2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Seite 8

TABLE 1 Source: U. S. Census Bureau
State Populations( July 1, 2024)
Change( July 1, 2023 – July 1, 2024)
Rank
Population Pop. Change
Rank
%
Rank
1 California
39,431,263
232,570
3
0.59 %
33
2 Texas
31,290,831
562,941
1
1.83 %
2
3 Florida
23,372,215
467,347
2
2.04 %
1
4 New York
19,867,248
129,881
5
0.66 %
28
5 Pennsylvania
13,078,751
61,030
15
0.47 %
41
6 Illinois
12,710,158
67,899
14
0.54 %
35
7 Ohio
11,883,304
59,270
17
0.50 %
38
8 Georgia
11,180,878
116,446
7
1.05 %
13
9 North Carolina
11,046,024
164,835
4
1.51 %
7
10 Michigan
10,140,459
57,103
18
0.57 %
34
11 New Jersey
9,500,851
121,209
6
1.29 %
10
12 Virginia
8,811,195
76,510
12
0.88 %
19
13 Washington
7,958,180
100,860
9
1.28 %
11
14 Arizona
7,582,384
109,357
8
1.46 %
9
15 Tennessee
7,227,750
79,446
11
1.11 %
12
16 Massachusetts
7,136,171
69,603
13
0.98 %
14
17 Indiana
6,924,275
44,144
22
0.64 %
30
18 Maryland
6,263,220
46,158
21
0.74 %
24
19 Missouri
6,245,466
37,428
26
0.60 %
32
20 Wisconsin
5,960,975
30,570
29
0.52 %
37
21 Colorado
5,957,493
56,154
19
0.95 %
16
22 Minnesota
5,793,151
40,103
23
0.70 %
26
23 South Carolina
5,478,831
91,001
10
1.69 %
4
24 Alabama
5,157,699
40,026
24
0.78 %
22
25 Louisiana
4,597,740
9,669
37
0.21 %
47
26 Kentucky
4,588,372
37,777
25
0.83 %
20
27 Oregon
4,272,371
18,718
34
0.44 %
42
28 Oklahoma
4,095,393
31,511
28
0.78 %
23
29 Connecticut
3,675,069
32,046
27
0.88 %
18
30 Utah
3,503,613
60,391
16
1.75 %
3
31 Nevada
3,267,467
53,104
20
1.65 %
5
32 Iowa
3,241,488
23,074
31
0.72 %
25
33 Arkansas
3,088,354
18,891
33
0.62 %
31
34 Kansas
2,970,606
19,106
32
0.65 %
29
35 Mississippi
2,943,045
-127
48
0.00 %
48
36 New Mexico
2,130,256
9,092
38
0.43 %
44
37 Nebraska
2,005,465
17,601
35
0.89 %
17
38 Idaho
2,001,619
30,497
30
1.55 %
6
39 West Virginia
1,769,979
-516
50-0.03%
49
40 Hawaii
1,446,146
4,759
45
0.33 %
46
41 New Hampshire
1,409,032
6,833
41
0.49 %
40
42 Maine
1,405,012
5,366
44
0.38 %
45
43 Montana
1,137,233
5,931
43
0.52 %
36
44 Rhode Island
1,112,308
8,879
39
0.80 %
21
45 Delaware
1,051,917
15,494
36
1.49 %
8
46 South Dakota
924,669
6,364
42
0.69 %
27
47 North Dakota
796,568
7,521
40
0.95 %
15
48 Alaska
740,133
3,623
46
0.49 %
39
49 Vermont
648,493
-215
49-0.03%
50
50 Wyoming
587,618
2,551
47
0.44 %
43
Dist. of Columbia
702,250
14,926
2.17 %
United States
340,110,988
3,304,757
0.98 %
Washington remains the 13th most populous state and ranks 9th in absolute population growth from 2023 to 2024.