States and territories by Population
States and territories
| Rank in the Fifty States, 2014 |
Rank in all states & terri- tories, 2010 |
State or territory | Population estimate for July 1, 2014 |
Census population, April 1, 2010 |
Census population, April 1, 2000 |
Seats in U.S. House, 2013–2023 |
Presi- dential Electors 2012– 2020 |
2014 Estimated pop. per House seat |
2010 Census pop. per House seat[4] |
2000 Census pop. per House seat |
Percent of total U.S. pop., 2014[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  California |
38,802,500 | 37,253,956 | 33,871,648 | 53 | 55 | 732,123 | 702,905 | 639,088 | 12.17% |
| 2 | 2 |  Texas |
26,956,958 | 25,145,561 | 20,851,820 | 36 | 38 | 748,804 | 698,487 | 651,619 | 8.45% |
| 3 | 4 |  Florida |
19,893,297 | 18,801,310 | 15,982,378 | 27 | 29 | 736,789 | 696,345 | 639,295 | 6.24% |
| 4 | 3 |  New York |
19,746,227 | 19,378,102 | 18,976,457 | 27 | 29 | 731,342 | 717,707 | 654,361 | 6.19% |
| 5 | 5 |  Illinois |
12,880,580 | 12,830,632 | 12,419,293 | 18 | 20 | 715,588 | 712,813 | 653,647 | 4.04% |
| 6 | 6 |  Pennsylvania |
12,787,209 | 12,702,379 | 12,281,054 | 18 | 20 | 710,401 | 705,688 | 646,371 | 4.01% |
| 7 | 7 |  Ohio |
11,594,163 | 11,536,504 | 11,353,140 | 16 | 18 | 724,635 | 721,032 | 630,730 | 3.64% |
| 8 | 9 |  Georgia |
10,097,343 | 9,687,653 | 8,186,453 | 14 | 16 | 721,239 | 691,975 | 629,727 | 3.17% |
| 9 | 10 |  North Carolina |
9,943,964 | 9,535,483 | 8,049,313 | 13 | 15 | 764,920 | 733,498 | 619,178 | 3.12% |
| 10 | 8 |  Michigan |
9,909,877 | 9,883,640 | 9,938,444 | 14 | 16 | 707,848 | 705,974 | 662,563 | 3.11% |
| 11 | 11 |  New Jersey |
8,938,175 | 8,791,894 | 8,414,350 | 12 | 14 | 744,848 | 732,658 | 647,258 | 2.80% |
| 12 | 12 |  Virginia |
8,326,289 | 8,001,024 | 7,078,515 | 11 | 13 | 756,935 | 727,366 | 643,501 | 2.61% |
| 13 | 13 |  Washington |
7,061,530 | 6,724,540 | 5,894,121 | 10 | 12 | 706,153 | 672,454 | 654,902 | 2.21% |
| 14 | 14 |  Massachusetts |
6,745,408 | 6,547,629 | 6,349,097 | 9 | 11 | 749,490 | 727,514 | 634,910 | 2.12% |
| 15 | 16 |  Arizona |
6,731,484 | 6,392,017 | 5,130,632 | 9 | 11 | 747,943 | 710,224 | 641,329 | 2.11% |
| 16 | 15 |  Indiana |
6,596,855 | 6,483,802 | 6,080,485 | 9 | 11 | 732,984 | 720,422 | 675,609 | 2.07% |
| 17 | 17 |  Tennessee |
6,549,352 | 6,346,105 | 5,689,283 | 9 | 11 | 727,706 | 705,123 | 632,143 | 2.05% |
| 18 | 18 |  Missouri |
6,063,589 | 5,988,927 | 5,595,211 | 8 | 10 | 757,949 | 748,615 | 621,690 | 1.90% |
| 19 | 19 |  Maryland |
5,976,407 | 5,773,552 | 5,296,486 | 8 | 10 | 747,051 | 721,694 | 662,061 | 1.87% |
| 20 | 20 |  Wisconsin |
5,757,564 | 5,686,986 | 5,363,675 | 8 | 10 | 719,696 | 710,873 | 670,459 | 1.81% |
| 21 | 21 |  Minnesota |
5,457,173 | 5,303,925 | 4,919,479 | 8 | 10 | 682,147 | 662,991 | 614,935 | 1.71% |
| 22 | 22 |  Colorado |
5,355,866 | 5,029,196 | 4,301,261 | 7 | 9 | 765,124 | 720,704 | 614,466 | 1.68% |
| 23 | 23 |  Alabama |
4,849,377 | 4,779,736 | 4,447,100 | 7 | 9 | 692,768 | 682,819 | 635,300 | 1.52% |
| 24 | 24 |  South Carolina |
4,832,482 | 4,625,364 | 4,012,012 | 7 | 9 | 690,355 | 660,766 | 668,669 | 1.52% |
| 25 | 25 |  Louisiana |
4,649,676 | 4,533,372 | 4,468,976 | 6 | 8 | 774,946 | 755,562 | 638,425 | 1.46% |
| 26 | 26 |  Kentucky |
4,413,457 | 4,339,367 | 4,041,769 | 6 | 8 | 735,576 | 723,228 | 673,628 | 1.38% |
| 27 | 27 |  Oregon |
3,970,239 | 3,831,074 | 3,421,399 | 5 | 7 | 794,048 | 766,215 | 684,280 | 1.25% |
| 28 | 28 |  Oklahoma |
3,878,051 | 3,751,351 | 3,450,654 | 5 | 7 | 775,610 | 750,270 | 690,131 | 1.22% |
| — | 29 |  Puerto Rico |
3,548,397 | 3,725,789 | 3,808,610 | [6] | 0 | — | — | — | 1.11% |
| 29 | 30 |  Connecticut |
3,596,677 | 3,574,097 | 3,405,565 | 5 | 7 | 719,335 | 714,819 | 681,113 | 1.13% |
| 30 | 31 |  Iowa |
3,107,126 | 3,046,355 | 2,926,324 | 4 | 6 | 776,782 | 761,589 | 585,265 | 0.97% |
| 31 | 32 |  Mississippi |
2,994,079 | 2,967,297 | 2,844,658 | 4 | 6 | 748,520 | 741,824 | 711,165 | 0.94% |
| 32 | 33 |  Arkansas |
2,966,369 | 2,915,918 | 2,673,400 | 4 | 6 | 741,592 | 728,980 | 668,350 | 0.93% |
| 33 | 35 |  Utah |
2,942,902 | 2,763,885 | 2,233,169 | 4 | 6 | 735,726 | 690,221 | 744,390 | 0.92% |
| 34 | 34 |  Kansas |
2,904,021 | 2,853,118 | 2,688,418 | 4 | 6 | 726,005 | 713,280 | 672,105 | 0.91% |
| 35 | 36 |  Nevada |
2,839,099 | 2,700,551 | 1,998,257 | 4 | 6 | 709,775 | 675,110 | 666,086 | 0.89% |
| 36 | 37 |  New Mexico |
2,085,572 | 2,059,179 | 1,819,046 | 3 | 5 | 695,191 | 686,393 | 606,349 | 0.65% |
| 37 | 39 |  Nebraska |
1,881,503 | 1,826,341 | 1,711,263 | 3 | 5 | 627,168 | 608,780 | 570,421 | 0.59% |
| 38 | 38 |  West Virginia |
1,850,326 | 1,852,994 | 1,808,344 | 3 | 5 | 616,775 | 617,665 | 602,781 | 0.58% |
| 39 | 40 |  Idaho |
1,634,464 | 1,567,582 | 1,293,953 | 2 | 4 | 817,232 | 783,791 | 646,977 | 0.51% |
| 40 | 41 |  Hawaii |
1,419,561 | 1,360,301 | 1,211,537 | 2 | 4 | 709,781 | 680,151 | 605,769 | 0.45% |
| 41 | 42 |  Maine |
1,330,089 | 1,328,361 | 1,274,923 | 2 | 4 | 665,045 | 664,181 | 637,462 | 0.42% |
| 42 | 43 |  New Hampshire |
1,326,813 | 1,316,470 | 1,235,786 | 2 | 4 | 663,407 | 658,235 | 617,893 | 0.42% |
| 43 | 44 |  Rhode Island |
1,055,173 | 1,052,567 | 1,048,319 | 2 | 4 | 527,587 | 526,284 | 524,160 | 0.33% |
| 44 | 45 |  Montana |
1,023,579 | 989,415 | 902,195 | 1 | 3 | 1,023,579 | 989,415 | 902,195 | 0.32% |
| 45 | 46 |  Delaware |
935,614 | 897,934 | 783,600 | 1 | 3 | 935,614 | 897,934 | 783,600 | 0.29% |
| 46 | 47 |  South Dakota |
853,175 | 814,180 | 754,844 | 1 | 3 | 853,175 | 814,180 | 754,844 | 0.27% |
| 47 | 49 |  North Dakota |
739,482 | 672,591 | 642,200 | 1 | 3 | 739,482 | 672,591 | 642,200 | 0.23% |
| 48 | 48 |  Alaska |
736,732 | 710,231 | 626,932 | 1 | 3 | 736,732 | 710,231 | 626,932 | 0.23% |
| — | 51 |  District of Columbia |
658,893 | 601,723 | 572,059 | [6] | 3 | — | — | — | 0.21% |
| 49 | 50 |  Vermont |
626,562 | 625,741 | 608,827 | 1 | 3 | 626,562 | 625,741 | 608,827 | 0.20% |
| 50 | 52 |  Wyoming |
584,153 | 563,626 | 493,782 | 1 | 3 | 584,153 | 563,626 | 493,782 | 0.18% |
| — | 53 |  Guam |
— | 159,358[7] | 154,805 | [6] | 0 | — | — | — | 0.06% |
| — | 54 |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
— | 106,405[8] | 108,612 | [6] | 0 | — | — | — | 0.04% |
| — | 55 |  American Samoa |
— | 55,519[9] | 57,291 | [6] | 0 | — | — | — | 0.02% |
| — | 56 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
— | 53,883[10] | 69,221 | [6] | 0 | — | — | — | 0.02% |
| — | — | The Fifty States | 318,198,163 | 308,143,815 | 280,849,847 | 435 | 535 | 725,249 | 708,376 | 645,632 | 98.48% |
| — | — | Fifty States + D.C. | 318,857,056 | 308,745,538 | 281,421,906 | 435 | 538 | — | — | — | 98.67% |
| — | — | Total U.S. territory | — | 312,913,872 | 285,620,445 | 435 |