 49 UT 1274928 1319512 1367510 1420238 1461037 50 VT 484928 491931 498109 505372 511456 51 VA 5121863 5193112 5270240 5307945 5346818 53 WA 3693610 3776050 3889073 4017632 4132156 54 WV 1879503 1908088 1923395 1942146 1949644 55 WI 4595904 4626514 4646108 4682811 4705767 56 WY 396952 413354 432880 454378 469557 US 217562735 219759869 222095080 224567241 226545805 Source: Population Estimates Branch Bureau of the Census Department of Commerce