Table 5.

Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico:
April 1, 2000 (Census 2000) and April 1, 1990 (1990 Census)

Area

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

April 1, 2000

April 1, 1990

Numeric Change

Percent Change

State Rank Based State Rank Based

on Numeric Change on Percent Change

4,447,100
626,932
5,130,632
2,673,400
33,871,648
4,301,261
3,405,565
783,600
572,059
15,982,378
8,186,453
1,211,537
1,293,953
12,419,293
6,080,485
2,926,324
2,688,418
4,041,769
4,468,976
1,274,923
5,296,486
6,349,097
9,938,444
4,919,479
2,844,658
5,595,211
902,195
1,711,263
1,998,257
1,235,786
8,414,350
1,819,046
18,976,457
8,049,313
642,200
11,353,140
3,450,654
3,421,399
12,281,054
1,048,319
4,012,012
754,844
5,689,283
20,851,820
2,233,169
608,827
7,078,515
5,894,121
1,808,344
5,363,675
493,782

4,040,587
550,043
3,665,228
2,350,725
29,760,021
3,294,394
3,287,116
666,168
606,900
12,937,926
6,478,216
1,108,229
1,006,749
11,430,602
5,544,159
2,776,755
2,477,574
3,685,296
4,219,973
1,227,928
4,781,468
6,016,425
9,295,297
4,375,099
2,573,216
5,117,073
799,065
1,578,385
1,201,833
1,109,252
7,730,188
1,515,069
17,990,455
6,628,637
638,800
10,847,115
3,145,585
2,842,321
11,881,643
1,003,464
3,486,703
696,004
4,877,185
16,986,510
1,722,850
562,758
6,187,358
4,866,692
1,793,477
4,891,769
453,588

406,513
76,889
1,465,404
322,675
4,111,627
1,006,867
118,449
117,432
-34,841
3,044,452
1,708,237
103,308
287,204
988,691
536,326
149,569
210,844
356,473
249,003
46,995
515,018
332,672
643,147
544,380
271,442
478,138
103,130
132,878
796,424
126,534
684,162
303,977
986,002
1,420,676
3,400
506,025
305,069
579,078
399,411
44,855
525,309
58,840
812,098
3,865,310
510,319
46,069
891,157
1,027,429
14,867
471,906
40,194

10.1
14.0
40.0
13.7
13.8
30.6
3.6
17.6
-5.7
23.5
26.4
9.3
28.5
8.6
9.7
5.4
8.5
9.7
5.9
3.8
10.8
5.5
6.9
12.4
10.5
9.3
12.9
8.4
66.3
11.4
8.9
20.1
5.5
21.4
0.5
4.7
9.7
20.4
3.4
4.5
15.1
8.5
16.7
22.8
29.6
8.2
14.4
21.1
0.8
9.6
8.9

25
43
5
29
1
8
39
40
(NA)
3
4
41
32
9
18
36
35
27
34
45
20
28
15
17
33
23
42
37
13
38
14
31
10
6
50
22
30
16
26
47
19
44
12
2
21
46
11
7
49
24
48

25
17
2
19
18
3
47
13
(NA)
7
6
31
5
34
27
43
35
28
40
46
23
41
39
21
24
30
20
37
1
22
33
12
42
9
50
44
26
11
48
45
15
36
14
8
4
38
16
10
49
29
32

281,421,906

248,709,873

32,712,033

13.2

(NA)

(NA)

Northeast

53,594,378

50,809,229

2,785,149

5.5

(NA)

(NA)

Midwest

64,392,776

59,668,632

4,724,144

7.9

(NA)

(NA)

Total Resident Population1

South

100,236,820

85,445,930

14,790,890

17.3

(NA)

(NA)

West

63,197,932

52,786,082

10,411,850

19.7

(NA)

(NA)

3,808,610

3,522,037

286,573

8.1

(NA)

(NA)

285,230,516

252,231,910

32,998,606

13.1

(NA)

(NA)

Puerto Rico
Total Resident Population,
including Puerto Rico
1

Includes the population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

NA Not applicable.
NOTE: Consistent with the January 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Department of Commerce v. House of Representatives,
525 U.S. 316, 119 S. Ct. 765 (1999)), these resident population counts do not reflect the use of statistical sampling to correct
for overcounting or undercounting.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.
Internet Release date: December 28, 2000