1990 United States Census - State Rankings

State Rankings

Rank
State
Population as of
Population as of
Change
Percent
change
1 California 23,667,764 29,760,021 6,092,257 25.7%
2 New York 17,557,000 17,990,455 433,455 2.5%
3 Texas 14,228,000 16,986,510 2,758,510 19.4%
4 Florida 9,739,000 12,937,926 3,198,926 32.8%
5 Pennsylvania 11,867,000 11,881,643 14,643 0.12%
6 Illinois 11,419,000 11,430,602 11,602 0.1%
7 Ohio 10,797,000 10,847,115 50,115 0.4%
8 Michigan 9,259,000 9,295,297 36,297 0.39%
9 New Jersey 7,364,000 7,730,188 366,188 4.97%
10 North Carolina 5,874,000 6,628,637 754,637 12.8%
11 Georgia 5,464,000 6,478,216 1,014,216 18.5%
12 Virginia 5,346,000 6,187,358 841,358 15.7%
13 Massachusetts 5,737,000 6,016,425 279,425 4.87%
14 Indiana 5,491,000 5,544,159 53,159 0.96%
15 Missouri 4,917,000 5,117,073 200,073 4.0%
16 Wisconsin 4,706,000 4,891,769 185,769 3.9%
17 Tennessee 4,591,000 4,877,185 286,185 6.2%
18 Washington 4,130,000 4,866,692 736,692 17.8%
19 Maryland 4,216,000 4,781,468 565,468 13.4%
20 Minnesota 4,077,000 4,375,099 298,099 7.3%
21 Louisiana 4,203,000 4,219,973 16,973 0.4%
22 Alabama 3,891,000 4,040,587 149,587 3.8%
23 Kentucky 3,661,000 3,685,296 24,296 0.66%
24 Arizona 2,718,000 3,665,228 947,228 34.8%
25 South Carolina 3,119,000 3,486,703 367,703 11.7%
26 Colorado 2,890,000 3,294,394 404,394 14.0%
27 Connecticut 3,107,000 3,287,116 180,116 5.8%
28 Oklahoma 3,026,000 3,145,585 119,585 3.9%
29 Oregon 2,632,000 2,842,321 210,321 8.0%
30 Iowa 2,914,000 2,776,755 -137,245 -4.7%
31 Mississippi 2,520,000 2,573,216 53,216 2.1%
32 Kansas 2,363,000 2,477,574 114,574 4.8%
33 Arkansas 2,285,000 2,350,725 65,725 2.9%
34 West Virginia 1,950,000 1,793,477 -156,523 -8.0%
35 Utah 1,461,000 1,722,850 261,850 17.9%
36 Nebraska 1,570,000 1,578,385 8,385 0.53%
37 New Mexico 1,299,000 1,515,069 216,069 16.6%
38 Maine 1,125,000 1,227,928 102,928 9.1%
39 Nevada 799,000 1,201,833 402,833 50.4%
40 New Hampshire 921,000 1,109,252 88,252 20.4%
41 Hawaii 985,000 1,108,229 123,229 12.5%
42 Idaho 945,000 1,006,749 61,749 6.5%
43 Rhode Island 948,000 1,003,464 55,464 5.85%
44 Montana 787,000 799,065 12,065 1.5%
45 South Dakota 690,000 696,004 6,004 0.87%
46 Delaware 596,000 666,168 70,168 11.7%
47 North Dakota 654,000 638,800 -15,200 -2.3%
District of Columbia 638,000 606,900 -31,100 -4.9%
48 Vermont 512,000 562,758 50,758 9.9%
49 Alaska 400,000 550,043 150,043 37.5%
50 Wyoming 471,000 453,588 -17,412 -3.7%
United States 226,545,805 248,709,873 22,164,068 9.8%

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