State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

RESIDENT POPULATION--JULY 1, 2004

[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks. Cautionary note about rankings]

State	Number	Rank
United States	293,655,404	(X)
Alabama	4,530,182	23
Alaska	655,435	47
Arizona	5,743,834	18
Arkansas	2,752,629	32
California	35,893,799	1
Colorado	4,601,403	22
Connecticut	3,503,604	29
Delaware	830,364	45
District of Columbia	553,523	(X)
Florida	17,397,161	4
Georgia	8,829,383	9
Hawaii	1,262,840	42
Idaho	1,393,262	39
Illinois	12,713,634	5
Indiana	6,237,569	14
Iowa	2,954,451	30
Kansas	2,735,502	33
Kentucky	4,145,922	26
Louisiana	4,515,770	24
Maine	1,317,253	40
Maryland	5,558,058	19
Massachusetts	6,416,505	13
Michigan	10,112,620	8
Minnesota	5,100,958	21
Mississippi	2,902,966	31
Missouri	5,754,618	17
Montana	926,865	44
Nebraska	1,747,214	38
Nevada	2,334,771	35
New Hampshire	1,299,500	41
New Jersey	8,698,879	10
New Mexico	1,903,289	36
New York	19,227,088	3
North Carolina	8,541,221	11
North Dakota	634,366	48
Ohio	11,459,011	7
Oklahoma	3,523,553	28
Oregon	3,594,586	27
Pennsylvania	12,406,292	6
Rhode Island	1,080,632	43
South Carolina	4,198,068	25
South Dakota	770,883	46
Tennessee	5,900,962	16
Texas	22,490,022	2
Utah	2,389,039	34
Vermont	621,394	49
Virginia	7,459,827	12
Washington	6,203,788	15
West Virginia	1,815,354	37
Wisconsin	5,509,026	20
Wyoming	506,529	50

X Not applicable.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
"Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States and States,
and for Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004 (NST-EST2004-01)";
published 22 December 2004;
<http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html>

For more information see http://www.census.gov/population/www

Last Revised: February 11, 2005 at 11:15:21 AM

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