2024 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 8

TABLE 1 Source : U . S . Census Bureau
State Populations ( July 1 , 2022 )
Change ( July 1 , 2021 – July 1 , 2022 )
Rank
Population Pop . Change
Rank
%
Rank
1 California
39,029,342
-113,649
49
-0.29%
41
2 Texas
30,029,572
470,708
1
1.59 %
4
3 Florida
22,244,823
416,754
2
1.91 %
1
4 New York
19,677,151
-180,341
50
-0.91%
50
5 Pennsylvania
12,972,008
-40,051
47
-0.31%
43
6 Illinois
12,582,032
-104,437
48
-0.82%
49
7 Ohio
11,756,058
-8,284
41
-0.07%
36
8 Georgia
10,912,876
124,847
4
1.16 %
12
9 North Carolina
10,698,973
133,088
3
1.26 %
9
10 Michigan
10,034,113
-3,391
37
-0.03%
34
11 New Jersey
9,261,699
-6,262
38
-0.07%
35
12 Virginia
8,683,619
26,254
14
0.30 %
22
13 Washington
7,785,786
45,041
8
0.58 %
16
14 Arizona
7,359,197
94,320
5
1.30 %
8
15 Tennessee
7,051,339
82,988
7
1.19 %
11
16 Massachusetts
6,981,974
-7,716
40
-0.11%
38
17 Indiana
6,833,037
19,505
16
0.29 %
23
18 Missouri
6,177,957
8,134
22
0.13 %
27
19 Maryland
6,164,660
-9,950
43
-0.16%
40
20 Wisconsin
5,892,539
12,438
21
0.21 %
25
21 Colorado
5,839,926
28,629
12
0.49 %
19
22 Minnesota
5,717,184
5,713
26
0.10 %
29
23 South Carolina
5,282,634
89,368
6
1.72 %
3
24 Alabama
5,074,296
24,450
15
0.48 %
20
25 Louisiana
4,590,241
-36,857
46
-0.80%
48
26 Kentucky
4,512,310
5,721
25
0.13 %
28
27 Oregon
4,240,137
-16,164
45
-0.38%
45
28 Oklahoma
4,019,800
28,575
13
0.72 %
14
29 Connecticut
3,626,205
2,850
28
0.08 %
31
30 Utah
3,380,800
41,687
9
1.25 %
10
31 Iowa
3,200,517
2,828
29
0.09 %
30
32 Nevada
3,177,772
31,370
11
1.00 %
13
33 Arkansas
3,045,637
17,515
17
0.58 %
17
34 Mississippi
2,940,057
-9,529
42
-0.32%
44
35 Kansas
2,937,150
-772
34
-0.03%
33
36 New Mexico
2,113,344
-3,333
36
-0.16%
39
37 Nebraska
1,967,923
4,369
27
0.22 %
24
38 Idaho
1,939,033
34,719
10
1.82 %
2
39 West Virginia
1,775,156
-10,370
44
-0.58%
47
40 Hawaii
1,440,196
-6,958
39
-0.48%
46
41 New Hampshire
1,395,231
7,726
24
0.56 %
18
42 Maine
1,385,340
8,102
23
0.59 %
15
43 Montana
1,122,867
16,640
18
1.50 %
6
44 Rhode Island
1,093,734
-3,251
35
-0.30%
42
45 Delaware
1,018,396
13,589
20
1.35 %
7
46 South Dakota
909,824
13,660
19
1.52 %
5
47 North Dakota
779,261
1,327
31
0.17 %
26
48 Alaska
733,583
-599
33
-0.08%
37
49 Vermont
647,064
92
32
0.01 %
32
50 Wyoming
581,381
1,898
30
0.33 %
21
Dist . of Columbia
671,803
3,012
0.45 %
United States
333,287,557
1,256,003
0.38 %
Washington remains the 13th most populous state and ranks 8th in population growth from 2021 to 2022 .