Census Population

Change, 1990 to 2000

Rank

Area

April 1, 2000

April 1, 1990

Numeric

Percent

1

California

33,871,648

29,760,021

4,111,627

13.8

2

Texas

20,851,820

16,986,510

3,865,310

22.8

3

New York

18,976,457

17,990,455

986,002

5.5

4

Florida

15,982,378

12,937,926

3,044,452

23.5

5

Illinois

12,419,293

11,430,602

988,691

8.6

6

Pennsylvania

12,281,054

11,881,643

399,411

3.4

7

Ohio

11,353,140

10,847,115

506,025

4.7

8

Michigan

9,938,444

9,295,297

643,147

6.9

9

New Jersey

8,414,350

7,730,188

684,162

8.9

10

Georgia

8,186,453

6,478,216

1,708,237

26.4

11

North Carolina

8,049,313

6,628,637

1,420,676

21.4

12

Virginia

7,078,515

6,187,358

891,157

14.4

13

Massachusetts

6,349,097

6,016,425

332,672

5.5

14

Indiana

6,080,485

5,544,159

536,326

9.7

15

Washington

5,894,121

4,866,692

1,027,429

21.1

16

Tennessee

5,689,283

4,877,185

812,098

16.7

17

Missouri

5,595,211

5,117,073

478,138

9.3

18

Wisconsin

5,363,675

4,891,769

471,906

9.6

19

Maryland

5,296,486

4,781,468

515,018

10.8

20

Arizona

5,130,632

3,665,228

1,465,404

40.0

21

Minnesota

4,919,479

4,375,099

544,380

12.4

22

Louisiana

4,468,976

4,219,973

249,003

5.9

23

Alabama

4,447,100

4,040,587

406,513

10.1

24

Colorado

4,301,261

3,294,394

1,006,867

30.6

25

Kentucky

4,041,769

3,685,296

356,473

9.7

26

South Carolina

4,012,012

3,486,703

525,309

15.1

27

Oklahoma

3,450,654

3,145,585

305,069

9.7

28

Oregon

3,421,399

2,842,321

579,078

20.4

29

Connecticut

3,405,565

3,287,116

118,449

3.6

30

Iowa

2,926,324

2,776,755

149,569

5.4

31

Mississippi

2,844,658

2,573,216

271,442

10.5

32

Kansas

2,688,418

2,477,574

210,844

8.5

33

Arkansas

2,673,400

2,350,725

322,675

13.7

34

Utah

2,233,169

1,722,850

510,319

29.6

35

Nevada

1,998,257

1,201,833

796,424

66.3

36

New Mexico

1,819,046

1,515,069

303,977

20.1

37

West Virginia

1,808,344

1,793,477

14,867

0.8

38

Nebraska

1,711,263

1,578,385

132,878

8.4

39

Idaho

1,293,953

1,006,749

287,204

28.5

40

Maine

1,274,923

1,227,928

46,995

3.8

41

New Hampshire

1,235,786

1,109,252

126,534

11.4

42

Hawaii

1,211,537

1,108,229

103,308

9.3

43

Rhode Island

1,048,319

1,003,464

44,855

4.5

44

Montana

902,195

799,065

103,130

12.9

45

Delaware

783,600

666,168

117,432

17.6

46

South Dakota

754,844

696,004

58,840

8.5

47

North Dakota

642,200

638,800

3,400

0.5

48

Alaska

626,932

550,043

76,889

14.0

49

Vermont

608,827

562,758

46,069

8.2

(NA)

District of Columbia

572,059

606,900

-34,841

-5.7

50

Wyoming

493,782

453,588

40,194

8.9

(NA)

United States

281,421,906

248,709,873

32,712,033

13.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File and 1990 Census.