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U.S. Population by State, 1790 to 2011

The following table lists the population of each state in the United States, from the year 1790 to 2011. For 2000, the data includes population per square mile of each state, as well as population rank. From 2000 to 2010, Nevada grew the fastest, followed by Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Texas. Louisiana, Ohio, and Rhode Island had the slowest increase in population. Michigan was the only state to experience a population decline over the decade, losing 0.6 percent of its population.

State	2011 pop.	2010 pop.	July 2004 pop.	Pop. rank, 2004	Pop. per sq mi, 2000	2000 pop.	Pop. rank, 2000	1990 pop.	1950 pop.	1900 pop.	1790 pop.
Alabama	4,802,740	4,779,735	4,530,182	23	87.6	4,447,100	23	4,040,587	3,061,743	1,828,697	—
Alaska	722,718	710,231	655,435	47	1.1	626,932	48	550,043	128,643	63,592	—
Arizona	6,482,505	6,329,013	5,743,834	18	45.2	5,130,632	20	3,665,228	749,587	122,931	—
Arkansas	2,937,979	2,915,921	2,752,629	32	51.3	2,673,400	33	2,350,725	1,909,511	1,311,564	—
California	37,691,912	37,253,956	35,893,799	1	217.2	33,871,648	1	29,760,021	10,586,223	1,485,053	—
Colorado	5,116,796	5,029,196	4,601,403	22	41.5	4,301,261	24	3,294,394	1,325,089	539,700	—
Connecticut	3,580,709	3,574,097	3,503,604	29	702.9	3,405,565	29	3,287,116	2,007,280	908,420	237,946
Delaware	907,135	897,934	830,364	45	401.0	783,600	45	666,168	318,085	184,735	59,096
DC	617,996	601,723	553,523	—	9,378.0	572,059	—	606,900	802,178	278,718	—
Florida	19,057,542	18,801,311	17,397,161	4	296.4	15,982,378	4	12,937,926	2,771,305	528,542	—
Georgia	9,815,210	9,687,653	8,829,383	9	141.4	8,186,453	10	6,478,216	3,444,578	2,216,331	82,548
Hawaii	1,374,810	1,360,301	1,262,840	42	188.6	1,211,537	42	1,108,229	499,794	154,001	—
Idaho	1,584,985	1,567,582	1,393,262	39	15.6	1,293,953	39	1,006,749	588,637	161,772	—
Illinois	12,869,257	12,830,632	12,713,634	5	223.4	12,419,293	5	11,430,602	8,712,176	4,821,550	—
Indiana	6,516,922	6,483,800	6,237,569	14	169.5	6,080,485	14	5,544,159	3,934,224	2,516,462	—
Iowa	3,062,309	3,046,350	2,954,451	30	52.4	2,926,324	30	2,776,755	2,621,073	2,231,853	—
Kansas	2,871,238	2,853,118	2,735,502	33	32.9	2,688,418	32	2,477,574	1,905,299	1,470,495	—
Kentucky	4,369,356	4,339,362	4,145,922	26	101.7	4,041,769	25	3,685,296	2,944,806	2,147,174	73,677
Louisiana	4,574,836	4,533,372	4,515,770	24	102.6	4,468,976	22	4,219,973	2,683,516	1,381,625	—
Maine	1,328,188	1,328,361	1,317,253	40	41.3	1,274,923	40	1,227,928	913,774	694,466	96,540
Maryland	5,828,289	5,773,552	5,558,058	19	541.9	5,296,486	19	4,781,468	2,343,001	1,188,044	319,728
Massachusetts	6,587,536	6,547,629	6,416,505	13	809.8	6,349,097	13	6,016,425	4,690,514	2,805,346	378,787
Michigan	9,876,187	9,883,635	10,112,620	8	175.0	9,938,444	8	9,295,297	6,371,766	2,420,982	—
Minnesota	5,344,861	5,303,925	5,100,958	21	61.8	4,919,479	21	4,375,099	2,982,483	1,751,394	—
Mississippi	2,978,512	2,967,297	2,902,966	31	60.6	2,844,658	31	2,573,216	2,178,914	1,551,270	—
Missouri	6,010,688	5,988,927	5,754,618	17	81.2	5,595,211	17	5,117,073	3,954,653	3,106,665	—
Montana	998,199	989,415	926,865	44	6.2	902,195	44	799,065	591,024	243,329	—
Nebraska	1,842,641	1,826,341	1,747,214	38	22.3	1,711,263	38	1,578,385	1,325,510	1,066,300	—
Nevada	2,723,322	2,700,551	2,334,771	35	18.2	1,998,257	35	1,201,833	160,083	42,335	—
New Hampshire	1,318,194	1,316,472	1,299,500	41	137.8	1,235,786	41	1,109,252	533,242	411,588	141,885
New Jersey	8,821,155	8,791,894	8,698,879	11	1,134.5	8,414,350	9	7,730,188	4,835,329	1,883,669	184,139
New Mexico	2,082,224	2,059,180	1,903,289	36	15.0	1,819,046	36	1,515,069	681,187	195,310	—
New York	19,465,197	19,378,104	19,227,088	3	401.9	18,976,457	3	17,990,455	14,830,192	7,268,894	340,120
North Carolina	9,656,401	9,535,475	8,541,221	10	165.2	8,049,313	11	6,628,637	4,061,929	1,893,810	393,751
North Dakota	683,932	672,591	634,366	48	9.3	642,200	47	638,800	619,636	319,146	—
Ohio	11,544,951	11,536,502	11,459,011	7	277.3	11,353,140	7	10,847,115	7,946,627	4,157,545	—
Oklahoma	3,791,508	3,751,354	3,523,553	28	50.3	3,450,654	27	3,145,585	2,233,351	790,391²	—
Oregon	3,871,859	3,831,074	3,594,586	27	35.6	3,421,399	28	2,842,321	1,521,341	413,536	—
Pennsylvania	12,742,886	12,702,379	12,406,292	6	274.0	12,281,054	6	11,881,643	10,498,012	6,302,115	434,373
Rhode Island	1,051,302	1,052,567	1,080,632	43	1,003.2	1,048,319	43	1,003,464	791,896	428,556	68,825
South Carolina	4,679,230	4,625,364	4,198,068	25	133.2	4,012,012	26	3,486,703	2,117,027	1,340,316	249,073
South Dakota	824,082	814,180	770,883	46	8.5	754,844	46	696,004	652,740	401,570	—
Tennessee	6,403,353	6,346,110	5,900,962	16	138.0	5,689,283	16	4,877,185	3,291,718	2,020,616	35,691
Texas	25,674,681	25,145,561	22,490,022	2	79.6	20,851,820	2	16,986,510	7,711,194	3,048,710	—
Utah	2,817,222	2,763,885	2,389,039	34	27.2	2,233,169	34	1,722,850	688,862	276,749	—
Vermont	626,431	625,741	621,394	49	65.8	608,827	49	562,758	377,747	343,641	85,425
Virginia	8,096,604	8,001,024	7,459,827	12	178.8	7,078,515	12	6,187,358	3,318,680	1,854,184	747,610³
Washington	6,830,038	6,724,540	6,203,788	15	88.6	5,894,121	15	4,866,692	2,378,963	518,103	—
West Virginia	1,855,364	1,852,996	1,815,354	37	75.1	1,808,344	37	1,793,477	2,005,552	958,800	—
Wisconsin	5,711,767	5,686,986	5,509,026	20	98.8	5,363,675	18	4,891,769	3,434,575	2,069,042	—
Wyoming	568,158	563,626	506,529	50	5.1	493,782	50	453,588	290,529	92,531	—
Total U.S.	311,591,917	308,745,538	292,936,109	—	—	281,421,906	—	248,709,873	152,271,417	76,212,168	3,929,214