States Ranked by Current Population, 2000
| State |
Population
1990 |
Population
2000 |
Population
Change |
Annual
% Change |
| California | 29,811,427 | 33,871,648 | 4,060,221 | 1.4 |
| Texas | 16,986,335 | 20,851,820 | 3,865,485 | 2.3 |
| New York | 17,990,778 | 18,976,457 | 985,679 | 0.6 |
| Florida | 12,938,071 | 15,982,378 | 3,044,307 | 2.4 |
| Illinois | 11,430,602 | 12,419,293 | 988,691 | 0.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 11,882,842 | 12,281,054 | 398,212 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 10,847,115 | 11,353,140 | 506,025 | 0.5 |
| Michigan | 9,295,287 | 9,938,444 | 643,157 | 0.7 |
| New Jersey | 7,747,750 | 8,414,350 | 666,600 | 0.9 |
| Georgia | 6,478,149 | 8,186,453 | 1,708,304 | 2.6 |
| North Carolina | 6,632,448 | 8,049,313 | 1,416,865 | 2.2 |
| Virginia | 6,189,197 | 7,078,515 | 889,318 | 1.5 |
| Massachusetts | 6,016,425 | 6,349,097 | 332,672 | 0.6 |
| Indiana | 5,544,156 | 6,080,485 | 536,329 | 1.0 |
| Washington | 4,866,669 | 5,894,121 | 1,027,452 | 2.2 |
| Tennessee | 4,877,203 | 5,689,283 | 812,080 | 1.7 |
| Missouri | 5,116,901 | 5,595,211 | 478,310 | 1.0 |
| Wisconsin | 4,891,954 | 5,363,675 | 471,721 | 1.0 |
| Maryland | 4,780,753 | 5,296,486 | 515,733 | 1.1 |
| Arizona | 3,665,339 | 5,130,632 | 1,465,293 | 3.8 |
| Minnesota | 4,375,665 | 4,919,479 | 543,814 | 1.3 |
| Louisiana | 4,221,826 | 4,468,976 | 247,150 | 0.6 |
| Alabama | 4,040,389 | 4,447,100 | 406,711 | 1.1 |
| Colorado | 3,294,473 | 4,301,261 | 1,006,788 | 3.0 |
| Kentucky | 3,686,892 | 4,041,769 | 354,877 | 1.0 |
| South Carolina | 3,486,310 | 4,012,012 | 525,702 | 1.6 |
| Oklahoma | 3,145,576 | 3,450,654 | 305,078 | 1.0 |
| Oregon | 2,842,337 | 3,421,399 | 579,062 | 2.1 |
| Connecticut | 3,287,116 | 3,405,565 | 118,449 | 0.4 |
| Iowa | 2,776,831 | 2,926,324 | 149,493 | 0.6 |
| Mississippi | 2,575,475 | 2,844,658 | 269,183 | 1.1 |
| Kansas | 2,477,588 | 2,688,418 | 210,830 | 0.9 |
| Arkansas | 2,350,624 | 2,673,400 | 322,776 | 1.4 |
| Utah | 1,722,850 | 2,233,169 | 510,319 | 2.9 |
| Nevada | 1,201,675 | 1,998,257 | 796,582 | 5.8 |
| New Mexico | 1,515,069 | 1,819,046 | 303,977 | 2.1 |
| West Virginia | 1,793,477 | 1,808,344 | 14,867 | 0.1 |
| Nebraska | 1,578,417 | 1,711,263 | 132,846 | 0.9 |
| Idaho | 1,006,734 | 1,293,953 | 287,219 | 2.8 |
| Maine | 1,227,928 | 1,274,923 | 46,995 | 0.4 |
| New Hampshire | 1,109,252 | 1,235,786 | 126,534 | 1.2 |
| Hawaii | 1,108,229 | 1,211,537 | 103,308 | 1.0 |
| Rhode Island | 1,003,464 | 1,048,319 | 44,855 | 0.5 |
| Montana | 799,065 | 902,195 | 103,130 | 1.4 |
| Delaware | 666,168 | 783,600 | 117,432 | 1.8 |
| South Dakota | 696,004 | 754,844 | 58,840 | 0.9 |
| North Dakota | 638,800 | 642,200 | 3,400 | 0.1 |
| Alaska | 550,043 | 626,932 | 76,889 | 1.5 |
| Vermont | 562,758 | 608,827 | 46,069 | 0.9 |
| District of Columbia | 606,900 | 572,059 | -34,841 | -0.7 |
| Wyoming | 453,589 | 493,782 | 40,193 | 0.9 |
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