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TABLE 1 Source : U . S . Census Bureau
State Populations ( July 1 , 2023 )
Change ( July 1 , 2022 – July 1 , 2023 )
Rank
Population Pop . Change
Rank
%
Rank
1 California
38,965,193
-75,423
49
-0.19%
45
2 Texas
30,503,301
473,453
1
1.55 %
3
3 Florida
22,610,726
365,205
2
1.62 %
2
4 New York
19,571,216
-101,984
50
-0.52%
50
5 Pennsylvania
12,961,683
-10,408
46
-0.08%
43
6 Illinois
12,549,689
-32,826
48
-0.26%
47
7 Ohio
11,785,935
26,238
16
0.22 %
34
8 Georgia
11,029,227
116,077
4
1.05 %
9
9 North Carolina
10,835,491
139,526
3
1.29 %
5
10 Michigan
10,037,261
3,980
34
0.04 %
40
11 New Jersey
9,290,841
30,024
13
0.32 %
27
12 Virginia
8,715,698
36,599
8
0.42 %
22
13 Washington
7,812,880
28,403
15
0.36 %
25
14 Arizona
7,431,344
65,660
7
0.88 %
11
15 Tennessee
7,126,489
77,513
6
1.09 %
7
16 Massachusetts
7,001,399
18,659
22
0.27 %
30
17 Indiana
6,862,199
29,925
14
0.44 %
21
18 Missouri
6,196,156
18,988
21
0.31 %
29
19 Maryland
6,180,253
16,272
24
0.26 %
31
20 Wisconsin
5,910,955
20,412
20
0.35 %
26
21 Colorado
5,877,610
36,571
9
0.62 %
17
22 Minnesota
5,737,915
23,615
18
0.41 %
24
23 South Carolina
5,373,555
90,600
5
1.69 %
1
24 Alabama
5,108,468
34,565
11
0.68 %
15
25 Louisiana
4,573,749
-14,274
47
-0.31%
49
26 Kentucky
4,526,154
14,591
25
0.32 %
28
27 Oregon
4,233,358
-6,021
45
-0.14%
44
28 Oklahoma
4,053,824
34,553
12
0.85 %
13
29 Connecticut
3,617,176
8,470
30
0.23 %
32
30 Utah
3,417,734
36,498
10
1.07 %
8
31 Iowa
3,207,004
7,311
31
0.23 %
33
32 Nevada
3,194,176
16,755
23
0.52 %
18
33 Arkansas
3,067,732
21,328
19
0.70 %
14
34 Kansas
2,940,546
3,830
35
0.13 %
37
35 Mississippi
2,939,690
762
40
0.03 %
41
36 New Mexico
2,114,371
895
39
0.04 %
39
37 Nebraska
1,978,379
10,319
27
0.52 %
19
38 Idaho
1,964,726
25,730
17
1.31 %
4
39 West Virginia
1,770,071
-3,964
43
-0.22%
46
40 Hawaii
1,435,138
-4,261
44
-0.30%
48
41 New Hampshire
1,402,054
3,051
36
0.22 %
35
42 Maine
1,395,722
6,384
32
0.46 %
20
43 Montana
1,132,812
9,934
28
0.88 %
12
44 Rhode Island
1,095,962
2,120
38
0.19 %
36
45 Delaware
1,031,890
12,431
26
1.20 %
6
46 South Dakota
919,318
9,449
29
1.03 %
10
47 North Dakota
783,926
5,014
33
0.64 %
16
48 Alaska
733,406
130
42
0.02 %
42
49 Vermont
647,464
354
41
0.05 %
38
50 Wyoming
584,057
2,428
37
0.42 %
23
Dist . of Columbia
678,972
8,023
1.18 %
United States
333,287,557
1,256,003
0.38 %
Washington remains the 13th most populous state and ranks 15th in absolute population growth from 2022 to 2023 .