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US Population by State: Complete Rankings

All 50 states + DC ranked by population from our database of 268.1M records.

Total Records
268.1M
States
51
Most Populous
California
RankStatePopulationCitiesCountiesZIPs% of US
1 California 28.2M 2K 59 2K 10.5%
2 Texas 21.2M 2K 268 3K 7.9%
3 Florida 18.6M 967 71 1K 6.9%
4 New York 15.8M 2K 68 2K 5.9%
5 Illinois 11.5M 2K 145 2K 4.3%
6 Pennsylvania 11.3M 2K 73 2K 4.2%
7 Ohio 11.2M 1K 95 1K 4.2%
8 Michigan 9.8M 1K 202 1K 3.7%
9 Georgia 8.3M 717 163 940 3.1%
10 North Carolina 8.3M 962 151 1K 3.1%
11 New Jersey 8.0M 826 25 710 3.0%
12 Virginia 6.8M 994 141 1K 2.5%
13 Massachusetts 6.3M 671 15 674 2.3%
14 Tennessee 6.0M 641 97 764 2.2%
15 Indiana 5.8M 849 113 987 2.2%
16 Washington 5.7M 563 40 714 2.1%
17 Missouri 5.5M 1K 142 1K 2.1%
18 Maryland 5.3M 610 28 596 2.0%
19 Wisconsin 5.2M 875 79 884 1.9%
20 Arizona 5.2M 321 25 527 1.9%
21 Minnesota 4.8M 1K 123 986 1.8%
22 Colorado 4.5M 490 65 630 1.7%
23 Alabama 4.4M 678 75 793 1.6%
24 South Carolina 4.1M 460 51 540 1.5%
25 Louisiana 4.0M 725 183 948 1.5%
26 Kentucky 3.8M 1K 128 942 1.4%
27 Connecticut 3.5M 320 9 398 1.3%
28 Oregon 3.2M 433 38 472 1.2%
29 Oklahoma 3.2M 636 93 772 1.2%
30 Iowa 2.8M 1K 123 1K 1.0%
31 Arkansas 2.6M 760 136 791 1.0%
32 Mississippi 2.5M 480 90 535 0.9%
33 Kansas 2.4M 747 107 748 0.9%
34 Nevada 2.2M 131 18 235 0.8%
35 Utah 2.0M 361 35 347 0.8%
36 Nebraska 1.5M 567 97 618 0.6%
37 West Virginia 1.5M 975 86 884 0.6%
38 New Mexico 1.5M 411 36 425 0.6%
39 Idaho 1.3M 322 49 317 0.5%
40 New Hampshire 1.1M 335 11 280 0.4%
41 Maine 1.1M 712 16 481 0.4%
42 Rhode Island 1.0M 95 5 91 0.4%
43 Hawaii 851K 101 4 134 0.3%
44 Montana 814K 387 56 395 0.3%
45 Delaware 799K 80 6 87 0.3%
46 South Dakota 655K 424 69 385 0.2%
47 Vermont 577K 418 14 303 0.2%
48 North Dakota 551K 463 56 409 0.2%
49 Alaska 509K 274 27 268 0.2%
50 Wyoming 443K 208 26 196 0.2%
51 District of Columbia 118K 5 1 93 0.0%

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