2023 Competitiveness Redbook 2023 | Page 8

TABLE 1 Source : U . S . Census Bureau
State Populations ( July 1 , 2021 )
Change ( July 1 , 2020 – July 1 , 2021 )
Rank
Population Pop . Change
Rank
%
Rank
1 California
39,237,836
-261,902
49
-0.66%
47
2 Texas
29,527,941
310,288
1
1.06 %
7
3 Florida
21,781,128
211,196
2
0.98 %
8
4 New York
19,835,913
-319,020
50
-1.58%
50
5 Pennsylvania
12,964,056
-25,569
45
-0.21%
41
6 Illinois
12,671,469
-113,776
48
-0.89%
49
7 Ohio
11,780,017
-10,570
42
-0.09%
37
8 Georgia
10,799,566
73,766
5
0.69 %
15
9 North Carolina
10,551,162
93,985
4
0.90 %
11
10 Michigan
10,050,811
-16,853
44
-0.17%
40
11 New Jersey
9,267,130
-12,613
43
-0.14%
39
12 Virginia
8,642,274
10,230
21
0.12 %
28
13 Washington
7,738,692
19,907
14
0.26 %
23
14 Arizona
7,276,316
98,330
3
1.37 %
4
15 Massachusetts
6,984,723
-37,497
47
-0.53%
45
16 Tennessee
6,975,218
55,099
8
0.80 %
13
17 Indiana
6,805,985
20,341
13
0.30 %
21
18 Missouri
6,168,187
13,706
17
0.22 %
24
19 Maryland
6,165,129
-7,550
40
-0.12%
38
20 Wisconsin
5,895,908
3,585
28
0.06 %
31
21 Colorado
5,812,069
27,761
11
0.48 %
17
22 Minnesota
5,707,390
225
33
0.00 %
33
23 South Carolina
5,190,705
59,976
6
1.17 %
5
24 Alabama
5,039,877
15,074
16
0.30 %
20
25 Louisiana
4,624,047
-27,156
46
-0.58%
46
26 Kentucky
4,509,394
5,436
24
0.12 %
27
27 Oregon
4,246,155
4,611
26
0.11 %
30
28 Oklahoma
3,986,639
24,608
12
0.62 %
16
29 Connecticut
3,605,597
5,337
25
0.15 %
25
30 Utah
3,337,975
56,291
7
1.72 %
2
31 Iowa
3,193,079
4,410
27
0.14 %
26
32 Nevada
3,143,991
29,920
10
0.96 %
9
33 Arkansas
3,025,891
13,659
18
0.45 %
19
34 Mississippi
2,949,965
-6,905
39
-0.23%
42
35 Kansas
2,934,582
-1,298
35
0.00 %
34
36 New Mexico
2,115,877
-1,689
36
-0.08%
36
37 Nebraska
1,963,692
2,237
30
0.11 %
29
38 Idaho
1,900,923
53,151
9
2.88 %
1
39 West Virginia
1,782,959
-6,839
38
-0.38%
43
40 Hawaii
1,441,553
-10,358
41
-0.71%
48
41 New Hampshire
1,388,992
11,144
20
0.81 %
12
42 Maine
1,372,247
9,967
22
0.73 %
14
43 Montana
1,104,271
18,078
15
1.66 %
3
44 Rhode Island
1,095,610
-619
34
-0.06%
35
45 Delaware
1,003,384
11,498
19
1.16 %
6
46 South Dakota
895,376
8,277
23
0.93 %
10
47 North Dakota
774,948
-4,014
37
-0.52%
44
48 Alaska
732,673
232
32
0.00 %
32
49 Vermont
645,570
3,075
29
0.48 %
18
50 Wyoming
578,803
1,536
31
0.27 %
22
Dist . of Columbia
670,050
-20,043
-2.90%
United States
331,893,745
392,665
0.12 %
Washington remains the 13th most populous state and ranks 14th in population growth from 2020-2021 , down from eighth in 2019-2020 .