U.S. Decennial Census -- Congressional Apportionment Bureau Of Census 2000 -- State Rankings

Rank	State	2000 Pop*	1990 Pop*	Pop Change*	EC chg	1990 Rank
1	California	33,930,798	29,760,021	4,111,627	+1	1
2	Texas	20,903,994	16,986,510	3,865,310	+2	3
3	New York	19,004,973	17,990,455	986,002	-2	2
4	Florida	16,028,890	12,937,926	3,044,452	+2	4
5	Illinois	12,439,042	11,430,602	988,691	-1	6
6	Pennsylvania	12,300,670	11,881,643	399,411	-2	5
7	Ohio	11,374,540	10,847,115	506,025	-1	7
8	Michigan	9,955,829	9,295,297	643,147	-1	8
9	New Jersey	8,424,354	7,730,188	684,162	0	9
10	Georgia	8,206,975	6,478,216	1,708,237	+2	11
11	North Carolina	8,067,673	6,628,637	1,420,676	+1	10
12	Virginia	7,100,702	6,187,358	891,157	0	12
13	Massachusetts	6,355,568	6,016,425	332,672	0	13
14	Indiana	6,090,782	5,544,159	536,326	-1	14
15	Washington	5,908,684	4,866,692	1,027,429	0	18
16	Tennessee	5,700,037	4,877,185	812,098	0	17
17	Missouri	5,606,260	5,117,073	478,138	0	15
18	Wisconsin	5,371,210	4,891,769	471,906	-1	16
19	Maryland	5,307,886	4,781,468	515,018	0	19
20	Arizona	5,140,683	3,665,228	1,465,404	+2	24
21	Minnesota	4,925,670	4,375,099	544,380	0	20
22	Louisiana	4,480,271	4,219,973	249,003	0	21
23	Alabama	4,461,130	4,040,587	406,513	0	22
24	Colorado	4,311,882	3,294,394	1,006,867	+1	26
25	Kentucky	4,049,431	3,685,296	356,473	0	23
26	South Carolina	4,025,061	3,486,703	525,309	0	25
27	Oklahoma	3,458,819	3,145,585	305,069	-1	28
28	Oregon	3,428,543	2,842,321	579,078	0	29
29	Connecticut	3,409,535	3,287,116	118,449	-1	27
30	Iowa	2,931,923	2,776,755	149,569	0	30
31	Mississippi	2,852,927	2,573,216	271,442	-1	31
32	Kansas	2,693,824	2,477,574	210,844	0	32
33	Arkansas	2,679,733	2,350,725	322,675	0	33
34	Utah	2,236,714	1,722,850	510,319	0	35
35	Nevada	2,002,032	1,201,833	796,424	+1	39
36	New Mexico	1,823,821	1,515,069	303,977	0	37
37	West Virginia	1,813,077	1,793,477	14,867	0	34
38	Nebraska	1,715,369	1,578,385	132,878	0	36
39	Idaho	1,297,274	1,006,749	287,204	0	42
40	Maine	1,277,731	1,227,928	46,995	0	38
41	New Hampshire	1,238,415	1,109,252	126,534	0	40
42	Hawaii	1,216,642	1,108,229	103,308	0	41
43	Rhode Island	1,049,662	1,003,464	44,855	0	43
44	Montana	905,316	799,065	103,130	0	44
45	Delaware	785,068	666,168	117,432	0	46
46	South Dakota	756,874	696,004	58,840	0	45
47	North Dakota	643,756	638,800	3,400	0	47
48	Alaska	628,933	550,043	76,889	0	49
49	Vermont	609,890	562,758	46,069	0	48
	Washington, D.C.	572,059	606,900	(34,841)	0
50	Wyoming	495,304	453,588	40,194	0	50
*2000 figures include overseas military and overseas federal employees but 1990 figures do not. Therefore, 'Change' column will not reflect true difference between 1990 and 2000 populations.

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Date Admitted	Alphabetical Order	By Size	Decennial Census
Highest Point	By Population	State Index	Electoral College
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